A Friendly Wasp

A íTíintlsMnan becoming aunoyed by thij persistent buzzingof a wasp aLiout liis hcad, knocked t down vvith hú nfiwspaper. It feil through au open wiiulow opon the sill apparently dead. Only appaiently, for a few secondn later, to the luiáerver's astonishmeirt, a large wasp Hew on to the wiudow gilí, and. after buzzing aronnd the, injured une a üecoiid or two, began to lick it all over. After this treatment (which nriay have been a kind of massao) the sk'k 'asp goetned to revie. und lii.s friend thei tlnifTg'ed him gently to Uj edyo. graspod liim around the body ;uid llew away with him. Rvidently the atrangwr, iindmg a woundcd comrarle. gave some aid to restore him prelimiuary to rmoval to a place of safety for further freatrnent, and then oarnèd hirn there. This brave 1 i tile waspacted likeagood Saniai'itaii. wlio found a man "halfdéad," "hound up his wouads, pouring on thciïl oil and wine." and "brouyht him to an inn and took care of hiiu.''