LEGEND OF BROTHER THOMAS.
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the old friar took a high pride in his curious show. We made him talkative by exhibiting an interest we never betrayed to guides.
“Who were these people?”
“We—up stairs—Monks of the Capuchin order—my brethren.”
VAULTS OF THE CONVENT.
“How many departed monks were required to upholster these six parlors?”
“These are the bones of four thousand.”
“It took a long time to get enough?”
“Many, many centuries.”
