Telegram-herald., 1889-08-26


crly ia11os sg1sEssy, from ws.oe nsl.ay
tbs vle.-1 wou-a glEL-4atsly ss4 surely ais
Tas - - sss@ sesss, gre~t Hsxs lsA1osr
begaz l. aois s2t De@t II prepeslereas
e14L -tslss - tSe parrot DiEkssy TIE pa
rel re-sneS t1< ca4ngs e dlsi s1s Ma
A.pyy Lsearcer Was lAFps tos.
Lawyer BseeS N@s. a. we ave szle tAs
ps.rre<s : sa4r4asA- hs o@1ae 4ro4Ed enc
e4y ~ vlsiI rs ~AEc and fs4Ad tas pan
p~roo ira dsy0urlEs : klg1ls sploea curry
- YEA S4sPsc1Eg foGl pay, tas sisi ant
A1sorEss Lsla t1s E24tter before the prse-le
oo2rt, s1c. AFTER tsklns = sass amount ~
a gsrt testimony, tne eoaTt repr.nsndea
L.o421sT Gna srosrsa tie parrots caet
changes s4ck agAla - soda crackers sEa
c4lt.ehsA- I1is seemed - discourage ths
psrrot gooa ae~- Dat think II wh8I Le-
srasrs feelings nlust have been
The p-rrot ~ent oask - t4rl1sosoas
fsoa, after tGKt IAe oaly fras1 nze4i lt got
wAs a. occasional elorce@a GiPPed stealth
~ aud e1os 1en Latlo4sly oGt - Ls@1oeT
IA vary th-1o VI sxposea wrist
4 boat tnls tiE4e saot1er embarrassing
eoMp-le.tion arose TIE parrot had been
yoGEg, bUt nos Il began - Ioatars. aaa a.
al sGee ia p243ts sae Eoe&l chords desel-
opee functions 81 aE extraordinary CHAR
4eter. TIE p-rrot began ~ cro~A some
what sE1 then & began l. mutSer lnoo-
herently. xnd nnally u Dsg&a ~ srticulsts
saa - parAse-
One morning Iseancer wss awakened BY
voice calling. ''Lesuderl LeAn&er" he
sprang out OF bed terrified. shivering
''Merclfui heavens" he srosned 1T -
my wifs-shs has ceue back from the
gravel"
Then the voice called sgain--snd il was
unulstaAasly S0phlAs volce; "Leander,
giI up LezRder, glt noye On yei"
II Was not Sophia, however, Sophia WAS
dead and buried: u0r was Il SophiAs ghOst
II was DiEkety. tie parrot. Yoa see. the
bird had net talked before, because IL was
toe Young 70 talk. As soon a. II got old
enough = talk II spoke the words most IA
niIiAr 70 it-words II had heard Sophia ding
a. and into Leander Gay after day. week
efter week month after month. This was
natural enough There IS nothing new
under thes Dinkety oid simply what
We are all doing.
The task Of picturing Leander's misery
were vain for Us 70 undertake inadequate
TO that task, we shall s.nply say that
Leander suffered suffered for cays, for
weeks, for months, yel slceged IN silence,
for TIE austere horrors OF the probate
court Lad terrorlzed him. Perhaps an,
who shall ssy-perhaps he WAS somewhat
buoyed up BY the dim and twukiing hope
that some time false wordD his reward
woulc be harvested 10 the death-the nat
ural but -0ne The less righteous death-of
this wretched bird. At suy rate, Leaader
bore his martyrdom nutely.
alt must be-" said Lawyer Beebe. ever
-1-4t-
TO you 10 have this perpetual reminder OF
your sainted wifo-to hear continually the
echo Of deceased's voice and TO feel that, g.
though she lives only in the spirit, the en-
dearing epithets with which Sophia's
nclodious oortraltoi caressed your ears are
still preserved by this inspired bird.
Lcander, you are the blessed beneficiary Of
q special providence"
Leander never made any audible answer
TO congratulations Of this character. But
his face spoke volumes, and even then the
sentiments that surged In bis bosom were
not half spoken. Meanwhile, Dinkety, the
parrot, resurrected and revived Sophia in
every particular except that OF the flesh.
A demoniac activity had now succeeded 10
that semi-oomatose condition which charac-
terized the earlier years OF the miserable
bird. Sometimes 1t thrust its ceruIean head
out between the bars OF its zinc cage and
shrieked: "You think you're going 10 get
my money, ehi Leander, Leander. I'll fool
you yeti" At other times, standing upon
It's adsmantine beak and rasping the air
with its horny claws, the grotesque Great
ure cried: Never marry for money.
Leandsr-never marry for lnoneyri Then
again-but why enumerzte the thousand
prep0sterous tortur,s which the hear,less
reptile inflicted upon Leancerl Hour after
hour, day after day, week after week,
Dinkety, the parrot, performed its aero
batic monstrosities and shrieked shrilly the
old time objurgauons and reproaches
which Sophia had used so industriously.
a will bear it patiently" said Leander 20
himself MY time VIII come; the parrot
will die natural death and then the go. 600
shall be mine. / shall be happy then-rich
and happy-and ! shall have a parrot for
dinner every dayl'
But one morning while Lcander was read
ing a newspaper he turned pale and
trembled violently. His eyes caught an
article headed Facts About Parrots" The
article started out IL this WISE; AT re
cent meeting OF the French Academy Prof.
Achiile Savin- Brillsit made the interesting
statement that ornithologists were now
agreed that the life OF the average parrot
exceeded one hundred years"
Lcander gas7ed; just then he heard Q
voice-his Sophia's yoice-rasp out in file
Ike tones Of exuitauon: Never marry
for money, Lesn6er-never marry for
money!
Lesndcr gave it up then and there. BE
gathered himself together proceeded 70 a
cheap lod King house. rented room, turned
On the gas, went TO bed, and died niserably
OF a broken heart. BY chance as he de-
PARED from bis ovn house ne left the front
door open aad vagrant cat. wild with
hunger. entered and after three hours
battle vanquished Dinkety. The parrot. and
aie H. So, after al, Dinkety died toe death
natural 20 parrots. by which we mean
violent death. which, we aver. thoulS be
uaturaito parrots even though ornithologists
and probate courts hold Otherwise.
The minister who preached Leander's
funeral sermon was very eloquent, FOR the
estate PAID handsome = for o. "Ninthly.n
said the minister. "wc draw this lesson
from the life o. The deceased. Never to"
But why quots the minister. since you
who have read this true narrative must Ger
taiuiy ere this have gathered the moral
bereofi-Chicago News
How to LIcst a Cigar.
To give some pcop.e Food cigars is bot
castin z pearls before swine. They don't
rrr-r he-v hat tfLT.