The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-04-23

ness OF sincerity. 'Slr, SAID nc, IN his
execrable French, II am delighted to see
you. lam proud to make your acquain-
tance-upon my word l am. Permit me
to hand you my card. Mr.. Bella was
very kind in giving me the letter ofintro-
duction. If no hadn't, I think I should
have dipped my colors, and introduced
myself. You seem to be pretty much at
homo here. Private Office, suppose, and
all that sort of thing. Not much of
run, after all, down to your house on the
Corso. Well. you don't do much more
in the way Of style here than did, when
l entered midshipman's .steeragc and
babe goodbye to the corner grocery in
Oshkosh -
The Pope was at first startled. then
shocked, and finally convinced that IN
error had been committed somewhere. He
accordingly rose from his official seat,
and, extending three fingers of his soft
white hand, in the manner according to
which it is customary to give the papal
benediction, pronounced the following
words in Latin: 'Pax tecum-in pace
demitto, filio!' Now this was a polite
intimstion to his visitor to terminate the
interview.
But the young gentleman had never
enjoyed the advantages OF classical ed
ucation, and was therefore not to be
blamed for supposing that his host pointed
to the vacant chair in the room, with a
request for him to be seated. He accord
ingly deposited his cooked hat on the
floor. placed himself in the chair, tipped
it back till his head rested against the
adjacent wall, and regarded his companion
with look of the most bland and cheer.
full serenity.
'That servant Of yours, he continued,
s'the one that showed me in here, hasn't
got COMPOUNDED nonsense about him. He
introduced me with about as little
ceremony as Folder did, when
he made Sam acquainted with the
ward-1oom mess. Folder is one
of our lieutenants on the Muskaloosa, and
Sam is the name which the sailors have
given to a ring-tailed monkey we've got
on board ship. You see the other day,
when all the officers were seated at mess,
the monkey took it into his head to sus-
pend himself in ar open hatchway, Just
over the mess.table. To make himself
fact, he had taken two or three turns of
his tail around the lanyard of the next
windsail. There he swung, much to his
own delight, and unperceiyed by those
beneath, when Folder, who was officer of
the deck, happened to be passing, and
noticed the animals position. Well, sir,
I'm blamed if he didn't then and there
cast that tail loose from the lanyard; and,
! in less than q jiffy, the animal landed
plump into bowl of red hot bean soup.
on the mess.table below. The next in.
slant. the provisions for that meal were
| distributed about the ward.room as if it
had been the corner grocery in Oshkosh
with row at the bar, and the monkey
was busting up through the hatchway,
with look Of determination in his coun.
tenance, and all the hair off one side of
| his body. And it took as much as ten
minutes to convince the chief engineer,
who had received full charge Of soup in
each eye, that the steam. heater had not
exploded
BY this time the Pope was walking to
and fro in the apartment, rubbing his
head occasionally with his hands, and
moving with that quiet ease which is
familiar to all who have seen him in his
promenades upon the Pincian Hill. His
facial muscles had first relaxed--.thcn a
smile rippled over his face, and, finally,
laying aside all restraint, he burst into a
genuine and hearty laugh--.the first,
probably, that had awakened the echoes
Of the sombre Vatican for long time.
my son" said he, speaking in the Ian
guage which his guest had employed,
''verily thou hast the gift of story.tell.
ing, which is peculiar to thy people. and
which, it is said, thy illustrious martyr,
Abraham Lincoln, possessed. Thou hast
made me forget myself in this display of
merriment. -
SWELL" continued the Lieutenant, who
row brought his right leg over the knee
of the other, and nursed it in his left
hand with unconscious tenderness, II
have always been of the opinion that the
land of the Yankees was chiefly remarka-
bic for its pretty girls. And l ain't will
ing to allow that there's any in the world
that can manufacture buckwheat cake,
or spread studding'sails, along side those
in Oshkosh. But when you come to talk
about eyes-there's pair of brilliants in
the head Of that daughter of yours that
! puts out all the port and starboard lights
Of any craft that ever saw afloat.''
| Daughter, daughter!' calculated His
Holiness, in an ill-suppressed effort to
smother his laughter in his handkerchief.
my son, dost thou not know that the
Pope had neither sons nor daughters,save
only those to whom he is father because
he is also head Of the great family of the
church,"
Dixon bounced upward from his chair,
and stood before the other, in blank
amazement. The amusement depicted
upon thegehial countenance Of his host
did not escape his attention. ''Mr. Pope, -
said he -''excuse me, your reverence
your holiness, | mean-this is big blum.
der, and undoubtedly due to the careless
ness of Mr.. Bella. But" continued he,
Frightening up, and extending his hand,
I'm just exactly as pleased to see you as
MIR. Cozzi, whom expected to meet hers.
shall always be proud Of the honor con.
ferred upon me by. this acquaintance,
even though it results from an accident.
And''-this with : slight huskiness Of
voice, but in tones whose genuine SINGER.
Iity would have carried conviction to the
most stoical Of auditors ''upon my hoaf
Or. I think you're the most perfect gen.
tleman ever met in the course Of my
life -: .,.. ~. ~ - 80:
EspeLa und minxto,' = responded the
pontid, forgetting the French in his native
tongue. He then withdrew from the cab.
met, on one side Of the apartment two Or
ticles which he brought 20 tho center.
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