The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-08-20

| "attil lol tHt alll\il VI tuc tNtcutlOll-
er. When see him, will make you
Il sign; Immediately you will all fall
into state of apparent DEATH and our
prosecutor, the dupc of our stratage
will leave you masters of your actions,
by throwing you on the ground as mer-
chandise without value But before
everything. | counsel you to be coo'
Courage and safety.'
The imprisoned parrots approved
this method, and at the preconcerted
signal they all became as limp and mo-
tionless as if they were indeed dead.
The b;rd-catcher opened his nets, full
of hope, and with thousand precau-
tions, but he found only one living
bird
'Poor things!' he cried, much aston
ished. NO doubt they died of fear!'
and he threw them out, one by one, on
the ground. The parrots instantly
spread their wings and flew away, with
little saucy cries, while the bird-catch-
er, more and more surprised, heard his
only captive say: ''Do not be discour-
aged Let your heart rest full of joy,
your mind without care, your breast
without oppression or trouble, for what
you lose i'll the birds that have escaped
you will regain Il hundred fold in the
one you retain!
The man knew not what to make of
this droll statement but he folded his
nets, laid them across his shoulder, and
returned to the city, with his one
docic and cheerful captive.
At the bazaar an enormous crowd
surrounded a young woman of light
manners, whose Ianguishing eyes, bor-
dered with thick black lashes, almost
killed her lovers with their glances;
her ebony-black trcsses, carefully dis
ordered, sent despair into their hearts,
and her seductive ways bewildered even
the most reasonable people. This wo-
man had just accosted an elegant young
man, son of one of the wealthiest
bankers in the city, with whom she
was carrying on noisy contest, and
demanding OF him one thousand diRars
She counselled him to pay it cheerful
ly: ''otherwisc,' she said, II shall
oblige YOU to do it by force She
urged her claim with great vchemcnce,
and made such tumult that the
young man, at the end of his argu-
ments, replied nothing to her stubborn
demand The crowd Increased every
moment, and everybody exchanged OF
servations and reflections with his
neighbors.
The bird-catcilcr, on his part, heard
the parrot whispering in his car:
"Comc, let us 90 forward! Let us put
an end to this contention. Here am
ready to Judge the case and to decide
the differences" The bird-man com
mnnicated to the two parties in the
quarrel what he had just understood
his parrot to say. The bird at the
same time added in loud voice:
"Room, there! Room! If YOU
p'"asH. make way! am going to rem.
der such Justice that all the world will
approve it. But to that end these two
adversaries must take an oath to &C.
cept with absolute resignation my
equitable Judgment, which shall pro.
nounce with entire good faith, and "'ith
Il knowledge of the cause in dispute
| No one having made any objection
and the two interested parties having
taken the oath, the parrot turned to
ward the young man, and, addressing
him with dignificd air, ordered hin
to open his purse end to count the sun
claimed. This he did because of his
oath, but with the utmost reluctance
While the bankers son was untvine
the strings cf his purse, the parrot dc
clarcd that very clear mirror Wa;
necessary i'll order that Il very clea1
judgment might be rendered. 1t hap
, pened that the young woman had will
her small looking glass, which sh'
eagerly handed to the parrot. liz
took it in his claw and said to her:
every well, my beauty. They az,
now going to count out to you the sun
you demanded before that glass. TAX,
notice! All that YOU see in the mirror
is yours, and entirely satisfies youl
claim. For, according to the evidenc,
you have given, YOU received tlli:
young man i'll your house onl Y in :
dream. In consequence YOU must be
paid in the same iashion-ony IN III,
worM Of imoges.,'
There was IN indescribabc cnthusi
asm among the crowd at this sage ut
terance. There rose 4 .tarore OF APP
plause for the mastery Judgment of The
parrot. Everybody wished to buy tn,
wonderful bird, and the number of is
admirers was so considerable that il
became difficult to move about the ba
zaar. The price offered the bird-catch
er for his parrot was always raised hN
the next bidder.
The news of this remarkable Incl
dent spread rapidly throughout the
city, and even to the scraglio of the
king, where it came to the ears Of tho
Young queen, who. under her frigned
illness, hid chagrin and dcsolatiol