The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-14

At Pisa heard very droll story of the way
in which prieStly malice was once fOiled under
the old regime itself. IL seems that there was a
young student who six or seven years ago found
himself dying in the town. The priests of course,
came to him and protfered the "consoatons of
religion" /, O., confession and OAO SaHtO. The
student however, was terrible inhdel, and
positively declined all such comforts. Great in
dignation and urgent remOns,rance on the part Of
his ghostly adviser were all unRvaing He
died impenitent, "unannealed Before dying,
however, he called a dear friend another young
student, who had nursed him as brother, and
shared his intdelity -"I entreat you' ne said
mot 10 lose sight of my body till 1t is in the
Campo Santo. | am sure these priests will play
some desperate trick with IL, lest j. be thought
man may safely die without the sacrament. Pro-
mise me you will not let it go out of your sight"
The friend consented, and remained with all
constancy beside the corpse. The priests remOn-
strated and bulled-a in vain. The body was
removed. He still followed it, and the last night
prepared quietly to sit up beside it, taking with
him, par precduttOn, revolver concealed in his
breast. Midnight came, and with II sudden aud
awful noises and mysterious lights. Finally,
from the gloom Of the church emerged terrific
fgure-hOrns, hQofs, tail, and all complete, glow
ing with phosphorlc light-that one creature who
combines the distinguishing features of a rumi-
nant and the habits ofthe FeiiS Leo "Hollaw
shouted the student, "Do not go near that coffin I"
The Prince of Darkness needed not such paltry
circumstances, and yisibly approached 10 seize
said the student. The Devil took the step; the
student fred and the hend, with howl OF per-
tectly human agony, fell dead on the floor.
Then burst into the place a whole band Of
priests, who had been watching the transaction,
and had hoped to see the body of the infdel stu
dent brought off VIGOROUSLY by their accomplice
of course himself an ecclesastic of the lower
grade. What was 10 be done It would never
answer to bring to trial the young delinQuent,
and be obliged to produce in court the corpus de-
Hctt-the venerable Padre got up as q devil. Tus-
cans are fond of jokes, and this Joke would be
too good ever TO be forgotten, So the body of
the intidel student was decenty buried after all,
and the body of the Padre Diayolo was put quite
quietly into consecrated ground 1--WE trust des-
poied Of horns and taiD, and the Grand Duke
himself came down privately TO Pisa TO decide
what could best be done with the man who had
shot the devil. Ofcourse, in Rome or Naples il
would have been all plain sailing. No Pope OF
King would have found the least difficulty in
making an end of such a case in the most effec-
tual manner. Tuscany's Prince, however, was a
man ofOther counsels, and the young student
was allowed privately to perform that iudicious
step which our American friends denOminate to
"skedaddle" From thenceforth it is "a common
saying, "There is no devil in Pisa. lie was shot
here some time ago."-LalicS, By Frances PODer
CObbe,