Parrot & Co

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Harold MacGrath. Parrot & Co

Parrot & Co

Table of Contents

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Game of Gossip … … Frontispiece

TO. J. J. CURTIS

PARROT & CO

I

EAST IS EAST

II

A MAN WITH A PAST

III

THE WEAK LINK

IV

TWO DAYS OF PARADISE

V

BACK TO LIFE

VI

IN THE NEXT ROOM

VII

CONFIDENCES

VIII

A WOMAN'S REASON

IX

TWO SHORT WEEKS

X

THE CUT DIRECT

XI

THE BLUE FEATHER

XII

THE GAME OF GOSSIP

XIII

AFTER TEN YEARS

XIV

ACCORDING TO THE RULES

XV

A BIT OF A LARK

[Illustration: A Bit of a Lark.]

XVI

WHO IS PAUL ELLISON?

XVII

THE ANSWERING CABLE

XVIII

THE BATTLE

[Illustration: The Battle.]

XIX

TWO LETTERS

XX

THE TWO BROTHERS

XXI

HE THAT WAS DEAD

[Illustration: He That Was Dead.]

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Harold MacGrath

Published by Good Press, 2019

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"Now, then, old sport!" tapping the parrot on the back with the perch which he used as a baton. Blinking and muttering, the bird performed his tricks, and was duly rewarded and returned to his home of iron. "She'll be wanting to take you home with her, but you're not for sale."

He then opened his window and leaned against the sill, looking up at the stars. But, unlike the girl, he did not ask any questions.

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