T liolidays, at
{Hum &. Zellufi's.
c , Hurley and Hand-painted Frames and
“ ,Platjuos, Oak and Bamboo Easels, Plaque
l.
’ ’ ‘ . . _ o
. “When she was a Child. the PM.“ for "astorfi
, 5 ' When one twain», in a. .«hc clung to (tested:
7 . Wen sine not: l_..i..ill'vf.,.\i:ir','l.\r'f11v“!ll Gluttony.
{firdnrs . for
l‘ Extra Fin:
v‘Pi‘clled Oysters
“Blue Poir
ill-’or'the I .
l filteii‘er’s Oastoria.
,fliltrirlr. Tea and Toilet
eat is the largest, oni- prieen ihe lowest. and quality guaranteed.
tho most important points for Christmas buyers to remember.
ill illlllliAY stocks
or -
Musical instrument
.. Silverware Novelties. .
mush. Leather and Ceilylold Goods.
Fancy China and Bric-a—Brac.
Toys. Dolls and Games. ‘
Lamps of every known style.
. Stilt Shades and fine Decorated Globes.
Fancy Stands. Tables and Jardlniers.
Sets. tine Clocks. Umbrellas.
And hundreds of Novelties selected for this Holiday Trade.
,. ‘ S. S'l'llll'l'llllll'l',
North Main and in Streets. South liorwallr.
Leave Your *
lSt
-'b"
, and with the season’s greetings we wish
to bring to your attention a very hand—
some line of Pictures and Picture Frames,
WW Materials, Oil and Water Colors.
.‘Holdcrs, all suitable for Christmas gifts.
Only a‘few days left for inspection.
Pictures framed to order.
Painting, Paperhanging and Decorat-
ing.‘
DECKER,
1'9 Washington street, - South. Not-walk
_ ’ Children Cry fo
Pitchers Castorta. .
:mn Baby Was sick. on: [rave h-rr (‘nstorla
, Children Cry for‘
The Ide'si ilanacea.
, James L. Francis, alderman, Chico}; »
jays: "Irégard Dr. King’s New Dis- ,
. ,coféfy‘asanIdeal Panacea for Coughs'
, Colds and Lung Complaints, having
' ' used itiri ”my family for the last five“
years, to the exclusion of physicians’;
prescriptions or other preparations."
Kev. John Burgers, Keokuk, Iowa,
‘ writes: .“I have been a minister of the
‘ Hethodist Episcopal church for 50 years
mature, and have never found anything
no benefidial, or that gave me such
Shandy relief asDr. King‘s New Dis-
covery.” Try this Ideal Cough Rem-
edy now. Trial bottles free at G. C.
Stillson’s and E. P. Wood’s drug stores.
..lm...‘ i}; harmlessm ” "w
Piles of people have piles, but DeWilt"
Witch Hazel Salve will cure them. \Vhrn '
promptly applied it. cures scams and
burns without the slime-st pitifl. 1-2. I’
‘Woetl & G. (7. Flrllmn.
—-—-———-——-—-——-—-----,—
‘ rOlir Minute Cough LIUtrr is a popular
remedy for croup. Safe for children and
. and It. P. Wied& o. c. ltlllson
' sent free.
,arl rlru-gtrials.
A Valuable Prescription.
Editor Morrison, of Worthington,
Ind.. Sun, writes: “You have avnluav
ble prescription in Electric. Bitters, and
loan cheerfully recommend it for Con-
stipation and Sick Ileadrwhe, and can
general system tonic it has no liquid."
Mrs. Annie Steltle. 2625 (hitliugo Grove
avenue, Chicago, was all not down,
could not eat nor digest food, hadu
backache which nevcrloft her and felt
tired and weary, but six bottles of Elem
trio Bitters rcstorcdlior health and re-
ncvvcd her strength. Prices 50 cents
and :31. Get a bottle at G. (l. Stillson's
and E. P. Wood's drug stores.
To the aged, with their poor appetite,
feeble circulation, and impoverished
blood, Ayer's Sarstlpnrilla is a boon be.
yond price. Its effect is to check the
ravages of time, by invigorating every
organ, nerve and tissue of the body.
See Aycr's Almanac for the. new year.
lfsufl'ering with pill-H, it will inteert
you to knowthat DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve will curelhetn. This medicine is
aspeciflc for all complaints of this char-
actor, and if instructions (which are sim-
plot are carried out, a cure will result.
We have tested this in numerous cases,
and always with like results. it never
fails. P1P. Weed & G. C. Stillson.
~Acetoiicdres headache
No excuse for sleepless nights when
you can procure Orlehlinttte Cough Cure.
This will relieve all annoyances, cure
the most severe cough atlrl give you rest
and health. Can you afford to do with«
out it? E. P. \Vccd & G. C. Stillson.
-Aceton will prevent pneumonia.
One Minute (flu-git Gore is rightly
named. It affords instant relief
from suffering when afflicted with a
severe cough or cold. It acts on the
throat, bronchical tubes, and lungs and
never fails to give/immediate relief. E
P. Weed & G. C. Stillson
—Aceton cures the grip.
' A Lowell Mother's Testimony.
Lows”. MileauAprll 30, iSfH.—~“.\ly
little baby, now fifteen weeks old, has
since birth suffered greatly from wind
colic. All rtflnetlies' failed to ease him
until a lady friend recorm‘ended , Dr.
Hand's Colic Core. I tried it, and
would not. be without it, and I gratefully
advise all mothers wishing a sure remedy
for colicky babies to try Dr. linud’s Colic
Cure.~l\lrs. A. ll. Slurtevam, No SSitnp-I
son Pence.” Dr. Hand‘s Remedies at, all .
drug stores, 25c. ,
So thorr‘nnzh is the excellence of Ayor's
Hair Vigor that it can be used with ben-
efit by any pt‘l‘titm, no matter what may
be the condition of the hair, and, in
every (also, it occasions natist‘action and
pleasure, in addition to the benefit which
invariably comes front its uric. .
“Aer-ton will break up n cold.‘ .
Wife—«Hero's an account of a man who
shot himself rather than suffer the punk,
of lildilzr'nlliln. llll-rblttrrl—l‘lle fool
Why didn‘t he take lit-Wilt'n Little Early
Rlfit‘i‘s? Iu-wd to suffer as bad as he did
? before I commenced taking these little
pills, E. P. Weed do G. C. Stillson.
DeWiri'n Lllflt- Early Risers for bili'vus
ness, indigestion, constipation. A small
pill, a prompt cure. E. P. Weed 8! G. C.
Stillson.
How's This!
\Ve Offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any ca~e or Calarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall’s Calarrit Cure. ,
F. J. CHENEY & to, Toledo, O.r
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney forrhe lust‘ls') years, and believ-
‘perfectiy honorable in all busines» trans»
actions and financially abh- l-r carry“ out
any obligations made by their firm.
.‘VESE & Tltl’Ax, Wholesale Druggists,
f Toledoht‘). ,
WALrnxo, Ktxxsx & MAttvtx, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0. '
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
,tnents which would be not only tedious
ogigmm, kw ,
your tyre and ”gum
And wouldn tit brpimsatcr
To treat it III a ole ‘
And no: you're e ’m dollar's
And not your headthat bucket
fiuppone you're drcmd for walking
And the rain comes pouring down.
Will it clear all any mater
Barnum.- cu mid and front
And wool 't it be nicer
For you to smile than pout
Auden moire sunshine in the noun
When there iii noun without?
Suppose your talk. my little man.
In very hard to not.
Will it make it any easier
For you to sit and fret?
And wouldn't It be wine;
’l‘ban wailing. like a dance.
To to to work in earnest
And learn the thing at once?
Suppose that some boys have a horse
And some a much and pair,
Will it fire you lens while Wallfll‘l.
To any. "It bin'i fair?”
And Wouldn't it be noblor
To keep your temper sweet
And in your heart be thankful
You can well: upon your for-ti
Suppose the world domn't please you
Nor ilw way some pooplo do.
Do you think tho whole creation
Will br- aitcrcd lust for you?
And isn't it. my boy or girl,
The Motor, bruth plan.
Whatsocvcr comes or dot-en't come.
'1‘.) do the bout you can? ‘
~Pharbo Cary.
men‘s LEC—lXCY.
We wore a largo family, Mill it was
only to be expected that one of ual should
have insisted upon going to son. My fa-
ther said he would as soon have seen Dick
30 to the dogs at once, but We all know
he didn’t mean that. He only meant it
was very hard that his favorite son and
the child of his old age should not be con-
tent to earn his living lit hnmo or at least
in his own country, but must ill-take him.
self to lands which the rest of us had only
read of in tho ucogrtiphy books. We lived
ill London and within a vcryt-nsydlstanco
of tho Thames—indeed our street hid into
it—but nothing would do but Dick must
call to Spain and HM the finadnlqtilvcr, a
name that sounds liko an alligator in ex‘
trcniisv. (lut- lib-k mi’ctl nothing for for
eign scenery, had no thirst for-information
of any kind, didn’t care Whether the oil-
mato was warm or cold, hadn’t tho alight~
est knowledge of any tongue but. his own,
and that ho know very imperfectly. had
no sympathy with (‘olumbtis or Captain
Cook, yet he must be always going to sea.
Going to see what? his father uscd to ln‘
quire pcevlshly. and poor Dick ncvcr could
answer llllll, for he didn't know himself.
He always pllli‘tl to be off somewhere—to
Katiicbnlka or Mozambique or Jctlcbo—
after ho had been at hono- nbotlt thrco
Weeks or no. i-‘palri not having been
enough for him, he ran over to Canada,
Then he tool; a trip to llongzleonc and
finally went to tho Wtst Ilnllm, from
wlir-nco the door, light li('0f'll’(l vogobond
never returned.
Yellow Jack laid him low at Bernice,
and runny an eye was touclmd with tears
when the. news came ovcr the sea. It
sent a spasm to his father's heart from
which he never recovered. For this ne’er
do well, who was no scape-pram, how»
ever, was liked by everybody who knew,“
him. lfo was Very poor, of r_-otlr.~c, being
only a common scallion before thr- ion-4t :~.t
best, but be had kip: all his friends/in
his lucmory whcrcaocvcr ho wvnt- and
brought. botric sumo lrillo from every out-
lnndinli plucc lil‘ visited for non or other
of thorn. lie was not. a man fora woman
to marry unless filli' was prcprrrr'd to 1‘"!-
brace filo nautical lil‘ofrbsirlll as val as
liiltisulf, but. frowns on lllillli‘Htvt.’ favorite
with all the tics, and, as for children, they
adored him and (.‘lillf’ll blrn l'nclc flick
Wlii‘fllcl'llllflltileCil by lflt‘ iablcs of rifllully
so to do or not. Ills last present. ll pontv
lintnotls onc, brought ov‘cr by n liltrrin‘llilltn
to my wife, with "fur brothcr Dick's best
lovo"—-kirld, sintplo soul that be was——
was n lillfli' blncl; parrot—tho voi'y ugliest
bird those eyes o-vcr beheld. Lucy, how»
ever, welcomed it as though it had lit'l‘l) a
blrtl of paradise for the sake of tho giver,
and father could hardly be persuaded not
to have it in his room, when lic lay ill of
the sickness which at last was unto death.
lint the fact was tile black parrot was by
no means a suitable bird for a sickrooin,
for at most unexpected r-rcasons anti corn-
monly in the dead of night it would be: i
girl to tall; as loud as a Wlia‘liltf'wml‘lflll
and use the most reprehensible language,
which it had picked up at Hca upon its re.
turn voyage, m-r my wife always would
have it, and by no nwans from liick'sllps.
”Pooh, pooh." "Nev‘crrtrrytlic." "What's
o’clock?" "l’ast kissing time, chick, chick,
and time to kiss again, chick, chick."
That was his imitation of osculntion.
”'l'oldcrol, 'toldcrol.” ”Who’s afraid?"
“Kill the captain." “Scuttle the ship,"
and a number of otherobjectionable state-
herc to enumerate, but cvr'n improper.
Notwithstanding this Poll was a arr-nil
not with everybody except the doctor,
whom it. had objurgntod. in the most un-
measured terror-r, having mistaken llllll in
his white cravat for the ship’s chaplain, ..
and when misfortune come upon us in the
pleasant guise, however, of a family too
.lnrgc‘ for our income Poll and his huge
gilt cage still formed one portion of , our
furniture, although many persons with'
more brain than hcnrt thought it a piece
of folly that we did not turn chk'slovlng
legacy into hard money. The oniyincon-
venicnco Poll suffered in consequence of
this change in ourclrcnmst‘nnccs was that,
being greatly crowded within doors, we
. hung him outside the house in the sumo
ncziugtlmecuy‘on lllt.‘ moorland muco'h.
Testimonial
S-ldly
surfaces of the system.
Price i'bcper bottle.
tner time, in winch position he endured
much wordy persecution from the street
boys. To these he would return insult
for insult, teaching them the badinngo
used by nlnl'iu’crs and learning in return
the flowers of speech that flourish in the
streets of the metropolis. His jet black
plumage, his enormous beak and the un-
precedented (for a parrot) violence of his
expressions induced these enemies to call
him Sick, but, very fortunately, his car
was not sufficiently acute to discern the
dlrorcncc between this contumellous name
and Dick, which we had entitled him, aft-
er him who find bequeathed him to us.
But “Never you mind,” my good father
would obscrvcto us with general reference
to all these ,udrawbacks, "that bird will
prove a blessing to you yet, or my dear boy
would never have sent it to you with his
last breath across the seas."
And so long after my poor father died
and whenrmany of our children had grown
up and were earning their own living the
parrot was with us still without one much
of grliy upon a feather.
We were outfitting Jack, our youngest
but one. for a situation asunder clerk in a
oolliery down in Wales and had bad no I
little trouble to raise the money from ,
r! m, ' will" ‘
out, _ ,..;orealna, inst elegy: hart nfi
hm but» a long day's work. “it to
calm would be n very great comfort to
you: indoor) I irnovr whom to set them." ,
no: voice was not so cheery as her words. “
and therefore I know there was a rover-o
side to such a gratifying odor.
“Well,” said i, "and what’s to be dean
for that money? it would be a great eon—
vonlenee. Lucy. no doubt, Just now."
“That’s true.” returned my wife, with
a little sigh. "lint we are not so poor as
to be obliged to sell poor Dick even for
that sum, and it is for him that the money
has won bid. If any of the children were
ill and wanted expensive medicines or
change of air, I Ibould not hesitate about
it, but since we have out and contrived
and scraped together enough to start our
Jack I think we should not be justified,
eh. George"—
My wife spoke with indecision, but alto
would secretly have been much disappoint~
ed in too If llrad leaner] toward selling
the bird. I know, so I replied that that
must not be thought of~ccrtalnly not-—
and inquired, merrily as a matter of curi-
osity, how the offer happened to be made.
"Well." said my wife, “Sally called me
down stairs this riftornoon, as I was tnlt~
log a last look to Jack‘s clothes. and espuv
clnlly to his buttons. poor lridv—for it is
not likely that any Weishwomnn will no
dcrstnnd such filings—and who should be
in the parlor but. a female in widow's
clothes, sitting at our table with the par-
rot before her, like a poor savage worship»
log an idol. Silo had taken it down front
its book outside. and carried it in, notvt'liil.
standing it had sworn other in a manner
dreadful to listen to and was even than for
from pacified. '
“ ‘Mndnni, I beg your pardon.' (‘1-
clnirncd tho visitor, but this parrot is the
most admirtibln bird'—
" ‘l‘ooh, pooh!‘ cried Dick.
" 'ltn soundly," pursued the widow, ‘ls
beyond all belief. Now, Iduto upon par—
rots, cspcclnlly black tines, that having
been my beloved husband's favorite color,
anti if l could only get possession of this
admirable creature'—
" ‘lx'lil the captain!
screamed flick.
--" thy paying any compensation in rm
son I should consider myself truly fortu‘
note. 0! course I'm tnlalrirza great: liber—
ty. I have no right to entire into your
house and open a lrcgotlntionof this kind.
Iuln fully aware of the false position in
which llmvc placed myself; szili a voice
from beyond the tomb seems to have whirl»
pared to inc'——
“ ‘Toldcrolo!’ cxcltdmrd Dick, perform-
ing a succession of somersnults within his
nlldcd rlmz. ‘Who's your haitcr‘i How’s.
your poor fcct?’
~*‘ ‘sccms to have wirispcred.’ repeated
tho widow. calmly wailing until the bird
had finished its rcnlurks: "liriy that par»
rot. Buy it, chart and all. 'l'rrkc it lwznc
and from it kindly." It is implausible for
me, tnrid'irn. to neglect such a Milt ltitt lnr
Scuttle the ship!’
'tllnntlon of thc within of' tho tit-partrtl.
lt'iv'c pounds for the bird and two fun for
the cage is on Dill}! which. I think, you
will allow ls handsome and ought to be
conclusive.’ And with those Words slur
took out «her [”1th and lrtid down the
money on tho lablc.
"I confess, George, that tlic sight. of so
much gold was not a little tempting, lant
after; ist one look at it I llllllilii‘d her and
liftiltr ibu- put it back again, for that with
iiri also the matter was one of {ct-ling anti
tricrriory, and that we could not part with
Dick tlpnnany sot-h outwith-ration,
“ 'Ti‘ll for tho blrrl and l'n'c for the
clinc,‘ obs- rv‘ml tho \ liillll', with qtllct‘ (lls‘
tinctncsa nittldottlillna the sum nlrcarly
sprt-atl bcforc llit'. l llcsilaictl n ruonn'nt.
fairly fascinated by tbc ulittr-r of all this
treasure. I thought of a scorn of things
that it. would buy for you and tin: children
flflll did not know what to do.
“ ‘l’oor flickpour flit"... poor liiclt!’ rc
ltcrnttd tbc parrot illni.l‘llfllll}‘. '(fii’o
iiltn u down, kccl haul hint, throw him
overboard l'
' ‘Mndnm,’ (Phil 1, 'l cannot null that
bird, so plcnsctlo not fcmpt mo any fill“
thcr.’ ” l
“Well, Lucy, and you did quite right,"
qllOlll l, kissing away a tcar that lay upon,
her horn-st. chm-k. "And then I suppose
the tctripi.t'c.-.-t took livrsclf off?"
"No," returned my wife, “silo did not,
and horn comics the strangest part of the
story, and that which only have most in
tort-st. for you and inc. 'Wcll, if you won't
soil your parrot.’ said thowitiovv in the
salon determined way as below, arid with-
out. any oppcarauro of disnppoiotntcnt,
‘will yolllond it to mo for a wool; in An—
uunt next? I will give you 10 millions for
i the loan of it.’ "
"Lend it, Lucy!"
“That is certainly what she said, George,
and I replied that I would spcnk to you.
and if bill! would call torm’rrrotv at 10
o‘clock let her know to what decision you
find conic." .
At first I thought this offer could not
have proceeded from any but a mad \vom-
rfuso bcr rc-
qut'st. I an» It) our
parrot, and possil y cvcn eat it, in which
case the law ilsc I could afford us no to
dross, but. on second thoughts [determined
to sue the woman inysclf before, rcjccling
so favorable a proposition. Accordingly I
dclnyt-tl going to my usual place of final.
‘ ncss the next day until ‘nflcr the bout-
named by tho rrlysiciious visitor. As tho
clock struck l0 she. rang the doorbell, and
telling Sally not to ho in a hurry in open-
ing it I made a recognizance through the
parlor blind.
’l‘ho widow's cap framed a quiet, reso-
lute face and hard blue eyes that certainly
exhibited no trace of insanity. Her voice,
as she spoke to the servant, was calm and
collected. Ilcr garments Wore new and of
good material. If appearances ware to be
trusted, she was not marl, and she was so]-
vent—tho two points about which I had
naturally the greater-rt solicitude.
‘ “Mr. Wilson, I conclude?" observed she
no she entered the parlor. "I am glad that
I see you in person, so that there need be
no more uncertainty about this little nf-
fair. I offered your wife 10 gnlneos for
the loan of your black parrot from the 6th
to the, 13th of August. I think that is a
handsome week‘s rent for any bird.”
"Madam," returned I, “that is undoubt-
edly true, still the proposition is such a
very uncommon one that you must pardon
my hesitation in acceding to it. How do
I know”-—.- .
“If you require references as guarantee
of my respectability," interrupted the
widow, “ you may have a bushel of them.
my name is Hubble. I live at 884 Pitt
street. I was hausckoepcr to the late Gen-
eral Sir Fiddle Puddle for 20 years, and
my bankers are the Messrs. Child. If you
are merely curious to know why ‘I want
your parrot, that curiosity will not be
gratified. Don’t be a fool. now. I am pre-
pared to pay 5 gulnens at once on deposit
and in ndvhnce, to convince you that my
intentions are in good faith. What would
you have more?"
"Nothing more, indeed," said I,
up the money, f'I am y In
i
M . ' L H V “
. . ‘ ,mdiot , one, M
humanithont “Who's niraldi Chick,
chick, chick. chick, chick!"
loouitl not help laughing heartily-i
this apropos interruption, but ill widow
never moved a muscle. "if it ice. you
may keep the dcpmll. it is hard," added
she. with a sort of spasm. “that poor foiiu
nilould be disappointed in tiwlr «smote-
tionn. through no fault of their own. but
as for their giving money back again 1
think nobody ought to expect it. I have
nothinir further to remark except that the
whole ari'nligmnent is to be kept attend
secret. "but may seem very whimsical.
perhaps, but then I not prepared to pay
for my whims. It will be Imiicr that our.
of you two should both bring flick to I’m
street and min: him away again, and for ' “15h you 3 very good morning, M" w“.
“ll" ”“9“" you Dim“ INIW‘ It guinea 91‘ , ion. l’orullt me to conmaltllntu you upon
”10 "’30 l“ IN“? the room, bill this first installment of what I trust may
fro."
while 1 NH“ the door open for her she and
dunly observed: "lly the bye, ltlou't iikili
"l“ “mu" ”r “M‘- 1” Willi!“ “it“? 50“ 1 and thou he. and his stair-bud companion
any nice little boy at homo who has notb l mu}; up.” deliberate departure. I watched
for; particular to do and will touch the them walking slowly up u“, ntn’ct. They
WWW i" t-‘pcnk of liirnstxlf us ‘l’uol' TOM were evidently not in tho least apprchcu
"U. 1’00" 'ri’ll~‘ll.“?' ll ‘9 “"5”“le done, , hive of being followed and seized as muti-
nnd hero is a little prt'scnt for his future
tutor."
him was aunt- in ti moment, leaving in
my wilt-I» band a half not'crcigu wrapped
up in nll\'ii‘ paper, and all my ilpfifl‘lli‘ll
stuns as to the stair of hcr mind tcinrncrl
to me immediately with rcdunblml forcc.
"Ellt' must be marl,” thought I, "to scat
tor hcr gold about with such reckless prof
fusion, and to tutcrtain lilo idea that
'l‘onmly is n more aristocratic name than
Dick." ' (_
Ni‘i‘i‘l‘llli‘li‘sfi. tin-mclhmiof llcr madness
lit-inn far from ohjcclionalrlc, and her rol-
t'n-ncca turning out to Lonroat satisfac-
tory, everything was done in uccordancr:
with the widow's dcsit'c, (tor yotlugrit
liopc, incited by tile itingnlltidc of his to
Word, never cram! his tnotioionous task
until llii' unfortunnto bird was so far cdu-
cntctl llnvl. if licdltl not substitutofils new
name for his old one, its at least used one
as often as ilic’olhcr, and very often bulb
iii the salon breath, and wilt-n the tith of
August oatno I look lilllhill n cab to Fill
strct-r. in a high state of excitation and
strong language, and un‘drr the brlicf, a.
I think, that ho vv:r.~. about to be :llipped
for the West lliillt'w.
itn lllt' lull: I brought him back again
on glossy and liripht as ever, and with the
sum of In on. in my waistcoat pocket fir
Wc l as ilic prim“ of ilic two ('Ilii.‘ Nut ti
fonthcrcf him was priming. llc was nv
ugly, but not of all more. htl~i‘.‘lllf‘li, ill
dvcrl, was H'.’lf‘(‘( 1y possiblc—«tlian when he
left us. What- bu Izod tlonv tocarrl llla flirt»
we could not punibly lrnaginc. When We
asked him. Iti'i‘.!l5‘.‘.i'l’i‘tl, " l-"lddlv Farldlc,”
a reply which at. first lcrriliul its by its so-
gncious non lty, but pres: rrlly we l't'flll'lll-
bcrcd ”all that had Int-n thc name of flu-
gt‘lil‘rltl who“) lion..cl;m-pcr llu- widow lzzrtl
bc or and fl‘l it. do“ n lilt l‘l ly an a new or»
quidllou to lllf‘L'n vocabulary. For 1.1
years I t. ok that [ulf'f'ut to I’m street and
tw-clml lbw ll guinea» per annum, and
ltlllulunb \'.'t' still‘rrrtl touch, i’.—‘pi'('lflll)‘
Lilr y, ll‘r;lll tlrc {lungs of ungratilb-d curi-
osity We had (3( rtninly cause to bless that
sable bird. Ulll‘ pecuniary connection
with .‘.lr~. lluhirlc did not. lil.ll:i' u.-i in any
dccrt'o lliul‘i' ill‘qllllfliIHl with her, Slu- to
colv‘rtl and illrllllim‘ll me always with tbc
mlnr- frigid ll-‘llll‘fii‘firi, and win ii l on ’ LP:
by (‘liflllt’tl in tho ~trt'r t at nfhcr times sin:
Ill-'itll' tvv'o sterrolypcd inquiries—lint, oft.-
l‘l‘ ’l‘omnly'i health, and, secondly. after
flirt! of my wit-r.
in the sir tumth your nftci' our first from
of tho patrol. and in iln- worth of .li.l;\,
wr- rccu‘ii‘td -i v Hi from f\‘-"1~ir:il:,‘r' if n-
llr‘illt‘ii which was cv'cn mort- txtrnordi
nary in ll.‘ rmulls than that of Ilit‘ mys-
tcriour. widow, 1‘. rock [llllt‘i‘ upon a. Saint-
tiny afli'rnoou. \v’llr‘ll I was accustottit vi to
lcmc my clrrplsyrr".v homo :it an t.tllll’|‘
linni' tbnti ll~liiii, so that fl‘:'.,'rpl~ntwl to in:
of home. 7 ”Jill lit}; \vlfc lii’t‘ll :llotic .‘llt' ex
[ll‘ivvitxi h -r or irilon that. the bitch 1c“
Would hau- bum too much for fur and
bow Cilib Li'l‘ lll‘l' r- rtson.
As it. Wits, lit-r hunk—tn um lur ot’v‘zi
vvornls-“ltiror-tl round liki' o lift‘ltlflllil.”
and ‘ fillt‘ saw spurt..." vvhith, it scents. l.~'
a prcrutrnilory sign of lllt‘lilill obi-notion.
And judge. non will tlrcr, undzr llu,‘ I'll”
cunrstant'cs, tbi~ was to l~.~ “mum-ml nt.
’l‘lrcw two gi‘llllt‘llltll, Irvin}: stranger:
and attired in ritilli‘l' parrot-ms, bnv lug;
rung the bill. lifted down tho parrot.
\vbosc capo, mi usual, bung otllznltlr lfil‘
ground floor window. and brought it with
thorn into the parlor.
“You must cxctm: our frictloni,” ob-
H'I‘V("il the cldt‘rof the loo, vvho bad it Still
vvliitc. crawl and fool-ad likc alnrr‘illy law-
ycr. “but 'i’onvlny is a wry cltl fricrnl of
ours, and \W have known him a great
deal longer than you have."
"ltidcvd, gt'tltlcrnt‘iif” said I. ”Plan
that Illtlxll inm- bccn in thc \l'cstlnriir a?"
“I know llllll tlici‘c llllllllflit‘l) wrll,”rc
ttlrlicil tbt: second urntlt‘lnun. who \v':i-
tinlitly illiflilllt'il lip and carried lllw li.‘£lfl
high, like a military limit.
Won him at pitltzct olflbc lli‘ilfl‘liilllf guy»
t‘l‘llllf‘ of Barbados. having strikcd upon
his side to millions." .
“And I don’t think he would have oft.-
crvvartl parted with him, tiirijor,r‘f..r Ll,-
Uoo," observed the Ulllt r.
"Ilrar- inc!" said 1. lot I could flit
llclpth‘inklng tliztt lrc inn-t liavc paricd
with him for it good deal it as to my brotlr
ct' Dick lliiii‘h‘n‘ llicl; :.tolc bin).
ftlcti sougitaicrl lllt.‘ that llllll not catch
quite clearly what was r-rald for a liillltllil
3 or two.
"The potiilcmon want to know howit
is that tho Intrrut has forgottcntbr- :rrticleli
of war," t-xclaitnt-tl lily vvifc, touching my
elbow, flirt) ntltlctl iii a tcrrlllml whisper;
"For heaven‘s stiltc, not llictii out of tho
liotisc, lit-urge. 'l‘lu-y are both stark, stur—
lllg mad.“ , .
"Tho articles of war!“ said I. “I never
knew he had learned tlicni. Dick. Dick,
why did you never repeat the articles of
war?" . .
.“l’ooh, pooh! Kill the captain! Scutv
tlc um“ shlpl'f chuckled the parrot.
“Now, that's very extraordinary, too,"
remarked the military, stranger. "Whom
could he haw-picked up nllthatsca slang?
filr lr‘ldtllu was so wry particular. lIo
kept him in his own cabin rill tilt-way
home, and nobody under iguuroom rank
was allovvcd .o associate with yllllll. "
"Sonic yet on M'ltlilp of n. ,nritlsblpmnn
must doubtless have done it on the sly,"
returned tho ollrcr'. “lint, may lash, Mr.
Wilson, why you call him flick?" .
“liocausc that's his namc." observed I
simply. ”'I have no other reason what-
C‘R‘l‘.“ -
“But it‘s not his numc," rcnlark‘bd the
white cravzitcd gcntlctnnn confidently.
“Ills name lsj'l‘nmlny and has been such
for those 40 years. lie is denominated
'l‘ouir'iiy in thocodicil. lam euro Fiddle
would have been very unhappy at the no
tlon of his being called Dick. You must
not encourage the blrd in such senseless
entrnvrlgnnces. Tbc wishes of thctlcparte'd
should be consulted as though'he Were ac-
tually alive. We. have nothing, however,
taking to complain of in your easterly of the bird,
m Mr. Wilson. L, Quite the reverse. In“
lili‘ gl'llt r.tl
This last!
v.
nutrient and not at the speolfi done. we
ubdcrstmd that you had poor Tommy in
keeping for the Mount of his health, and
certainly you always soot him back to
Pitt sirmt in high feather. Now that
Mrs. llubblo is (lead (did you not hear of
it? You; the trod event took place more
than ten days ago) We do not know any
body lint-r than yoorwlf lowliom wtrnns—
fcr this sacred olmrgo. We came here to-
rluy merely to identify the iill’tl. in future
we nhnli visit you every i2til of August.
It was the generol’n whitest day in the
year, major. and npllychoscu. Even puff»
than can he hardly a thirty! charming spot
to him than was his I’crthshlro mom. We
be n long annuity to you and yours.”
llo pressed an envelope into my hand,
then. One presently called a cab and bade
gpudby to the other in n studiounly cour‘
tcousnianucr. just as though they had
been about some business which brought
their together periodically and made them
two liltnnccs, without their cvcr becom-
ing intimate friends. In tho meantime
my'wife wnswlthln n sob or lwouf hyster-
ical, while I rettlrllnt-d standing with tin-
ellvoiopo in my band, and n Ctua‘M'il chi-ck
inside of it for abnntlrcd guillcas, payable
in in self or bearer! ‘
N hing out of the'u'lrnbian Nights."
where purses of Ht‘qullls an: flung about
with such rccklcss prcdhrulliy. was surely
lobe ccrnparcd to this adventure.
"What's o'clock?" cried the. parrot, II‘J'
taillnln'd at tho stupl-llul sllcllrto into
which his master had is‘cu plunged.
"Excellent bird," returned I, "your
wmls art- the words of wisdom. It is half
past 2, (Hill the Mcmrs. Child close at 8
o'clock. Tin-1c is not a lrmrncnt to losc."
I arrived at. the banking but}!!! in time to
present thc check, and it WM car‘btd with
out the least lt(.~lf.'itinll. Iiool: my way
back will: molt- illnlit‘y irl my pocket than
l had ever possum-d there in my life. My
possession of it was a little mysterious.
certainly; but, then. had not my father
foretold that Dick’s legacy would prove a,
bir‘solug to us and bade mo mark his
Worth: [was inclined [vilircrpt everything
in the past and in the fnlurcvv‘iihu gratc’
ful lit-art that was not di-poscd for quits-
lion or analysis. It was a saying of my
rrv‘crcrl . parent. when our «attain, the
brewer's clerk, l:.~.t"ll to send us a kllderkiil
of ratio-r lnlrr‘rornlc at t‘bristrnits time.
that you should ucvcr fool: rt gilt cash in
Ilil.‘ bungbolc. I! I had found aqnccn's
Illt'rét'ltflt r walling for lilr‘ zit horm- with a
patent of nobility llili'll‘ out in the riarnc
of Wilson, by I‘t'fl-rln of my pruprlr torsllip
in that incomparable black parrot, I think
I should have lulu-rt it .n‘ a l..:ittcr cf
optima I (“ll not. llIlWI't't‘l', find It quot-n};
fllt‘snt'llgi r, for. on the contrary, a porter
from l‘urnival'.~ lnri. who had brought u
left: I v. ill: him fifltf tlvl‘lllll'il in leave the
house without swing lllt‘. 'l‘ln- ('ullttfila‘
i'v't‘rv no follows:
filial! Slaw-l wholly if r»-
:lux androywif “dilll‘l it you this bl'fost-
[wolf with the- f1;'—t my lir‘lll of your an-
ni'liy to ask furyonr l-‘llflllllill'v to the in-
.lo..-:r-l rccrript, which plvn .. to sign and re
turn by bearer. Your: truly,
NATHAN“. Portion.
'l‘he receipt was in illt' sonic (‘1in lope:
lie-crit- rl vrf Matthew "- '
tlranigl lull!» t, a
into in in I‘ ’
gonna». ls .: -
in” of Ill" mill gr lrrl‘al fv r llir
of his him it parrot Tommy.
Tln‘s’c tlrvnrlfnl ‘Vlli'llJ lcvculv ll ibo (liil‘k
sourcc uf our proapvrity, :i.~ llic tarliCclirtlil's‘
innit i‘li illlrlltfi on tlw _ lll:[3l(‘:t;~'l: r’» of.
lbc burglar. anmtnpanictl filt'llii‘~.~i neel'
lbl. our to litlrrri'val's Inn with tlindr grits-
irig l'IillH‘ltlllwIli’rw that I had got to'rrfnilrl
.my liltlc properly. It secured to be vt-ry
hard and grit yours that my warn-d rights—
for such they nlrr-arly sl-t'tiwtl—slrurlltl be
thus infringed. f' at out-c. however, tat-t
forth curry tilI'Clllllnlllllf.’t' contacted with
HIV :illnir beforr Mr. .\‘atl;;nlirl l’ouncr t
and burl flit: elitisfzu‘lioliof perceiving that
I Wiin' at lt'flml bciit-vi-d. " You are not to
blame in this attairnt all, Mr. Wilson."
e-aid lic. " f’ar from it. lot for yourbon-
r-sly it is likely vlmllnh we should have
paid you n hundreduuirzcnsa ycnrfor lifc.
’l'lu: lnic .‘ll'r. llubblw must have cheated
us out of that amount for lb years—ever
since sin: bind your parrot to rcprcscnt
the llOt'L‘s’lfil tl liqul‘llii of the poor general.
it was a bonsckcrpcr, tray, 1 liiltik, \vlio
krpt a bit-bop alive. to all appearance, for
six nlonth~ alto. r tin-nth and drove ntllliti'
tiling llkc’liial every day [lll't’fltilll his own
Cillllt tll’fil town in order that sllclnigltt rc’
i’l'lt'ti fiic half yr-nrly ‘rr-‘v‘cnnc of his scc. I
really dril't know which was the “‘UI'M‘
(who, except that in tho llirltop'5"——ltcrc
the lawyer smiled—"there swine to have
brcrr no ‘ncusnily for a sulwtitutc, and
tlrcrr-forc the fraud was rather more ncxa-
live ul‘ purvilw. You will not, of t-.mr.-'c.
have to repay those sums, Mr, Wilma.
which this woman remitted to you upon
{also prctcrlscs, but which you did not, I
am sure, suspcct to be false. Of course I
must. rurt-ivo tho liltl guini-ns, but vvo will
communicate upon that t-lllijt‘trl. with tho
generals ltl‘lr'llt‘lllW, who will be glad to
lcorn that this troublesome charm.- npoii
flic estate no longer exists, and who inn-l u
bcart to sympathize with your disappoint
nrcnt as well as to appreciate your manly
conduct."
twin :1 Major Mur-
.2 by flu:
auxilifrnnnrr
m” can Wm use.
one have coll w herb],
Finally, although my rccoitipcnsc for
keeping my own parrot could not be criti-
tied a longnnnuity, I rec'civcd that or
funded check. for a hundred guincns "in
» token of thee-sitcom entertained by Francis ,
Faddlc, Fish," for my upright; behavior,
or, fir-other words, because I had not been
so fraudulent as Mrs; Ilubble. No wonder},
that she had been so anxious for our par- ,
rot's company between the iith and 13th
of August! No wonder that she had
thought Tommy a more becoming name .
for him than Dick! What pleased my wife
most. of all in the whole transaction was
that she had so sturdily refused to part
with the door bird for good and all. "What
a rich reward has been given us for obey- '
ing the dictates of affection! Whatever
would you have said, George, had ‘I sold
our Dick furl?) gulneas at oncefi instead
of receiving more than 2630 for, as it were,
the interest of our principal?”
"Well, Lucy, I should have said that
you had imitated that unsagncions house‘-
wife who killed her parrot for the sake of
its golden eggs."
“That was a goose, George," remarked .
my wife a little stiflly. l
"Fiddle Faddle, what's the odds?"
«screamed Dick—James Pnyn in Short
Stories. . I
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