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THE OASIS AND THE DESERT 327
way. Accidents were happening constantly on the
steep inclines; and the price of the tickets was
too high. The people began to use the omnibuses
and post wagons again.
Donna Micaela and others with her began to
think of carrying the Christ-image out into the
world. They would go out and show how he gave
health and subsistence and happiness to all who
were quiet and industrious and helped their
neighbor. If people could once see, they would certainly
be converted.
“The image ought to stand on the Capitol and
govern the world,” said the people of Diamante.
“All those who govern us are incapable,” said
the people. “ We prefer to be guided by the holy
Christchild.”
“The Christchild is powerful and charitable; if
he ruled us, the poor would be rich, and the rich
would have enough. He knows who wish to do
right. If he should come to power, they who now
are ruled would sit in the parliament. He would
pass through the world like a plough with a sharp
edge, and that which now lies unprofitable in the
depths would then bear harvests.”
Before their longed-for plans came to pass,
however, in the first days of March, 1896, the news of
the battle at Adna arrived. The Italians had been
defeated, and several thousands of them were killed
or taken prisoners.
A few days later there was a change of ministry
in Rome. And the man who came to power was
afraid of the rage and despair of the Sicilians. To
pacify them he pardoned out several of the imprisoned
socialists. The five for whom he thought the people
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