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  • "'Grilly' you shall be called," I said; "and, although you cannot utter our names, common politeness requires that you be informed of them.

    St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 Various 1868

  • A Grilly (ph) fire department diver save two dogs who'd fallen through the ice on a pond, Sunday.

    CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2007 2007

  • During one of the excursions to the neighboring mountains, -- Pippity alone accompanying me, Grilly having gone to assemble his tribe for a fresh supply of cocoa-nuts, -- we were leisurely contemplating the great expanse of loveliness that lay before us, in the center of which our noble dwelling loomed up superbly.

    St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

  • Grilly led the way; and when we lost the light, he squealed and chattered, and frequently ran back to make sure that Pippity and I were following him.

    St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

  • What Grilly did in the matter I could not conjecture; but Pippity, being able to fly, probably made excursions round the mountain, thinking that I might possibly come out at some place, and hoping thus to be able to find me and come to my relief.

    St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

  • Grilly was now down, too; and, reaching me his hand, he would fain have tried to pull me to the top.

    St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

  • He made Grilly get down below at the same time and hold on to my feet; and when I began to crawl and wriggle along the best way I could, I was assisted very materially by the parrot above and the monkey below.

    St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

  • Grilly ran in and out of the dark passage quite frequently, both that evening and the next morning, evidently evincing a desire that the descent should be made without delay, which convinced me that he had come through all the darkness which yet lay between us and deliverance.

    St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

  • As Grilly was now with us, it would be too great a tax on

    St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

  • "Grilly, Grilly!" shrieked the parrot, "how in the world did you get up here?"

    St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

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