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FRA FELICE’S LEGACY 249
“God in heaven!” sighed Donna Elisa, “is he a
devil to tempt poor people in such a way?”
“We have been poor before,” cried one of the
women, “we can still be poor.”
“We will not choose Barabbas instead of Christ,”
cried another.
The syndic took a match-box from his pocket,
lighted a match, and brought it slowly up to the
testament.
The women stood quiet and let Fra Felice’s five
numbers be destroyed. The blind people’s church
was saved.
“It is a miracle,” whispered old Donna Elisa;
“they all believe in Fra Felice, and they let his
numbers burn. It is a miracle.”
• • • • • • • •*•
Later in the afternoon Donna Elisa again sat in
her shop with her embroidery frame. She looked
old as she sat there, and there was something shaken
and broken about her. It was not the usual Donna
Elisa; it was a poor, elderly, forsaken woman.
She drew the needle slowly through the cloth,
and when she wished to take another stitch she
was uncertain and at a loss. It was hard for her to
keep the tears from falling on her embroidery and
spoiling it.
“ Donna Elisa was in such great grief for to-day she
had lost Gaetano forever. There was no more hope
of getting him back.
The saints had gone over to the side of the
opponent, and worked miracles in order to help Donna
Micaela. No one could doubt that a miracle had
happened. The poor women of Diamante would
never have been able to stand still while Fra Felice’s
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