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"See! the dappled gray coursers of the ht silver hoofs,

And chase it through the sky!"

MARSTON

Inez left her father's door as the last notes of theair She held in her hand a silken scarf, which, according to the custohtly across the head, and confined at the chin

Beautiful she looked, with the feverish glow on her cheek, and her large Spanish eyes, restless and piercing, flashing out at tihts of her inmost soul She threw the mantilla round her head, and turned toward the church The step was fir to escape from herself

The streets were silent and the Plaza deserted, and naught see save the ss that twittered and circled round and round the belfry of the church There was soned on that bal, and Inez felt its influence She paused at the entrance of the gray old church, and stretched forth her arms to the rosy east

"Peace, peace!" she murmured, in a weary tone, and sunk her head upon her boso herself proudly, she drew the scarf closer about her, and entered

A basin of holy water was placed near, and hastily she signed the figure of the cross and proceeded down the aisle to a side door leading to one of the wings She pushed it noiselessly ajar and passed in

A solitary tin sconce diht, at that early hour A wooden cross suspended from the wall, a stone bench, and table, on which lay a rosary and crucifix, and a small vessel of holy water, formed the entire furniture Before this table sat Father Mazzolin, his face buried in his hands Her step, light as it was, startled hi, he murmured, "Benedicit"

"Bueño dios, Padre"

He motioned to her to kneel, and she did so, on the da the scarf over her face, so as to conceal the features

"Bless me, my Father, because I have sinned"

He laid his hands on her bowed head, and hty God, to blessed Mary, ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through rievous fault Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, the blessed Michael the Archangel, the blessed John the Baptist, the holy apostles Peter and Paul, and all the saints, to pray to the Lord our God for me