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180 THE MIRACLES OF AJVTICHRIST
little Christ image. It was a yard high, richly
covered with jewels and adorned with a gold crown
and gold shoes. Just at that moment one of the
officers bent down to draw the image to him; and as
he did so, the crown fell to the floor and rolled all
the way to Don Gaetano.
Don Gaetano picked up the Christ-crown, held it
a moment in his hands and looked at it carefully.
It seemed as if he had read something in it.
He did not hold it more than one minute. In the
next the guard took it from him.
Donna Micaela looked up almost frightened. The
Christ image! He was there already! Should she
so soon get an answer to her prayer ?
Gandolfo continued: “ But when Don Gaetano
looked up, every one trembled as at a miracle, for
the man was transformed.
“ Ah, signori, he was so white that his face seemed
to shine, and his eyes were calm and tender. And
there was no more anger in him.
“And he began to pray for his fellow-prisoners;
he began to pray for their lives.
“ He prayed that they should not kill those poor
fellow-creatures. He prayed that the noble judges
should do something for them that they might some
day live like others. ’ We have only this life to live,’
he said. * Our kingdom is only of this world.’
“ He began to tell how those men had lived. He
spoke as if he could read their souls. He pictured
their life, gloomy and unhappy as it had been. He
spoke so that several of the judges wept.
“ The words came strong and commanding, so that
it sounded as if Don Gaetano had been judge and
the judges the criminals. ’See,’ he said, 4 whose
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