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"When you see your good Lucy," said he, "(I am certain that she

prays for me, as I have done her much evil,) tell her that I

thank her, and that I trust in God that her prayer will return in

blessings on herself."

They finally departed; they stopped for a few moments at the

house of the tailor, where they heard sad relations of this

terrible march,-the usual story of violence and plunder. The

tailor's family, however, had remained unmolested, as the army

did not pass that way.

"Ah, signor curate!" said the tailor, as he was bidding him

farewell, "here is a fine subject to appear in print!"