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"The bailiff gave us, thisthat Geronimo

may yet return to us unharmed"

"You speak of the banker Liefmans, do you not, father?"

"Yes, ht had passed in useless

inquiry; his parents had the service for the dead offered for him, and he

was found alive and well in a cellar, where some robbers had ie sum of money"

"And the same may happen, to Geronimo!" said Mary, with a confidence she

did not feel, in order to aid her father in his kind intentions

Signor Deodati shook his head incredulously

Mary took his hand tenderly, and said, cheerfully: "We rant that our

fears may not be realized Would we not for the rerateful prayers to heaven?"

"Yes, yes; during our whole lives And I would go in ratitude to the Madonna But

suppose he has fallen under the assassin's sword?"