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They move into town and hire a housekeeper. Fraud is to have use of her right side, Honesty of her left. Left side alone is of little use. Fraud falls in love with housekeeper and wishes to marry her. But to induce Honesty to relinquish his right to her left side he must repay double the money Honesty has lost in their enterprises and must confess his frauds publicly [K 1635]. Mob surges upon Fraud and he flees. x 1. HCWT p. 189. | ||
| *848. | Truth and Justice determine to distribute all money they gain. With their beauty they have only to show themselves and people give them money. Avarice joins them and becomes banker, and pushes Truth off bridge and drowns her, so the money will be divided between two instead of three. Since then there has been no truth in the world. Justice seeks to punish Avarice who takes refuge in a church and probably will remain there until the church falls. an 1. FA p. 124. | |
| *849. A. Two girls are shut in room by stepmother. They adore a statue of Christ Child who comes down from pedestal and plays with them, but will never go with them to visit their sick father. Virgin asks Christ Child to go with her to visit a sick person. Girls remind Him that He would not visit their father. He tells them to ask His mother, for He delights in benefactions which pass through her hand. an 1. COAR p. 97. | ||
| B. | Poor laybrother finds old mutilated statue of Virgin but has no money to have it restored. He solicits sewing from wealthy lady, takes it before the statue and prays for aid. The statue does the sewing for him and thus he earns money to have statue restored. Others see the miracle. an 1. COAR p. 99. | |
