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Show PIGEONS ON DOARD SHIP. I'arrlai Out or Blfjlit or Land, They Boon . lleie mie Tamo 1'ets. On tho roturn of tho training ship Portsmouth t tho llrooltlyn navy ynrd from n voyngo to tho Medlter-nincnn Medlter-nincnn alio had a lurgo number of pigeons n In ia rd. The birels wcro of tho common tni'luty nml lived In n coop on tho hurrlcano dock near tho forecuhtlo. Tho boys had procured them ut somo port whilu tho vvsm'1 wuh still cruising about, ( Inn d(iyutbc:i, when all traces of land wcro lost, tho birds wcro released re-leased from tholr prison. Tho crew gathered on deck to seo what thoy would do. Somo thought thoy would not le.tvo tho ship; others xpcctcd to seo them tako their benrings nnd then, like carrier pigeons, lly landward. All itcro mistaken, toys tho Youth's Companion, Com-panion, for after u Joyous sail nior tho hliio ocean they returned to tholr engu ami ii'ttleel elown to everyday llfo. Tluiy beonnio tamo ut onco and fonel ot tho sen men nml boys, ti lu fed thorn from their hands. They constantly llittcd about tho decks, ut times uvon cnuHiiig nnnoyuncu by walking about tho gangway under tho busy miloni' feet. At other tlmcu thoy would perch In tho rigging Roomlngly content with their nautical liven. In port thoy would tly ashore, but always returned nt night to roost In their coop. When nt but tho ordi m tt en glveu to hoist an chors for homo mnny of tho pigeons wcro out mi tholr dully fly. Tho sail" woro i,pnviil and tho big ship was ' tt nf ted a way. Tho boyB nnd sailors all ' folt vury Mjrry for tho disappointment ' tho birds tumid mewt that ovenlng tvlion they rotiirnwl nnd found tho ship had sailed. Hut boforo night, when tho luud like n tiny gre'ou speck fseluel from .light In tho twilight, thero wiiSHiuldi'iily it flutter in tho rigging and the missing birds ilmppod down nnel cut 're I thoir cafe Tho hearts of nil the l.oinowarel bound ship's company com-pany rojuleed. L'pou thoir arrival In llrooltlyn tho plgoous showed them-helves them-helves uh much ut homo In tho nlr around the i reut bridge nnd over New York oily ns 's nny foreign port. |