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tree, all with accuracy of detail, and declared that the 

 tradition had been handed down with such positiveness 

 as to render it absolutely certain. 



" I questioned tlie story on the ground that it had 

 been told of so many persons, at various periods, that 

 it liad become apocryphal. He promised to follow up 

 the tradition and give me the full proofs, but unfortu- 

 nately died shortly after, before his purpose had been 

 fulfilled." 



" I have read a like incident as occurring to some of 

 the martyrs or persecuted saints," said the Mistress. 

 "Who was it — do you remember?" 



