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286 THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST ’
X
FALCO FALCONE
The blind singers have week after week sung of
Diamante’s railway, and the big collection-box in
the church of San Pasquale has been filled every
evening with gifts. Signor Alfredo measures and
sets stakes on the slopes of Etna, and the
distaff-spinners in the dark alleys tell stories of the
wonderful miracles that have been performed by the
little Christ-image in the despised church. From
the rich and powerful men who own the land on
Etna comes letter after letter promising to give
ground to the blessed undertaking.
During these last weeks every one comes with
gifts. Some give building stone for the stations,
some give powder to blast the lava blocks, some
give food to the workmen. The poor people of
Diamante, who have nothing, come in the night
after their work. They come with shovels and
wheelbarrows and creep out on Etna, dig the ground,
and ballast the road. When Signor Alfredo and his
people come in the morning they believe that the
Etna goblins have broken out from their lava streams
and helped on the work.
All the while people have been questioning and
asking: “ Where is the king of Etna, Falco Falcone ?
Where is the mighty Falco who has held sway on
the slopes of Etna for five and twenty years? He
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