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nations were interested in the exhibition, and contributed generously.
There were all kinds of goods, machinery and productions. After
a while they came to the department of the United States. As Old
Bumblebee surveyed its display, he swelled with that secret convic-
tion, “I am an American citizen.”

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“Come here, honey,” he whispered to Rick. They retired to a
secluded nook behind a barricade of goods. There the loyal old heart
whispered: “Now, chile, let’s gib free sheers for de Stars and Stripes ;
sort ob easy, ye know — whisper-like.”

And there in the dusky corner, Bumble-bee and his ward cheered
“ sort-ob-easy ’’ for the dear old flag.

“Bress him!” thought Bumble-bee. “He does look so much like

my Nebuchadnezzar.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE PUBLIC MUSEUM AND LIBRARY.

They visited one other noteworthy place that day; Melbourne’s
public museum and library.

“T’m so much interested in de cause ob ed-di-fication,”’ said Bumble-
bee, “dat I must see dis.”