Byways in southern Tuscany . place for which it waspainted. Besides this there are other pictures, thoughthese have been barbarously repainted, and a lovely cibo-rium, carved, gilded, and painted with saints and angels,together with vestments of rich old embroidery greatlycherished and shown with pride. But of all San Giorgiopossesses, that which most evokes wonder and speculationis a panel which now leans against the wall in a corner ofthe sacristy. One recognizes that it is the half of an An-nunciation, the sweet, girlish figure of the Madonna, butwithout the angel, and it is evident that th
Byways in southern Tuscany . place for which it waspainted. Besides this there are other pictures, thoughthese have been barbarously repainted, and a lovely cibo-rium, carved, gilded, and painted with saints and angels,together with vestments of rich old embroidery greatlycherished and shown with pride. But of all San Giorgiopossesses, that which most evokes wonder and speculationis a panel which now leans against the wall in a corner ofthe sacristy. One recognizes that it is the half of an An-nunciation, the sweet, girlish figure of the Madonna, butwithout the angel, and it is evident that the panel has beenused as a door. Time has gnawed away parts of it, thegrooves of strap hinges are there, but, most curious of all,about a foot above the floor a round hole has been sawedout. Shall we listen to Signor Nicolosis dehghtful storyconcerning it ? Once upon a time there lived a parish priest and a priest was devoted to economy and the cat to two therefore lived together in the greatest harmony, 236. BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY each following his own inclination without in the leastdisturbing the other; indeed the cats fondness for thechase spared the good priest in the matter of food and thispleased him greatly. One day it happened that the store-room door fairly dropped in pieces, it was so very was a sad blow, for this important door protected pre-cious things. In the storeroom were kept the ripeningfruit, the seasoning cheese, and the good yellow meal forwholesome bread. Besides it was a door sacred to but twobeings in the world, the priest and his companion the cat was admitted through a round hole cut on pur-pose, and this for the best of reasons, since by means of hisnightly prowling the stores were kept from harm. So theloss of the door was a serious matter, for money would beneeded to replace it. But then what was one to do. Thestoreroom could not be left open to all the world. Thepriest considered for some time and at last hit up
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