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he reached his studio. Where is Madre Maria ?" she cried when she saw Luigi. " She is still at church," he said, the spirit of the church in lingering his voice as he held out his hands to
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He stood looking at her, and she returned his him gaze, regarding with her blue .softly eyes eyes which did not know the world, and dazzle. yet eyes which it would never "I love he you, Margherita," and murmured, bending touching her brow with his lips. " she said, just brushing his Yes," curls with her fingers. " The statue is finished. nearly It is wrought from memory. Memory is beautiful sometimes so that one fears it better." to, make He drew the sheet away. Mar as her hands at a gherita clasped vision. The studio darkened was ; in the seemed to stand a angel The between the worlds. twilight on head hung low the breast, giving to the ethereal a beautiful dreaminess face. The strong light wings swept down, as if a breeze were brushing and the hands them, in flight, of the touched the shoulders child was in its shadow. It not a playing chisel. It bare theme under Luigi's was the between angel fluttering time and eternity. was himself and thrilled, Luigi as he waited yet he stood trembling rose for her to She and speak. wound her arms around the angel's and laid her cheek throat, against saw of the stone. that out Luigi the fire of his heart he had made the even marble as she was breathe,
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Margherita the girl
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murmured.
"
like
Madre
was so all Maddalena happy she ran with the chain around the cloister, over her black and the veil, flung cross on the blue serge, pearl shining after her. and the convent dog barking Were we We called her worldly. ? Madre Madda not brave, Luigi sweet It was a lena worldly day, we of had a feast and in the evening !" strawberries came a after their There pause blue paled in sweet The laughter. A flight the of doves stormed sky. crumbs. the windows for the evening in one moment Ave Maria sounded from all the bells in Rome.
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of gold. of her conscious She was faintly own charm. In the school the girls to to her, but she tried all turned Alas for the conceal her sovereignty. would veils which human tenderness for draw! A violet may be sorry own beautiful and may its blooming, but the dew hide in the deep grass, falls in its-little the sun heart, lights and the violet is up the dew-drop, as smiled he watch betrayed Luigi ed her. at the wonderful "Is there nothing ?" convent now, Margherita " there yester Yes, the Queen was I her a had sent day in her coach. handkerchief for her festa, and lace some me red roses and she brought to let me asked Madre Maddalena go I on an errand of mercy with her. It took my roses to the old woman. was a sacrifice, Luigi— I loved them to a so. Last package came night me from the Queen's jeweller. Fancy trembled to open it. mio I Luigi a velvet box was In the purple pearl on a chain cross of gold, and in her own the words: handwriting Majesty's ' in To my little Margherita, pearl, of a bouquet of red roses.' memory
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are
of
tired
place
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still standing by the on its her hands resting breeze wings. swept the hair her over brow, and her young eyes looked out at Luigi through a cobweb
"
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in
with A
angel,
Perth.
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Barrack-st.,
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Margherita, It a fame. is little votive-offering which I make not that the world at the beautiful art of may tremble but that look the children it, may as I up and smile as they pass, even smile because God has me a given he G ardian raised her Angel hands to his lips. the Then he struck face angel's one or and the two blows, exquisite of a smile passed over the lips. spirit " how is old Tell me, Luigi, ? Madre Mario Did not Maria tell of him ?" you "Yes, he is well, and Giovannino must that Mario is it not strange
CO.,
brother
little
!
with
chisel than a sculptor's heart. seraph's But, is not for angel my
King
TATTERS
the
man
&
says year." She
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Wellington
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her
still
Pellegini
" Yes and Padre Filippo's grave on sod laid has just had a new it, has lilies mother and my planted there." and passion-flowers the two young A shade passed over looked and they faces, up at the
Perth,
Street,
Watchmakers
" Has Madre rheumatism ?"
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went to St. Peter's. Luigi over the The day flung its shadow as in two women, they stood waiting cast the throng. Maria's eyes were on her down and the lashes trembled cheeks. Her' gnarled hand clasped a There was her wooden rosary. That her lips for the world. prayer on In the was for her. its only existence herself to midst of it she abandoned
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