Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-02
THE CARRIER PIGEON.

THE CARRIER PIGEON.
Trieste the capital of Illyria, consists
,ftgo towns Of widely dissimilar aspect.
0ne If tbem-Theresiens modern
md Well-to-dO and squarely built, along
+ Se shore Of the bay from which the land
socoupies has been reclaimed; the other
4 i.od and Door and irregular, struggling
B Tcm the Corso, which divides it from its
& raybbor. up the slopes of the Karst,
+ whose summit is crowned by the plctur-
esue citadel.
me- barbor is guarded by the mole of
s Sen Carlo. with the merchant shipping
81 bsrtbed alongside. On this mole there
NAV at most times be seen-aDd very
q cten in somewhat disquieting numbers
rny group of those houseless and
6mDeless Bohemians whose clothes might
Nh be destitute of pockets, considering
mai their owners never bad, and to all
tbesrsnce never will have, the where
Ethal to put into them.
To-day, hOwever-it is the 18th of May,
Xi87-two personages slightly better
dressed than the rest are noticeable
amongst the crowd. That they have ever
uttered from a superabundance of forms
kreutzers is improbable, unless some
hcEY chance has favored them-and they
CERTAINLY look as though they would stick
at nothing that might induce that chance
b come.
S One Of them calls himself Sarcany, and
says be halls from Tripoli. The other is
Sicllian, ZirOne by name. Together
they have strOlled up and down the mole
R least a dozen times, and now they have
halted at It's furthest end and are gazing
away to the horizon, to the west OF the
Gulf Of Trieste, as il they hoped to sight
ship which is bringing home their for
tune
"What time is it?'' asked ZIrone, in
Italian, which his cOmTade spoke as
uenlly as ne did all the other tongues of
Ae Mediterranean.
Sarcsny made no reply.
What fool / ami" exclaimed the
fcalan. ut is time you are hungry
ger you have had no bresktastV
Ihere IS such mixture of races in this
lalt Of Austria-Hungary that the pre-
vince OF these two men, although they
we're obviously strangers to the place,
provoked no attention. Ana besides, if
heE pockets were empty, no one had rea-
talnk so, thanks to their long
AyNh capes, which reached even to their
boots.
Sfeany, the youngest Of the two, was
Ivy hve and twenty, and of middle
noshl wen set up, and of elegant man.
N.Y. ana address. oarcanV, however, was
Ky uls Oaptlsmal name, and, probably,
" mad never been baptized. being OF
iQoh'au OF Iunislan origin: but though
ns complexion was very dark, his regular
essuIes proclaimed him to be more of the
"l ,l taan the negro.
ever phwiognomy was decaptive. it
lse'so IN sareany's case. 1t required a
alsuiariy keen observer 10 discover his
yusltunSte astuteness in that handsome
a1slple ia'e, with its large dark ewes,
1o straight nose, and weil-cut mouth
RI ny the slight mOustache. That
~ impossible face BETRAYED none OF
~ itls OF contempt and hatred engend-
.s.., aconstant state Of revolt against
,S 49, q. H. as physiOgnomists pretend
W., e! are not unfrequently right
M ia'cal bears witness against him
s5lg sllt q all his cleverness. Saroany
AN a, the assertion the lie direct. To
N way nun no one would suspect what
sE.S anu what he had been. He pro-
M Ssi ,re Oh mat irresistible aversion
md 4 wards cheats and scoundrels:
tllg,tAS o1se4Uence, he was all the more
os,, ''e a lao sarcany spent his child
bfmos, w. One knew. How had ne been
n fp,,gS.p y ana Oy whom? In what cor
M (. ~ 49, aad he nestled during his
pvs &C. 10 what protection did he
.esiwefi.-' ps rom the many chances Of
tgeoB5 a.. III Iast terrible climate? No
Dtt M ~! maybe not even himself:
sslis5 "apoei helped on by chance.
,uffe bo I've 10y chancel Nevertheless,
ert.1 mi. NoyuuOd he had picked up a
6alss n -i1Nut Of practical instruction.
gOfl mic having TO knock about the
f1iihhto WIN people Of all kinds.
eclre ma !, 1ipeulent after expedient TO
dk tni n''tly bread. It was owing 10
oret hay, WI cUmstances tnat he mad
ll5 r.ebas- V'FiueAs relations with one
lqhAkr Auus,s In Trieste, that OF
huuat 'Has IorOnthal, whose name
hogUfei. connected with the deyelop-
NJ va a ,,.,. gallon, tho Italian, Zir-
a0fmg PUN iWthie.c and lavIess a
w cg. oil .,....,' ""'eniurer, ever ready NJ
luI be mot ,'i,t no could pay him well,
.Gi0uHd .., ~. uiin Who would pay him
oelian ti.. l"Ne any task whatayer
Nas Ia c.,,.11' ana IN his thirtieth venr
q, carry,lp'a, 4 OF suggnstlngh ytliainv
" 9ld sso,'S,. ID into effect. Ne might
tA Iio 10 when be had been born
gt'-'i'.Ri bgt he never Whitney
IA. q g s 4,fe,l, or II he lived a5y.
slem.s, Sicily that tbe cbsnoss
ts0est,l 'e had made him aconainte5
.'r,rr'ir-,,. Aud heuesiorth thew I hsd
ib G.1l 'l' world. trying Spsr fa S' et
''les living by t6elr III VII, -
9ag., J're bearded man brown w,S,,
1s,as tI6%.s3 ,h BLACK Of hair, taxing
\ qtall l', .st In revealing itself ~ ~
val Efforts. In vain he ' tr,n5 ~ W
st y,, iesi character be Te .tssI No 20
a'ru t,.onlloIllty, ana, being Of ra,b nss
os s.l' t5oi s't, s,,,, be was just as
Day. wv Reserved. '' 5ounBef
.sial5 m seSeYer 2rone waa v..,,
.slii an W. he had to saw. liz ,say
'iA before sl,s about bis dinner ms
had boon uaSIp ulO % ,b dne