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Show Dili the II an or Ilia lllr.1 Iiuoll Hart Prom tho llutts Mine' Can ths voles ot an educated parrot be mistaken for that of a human voice ! That waa a qusitlon that Judge Pvrrell had to 4-eldi 4-eldi In the Hutu police court recently Ths Judge decided that under certain clrcimitancct a parrot talking might be mistaken for a prrion talkies:, and Arthur Powers, who was accused of disturbance and calling Mrs. Nellie Thompson nsroea that wtrs not at all polite, was allowed to go frro beeauie tbo parrot wis to blame According to te testimony given during the hear-Inr. hear-Inr. Powers, who Is a next-door neighbor neigh-bor ot Mrs, Thompiou, waa making a good deal of nolfi the other night. Mrs Thompson stood It at long as the could and then asVcd th Powers family fam-ily to bo still Tho noleo continued, bosevtr, and tho again atksd for peace Instcsd of getting It a volley of oiths saver J yards long was fired at her out ot one of the windows. She started back In amaxement, and, thinking Powen wot to blame, promptly prompt-ly bid him trresttd Hit defence was thai he had not said a word to Mrt. Thompiou, but hit parrot had, and ot course he bad na control over the voice ot the bird The green fellow, hs ssld, bad been sducat-d by "Seotty" Orr, no had taught It many thlngt It would be belter for It not to know. When Mrt. Thompson railed to him, the parrot began talking and be could not prevent It saying tho thlngt thlt Iniultsd Mrs, Thoropcon The bird was not In court, and It It probably a good thing that It waa not. |