"Hully gee!" he blurted. "Why, I'm the boy!"
And he was.
_No Wonder He Asked "Why?"_
Edward had just returned from foreign service, and his brow was
troubled.
"I gave you that parrot as a birthday present, did I not, Amelia?" he
asked.
"Yes; but surely, Teddy, you are not going to speak of your tokens as
if----"
"It was young and speechless at the time."
"Yes"--with increasing wonder--"and it has never been out of this
parlor."
"There are no other young ladies in this house?"
"No; there are not."
"Then why--why, when I k-kissed your photograph in yonder album,
while waiting for you, did that wretched bird imitate your voice and
say: 'Don't do that, Herbert, please don't!'"
_The Safest Place_
A city gentleman was recently invited down to the country for "a day
with the birds." His aim was not remarkable for its accuracy, to the
great disgust of the man in attendance, whose tip was generally
regulated by the size of the bag.
"Dear me!" at last exclaimed the sportsman, "but the birds seem
exceptionally strong on the wing this year.
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