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PIGEONS.
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news reached their island from the seat of war.
They knew that Zeo and the other islanders
had been drafted into marine service, for
which, indeed, they were best adapted. But
at last the truth could no longer be withheld
from the population, and it was officially
announced that a fatal sea-fight had taken place,
in which Greece had sustained great losses,
many galleons had been sunk, and their crews
killed or taken prisoners. Amongst these
vessels was the one with the brave youths
from Milo. Fear and hope alternately preyed
upon the minds of Zeo’s parents and his
beloved Hiatha.
" No news arrived for a long time. The
mother nearly succumbed to her heart-rending
despair; the father grew morose and kept his
silent woe within himself; Hiatha was in such
a state, between hope and fear, that she would
nervously start at the trembling of a leaf, and
listen anxiously as if she expected the footfall
of the beloved one to steal upon her for a glad
surprise.
" At last one day a boat brought one of
the young warriors home; but he was
haggard and ill, and had been maimed for
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