Show A PATR PATRIOTIC kiTIC PIGEON later after four ye years arie captivity in a foreign land it now koire many instances are on record of tenacity of memory on the part of cari rier pigeons who are said never to forget their first cote none of these in are arc more remarkable probably than that recorded of one of the birds biras employed to carry messages into paris during the sic siege c these birds domiciled in paris were taken out by balloons and after being laden with tidings from without were liberated and made lua de their way back to their homes ono one day a pigeon from one of these balloons was C captured by a german soldier of the besieging army ile he gave it to his officer who presented it in turn to his coram commander n der prince frederick charles the prince sent it aan as a ift to his mother in germany who happened to bo be some somewhat what of a pigeon fancier the princess delighted with the gift placed the captive in in a great dove cote where it was surrounded with every ury that the most exacting bird could ask for but whence it could not escape here the french pigeon lived apparently happy enough for four long vears ears but it did not forget its fatherland one day a door of the great dove cote was left carelessly open the french pigeon flew out it was never seen again by its german hosts but ten days later I 1 it was beating its wings against the doors of its old cote in the boulevard de dc clichy chichy paris it was recognized by its old keeper and received the welcome due to a patriot returned from a long captivity |