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PIGEONS.
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for him. But when his father told him his
mother’s and Hiatha’s sad condition, then his
manliness forsook him for a moment, and he
drooped his head upon his father’s shoulder,
and bitter tears trickled down his wan cheeks,
for the sweet romance of his happy love would
never be completed; but he dashed away his
tears, and said with trembling voice :
"’ Tell them that I love them more than
heart can say; but that I am a son of Greece,
the land of heroes, and that I shall not shame
my country’s fame. I shall die a true Greek,
and my soul will take wings with their prayers,
which I feel are always with me.’
" With this they parted hurriedly, for an
impatient jailor brought their meeting to a
hasty close, because they spoke Greek, and he
could not understand them, and thought they
might be speaking treason against the Roman
emperor, his master. The father could not see
his son again till five days after, when a great
gladiatorial fight was to take place in the
Coliseum to celebrate a recent victory over the
Greeks. Lions and tigers were to be let loose
against some young captives of athletic build,
for the pleasure and glorification of the tyrant
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