Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-04-15

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the finger of him whom they regard
ed as the vicegerent of heaven upon
earth. Other and less exalted per.
sonages, in accordance with the re.
quirements of the papal court, are
not admitted to this privilege. They,
too, are expected to advance upon
their knees, but not to venture upon
saluting the hand of the pontiff. 1t
is theirs to press their lips upon the
emit lems embroidered on the point of
His Holiness slipper-a performance
which is ulgarly known as kissing
the PGDe's toe."
They who have seen the wonders
ful pic8ara By Ho.ley, recently ex-
hibited in the art gallery of the Chi
cago Exposition, can form a just con
ception OF the sweetness and benevo-
lence that beam in the countenance
of this primate of the Church of
Rome. Whatever may be said by
those who disagree with him, respect
ing bis doctrinal belief, his firm adj
herence to the ancient prerogatives
of his office, and his unmitigated
hatred Of those whom he considers
the spoilers of the churchs heritage,
certainly there is but one opinion re-
spectng his private character. He
is universally admitted to be kind
hearted, III bane, Christian gentle
man.
Ii must be confessed that he was
not little surprised at the manner
in which he was approached by his
visitor on this occasion. Dixon
etrode into the room as though he
were pacing the quarterback of
frigate, and, advancing to his Holt
ness, seized the hand of the latter,
and shook it with all the unaffected
earnestness of sincerity Sir" said
he, in his execrable French, 81 am
delighted to see you. | am proud
10 make your acquaintance upon
my word | am. Permit me to hand
you my card. Mr.. Bella was very
kind in giving me the letter of intro
duction. If he hadn't, | think |
should have dipped my colors, and
introduced myself. You seem to be
pretty much at home 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 stJ |, here than [ did, when |
entered midshipman's steerage and
babe goodbye TO the corner grocery
IN Oshkosh !"
The Pope Was at hrst startled, then
shocked, and finally convinced that
an error had boen committed some-
where 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 bene-
diction, pronounced the following
words in Latin: "Pdr tecum in
pace demitto, lilo ~ Now this was
polite intimation to his visitor to ter
miuate the interview.
But the young gentl-man had
never enjoyed the advantages of
classical education, and was therefore
not to be blamed for supposing that
his host pointed to the vacant chair
in tho room, with a request tor him
to be seated He accordingly de-
posted his cooked hat on the floor,
placed himself in the chair, tipped il
back till his head rested against the
adjacent wall, and regarded bis com
panion with a look of the most blard
and cheerful serenity.
"That servant Of yours" he con-
tinued, the one that showed mo in
here, hasn't got any confoundcd non
sense about him. He introduced me
with about as lttl9 os.,3mony as
Folder did, when he made Sam ac-
quainted with the ward-room mess.
Folder is one of our leutenants on
the Muskaloosa, and Sam is the name
which the sailors have given to
ring.taied monkey we've got on
beard ship You see the other day,
when all the officers were seated at
mess, the monkey took it into his
head to suspend himself in an open
hatchway, just over the mess-table.
To make himself fast, he bad taken
two or three turns Of his tail around
lanyard of the next windsale. rher e
he swung, much to his own delight,
and unperceived 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 thai tail loose from the
lanyard and, in less than a jiffy,
the animal landed plump into bowl
of red hot bean sour, on the mess.
table below. The next instant the
provisions for that meal we're dis
tributed about the ward room as if it
had been the corner-grocery in Osh-
kosh with row at the bar, and the
monkey was dugting up through the
hatchway, with a look of determine
tion in bis coantenanoe, and oil the
hair off one side OF his body. And it
took as much as ten minutes to conr
vince the chief engineer, who had re-
ceiVed full charge of soup in each
eye, that the steam-heater bad not
exploded"
By this time The Pope was walk
ing too and fro in the apartment.
rubbing his head occasionally with
bis hands, and moving with that
quiet ease which is familiar 10 all
who have seen him in his promen
AIDES upon the Pincian Hill. His
facial musclas had first relaxed
then smile rippled over his face,
and, finally, laying aside al restraint,
be burst into genuine and hearty
laugb-the first, probably, that had
awakened the echoes of the sombre
Vatican for long time.
my son. said be, speaking in the
language which his guest bad en-
ployed "verily thou hast the gift of
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