Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-01

| He"Nehnl b"Npeu NhlHleDyi bnt
" IN q cage?"
mo; us merely chained to a perch"
ga(d Jane, dashmg int, the Kitchen,
whence soon proceeded more cooling
and baby talk
'Dinner's Wndy" announced Jane
presently, "And be very careful" she
added IN an Ndmonllory whisper;
"M0ggle's In her tantrums,"
WhliHcby tlptocd gently into the
dinnIng room. us the parrot deadW
he questioned softly,
MOT l thlnk Ms asleep" replied
Jane,
"'lhnt Is well enough" said While
by, MS he plunged into the soup, "but
] should be happier II III were dead"
Don't be cruel said Jane. III
wouldnt have a hair Of its head harm
ed for anything In The world"
Parrots said WHITLEY, with con-
scious pride IN his knowledge, don't
have hair They call II feathers. but
somehow ! feel uneasy nbou, that bird.
] feel . y0gue prescntlment Of inn
pending doom, a premonItory unrest
and dim dlsqulet,"
In o few minutes horrible upronr
was heard from the kitchen. Shrleks
and cries, Misses and yows and eX-
poslye Gaelic explosives resomded
"The cnt,' said WhiHlcby solemnly,
"hNs found the bird. | suppose II es-
capped from the closet when got out
my smoking INckct,"
III anything h0ppcus to that bird!"
cried Jane, clasIing her hands like the
heroine In melodrnmN,
The kitchen door slammed and
sturdy step sounded in the hall. In
an instant Maggie appeared, her face
shining Ike an angry sun,
"icz kin give me tn mooney that's
due me-" she shouted, "fer III not be
Orther s,0yn' here anojhermlnit, with
burrds and cats fighting all over the
place I'll he The kayper Of no mem
0gJr'v!" And she tounced into her
own room 10 pack up, banging the
door behind her
"PuSs sss you mlcouw-you will,wlll
you?-scat-tem-rrr!" cnme steadily
from the Kitchen. Whlllleby could
hear the shutters crashing open IN
rats all about llm, aud cou2 pnagiuC
the heads of ahg;y ncighbgrs pokCd
menNclngly out Of windows, A baby
begun 10 wall across the shaft. II was
evident that som ta,hg mas: he done
or the .lanltOr would hc nom them.
Jane, ns the women novalls;s say, WIS
gradually being reduced TO tears.
WhfIlcby sal there Stir and straight
| in his chair the clear light Of heroic
resolve in his eyes
~ viii go to the scene OF action"
he cried impressiycly. 81 will pour
oil on the troubled waters
"GCt your old crab net to separate
them" cried Jane family, "And be
sure 20 save The parrot"
| WhifIPby murmured something that
sounded Nike ISLAM the parrot He
got The crab net. and carefully opened
the kitchen door The floor before
him was strewn with vegetables, pots
and paus, steak partly cooked,
SPRAYED upon the wnd)v sill. IN
one corner, bleeding, lts fur badly
torn and laccrated, lly the kitten,
very still; and aioft On its perch, lis
chain broken, but not 4 fcl,har ruff
fed, snt the parrct, triumphant, As
WhilYlcby entered, Il murnured soft
ly'
81 don't DO nothln, to nobody what
don't do nothm, to me-"
well" said Whlilleby, "I'li be -
Then he locked from his wrecked
dinner TO the kitten and back 10 the
scattered lragmcnte Of his mealngnin,
lle raised the crab net, suddenly
brought 1t down over the parrots
head, rushed with 1t IN thewlndow and
turned the met upside down. The
bird Tapping Its wings dropped noisily
to the yard below. Whiil'leby quiet
!y closed the window and returned to
the dining room.
"ltTs the parrot dend?' said Jane,
IN quivering voice,
at wasn't, but stiNl hope for the
worst" replied WHITLEY.
"Mrs. Smjhers will never forgive
me for letting the kitten get ut IT."
said Jane.
"The kitten didn't hurt It," SAID
Whiileby, "but on the contrary, II
didn't do thing ITO the kitten" .......
There was u pause, Then Jane.
cried suddenly: jonathan Whffleby
what did you do TO than parrot?
"rhere are tlmcs,' returned Whif-
feby deliberately, when bird in the
yard is worth two in the Hat. | SIM
ply dropped 1t out of the window
"Oh! OH" cried Jane. What shall !
say to Mrs, Smihcrs?'
"Mrs, Smithcrs,' rctorted Whii'leby,
az She knows a good thing, will never
return, Mcanwhit you had better eX-
pend your breath in attempting TO
persuade Maggie to remain with MS.
And now, as our dinner has been, like
the Filipnos, badly demoralilcd and
scattered, II is well for MS to HE to one
Cf our Harlem table d'ho,es, where
| they serve German cooking in French
quantities at American prices"
And as they left the room nasal
voice foated up from the yard, chant
ing family:
Il don't want to play In your yard"
New York sun,
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