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

An inquest was held upon the body the
following day, but adjourned IN order that
. post m0sten examination might be made.
Df. Gryant was requested to undertake
the duty, but he himself requested, since
he was alone with the deceaeed IT the
Tins Of death, that DR.. RosD might be
allowed TO asoist IN the examination. At
the adjourned inquest, Dr.. 0ryant stated
that he had Tor some months post been
trsatine the deceased for incipient paral-
ysis, while Dr.. Rom depoDed Il spare You
tachnicalideG) that there wes no doubt Of
M. 4ofley's having sufIered from that
disorder; that Considerable part Of the
brain and the whole Of the right ode Of
the body wore found to be affected, and
thot, thOugh 3 o0meWhAt UNCOMMON Oc-
cuSTenCe loe Q perDon 70 do from Tie nfSt
stroke q this dlseoee, e was b 70 means
an unheard-of event; that, In the opinion
Of himself and HE brother practitiOneT,
the deceased had evidently come 70 his
dea&h By stroke Of paralysis, Of which
abundant evidence Was noticeable. A
verdict WAS therefore recorded In accord
ance With the medical testimony: Died
By the visitation Of God"
Dr.. Gryant's theft appeared in oil human
probability likely to escape detection It
u certain that not soul suspected him Of
It ct 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 TO my fathers funeral, and
when that was over Mr.. Naresby, who
had constituted himself my solicitor, read
the will, and came into my property. /
certainly never expected 20 large . sum
from my father, and had not the vaguest
suspicion Of anything or anybody.
have parrot-a queer bird. His
name ID Bob. / believe he knows It, yet
be 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.
scarcely believe. II 1 notice Dash" and
pat him and ray, Poor Dash r my brute
Of bird win get upon it, perch, plume
himself, and then, with his head perked
on one side, viii look down on the dog
and cry In prolonged squat Of mocking
irony, Poo-o-ooor Dash r
In . strange place he IL very quiet for .
day or two whilst stalking notice." and
then he brings out what he has heard, for
he 10 quick ct catching conversation. For
the 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 % well
tell you. "Bob," among his other
accomplishment 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 errands be-
sides. What he said It was difficult to
distinguish owing TO the distance, but the
semblsnce Of the voice was accurately rem
dered BY the parrot, thus: "And, John,
gsbble, gabble, gabble, gable. And, John,
gabble, gabble. And, John, gabble, CAB
Bic, gable. Yessir." The second day
after the funeral this bird was in the kitch-
en- and heard DR.. Gryant shouting 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 shrill screech, you've
killed him, Johni Yes-sir." A singular
bird Bob" IL. See him ct supper-time,
when I let him ont Of his cage. he comes
and perches on my shoulder. waiting till
the spirit decanters are brought out. He
then helps himself to large knob ofsugar
from the sugar basin, and walks in state
" way to the brandy bottle. There he
dings down his sugar, and remains calling,
In most insiuuating manner, Pretty
Polly" until some one dips the sugar In
neat brandy. With his grog In his lett
claw, Bob" returns TO my shoulder, and
sits there imbibing it until he first ahuts
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 fsr through his eve
ming performance on the third night after
the funeral. whom, - I 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 lind was brass
knob against q cupboard, about six feet
from the ground. Bob did not like the
situation, since, the knob being nearly flush
with the wall, his cage WAS cantod on one
side; but / LEFT him there Tor want Of .
better place, aid went to bed about II
o'clock.
Doctor Gryant had already gone to bed.
now know the fearfhlly anxious time the
last tentdAys had been to him. The 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, then, what Doctor 0ryant felt
when that night he heard ny jatAsr's swss-
mons again, my father being dead and nm.
der sgrOundl "One-two-th1ee-t "
| the Ball tolled out, harsher and more hor-
rid than he had yet heard It. "Pomb-
pomb" Il went on, never hurIying or aay.
lng IT. measured beat. "Toll, toll, toll, "
and the dreadful thing rang on q II II
would never stop until he answered Il
How could no help recollecting my fhthsr's
words: Whenever you hear the BEN
ring In that way rsseH0w 4 q Z and I
Dost yew I" he threw on his thinss and
went down to the door, white ard t.en.
bling, and his knees quaking under him.
~ 70 paaDed along The pa61age the ball
stopped. He unbolted and unbarrod the
door, and looked cut into the night. The
moon shining On The psvemeAk and the
wind blowing cooly On ~ damp fore
hea4 houses aslesps areets dessetsd, not
soul abroad, nor light hom door nor
window, end Nr. 1oelsy's ftont door
closed. Nothing else. AWfnllsr - him
than any vidon Of another world were
The arl1nco and the olillneoo and the deht