The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-14

Jun 9Ou nave HOtHln TO say 10 no.
body but us nohow no matter what
happens
so then we goes on deck agin,' -
| continued the cook. AN jest in time,
too; for we hadn't morn struck our
heads above tn hatch when we sees
tn old man comm down the dock. an
a policeman with him.
Glory be- says Bill, it's Merry
ving1a he's after. sure enough.
Well, what if he is?' says l. Wen
fool him good an plenty. You let me
do tn talkin'.' l says, an it'll be all
right
Mr. Gladox.' says tn capting to
Bill when he an tn officer had clumb
aboard. this man tells me he's after a
crazy Cuban what was seen last
meandertn' about this wharf with a
cage of parrots which he stole from
parties Off tn Havana boat; an he
thinks he's on my ship now, Have
you laid eyes on an individual answer
in to~any sech description
Il have says ! afore Bill had
time to open his mouth. He come
nosin' around here about two hours
ago, an asks me could he engage his
passage here to Italy You bet you
CANT says 1 to him. This amt any
immigrant shop I says. Go down to
Bowlin' Green an apply there
He amt ben seen to leave this
here dock, sir says tn cop, speakin
to tn old man, an if he amt aboard
your Graf. he must have throwed him
self offn tn pier or else stole a boat,
an rowed off in it,
"'Mebbe he's aboard tn dago tub
t'other side of u.s. SUCCESS Bill cooIly.
I sh'd asst them if I was you. You
didn't tell me nothin' about no sech
party, SAM saws he to me-
Furgut clean about il. | reck'n.
says / cheerfully. You see I was so
busy gittin' the cOckroaches-'
We'll breaks in tn old man,
scowlin' at tn cop, air We satisfied
now? Didn't l tell ye ye wouldn't find
any rubbish o thet sort aboard my
Ship An he walks off to the cabin
without so much as sayin' goodbye to
tn Teller.
Their amt no time to waste says
to Bill after tn cop had gone. Well
have to git old Merry outer'n here as
soon as it gifts dark, an dispose OF him
somehow if we has to throw him into
tn river
"Tm for gittin' a cab. an drivin'
with i'm to some lonely spot, an leaV-
in of i'm there saysc Bill.
An a right smart thing. that
would be TO do, says I, sarcastic.
an drivin' to tn kind of place you
mentions, which I reck'n would take
us about a week to locate anywhere's
hereabouts. you don't calc'late, do ye,
that Merryvingia is goin to stan
there like a wooden Injun an watch
US drive off with them birds of hsn--
for we'd have TO fetch them along
an never open his head? Why, he'd
make night hidjus with his cries
I'VE cd gag EN- says Bill. Obsti-
nate.
An sew him up in bag, too.
s'pose, an tell tn cabby We was jest
dom it for a lark. SOS he wouldn't
think nOthin' was wrong I goes on
scornful. No, l got a better idee than
that
Well. what is ito says he.
It's this says /. We goes an has
a talk with that frien' of yours what
has sech a laundering after birds of
paradise, an brings him back here
along about four bells when tn old
man is smokin' his pipe in tn cabin,
an tn crew is all asleep. Then 1 goes
down an fetches up Merryvingia an
his pets while you converses amiable
with your frien' in tn galley. Merry
an 1 slips ashore without your seem
US, an as soon as ever ! gifts him off n
tn dock l gives him tn slip in tn
dark an comes scuddin back under
full sail carryin' parrots with me-
Afore Merryvingia has got over his
| prise at partin' with me an tn birds
so onexpected-like, an has located tn
| Gogoburn ag'in, which I don't reck' n
he will make out TO do nohow, me an
you has sold them feathered prizes an
is asleep in our hunks blissfully on
| conscious of tn existence of any sech
party. an most indignant at bein'
reused up firm our slumbers, If we be,
| by his comm aboard ag'in.'
Seun's all right says Bill, If you
contrives 10 lose tn old party, an git
back to tn ship afore mornin' I
CANT set there talkin' to tn bird man
all night without his gittin' to wonder
why you don't come up with tn par
rOts.'
I'm course you CANT I saws.
Who's askin' you to? amt gone over
twenty minutes, an when / comes in
1 explains my bein' late an outer
wind by tellin' him two of tn birds
got outer tn cage, an l had a devil of
a time capturin' EN-
Well if you amt got a head for
business says Bill, admirinIy.
" warn't born Yesterday / says 1
amt so ALTERED smart as some folks
be, but now an then / has an idee
NoiiC " me liidl ain Den III col SIOf-
age for centuries
An So" StOveheter went on. we
has il all fixed up, an long about
| seven bells, after / finishes with the
dishes an sneaks down bite of grub
TO Merryvingia, me an Bill starts off
| to find tn bird man. 1t takes us con-
siderable longer to come up with him
thin we allows il would, seem as he
is one of them migratory sorts as don't
lay-to tn first chancst they gifts an
ride out tn gale right there, but goes
| littin' round firm one anch'rage to
another.
'Howsomever, we oVerhauls this
fowl sharp. Skillin's was his name.
after long stern chase, perusin' of
ham sanwidge an d glass of beer.
an acquaints him with tn bargain in
birds af paradise. He don't seem over
enthusiastic none regardin' il at first.
but me an Bill waxin' quite eloquent
on tn subjec', he consents at last to
go an have a look at 'em Out we
troops accordinly, me leadin tn way.
an Bill an this Teller Skillins follor-
In arm-in-arm a-singing'.
When we gifts TO tn ship I see a