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Show BUHFAIiOPA 1'AKItOT WHOLE8ALE MOURNINO OVCn A MUCH LOVED HOUSEHOLD PET. Hi, mr.itliinatr. Ireslnre M "Mr lly. lMt, 11 It;," mi.1 ilsl.le.1 . Hi. (11....1-II,. Iniirrsl lli k Isrse litis si..l the lurnUlilnis Mere Oom-aii.. Them wan n strnngo scenu lu .Voe Vnlley, au ay nnt Custro street, on Thnrt day, nml tlioso whu nltneosHl It vill lint mon tiro talking of It. Tn moat of those whii took part In it thu ou-nalun was frniigut u Ith more nf curio-It- thin of let pi r Inlereat, but It was nut so with all. In a little front putloritt 111!'. CiiHtni stn't stands n big unptyMrd-ruge. unptyMrd-ruge. lllslng from the top of tlio cagu n stall un which n Hug, hnislcil h ilf must high, tells tho litor that tho mio time ociuiKin; is ilmd All iironud tlu little iluurmiy whero sho lluttm 1 lu and out lilts of black und hlto still furUier iinphnaiio tho fatal fact, und liotiquihi of llonera fitted into fading and drinking drink-ing cupsniid h inglugfrom thoaninglng lrch wheru Folly useU to suing uro token to her nieiiior) . It was only a purrot, this recent ilnrllcrwitltiii tliosxi Mnlla of wire, but st Mom tits n bird left more sliuir-mourners sliuir-mourners behind It, and runny n nmii or VtoinunuouM 1") proul tu think that tuch nil el ilxmito f utieriil win in atom for him or her. Less thnn twoji.irs ngo tlds ixwr p-irrot w ns hutched nut in tho v IMcroi-M of 1'iiniimu John Sir in iighuii, an liunest Miller lad, ciiinii Into sOitsuashm o( tho hint mi onuof hist, u-i wiw lrl- nnd brought it to his nni li a liuino In No Vnllc . .lust ono J ear ngo It win presented to Mr. nud Mrs. An-gosttu An-gosttu Tache, nnd In their protty littlo homo un Custro street tho bird really Wim tu llvu tho lifts that lias now no ruddenty vudeil Tho pnrrot'a untno was I.ortltil, lint on Uu to tho dlllkulty jmr-lots jmr-lots find In pronouncing tho litter T she culled liemlf Loru, and thoso uhu Luuw her und loed licr lenrneil tono- rpt the nbbrutiiition. I.orn w.n tlie ctof tliointlio nilghborliooil, but flio vns tho opplo of Mr. Tacho'u eye. Thero ncro tmira In lioth of Mrs. TiichWealist nenlngnasho relntnl rtoriea illustrating tho genius and no coinpllsliUKiita nf ixior I.oru, In ap-)aunco ap-)aunco tlio bird had been iptlto llku an) other green parrot with gold trim-tulngs. trim-tulngs. Her aiao u us roughly hut klndl stated by .Mr. Taclic, whoisacurpenter '.Slio just fitted into n lux li by 8 I in Ins," mid he. And there) stood tho box nu n isnlestal just in front uf tlio empty "cottage " It us n dainty box, moro liko n Jimng hid) 'a glon lux than a collln, covered Willi bluo silk nnd linn 1 with thu anuto In quilteil sqtnnsi. Yu in it lioor I.or.i hnd boeu laid out. I)y tho silken handle on tlther aide the lullbenrrra had curried It to thegruo side, and the re lit tho darkened (.trior It now stands with the other evidences of n u niiian'a strungo iK'lotlou to tho uumory uf a ilrad hiul llio h'ssoiu thnt hen learned In lur hoiiioonCastruslieet mom all tn have lx en good on H. Sim could not only tullt and whistle like olhnr parrots, but as n liiurcr -ho ij.ul an onrlablu niinl. lli stuping of tho cliorm of "Anld I.uni, S)ti is unld to li;io mnilu ninny of tli u-sidiutaut NoeVnllo) uKptoplousli uulMis T u ho herself waa very mm li ovoruimo lust culling In cudoavnrlng to give theieiKirUrnnldoaof Loru'a rcn tlltion tif "Amid the Hutting of .So.i ' ' biio hud n sueet mid love!) uk,"aald Ills fond mistroas nf u pnilty .t, hut Sir, Titcho did not hviii to ogreo with her Theie was also n sllglit dllfi ram o of opinion na lo I lie cause of l.ura s do 1 tise Ikith agreed thnt the parrot diml i f iholer.t morbus, but .Mrs 'liulie iU-ilarod iU-ilarod that tho illaenso win dun to ilr. Tutlio fue.Hug (ho bird mi w liter lavloii, whlliillie latter contwulwl tliat death had Ki n duo to too fn-jent buthliu nt the liiinds of Mrs. Titiliu. MuUcr tho tauic, juor Lou was tak ti i n in I t ue ua I h i f I i I I e pi t. 11 ull tl ul.tiimiii, and whin niiriit iuuji she futtll mnstirtip no u rits f n m her vn-lnuiinmiN vn-lnuiinmiN vocabulary -aw -'1'iiir I-ornl Poor, ihjut Lii I1 hunhl Is) Wen tluiiinl hereti t In nevir refermtl tu herself ns t'om id never made the stereotype! su. u.n reganllng the iroterbinl criilur .lust aa Jlon.lsy was turning In o '1 m?i) Mr and Mrs. Taihe, mingly M mud away m the nd-jolnliig nd-jolnliig bed room lienrrl a terrible scream The) knew nt in that Liravrnaun her lust legs, Mra. In' lio pruinptly got nut or boil nnd wi nt to tho rev ue 8ha also di 1 wrhasrt tuothi r vii.uhl hare dime for n dying child bhc took the bin! to In r bn-jm and sat wltli it on lieroun Iml. Four Loru lived but n ahnrt hour longer After tho ono shrill scream there cntne but tlieee words. "II) by, Lvrn by by1" They nere tin last words Indeed. Written by the afflicted mlttresa theeo words are allll limed to the wires nf tlie empty linkage The writer nml her husband im as sulalnnl In tlnlr grief as If ii child hnd la en taken iiwny Tho funeral took place at I p. in. nn Thursday. The neighbors ffirned not In gmslly iinmN-rs. The house ut 1111) Castro street waa crowded, and thorii wero more flowers than city offiii-ils hat sometime- been honuml with. lint thu must iin!it!u feature of lliu ucoos ion was tho htan-o Tlio mrti of a ncsl!ibar-Ing ncsl!ibar-Ing grocurytnan offered tlie scrviceaof his goat wngou. Certainty notlilng could havotiwii better stiileil to such n service The goat waa well trained anlmnl and ill 1 not ran uvvar. Two Ill-tie Ill-tie girls, (lay Siencer and Mam,ie Del mure, carrlud thu casket out of thu houso an I placed It In the little wagon Then taking their platen, one on nrh side, ami the other ihllJreu walking two by two liehlnd them. thy In! tho way up Castro stret to Clipper, where In tho garden uf Mr btnihighati, at I.I. a grave had lierii dng to receive nil that rt in lined nf Lorn. Tlio older x-o plo stood by vthen the bine casket waa cxehangrd for n coarser one, and when the earth vvasllllnl lualure II o limcritl cofiln tht re was more than Olio gvnnlnu lob andlble Snn I'runclsco Chruiililo. Ijenisncl V 1 was stratigleil In the cos tlo of St Angela by onler of his sitcces ror, Iloiiif.ico VII. who u few mcutlu laUr wi a OciMUtl and died In exile |
