Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13

~, eJe'"i'i'ess VI che whole thing, and
OF whose strict. tetacity there could be
no possible question. We will suppose
him to be, Speaking.
Inc stptiy. window, near which gen
VT lily write, commands n clear view OF
n,y coachhouse and stable, along the
top Of the roof Of which building two
pairs of fantail pigeons (the other hav-
ing deserted mel were accustomed,
their aerial flights over, TO march in
single file like Indian warriors on the
warpath. To prevent confusion we will,
with your permission, give these birds
names, and call them, respectively,
Celadon and Amelia, after an unfor-
tunate pair OF lovers in Thomson's
"Seasons;" and Alonzo the Brave and
thc Fair Imogcne, of Monk Lewis eel
ebrity.
Ccladon and Alonzo were brothers-in-
Jaw, and pattern husbands; Amelia and
iriogene were sisters, and tender and
'nffectionate spouses. As the top of the
slanting roof referred to was not quite
as commodious parade ground as the
wall of China" ON which it is said
four horsemen can ride abreast, but n
promenade of only a couple OF inches
In width, and therefore not admitting
OF two pedestrians side by side, Celadon
always took the lead, Amelia came next,
then lmogene, and then bringing up the
rear, Alonzo, who, when his lady-wife
did not go fast enough for him, was in
the habit of giving her little peck on
the leg, by way of accelerating her
movements. 1t was edifying, too, to
watch the grave air with which the
whole party faced about. when the
leader had reached the extremity of the
ridge, and 1t became necessary to wheel
round for the walk back.
Things went on this agreeable and
endearing way for 1t considerable time.
The two pairs of lovers INDUCED in an
occasional tour round the welkin, but
always returned to the roof of The
stable afterwards, where they either re-
newed their march or sat in row, look.
ing about them, with glance Mt one
another now and then, when nything
of particular note attracted their atten-
tion.
One morning, however, observed the
whole party to be in great state of
alarm, and on glancing skyward, saw
hawk lowering in the air just above.
The next moment the pigeons were
gone, and the hawk likewise Whether
the former had flown away in kind of
panic at the presence of their arch-ene-
my, or not, cannot say, but presently
they came back to the roof and fancied
that Imogene had received wound, as
she tottered in her gait in wny not
usual with her. The next morning. she
was decidedly lame, and did not join the
athers in their customary "constitu-
tional." An hour or so later saw her
stagger and roll down the tiles to the
parapet below. Imogene was dead.
Alon2o took no notice of her for n lit
tle while, till his curiosity and concern
being excited, he waddled slowly down
and eyed his deceased consort closely.
She did not move. He pulled her by
the feathers tenderly. He took one of
hSi claws III MO pchN anu BdNc ~ u IuB
Then he cogitated for upwards of min
ute, inspecting her first with one eye,
then with the other, like matchmaker
prying into the works of patent lever,
rejoined his friends above, and returned
followed by Celadon and Amelia.
They held q short conference, which
resulted in Alonzo's coolly kicking his
dead wife off the parapet to the garden
below. Yes, 1mogene had evidently
net with some foul play, and Igave her