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The Pigeon Prize; or, Variations on a Paradox. Translated from the French of Dumas the Young [From the Southern Literary Messenger]

Peticolas, A. E. "The Pigeon Prize; or, Variations on a Paradox. Translated from the French of Dumas the Young [From the Southern Literary Messenger]." New-York Saturday Press. 15 Dec. 1860: 1, 4.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
short fiction
Abstract: 

A suitor must earn a significant amount of money in a period of a year in order to please the father of his love. He almost attempts suicide owing to his lack of funds, but stumbles upon a study that pays him a great sum if he can eat 30 roasted pigeons. He manages, earns the money, and marries the girl.