Art and Science 



The lady above referred to told me more 

 about her parrots. She was like a Nasmyth's 

 hammer going slow very gentle, but irre- 

 sistible. She always read the newspaper to 

 them. What was the use of having a 

 newspaper if one did not read it to one's 

 parrots ? 



" And have you divined," I asked, " to 

 which side they incline in politics ? " 



" They do not like Mr. Gladstone," was the 

 somewhat freezing answer ; " this is the only 

 point on which we disagree, for I adore 

 him. Don't ask more about this, it is a 

 great grief to me. I tell them everything," 

 she continued, " and hide no secret from 

 them." 



" But can any parrot be trusted to keep 

 a secret ? " 



"Mine can." 



"And on Sundays do you give them the 

 same course of reading as on a week-day, or 

 do you make a difference ? " 



" On Sundays I always read them a genea- 

 logical chapter from the Old or New Testa- 

 ment, for I can thus introduce their names 



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