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STORY.
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Boladeras' PACIFICO.
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Temple
as
in
Carmichael,
(Montgomery
Just opened into the street gq out rang apologetically. darkened door was by a; figure I whom had no sort of wish to en I had of whom perhaps, a counter, sort of vague fear and dislike. But This I now withdraw. could not become kind of had very figure streets. All familiar to me in Tuscan with my life long I had been familiar of religious it in the world's heritage I had never But exchanged pictures. nor had I a word with such a figure, the sound of human hitherto heard across of any the lips speech come one of them. was a Franciscan friar who It my door, and he humbly darkened ask an alms. As I had come to at him it stood gazing curiously, of those seemed to me, by one psy us freaks which visit all chological I this that had enacted at times, scene in another existence. But I and memory was Reason wrong. was came It not I who to my aid. scene in another this had enacted Sterne who had but Laurence life, in this, and he has de enacted it " The Senti scribed it for all time in Blessed be Lau mental Journey." rence Sterne, who, having sinned the of discourtesy the most sin against courteous
of all
mankind,
Firm
of
to
attention
to
their
Change
that the All articles
same
draw
and customers maintained.
has
now
on
hand.
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headed, tween
sole
his
fierce
sun,
protection and stood
twisting
against there
&
and
orders on
to
W.A.),
old friends them will be still entrusted thei bear, the will premises assure
by the in
etc.,
most
celebrated
great
makers
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Timber
and
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PROPRIETORS Telephone
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too.
he began, signore," giorno, a demure with courtesy. quaintly " a thousand I demand pardons I musical. His voice was very mild blue eyes and looked into the.
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held up
lit
back diffidently, with childlike
called to ask an he answered.
Passi,
alms
!
of powers persuasion hall and stood expectant
DRAKE'S
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entered on the
the door
mat
BROOK.
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I went In here," on, as I pushed " before me: into my study." " O quanti libri! a What lot of he cried books!" in unfeigned sur " It almost me reminds of prise., what our convent used to be !" library " I asked, Used to be ?!' ..mightily: at his of niy books..' pleased praise " Have now ?" you no library
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to
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bought But
it
is
a religious two of the own
to
of
out
us
up to auction-
it
us.
We
it
body
to
fathers as
names
and.
against
their
he in
was
he
said,
our
Windmills;
Telephone
358.
the
on
wall,
and
in
an
instant
before it with hands clasped emotion. was It the strong " of Death St. Francis," by Ghira coloured landaio, of reproduction the Arundel Society. he had satisfied When his hunger of gazing he turned to me, and his blue eyes were moist. " The signore is a Catholic, then,"
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They
it
exist
and personal possession." private " Then if these two fathers turned traitor could turn out. they you all the convent." again and sell It was an inconsiderate 'remark, drawn from me by curiosity, surprise, and the study of law books. Fra " Pacifico shuddered Al slightly. not so mighty God, will permit great a he answered, calamity," devoutlysoul! I had meant to Simple be so considerate, too, and avoid all Yorick's and yet here I was, pitfalls, at the very outset, sowing new poison ous seeds in his mind that might bear all the bitter fruits of suspicion and distrust. for Fortunately me, fell no they upon ground in which rank or poisonous weeds would grow. sit But down," I continued, for we had been standing all this time. He was about to expostulate, Tus can fashion, when his eye caught a
ADDRESS—
ST.
in
own
of
Families
still
friar too. laughed, " he answered, and
again.
hold
a we to obtained are now the Leading Brands Licence, prepared supply and Wines of SUPERIOR C9lpniai;Alba-ap4 St.9t?/ QUALITY, Spirits Knghh in the best bouses", of not halfless than one gallon, quantities mported dhect froip dozen bottles.
Having
are
you;
asked laughing.
I
life
Two
IMPORTERS,
SPIRIT
when
pressed'1
ence?" The
of
(late
forty
where nobody, says the prior, looks at them because they are in Latin and: treat of theology." " how But have you been ' sup
Wales.
DOHENY,
Foy and. Gibson).
over
ever
died,"
HUGHES
not
signore,
library,
,
Reference,
no,
or odd volumes so. They took our books from us when we were sup and put them in the town pressed,
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the
s
in,,
him
bare
looked in to the room back in fancy at where Hotel Dessein's Calais, met with Lorenzo. Yorick Father " was the same attitude of Here the same "thin, entreaty," spare " same the mild, pene form," pale, same freedom from the face," trating " all commonplace ideas of fat, con his And face, tented ignorance." " looked forward and looked as too, looked to something beyond this if it world." was friar's embarrassment, The he found the door thus when great suddenly opened upon him by the a of the manifest house, signore
come
Let me en passi, prego I said, "to come in!" you," held the door open wider. I, The friar a low made me and obeisance, a with smile that acknowledged my
Perth.
Streets,
SAWMILLS,
"
instead,
treat
Merchants,
King
said
I
you ?" Fra Pacifico and his eyes wonder. "I had but of your charity,"
be
it
friar,
won't
variety.
ATTENDED
SATISFACTORILY
him.
to a friar
away. " Passi,"
carat..
etc.,
liked
"
apologetically more I The his fingers. the more at him did I wander
foreigner, " Buon
Jewellers
Of Address,
and CLOCKS WATCHES Kings, Bracelets, Brooches,
;
was
and
in
Then I had never spoken and there was about this as about Father Lorenzo so a such an air of de simple grace, in the whole cast of his precation look I and figure that would have been bewitched had I sent, him empty
Perth,
Street,
of
Stock
JOSEPH
moving
from the sin that day. was name and Pacifico this friar's " no He was Fra" his designation. or but a simple father, lay priest Franciscan Obserbrother of the was of coarse His habit vantins. a brown faded and threadbare ; stuff, round his knotted cord was girded feet were covered his sandaled waist, dust of a Tuscan with fine white at my he had. appearance high road which the small black lifted skullcap
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PROMPTLY
by the
confession of his crime made that it gentleman, impossible any a monk with should ever again treat Leastwise he saved me discourtesy.
of
Beautiful
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HARD
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OUR
" "
if
that' he has a, picture of holy founder." Your holy founder," I answered, the product of one Church, if the "
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