The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-25

wedding, at which the brides mother wept
coniousIy and the brides father became
scandalously hilarious over dlpperiui or
| hard cider The day before the Wedding
Leander made a modest effort TO mud out
what portion of her 10000 Sophia meant
! to allot to him as a dover. but at the mere
suggestion Sophia went into Mysteries and
| had to be cupped by the doctor before she
| was brought out all right.
1t took Leander just about six months to
| find out that what folks Lad SAID about
| Sophias temper was not noel. SOPHIA
was a shrew. The most mortlty ing phase
of the situation, however, was tnat Sophia
hung on TO her 500. O00-yes, she guarded
and chung to that $780, 900 as only an argus
| eyed, briarean-hauGed woman can guard
and cling.
THE PARROT is PURCHASED.
They had been married about six years
when they moved TO Worcester Sophia
had tired of country life; she plned for the
noise, the hustle, and the excitement of the
| city; SO they moved to W orcsSter, where
| there are six trains day each way They
| had no children, but Sophia, having drawn
a dividend on her Fitchburg stock one
| spring, bought "a parrot for 81, ana about
| this callow bird of song did the tendrils of
| her heart gradually entwine themselves. IL
| was gaudy but solemn bird was the parrot.
For hours would it sit in the gilt ring IN its
| SoPdOApuS AnC Cu6S, 0eShA - A"''J INV
| space and uttering no sound whatsoever.
Sophia called it Dinkety-surely a most
| frivolous name for so circumspect bird!
| They had been married going on eight
| years, when Sophia up and died. Leauder
| buried her and marked her grave with sim
| pie marble slab bearing the ambiguous
| legend AT R-stn
| 1t transpired that Sophia had left a will.
1t was rather of a surprise to Leandr.
| Lawyer Beebe fled it and proved it up in
| the probate court 1t was simple document
| 1t left Sopha'S entire fortune to Leander,
In trust for the parrot, and in the event of
| the parrots death from natural causes the
| fortune was to pass without reserve t.
| Leander. Lawyer Baebe was appointed
| executor of the will aud guardian of the
| parrot, without bonds Testarix contide1
| in Beebe becauses once upon time he had
| given her some legal advice without exact
| ing fee.
Meanwhile Leander plotted against the
life of the bird. Naturally enough, he
chafed under the conditions prescribed by
Sophia's will. Why SHOULD he, a human
being suffer his peace ami dignity to be
imperiled by a vulgar, untbinki g bird?
The murderous passion waxed and grow in
Leanders bosom until presently it became
paramount and all-absorbing "PSittacuS
delenduS eStn-this was in effect, TIE sem
timent which Leander borrowed from the
ancient Romans. But how was tlis rig 1T
eous end to be achieved?
THE MACHIAvELIAN SCHEME.
| The emergency seemed to call for the
practice of extraordinary finesse, SO Lean
der importuned the advice of trusted
friend, Mr. Babbitt. a barber Mr.. Babbitt
had worked in New York. Having shaved an
alderman in the Astor house, he was prop
erly regarded as versatile andripo scholar
In the occult sciences. Mr.. Babbitt told
Leander that parrots would eat meat, and
that meat fed to parrots regularly would
, duly induce epilepsy, from which maIady
the victim would ultimately and surely die.
This was good news, great news. Lsander
began to dole out meat IL prepOsterOus
quantities to the parrot, Dinkety. The
parrot relished the change of die and was
happy. Leander was happy, too.
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THE GHOST WALKS.
1t was not Sophia, however-Sophia was
dead and buried; nor was it Sophia's ghost.
. 1t was Dinkety, the parrot You see, the
bird had not talked before, because it was
too young to talk AS soon rs it got old
enough to talk it spoke the words most fa-