Tessa, Our Little Italian Cousin

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Wade Mary Hazelton Blanchard. Tessa, Our Little Italian Cousin

CHAPTER I. TESSA

CHAPTER II. ROME

CHAPTER III. THE STORY OF ÆNEAS

CHAPTER IV. CHRISTMAS

CHAPTER V. SAINT PETER'S

CHAPTER VI. THE CHRISTENING

CHAPTER VII. THE TWINS

CHAPTER VIII. THE CARNIVAL

CHAPTER IX. THE BURIED CITY

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"There comes babbo! There comes babbo!" cried Tessa, as she ran down the narrow street to meet her father, with baby Francesca toddling after her.

The man was not alone, – Beppo and the donkey were with him. They were very tired, for it was a hard trip from the little village on the hilltop to the great city, miles away, and back again. The donkey was not of much help on the homeward journey, either. Poor little patient beast! he was getting old now, and he felt that his day's work was done when he had carried a load of nuts and vegetables to Rome in the morning. But when he had to bring Beppo back again, he felt a little bit sulky. So it was no wonder that he stood quite still every few minutes and did not seem to hear his little master scold.

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Beppo and Tessa climbed twenty-seven marble steps before they came to the second piano; and still they must keep going up, up, up, until they reached the very top.

"Stop, stop," Tessa had to say more than once. "I am quite out of breath, and then, too, I am scared just a little bit. Beppo, do I look all right? Do you think the artist will take me?"

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