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then he turned to me and said my benvenuto be prudent commit no excesses and when you are quite recovered i beg you to make me a madonna with your own hand and i will always pay my devotions to it for your sake
so i made my mind up and prepared to travel
that day many friends came to see me among others pier landi who was the best and dearest friend i ever had
next day there came a certain niccolo da monte aguto who was also a very great friend of mine
i had harboured him in rome and provided for his costs while he had turned my whole house upside down for the man was subject to a species of dry scab which he was always in the habit of scratching with his hands
meanwhile that able physician francesco da monte varchi attended to my cure with great skill
there they seated me to wait until the duke went by
many of my friends at court came up to greet me and expressed surprise that i had undergone the inconvenience of being carried in that way while so shattered by illness they said that i ought to have waited till i was well and then to have visited the duke
at these words maestro agostino the dukes tailor made his way through all those gentlemen and said if that is all you want to know you shall know it at this very moment
giorgio the painter whom i have mentioned happened just then to pass and maestro agostino exclaimed there is the man who accused you now you know yourself if it be true or not
as fiercely as i could not being able to leave my seat i asked giorgio if it was true that he had accused me
he denied that it was so and that he had ever said anything of the sort
maestro agostino retorted you gallows bird
dont you know that i know it for most certain
giorgio made off as quickly as he could repeating that he had not accused me
then after a short while the duke came by whereupon i had myself raised up before his excellency and he halted
the duke gazed at me and marvelled i was still alive afterwards he bade me take heed to be an honest man and regain my health
when i reached home niccolo da monte aguto came to visit me and told me that i had escaped one of the most dreadful perils in the world quite contrary to all his expectations for he had seen my ruin written with indelible ink now i must make haste to get well and afterwards take french leave because my jeopardy came from a quarter and a man who was able to destroy me
i answered that i had done nothing to displease him but that he had injured me and told him all the affair about the mint
he repeated get hence as quickly as you can and be of good courage for you will see your vengeance executed sooner than you expect
i the best attention to my health gave pietro pagolo advice about stamping the coins and then went off upon my way to rome without saying a word to the duke or anybody else
you want them to immortalise that ferocious tyrant
you have never made anything so exquisite which proves you our inveterate foe and their devoted friend and yet the pope and he have had it twice in mind to hang you without any fault of yours
it was firmly believed that duke alessandro was the son of pope clement
messer francesco used also to say and swear by all his saints that if he could he would have robbed me of the dies for that medal
i responded that he had done well to tell me so and that i would take such care of them that he should never see them more
i now sent to florence to request lorenzino that he would send me the reverse of the medal
niccolo da monte aguto to whom i had written wrote back saying that he had spoken to that mad melancholy philosopher lorenzino for it he had replied that he was thinking night and day of nothing else and that he would finish it as soon as he was able
nevertheless i was not to set my hopes upon his reverse but i had better invent one out of my own head and when i had finished it i might bring it without hesitation to the duke for this would be to my advantage
i composed the design of a reverse which seemed to me appropriate and pressed the work forward to my best ability
this being so as he was a fellow of much humour we used often to laugh together about the great credit he had gained
i therefore dismounted at once got my fowling piece ready and at a very long range brought two of them down with a single ball
i never used to shoot with more than one ball and was usually able to hit my mark at two hundred cubits which cannot be done by other ways of loading
i lifted my foot and let the water run out then when i had mounted we made haste for rome
there was no answer and after one or two ineffectual attempts phronsie turned fearfully away
i'll try and she laid a quick hand on the knob
two red spots burned on her cheeks and her pale blue eyes snapped
oh i'm sure i heard it raging up and down
i don't want any dinner said charlotte drawing back
yes indeed said polly cheerily just as fine as can be
assuredly said old mister king with great satisfaction in polly's pleasure and at her success in drawing charlotte out
and after this there were no more quiet days for charlotte chatterton
oh bless me it's you phronsie in pleased surprise
yes grandpapa said phronsie coming in and shutting the door carefully i came on purpose to see you all alone
so you did dear said mister king highly gratified and pushing away his writing table he held out his hand
oh no grandpapa cried phronsie in a rapture i could never be too big for that so she perched up as of old on his knee then she folded her hands and looked gravely in his face
well my dear what is it
asked the old gentleman presently you've come to tell me something i suppose
yes grandpapa i have said phronsie decidedly and it is most important too grandpapa and oh i do wish it so much and she clasped her hands tighter and sighed
well then phronsie if you want it i suppose it must be said mister king quite as a matter of course
oh she left you everything she had phronsie a couple of millions or so it is why
charlotte poor repeated the old gentleman
why no not exactly her father isn't rich but charlotte i think may do very well especially as i intend to keep her here for a while and then i shall never let her suffer phronsie never indeed
grandpapa said phronsie wasn't missus chatterton aunt to charlotte
if missus chatterton was aunt to charlotte persisted phronsie slowly it seems as if charlotte ought to have some of the money it really does grandpapa
maybe said the old gentleman with a short laugh and i shouldn't wonder if cousin eunice was sorry over a few other things too phronsie
wouldn't it make her very glad if i gave charlotte some of the money
for answer mister king set her down hastily on the floor and took two or three turns up and down the room
oh i do so wish i might she said there's so much for a little girl like me
it would be so nice to have charlotte have some with me still no answer
i was writing a note to missus fargo said phronsie putting up her lips for a kiss
sure as i can be phronsie said old mister king smiling good by dear
there there my sister's boy shall never say that but come in come in
not to be ungracious the young man threw himself into a chair
oh hang it uncle why can't you let me alone
which is a wonder interpolated pickering
i know you did uncle said pickering you've done everything that's good
for heaven's sake pickering cried his uncle darting in front of the chair and its restless occupant don't say that again
i've been a lazy dog all my life and a good for naught but i hope i've not sunk to that
the church bells were ringing and people on the avenue going by to service turned curious inquiring looks up at the great house and then went on talking of the recent events which had so strangely entered into and made history in the city
and all through his impassioned appeal this morning there was a note of sadness and rebuke and stern condemnation that made many of the members pale with self accusation or with inward anger
raymond had voted to continue for another year the saloon
the christians of raymond stood condemned by the result
for that had been the fact in raymond for years the saloon ruled
president marsh sat there his usual erect handsome firm bright self confident bearing all gone his head bowed upon his breast the great tears rolling down his cheeks unmindful of the fact that never before had he shown outward emotion in a public service
what if he had begun to do as jesus would have done long ago
when had the first church yielded to such a baptism of tears
what had become of its regular precise conventional order of service undisturbed by any vulgar emotion and unmoved by any foolish excitement
they had been living so long on their surface feelings that they had almost forgotten the deeper wells of life
the meeting was tender it glowed with the spirit's presence it was alive with strong and lasting resolve to begin a war on the whiskey power in raymond that would break its reign forever
since the first sunday when the first company of volunteers had pledged themselves to do as jesus would do the different meetings had been characterized by distinct impulses or impressions
and all through it ran one general cry for deliverance from the saloon and its awful curse
gray and his wife were besieged by inquirers who wanted to know what loreen's friends and acquaintances were expected to do in paying their last respects to her
gray had gone up to virginia's and after talking it over with her and maxwell the arrangement had been made
i am and always have been opposed to large public funerals said gray whose complete wholesome simplicity of character was one of its great sources of strength but the cry of the poor creatures who knew loreen is so earnest that i do not know how to refuse this desire to see her and pay her poor body some last little honor what do you think mister maxwell
i will be guided by your judgment in the matter
i am sure that whatever you and miss page think best will be right
under the circumstances i have a great distaste for what seems like display at such times but this seems different
it happened that that afternoon a somewhat noted newspaper correspondent was passing through raymond on his way to an editorial convention in a neighboring city
she was a common street drunkard and yet the services at the tent were as impressive as any i ever witnessed in a metropolitan church over the most distinguished citizen
it struck me of course being a stranger in the place with considerable astonishment to hear voices like those one naturally expects to hear only in great churches or concerts at such a meeting as this
mister maxwell spoke of the fact that the dead woman had been fully prepared to go but he spoke in a peculiarly sensitive manner of the effect of the liquor business on the lives of men and women like this one
raymond of course being a railroad town and the centre of the great packing interests for this region is full of saloons
then followed what was perhaps the queer part of this strange service
it was one of the simplest and at the same time one of the most impressive sights i ever witnessed
there must have been a hundred of these women and i was told many of them had been converted at the meetings just recently
the next moment he fell back in amazement before the impetuous rush of a starry eyed flushed cheeked young woman who demanded
where is he pete miss billy gasped the old man
aunt hannah's cheeks too were flushed and her eyes starry but with dismay and anger the last because she did not like the way pete had said miss billy's name
it was one matter for her to object to this thing billy was doing but quite another for pete to do it of course it's she

then he turned to me and said my benvenuto be prudent commit no excesses and when you are quite recovered i beg you to make me a madonna with your own hand and i will always pay my devotions to it for your sake

so i made my mind up and prepared to travel

that day many friends came to see me among others pier landi who was the best and dearest friend i ever had

next day there came a certain niccolo da monte aguto who was also a very great friend of mine

i had harboured him in rome and provided for his costs while he had turned my whole house upside down for the man was subject to a species of dry scab which he was always in the habit of scratching with his hands

meanwhile that able physician francesco da monte varchi attended to my cure with great skill

there they seated me to wait until the duke went by

many of my friends at court came up to greet me and expressed surprise that i had undergone the inconvenience of being carried in that way while so shattered by illness they said that i ought to have waited till i was well and then to have visited the duke

at these words maestro agostino the dukes tailor made his way through all those gentlemen and said if that is all you want to know you shall know it at this very moment

giorgio the painter whom i have mentioned happened just then to pass and maestro agostino exclaimed there is the man who accused you now you know yourself if it be true or not

as fiercely as i could not being able to leave my seat i asked giorgio if it was true that he had accused me

he denied that it was so and that he had ever said anything of the sort

maestro agostino retorted you gallows bird

dont you know that i know it for most certain

giorgio made off as quickly as he could repeating that he had not accused me

then after a short while the duke came by whereupon i had myself raised up before his excellency and he halted

the duke gazed at me and marvelled i was still alive afterwards he bade me take heed to be an honest man and regain my health

when i reached home niccolo da monte aguto came to visit me and told me that i had escaped one of the most dreadful perils in the world quite contrary to all his expectations for he had seen my ruin written with indelible ink now i must make haste to get well and afterwards take french leave because my jeopardy came from a quarter and a man who was able to destroy me

i answered that i had done nothing to displease him but that he had injured me and told him all the affair about the mint

he repeated get hence as quickly as you can and be of good courage for you will see your vengeance executed sooner than you expect

i the best attention to my health gave pietro pagolo advice about stamping the coins and then went off upon my way to rome without saying a word to the duke or anybody else

you want them to immortalise that ferocious tyrant

you have never made anything so exquisite which proves you our inveterate foe and their devoted friend and yet the pope and he have had it twice in mind to hang you without any fault of yours

it was firmly believed that duke alessandro was the son of pope clement

messer francesco used also to say and swear by all his saints that if he could he would have robbed me of the dies for that medal

i responded that he had done well to tell me so and that i would take such care of them that he should never see them more

i now sent to florence to request lorenzino that he would send me the reverse of the medal

niccolo da monte aguto to whom i had written wrote back saying that he had spoken to that mad melancholy philosopher lorenzino for it he had replied that he was thinking night and day of nothing else and that he would finish it as soon as he was able

nevertheless i was not to set my hopes upon his reverse but i had better invent one out of my own head and when i had finished it i might bring it without hesitation to the duke for this would be to my advantage

i composed the design of a reverse which seemed to me appropriate and pressed the work forward to my best ability

this being so as he was a fellow of much humour we used often to laugh together about the great credit he had gained

i therefore dismounted at once got my fowling piece ready and at a very long range brought two of them down with a single ball

i never used to shoot with more than one ball and was usually able to hit my mark at two hundred cubits which cannot be done by other ways of loading

i lifted my foot and let the water run out then when i had mounted we made haste for rome

there was no answer and after one or two ineffectual attempts phronsie turned fearfully away

i'll try and she laid a quick hand on the knob

two red spots burned on her cheeks and her pale blue eyes snapped

oh i'm sure i heard it raging up and down

i don't want any dinner said charlotte drawing back

yes indeed said polly cheerily just as fine as can be

assuredly said old mister king with great satisfaction in polly's pleasure and at her success in drawing charlotte out

and after this there were no more quiet days for charlotte chatterton

oh bless me it's you phronsie in pleased surprise

yes grandpapa said phronsie coming in and shutting the door carefully i came on purpose to see you all alone

so you did dear said mister king highly gratified and pushing away his writing table he held out his hand

oh no grandpapa cried phronsie in a rapture i could never be too big for that so she perched up as of old on his knee then she folded her hands and looked gravely in his face

well my dear what is it

asked the old gentleman presently you've come to tell me something i suppose

yes grandpapa i have said phronsie decidedly and it is most important too grandpapa and oh i do wish it so much and she clasped her hands tighter and sighed

well then phronsie if you want it i suppose it must be said mister king quite as a matter of course

oh she left you everything she had phronsie a couple of millions or so it is why

charlotte poor repeated the old gentleman

why no not exactly her father isn't rich but charlotte i think may do very well especially as i intend to keep her here for a while and then i shall never let her suffer phronsie never indeed

grandpapa said phronsie wasn't missus chatterton aunt to charlotte

if missus chatterton was aunt to charlotte persisted phronsie slowly it seems as if charlotte ought to have some of the money it really does grandpapa

maybe said the old gentleman with a short laugh and i shouldn't wonder if cousin eunice was sorry over a few other things too phronsie

wouldn't it make her very glad if i gave charlotte some of the money

for answer mister king set her down hastily on the floor and took two or three turns up and down the room

oh i do so wish i might she said there's so much for a little girl like me

it would be so nice to have charlotte have some with me still no answer

i was writing a note to missus fargo said phronsie putting up her lips for a kiss

sure as i can be phronsie said old mister king smiling good by dear

there there my sister's boy shall never say that but come in come in

not to be ungracious the young man threw himself into a chair

oh hang it uncle why can't you let me alone

which is a wonder interpolated pickering

i know you did uncle said pickering you've done everything that's good

for heaven's sake pickering cried his uncle darting in front of the chair and its restless occupant don't say that again

i've been a lazy dog all my life and a good for naught but i hope i've not sunk to that

the church bells were ringing and people on the avenue going by to service turned curious inquiring looks up at the great house and then went on talking of the recent events which had so strangely entered into and made history in the city

and all through his impassioned appeal this morning there was a note of sadness and rebuke and stern condemnation that made many of the members pale with self accusation or with inward anger

raymond had voted to continue for another year the saloon

the christians of raymond stood condemned by the result

for that had been the fact in raymond for years the saloon ruled

president marsh sat there his usual erect handsome firm bright self confident bearing all gone his head bowed upon his breast the great tears rolling down his cheeks unmindful of the fact that never before had he shown outward emotion in a public service

what if he had begun to do as jesus would have done long ago

when had the first church yielded to such a baptism of tears

what had become of its regular precise conventional order of service undisturbed by any vulgar emotion and unmoved by any foolish excitement

they had been living so long on their surface feelings that they had almost forgotten the deeper wells of life

the meeting was tender it glowed with the spirit's presence it was alive with strong and lasting resolve to begin a war on the whiskey power in raymond that would break its reign forever

since the first sunday when the first company of volunteers had pledged themselves to do as jesus would do the different meetings had been characterized by distinct impulses or impressions

and all through it ran one general cry for deliverance from the saloon and its awful curse

gray and his wife were besieged by inquirers who wanted to know what loreen's friends and acquaintances were expected to do in paying their last respects to her

gray had gone up to virginia's and after talking it over with her and maxwell the arrangement had been made

i am and always have been opposed to large public funerals said gray whose complete wholesome simplicity of character was one of its great sources of strength but the cry of the poor creatures who knew loreen is so earnest that i do not know how to refuse this desire to see her and pay her poor body some last little honor what do you think mister maxwell

i will be guided by your judgment in the matter

i am sure that whatever you and miss page think best will be right

under the circumstances i have a great distaste for what seems like display at such times but this seems different

it happened that that afternoon a somewhat noted newspaper correspondent was passing through raymond on his way to an editorial convention in a neighboring city

she was a common street drunkard and yet the services at the tent were as impressive as any i ever witnessed in a metropolitan church over the most distinguished citizen

it struck me of course being a stranger in the place with considerable astonishment to hear voices like those one naturally expects to hear only in great churches or concerts at such a meeting as this

mister maxwell spoke of the fact that the dead woman had been fully prepared to go but he spoke in a peculiarly sensitive manner of the effect of the liquor business on the lives of men and women like this one

raymond of course being a railroad town and the centre of the great packing interests for this region is full of saloons

then followed what was perhaps the queer part of this strange service

it was one of the simplest and at the same time one of the most impressive sights i ever witnessed

there must have been a hundred of these women and i was told many of them had been converted at the meetings just recently

the next moment he fell back in amazement before the impetuous rush of a starry eyed flushed cheeked young woman who demanded

where is he pete miss billy gasped the old man

aunt hannah's cheeks too were flushed and her eyes starry but with dismay and anger the last because she did not like the way pete had said miss billy's name

it was one matter for her to object to this thing billy was doing but quite another for pete to do it of course it's she