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Rh He was a poor simple, sinless old man. He asked that a priest might be brought to him, and he was brought. When he had made his confession, and they were taking him up to the gallows, his legs were bending under him with terror. He could neither stand nor walk. Then the priest spoke to him and said, "You need not be so much afraid. No sooner will your soul have parted from your body on the gallows than you will be enjoying the bliss of heaven at once." "Do you tell me so?" said the poor old man. "I do, certainly," said the priest." Jesus Christ and Mary, His Mother, are up there waiting for you." Strength and courage came to him immediately. "Keep away from me!" said he to them. He went up the ladder without help, and they hanged him. He was eighty years old.

—Yes, indeed, Abbie, it is quite true. He did