| Show captain bottons Boy tons parrot captain paul boyton owns a talking parrot which has a habit oi of imitating crying babies on friday the captain was bringing the bird an in a basket to ne no 7 york from lis ilia its home at flushing suddenly the passengers in tha the ladles ladlee cabin on dhe the ferryboat heard the walli wailing rig tig of an infant proceed from the tho basket at the tile captains side As the bound sound increased the passengers stared at boyton who got red in the face and gave the basket a gentle kick then an old lady jady became indignant and said eaid something about a big brute the kick recited to havo aroused pollys feelings for the ec scream reaming screaming n grew louder the staring of the passengers became unbearable and the captain seized the basket and hurried to the front of the boat in evident embarrassment for he Is not a married man he was waa followed by all the passengers who watched him narrowly as he stood by the railing when the boat lauded landed at the foot of thirty fourth street and boyton reached the street he was accosted ae by a policeman captain eaid eald the officer an old gent says youve got a b aby baby in I 1 n the be t basket if what nonsense ze said bol nol boyton iton aa as a crowd gathered rand cand and suppose I 1 have havet well weil its a curious way to carry a child and excuse me if I 1 insist on seeing it its my duty you know ali ail all right said the captain a w he out the cover of the he basket open with a penknife the parrot stuck its head out of the basket ond yelled polly wants a cra cr acherl ackerl 1 and now the policeman would like to meet the old gent who gave him the information which led to the laughter which followed av N Y herald |
