Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-24

b00 outyD Uus 10 1ltAeen 1S40eOse.1s DaA10o
be Vas alone with the deceased q the
time Of dssth, that Dr.. Ros might b
allowed TO asoia IN the examinafion. A.
the adjourned inquest, Dr. 0Tysnt sfated
that 10 had Tor some months past been
treating the deceased for incpaent paral-
ysis, while DR.. Ron dsposed Il spare you
technicalities) tha4 there vas no doubt Of
1r. 1oflsy's having sufered nom that
disorder; that Considerable part Of the
brain and the whole Of the right side Of
The body were found 70 b Affected, and
ths4 th0ugAs somewhat uncommon o.
Currence iOg . person % do nom IL 6rBt
stroke q this dlsoase, + Was b - means
IN unheard-x event; thai, n the opinion
Of himself end HE brother prnCt1ftonsf,
the deceased had evidently CONS 70 his
death BY . stroke Of paralysis, Of which
abundant evidence was noticeable. A
verdict Was therefore recorded In accord
snce With the medical testimony: Died
By the visitation Of God"
Dr.. Gryant' theft appeared in oil human
probability Hkely to escape detection It
b certain that not . soul suspected him Of
It ~ the time Of the inquest. The amount
Of money found In the cash box Was just
sufficient to satisfy everybody's curiosity
without suggesting suspicion.
came down 70 my fAther's funeral, and
whom that was over Mr.. Naresby, who
had constituted himself my solicitor, read
the will, and came into my property. /
certainly never expected % large . sum
from my father, and had mot the vaguest
suspicion Of anything or anybody.
/ have . parrots queer bird. His
name y Bob. ! believe he knows i, yet
10 obstinatsly peesists in calling himself
Pretty Polly. I brought Bob down with
me in his cage, and my dog Dash, TOO, for
company In the lonely house. .
That bird h % Jealous, you would
scarcely believe. II l notice Dash, and
pat him and ny, Poor Dash r my brute
Of . bird win get upon it, perch, plume
himself, and then, with his head peFked
on one side, win look down on the dog
and cry in . prolonged squat Of mocking
irony, Poo-0-ooor Dash I"
In strange place he Is very quiet for .
day or two whilst stalking notice." and
then he brings out what he has heard, for
he IL quick ct catching conversation. For
the first two days he was put out In the
kitchen to sleep. but he wasunhappy there,
having been used to sleep in the dining
room. He picked up something In the
kitchen, though, which ] may - well
tell You. "Bob," among his other
accomplishments land he was very wise
bird), used to initiate distant voices with
surprising effect. Down In the long gar
den adjoining ours, DR.. Gryant's voice
would often be heard calling TO his boy
who did the gardening and errsnds be-
sides What he said It was difficult to
distinguish owing 70 the distance, but the
semblance Of the voice was accurately rem
dered By the parrot, thus: "And, John,
gable, gable, gable, gable. And, John,
gabble, g1bble. And, John, gable, CAB
BE, gable. Yessir" The second day
after the funeral this bird was in the kitch.
en-, and heard DR.. Gryant ahouting to
his Lad shout water rat that the boy was
hunting. The parrot remembered It In
the evening, and when the lamp was Lit
began to cali with shriil screech, you've
killed him, Johni Yes-sir." A singular
bird Bob Il. See him ct supper.time,
when let him out efhis cage. BE comes
and perchss on my shoulder, waiting till
the spirit decanters are brought out. He
then helps himselfto . large Knob ofsugar
from the sugar badn, and walks in state
" way TO the brandy bottle. There no
dings down his sugar, and remains calling,
IN . most fnsinuating manner, Pretty
Polly" untilsome ono dips the sugar In
neat brandy. With his grog in his lett
claw, Bob" returns 70 my shoulder, and
sits there imbibing it until he 6rst shuts
one eye In extreme satisfaction from time
to time - the spirituous juice gets up in
his head, and ct last, with both eyes wink
ing, he becomes ready for bed.
He had gone thus far through his eve
ming performance on the third night after
the funeral. when, - had determined
not to send him ont In the kitchen to sleep,
I looked for some convenient nail on
which TO hang his cage IN the dining room.
The only thing could Ind was 8 brass
knob against q cupboard, about six feet
from the ground. Bob did not like the
situation, since, the knob being nearly 6ush
with the wall, his cage WAS c,nted on one
side; but / leh him there ibr want Of .
better place, and went to bed about II
O'Clock.
Doctor Gryant had already gone to bed.
J. now know the fearfully anxious time the
fast tenjdays had been TO him. Tho very
absence Of suspicion hitherto had only
lasted long enough to excite each night .
dread lest the coming day should reveal
the whole truth vivid and plain to all
Judge, than, what Doctor Gryant felt
when that night he heard NY jatAsr's sssss-
Mons again, my fAthef being dead and un-
der :gr0und! "One-two-three-tour !"
the Bell tolled out, harsher and moro hor-
rid than be had yet heard II. "Pomb-
p0mAe Il went on, never huTrying or sEay.
Ine IT. measured beat Toll, toll, toll"
and the dreadful thing rang on g II Il
0amA mnvnp ntom until hA a1awarn6 n