Show POLLY IN A FIX nig al piece WM was as applicable one time as a another A showman at a fair posse possessed used a beautiful parrot which accompanied him everywhere on his peregrinations through town and country and excited the admiration of the gaping galim g crowd by bk its capital imitations of the show mans voice and tones when inviting the public to step into the booth one day the faithful creature broke its chain and escaped into a neighboring plantation soon a number of men and boys were on its track but before they had gone far they heard beard a loud noise caused by the shrieking of birds in uie the wood on ax arriving riving at the spot whence the sounds proceeded they found poor poll perched on the withered branch of a tree bereft of most of its ite feathers and surrounded by a flock of screeching crows that were mercile mercilessly sisly peeking pecking at it with their beaks notwithstanding this pit pitiable a ble state of affairs the crowd of seekers could not refrain from laughing as they heard the poor victim scream out at the top of his voice on one e at a time gentlemen dont crush so please take your aimel theres plenty of room I 1 |