Show sv TS ai 1 OF clero ia a fruit and poultry dealer in town who cwm 1 t illein parrot and the quaint of abe wise looking cleatur crea tur furnish much to by abc talks incessantly and ibe owner u months ago a lareo price the bud by a married man who said ho wanted it a a sorter stand ol for his wife the poultry df aler positive to wll bow ear but confidently remarked rem irked to the other pail is th ua what I 1 keep the for anybody n sc oldin obb eive thai bud always eunous band in the law in no body ehe can in a word and if ion afar at hn why thial oud uke up liftig anyn gry bull no sir he adde lookin sr sympathetically at tho othe married man 1 I wont part with aba bird att any price bat set UR th beer for you an oviparous satorv is told concern int the parrot the burden of whick tells as a mitter of course upon an irishman lie bad never seen a bird of the kind wort ind had been disten gnp balfan hour to its wise ta bains ins with the keenest interest not with awe ia quare bird entirely do she lay anny eggs he asked of the market nan n an ob yes once in awhile replied the owner who saw a chance to amuse himel 1 could you sell egy from that burd yes if yon come herein a daiy diy or two III hivo one lor you and the poultry dealer and tho went away bibly pleated ha was back again on abe second day and aked for the promised 1 be dealer bad for gotten abe circumstance till lo 10 carry out the oko walked to the back of his store and picking up an of ono of the nearest boxe it paper and it to paddy who cheerfully paid the 10 cents demanded and with a smile of satisfaction 1 wo or three weeks passed before the poultry dealer saw bis egar cuto mera pAin and then he noticed him ono mornin sandin on abo sidewalk side ariae at the parrot with a half sorrow ful half reproachful air present ay iy he stepped up to the dealer and whis perca luk here does that burd yours run around much 0 nights well I 1 dont know exactly replied iho dealer with difficulty a as a suspicion of was corn flashed across his mind a may hop out into tho back yard sometimes a pinter on that icord said abs tbs aushman in ahral whisper 1 theres a duck been aiding |