A fortnight 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 imprisoned him, in order by it to obtain a large 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 must hope, signor.

Perhaps the Lord in his mercy will grant that our fears may not be realized.

Would we not for the remainder of our lives offer our grateful prayers to heaven ?" "Yes, yes; during our whole lives.

And I would go in my old age to Our Lady of Loretto to express my boundless gratitude to the Madonna.

But suppose he has fallen under the assassin's sword ?" Mary shuddered at the thought, but she interrupted the old man.
"Signor, Geronimo possessed an amulet which had rested on the tomb of our Lord.