The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-14

called that except when she is intro
ducedl has been taught - make di5-
ferent reply.
Polly want a cracker?7 YOU ask
'Heth. thir." answers Annabel Lee
Annabei Lee lisps-
Well, that answer NAV be taught tc
a parrot, but IL ceases 20 be mimicry,
for she learned the ''leth. thir," long
ago, and il is never repeated TO her.
AnHabel Lee knows how 10 crow
You need not crow aud wait for her 10
initiate you.
Grow, Poll, you say, aud Annabej
lifts her voice and crows in way that
would make the scarlet crest Of barn
I yard rooster turn green.
The perch which serves as a throne
/ for this gorgeously-plumed beauty Is
! carried around the house at the pleas
/ ure Of the members of the family. Talk
To Annabel Lee when she is in the
room with you. and she likes il well
enough Forget her, neglect her. paw
her no attention ut all, and you hurt
her feelings She sits on her perch
silent and mournful for awhile.
"Hallo" says Miss Lee. getting tired
of too much silence. "Ah there, joey
joey is the name Of a woman. Her
relatives, with no appreciation Of tho
! beautiful in names, have degraded
! JoanD into joe and joey
The mistress OF Annabel Lee is nameo
Frances. This name, Of course, has BE-
come Fannie. You have heard a wonl-
/ an in the country who has gone into
the back yard, looking around for her
son, who has disobcyed injunctions anS
run away 20 60 swimming She begin,
10 call him His name is Johnnie She
divides the Johnnie into two parts
'.John" and ME" The John" she
pitches as high as She can pitch il.
Then she pitched the ME still higher
into sbrill falsetto Yog have all
heard IT,
"John-n-nieee," she cries.
When Aunabel Lee and her mistress
are in room together and the latter
leaves the room un0bscrvcd by Anna
bel, Annabsl sooner or later misses her
She looks around in surprise, mumbles
20 herself and lifts hcr voice.
Fam iecc" she calls II Fannie
answers her all is well il Fannie does
not answer her. Annabel Lee continues
20 call till she finds out where Pan
ME is.
More % these examples could -
given % show that Annabel Lee is no,
merely a mimic. One further illustra-
ton viii suffice % show that she ap-
proachcs near the thinking condition.
she has. Ike nearly every living Great
ure ia the world. her -fads.~ In The
big cage in which she sleeps arc sev-
ersl pcrches some swinging. sorus
fixed. On one Of the stationary perches
Annabei Lee passes her slumb.T hourr-
Near - Is a swinging yeroh. When
she Is going o. sleep she takes the
swinging perch IN her beak. draws Il
aside, and hooks 10 up on GEed perch
60 that 81 can not sway. she can not
sleep unless this - done.
The other night one 81 .hs ma.
members 81 the family tied a piece -.
string % the swinging perch, and fast
eued 10 50 that - cou3d not be hauied
back and hooked up When Aruate!
Lee got ready 70 20 % bed abe sse<
the perch IN her bea< and tuggrd away
81 it. She could rot get it "a its usual
position Again abe tried, bst 10 was
OF no avail Surprised aud alarmed.
the did what she always doe when
there Is trou bic IN the family
'-Fau-n-uiee~.~ sic called Fsurs
came IN % zee what The trouble was.
and Annabei Lee grum5led away Ia
Disguised manner Fannie made no
effort % hep Der. AID ArEabe. Il.
showed a temper The string however.
was afterysrd ua¬tcd and taken
a7sv. bat Anuabel Lee ssaz cautions
She had been made fool % tyssire. and
q a not proro~e - p ianght. a. again
for two men had r0ared ss.th laughter
~ hen she failed IL her ztternrlia and
began 20 se9l4 When the men pre-
TENDED not % Re looking. however.
Annabel Lee cautiously stretched h@y
meek ard iooS tne perch Ia h~r t,eak,
Then sbs looked around 20 see II Any
scose- was watching her. Qui~k a.
lightning, shs tuTeed again. caught
Ice swing. pullsd u Up and hoo.ccd II
-hs was Is proad "a q peaco~k a-d
-hueA ed again and again ia cay shs
a2s . hsa kannss cane - hsr again
.hs cror-o- II seemed n the w-x
-ad watched th-s proeeediu, lat shs
lad shown s0sHe thinking power
One tang aaors. Aza4be. Lee. beszz
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