BAPTISM UNDER FIRE.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19251, 5 March 1928, Page 8

BAPTISM UNDER FIRE.

INCIDENT AT COUNTtIY CHU^j, At a certain country church, very hot afternoon arrived to find entrance to tM help up by a host ;of lunoua ta». haa reason to be annoyed. tfpr'WijjKu years they had enjoyed possession of a ,»Wf, the Vestry, and flourished WMmk But Jeshurun waxing fat and «®Ur i„g came to object to the presence of humans making weWWw oelow, and the wardens decidedl to rw» them out. Operations had beenjr pended in medias res on this Sunday; the taken tM lioney biit had not hived AJJ they were angry. As to W, ™ suspectingly came through thega armed guard swooped roufid . Clerical dignity was dropwd .14 ™ flight for cover. 'Stand flUll* jurj l ed a brother more expert m «•«» with bees, but who could eUnd. ijj, under such an assault? Any >.* - vicar escaped for the nonce BWWJJ, , Then am elderly gentknian with « WJ» came through the W both hands covering his hittujM® tanglemcnt. volunteers jjW fj*t. a -< through the bees' barfage oAd'brtiiPout some seats for the dtafj> g alive with bees, but no had tw., congregation seated fftn t fnf-'' vicar produced his portiMe ' , the bantism (which was foe to forme/ at the church font), , small cohort of bees drove further away. And evel * Meeijs J was necessary. Singing • cumstances was out unbifl|os J all were too nervous. And the , vicar had to perform the - two or three persistent bees-tM 1 male of the species being more 8# s, etc.— hovering menacing aroug », , head. At last one of them wep^. :( with so straight a drne t i , tude gave way aiid he s ®°Jf Wffactorily. and wa \ P " address, when to the arn ®ff_ r ij v . 0 | {ot,„* congregation—and tnomeift J . - vicar-tho churchwarden1 tatt* «« 1 his front seat and grabbed > vicar's hair! Ho had bee was still ent . a "p cal ,H|_"CHtf® ing herself for a last assau News." - '' ' f