The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-04-21

ing out the notes and gold and the open
cash box to the old woman, he said he
would go and fetch Mr. Naresby, the
/ lawyer, who lived in the same street,
that the property might be duly restored
to the box and sealed up by an indpend-
ent person, pending inquiry The house
keeper seemed nettled at this, and want
ed to know whether "she wonld steal
from the dead who never robbed the
llving?" He explained that it was sim
ply ordinary precaution as much for the
sake of his own character as hers, and
with. that went for Mr.. Naresby.
The lawyer was rather surprised than
otherwise at the amount of my fathers
property He was one of those who never
believed Isaac Morley to have been man
with more than bare competency to
live upon, so that when he found five or
six thousand pounds in gold and notes in
the cash. box, together with the will, he
had no suspicion whatever that money
had been extracted therefrom. He count
ed the money in DR.. Gryant's presence,
noted the amount on slip of paper, of
which he gave the Doctor a copy, and
then sealed up the box and took charge
of it. r
An inquest was held upon the body the
following day, but adjourned in order
that post norton examination might be
made. Dr. Gryant was requested to un
dertake the duty, but he himself request
ed, since he was alone with the deceased
at the time of dealh, that DR.. Ross might
be allowed to assist in the examination.
At the adjourned inquest, DIR. Gryant
stated that he had for some months past
been treating the deceased for incipient
paralysis, while Dr. Ross deppsed q spare
you technicalities) that there was no
doubt of Mr. Morley's. having suffered
from that disorder; that a considerable
part of the brain and the whole of the
right side of the body were found to he
affected, and that, though a somewhat
uncommon occurrence for a person to die
from the first stroke of this diseaSe,it was
by no means an uIiheard-of event; that,
in the opinion Of himself and his brother
practitioner, the deceased had evidently
come to his death by a stroke of paraiy-
sis, Of which abundant evidence was no.
ticeable A verdict was therefore, record
ed in accordance with the medical testi-
mony: Died by the visitation of God. :"
DR.. Gryant's theft appeared in all hui
man probability likely to escape detec-
ton. 1t is certain that not soul sus
pected him Of it at the time of the in
quest. The amount of money found in
the cash box was just sufficient to satisfy
every body's curiosity without suggesting
suspicion.
| came down to my fathers funeral,and
when that was over Mr.. Nares5y, who
had constituted himself my solicitor. read
the will, and I came into my property. |
certainly never expected so large sum
from my father and had not the vaguest
suspicion of anything or anybody.
| have parrot-a queer bird. His
name is Bob. | believe he knows it, yet
he obstinately persists in calling himself
Pretty Polly / brought Bob down with
me in his cage, and my dog Dash, too, for
company in the lonely house
The bird is so jealous,you would scarce
ly believe. If | notice Dash" and pat
him and say, Poor Dash!' my brute of
bird will get upon his perch, plume
himself, and then, with his head perked
on one side, will look down on the dog
and cry IN prolonged Squall of hooking
irony, "Poo-o DOOR Dash -
In strange place he is very quiet iHor
day or two whilst taking notice" and
then he brings out what he has heard, FOR
be is quick at ca chi G conversation. For
he first two days he was put out in the
kitchen to sleep, but he was unhappy
there, having been used to sleep in the
dining room. . He picked up Something
in the kitchen, though, which | may as
we'll tell you "Bob,' among his other
accomplishment (and he was very wise
bird), used to initiate distant voices with
surprising effect Down in long gar
den adjoining ours, DR. Gryant's voice
would often be heard calling to his boy
who did the gardening and errands be-
| sides What he said it was difficult to
distinguish owing to the distance, but the
semblance of the voice was accurately
rendered by the parrot, thus: And,
John, gabble, gable, gable, gable.
And, John, gable, gable, gable. Yes
sir" The second day after the funeral
this bird was in the kitchen, and heard
Dr. Gryant shouting to his lad about q
water rat that the boy was hunting. The
parrot remembered it in the evening, and
when the lamp was lit began to call with
Ia shrill screech, "You've killed him,
John. Yes-,ir" A singular bird " Bob"
is. See him at supper-time, when let
him out of his cage He comes and perch
es on my shoulder, waiting till the spirit
decanters are brought out. He then helps
himself to large mob of sugar from the
sugar basin, and walks in a stately way
to the brandy bottle. There he filings
down his sugar, and remains calling, III a
most insinuating manner, /" Pretty Polly,
until some one dips the sugar in neat
/ brandy. With his grog in his left CLAW
i 6 RnL,n rntnrra 70 nv sh1nlder and sits