Show 1 7 J I. t o He Ie Gave Em the Bird BirdI I I By MILES c 10 1923 Western Newspaper Union HENRY read his his stepfathers stepfather's 1 L J.-L L' L ther's wilt will to me The only part that interested him was was this para p para paragraph l a. a gr graph An And Anil 1 to my In- beloved stepson Henry ne Beckius l 1 bequeath Goosey Goose my try Pot pet et parrot admonishing Henry at the sa tame Je time a to be uc observing in all things and find the parrot will show shave him the wa way to the wealth and contentment nt he lw has hasa n a right to expect f maybe In bc I said to Henry maybe maybethe the lie l darn am parrot W tS h his s secretary or be I 1 said s-ald brightly ly something nH maj maybe Illa bc It aint n a parrot at all ull Maybe May b be Its It's a secretary bird i But nut It was a I pa parrot rot We went overto over overt overto t to the old homestead and got it tt next morning The caretaker sold said that all nIl the he bird ever eel sai said so far as he had hul Ithe I. I I able to tu hear hem was wa Goosey Gooney Ganer Gan Gan- der iler er Well Hent Henry went vcr over town the next morning leaving fea me alone in the apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment ment with the parrot my job jou job being beIn being to to listen Usten for fOl words of or wisdom from tile the bird lint hilt I went and anti fell asleep or something some some- thing and I 1 either cither walked walled In m my sleep and kicked d the cage over p Anyway 1 I woke wok up with a crash and amI there was the parrot sitting on the window window sill sill And then before I could reach him lie he Ile flapped his wings s and flew across the tops of ot buildings and when I 1 reached the street why the parrot was nowhere to speak of I walked m myself lame and then I hired me a taxicab and rode up and und down and all nil about Finally the taxi driver said he had hadan hadan hadan an Idea iden The Janitor over ocr to the Elks Elks' club hes he's a n friend of ot mine the driver said 1 They TIley got ot n a parrot over there Well Nell go get him I had Lad no sooner anchored my Elk parrot f Inside the cage than Henry came in at the door Did Dd Goose Goosey talk Henry nent wondered right offWell off ofT Well Kell no no not to speak of at I 1 said And nd Just then the parrot piped up Hello Bill Bm And he said that same Hello HelJo hill Bill nineteen hundred and find six forty ort six times limes that e evenIng It got ot on my ray nerves es too but it started Henry to thinking Do you ou know what that Hello Heno Bill means menns he ate asked me It flIt means means may say Hello might mean menn telephone telephone see see said I Henry Go on I grunted Granting then Ulen that Hello might mean menn telephone why Bill might mean meana a telephone bill Yeh 1 I said trying to keep from r m. m snorting All Ail ri right ht Im I'm going oln to look for my financial secret in a telephone book said Henry 1 Which Ilich he lie did dill Henry went over oer to the old ole homestead home home- homestead stead and got hot tit nil the telephone bUrs bills his Ills stepfather ever eer owned I I I see that m my stepfather did n a great deal of ot lon long distance dl telephoning last month and practically all to the same person man person man named Gandier at Long Beach each Who's Wlm's Gandl Gandier Candler r I wonder Henry took tool those telephone bills and added ear cm up and multiplied era iem 1 b things nn ot of a R result and then went out to see If he could find a safety deposit deposit de de- posit box hox with some of the thc fool num num- numbers hers bers on which lie t. t But while he was gone ono on his silly errand enand wh why I went and found Goosey Goose back at the old airs homestead of course the the only place phase I c hadn't looked I took tool the tIle 1 Elk lk parrot home and placed Goosey In his his or or her cage her her her-ca cage e. e and then nem Henry came home Name and said suid he hadn't found round nn any treasure I I Im going oln to call CIll up this man tuna Gandier Gan Can Bier dier nn n anyway he s said Odd Yes sir he he got ot him sign rl right ht away away- getting the right number the first time Well ell this man Gandier Candler was a n doctor and ho he said sold he hed he'd bo he right up And Anti atter after after af at- ter a n few hours he ho came Ho ne told Hem I Henry that lint the money moncy was all nil safe and wasn't he clever er to get onto what the parrot was vas i saying nying sosoon sosoon so so- soon I II I v was a our your grandfathers grandfather's nn dearest sold said Doctor Gandier Candler ler and he lie entrusted our your money with me Howe rt ever over It 11 Is all nIl safe You are merely to come como down to the tho bunk bank with me me meto tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to to- morrow and get ct It Pretty clever of or your jour stepfather using Goosey Goose the parrot that v wn way ay wasn't It went on Doctor G Gandier antIl cr And pretty clever of or you ou too too to Understand understand un Un- der Gooe Goosey Cooey ri right ht away n Well Kell the parrot w wasn't very informative in in- formative smiled Henry We We had only two words to work olI on Two o You mean three said Doctor Doctor Doc Doc- tor tOI Gandier Gandler Two r said Bald Henry I Three said Doctor Gaudier Candler Gosee Go Gosee Gandier Candler see seo I They were Hello Bill said Henry Impossible said sold the thc Doc Doc Then I 1 began to see something That torn darn Goosey parrot hadn't been talking talk talk- ing about himself at nt nil all lie Ile wasn't saying n Goosey Goose Candor r. r I m The TIle green green- I pa ted r. son of was Insisting that w we e Go see Gandier So I stepped forth with n a confession conCession I and earned a n medal by hr telling something something something some some- thing like the truth which made e cr every every- thing merry anti and bright ht Better than ever cel laughed Doctor Gandier Gandler That Hello Bill re required lulled more skill than Go see seo Gandier Gandler any any- anyway w wn way ay And Goos Goosey who hadn't been saying In a word fluttered his feathers looked around him In a n wise WIRe sort of u manner munner and said sadly A Ave Aw w lets let's have hU a drink I 1 Which we did |