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Title: The Percy family. The Baltic to Vesuvius
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Eddy, Daniel C. (Daniel Clarke), 1823-1896
Subjects: Europe -- Description and travel
Publisher: Boston, A.F. Graves

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ready seen. PILGRIMAGE TO ST. PETERS. 137 Yrhile this conversation was going on, theyh;ul readied the place, and they found what pur-ported to be the identical stairs which were trod-den !>y the sacred ieet of Jesus eighteen hundredy furs ago. These stairs now lead to a little Gothic chapelat the top, while another parallel staircase, sepa-rated by a wall, runs up on each side. Thereare twenty-eight of the holy steps, and pilgrimsascend them on their knees. The number whomake the ascent is so great that, a few yearsago, it was found necessary to cover them withplank, lest the marble should be entirely wornaway. »/ Mr. Tenant, said Minnie, wont they letany body go up, unless they go on their knees ? No, dear. But 1 must go up some way. 0, no ! 0, yes ! Dont let her, said Walter. You had better not, said her father. Dont act like a simpleton, Min, saidWalter. 0, do let me go up ; I will go quick. If you wish to, my child, said her father, you may. Well, I will go. ill ..•• i 1 p
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THE HOLY STAIRS. PILGRIMAGE TO ST. P E T E R S . 139 If you are determined to go, Minnie, I willclimb with you. Thats good, Mr. Tenant. So they went at it on their knees. When theywere half way up they paused to examine thestains said to be the blood of our Saviour, whichfell from his head when he was stopped by themob. Mr. Percy and Walter went up one of theparallel staircases, and, arriving at the top, sawMr. Tenant and the little girl coming up upontheir knees. Minnie, what did you see ? asked Walter. I saw the stain of the Saviours blood. Ah, I guess you did. That is what they say. They say a great many tilings that are onlyimpositions. Mr. Percy turned to his friend Tenant, whostood by, silently wiping the perspiration fromhis forehead, and brushing his knees, as if anx-ious to shake the holy dust from his garments,and said to him, Did you get paid for yourpilgrimage ? If the church of Rome be true, I did; for shegrants to any one who will climb these stairs onhis knees an indulg

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