Life — September 28, 1899 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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Ove time, when Dewey was young lleutenant, he sated entric captain. The ship put in at Rio de Janeiro pmmander Was much worrled about the bealth pet parrot. He asked the ship's doctor to prescribe, and latter expressed the opluion that ail th A was we climb into the gre w bark, and disport ttself. So the captain summoned his steward him take the parfot ashore and give it son on when the ane nce tree on shore, eb ard was an Important person t ted old darkey, who aped absurdly the en were always Him sone trick. Whe stepped to the port gungway to get {nto the Hberty tat, with the cage containing the bird enclosed in an old ammu- nition bag, they saw thelr opportunity, ‘There was a sea running in the harbor, which made It difMcult for the boat to keep alongside, and, Just as the steward put out a foot toward the gunwale, they purposely eased her off, so that he tumbled into the sea, He was pulled out Ina minute, t the parot and the cage went t0 the botto The steward was distressed. Ie dreaded punishment by the captain, who had std that he would hold bim responsible for the safety of the bird. Having shore leave for three days, he spent his time wandering about the elty and figuring to himself how he w t In the balance of the vorage in the ship's brig on t abte-tre 1 exposed to the derision of the crew, At length he was struck with a brilliant dea, Mo was full of parrots, and one parrot Is much lke another, espectally green ones. He bought, for the equivaient of seventy-five cents, a green bird with o yellow head, which looked to him like the twin brother of the one drowned, He Way also lucky euough to find a cage like raalo by all Newsdealors in Great Iritain, ial Newa England, Acests. Established 1823. ‘The Inter- mpany, Kream's Building, Chancery Lane, the lost one, and in it he took his prectous purchase back to the frigate. Now, as Dewey tells the story, the captain wax delighted fo nee is pet once more, and especially to see how much It plumage was tinproved, and how much more xprightly It had become. Lut his astonishinent may be imagined when, being asked whether he would like a cracker, the bird responded With astring of Portuguese oaths. Being fed, It expressed {ts satisfaction with a lot of swear words in Spanish, and this xo amazed the commander that he felt obliged to share his feelings with somebody. Dewey, who had been walking the quarter-deck, was summoned to the cabin, and the parrot Was persuaded (o xwear some more for his benefit. “Mr. Dewey,” sald the captain, excttedly, “that ts a most remarkable bird. 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