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Show Posalbly Polly Knew It ' A man mado a bet with a friend I that ho would teach the lattcr'a parrot par-rot to say tho word "halloa" In ono lesson. Accordingly ho sat down be . sldo tho bird's cagd and repented tho ' word "halloa," "halloa," halloa," J without pausing, for nearly ten minutes, min-utes, tho parrot mcantlmo remaining apparently unheeding, and so motion- less as to suggest sleep altogether a singularly unpromising pupil. Noth- lng daunted, the teacher, after a brief y pnuso to toko breath, began onco more, "Halloa, halloa." Rousing himself with ootcntaUoua cfTort, Polly fixed hla Instructor with a cold and glittering ' eye. and exclaimed, "Number ea-r ea-r gaged I" . |