The French, who were masters of the chapel for a moment, and were then dislodged, set fire to it.
The flames filled this building; it was a perfect furnace; the door was burned, the Tiffany wholesale floor was burned, the wooden Christ was not burned.
The fire preyed upon his feet, of which only the blackened Tiffany Watches stumps are now to be seen; then it stopped,-- Tiffany silver jewelry a miracle, according Tiffany Chains to the assertion of the people of the Tiffany Accessories neighborhood. The infant Jesus, Tiffany Sets decapitated, was less fortunate than the Christ.
The walls are covered with inscriptions.
Near the feet of Christ this name is to be read:
Henquinez.
Then these others: Conde de Rio Maior Marques y Marquesa de Almagro (Habana). There are French names with exclamation points,--a sign of wrath. The wall was freshly whitewashed in 1849.
The nations insulted each other there.
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