I want to take a walk,' she would say in her most coaxing manner.

If she happened to be already out of her cage and walking about the room, she endeavored to get him to leave me by saying: 'Here, Johnny, boy, put me on your finger.

Kiss poor Bessie--p-o-o-r Bessie.' "Mrs.Morris used to laugh at these schemes of the parrot to attract notice, and said Bessie reminded her of some people she had met who always wanted to monopolize the conversation." "Monopolize ?" said I.

"That's a large word.

I don't know the meaning of it." "Well, I think it means getting the most of anything and crowding other people out," replied the admiral; "and it was true in Bessie's case, for she always wanted the most attention.