The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-08

menls On tho ,ouud. Timc and tho mcdiailon
~ lticrNs uf 9H'd tn poUnN anger. AMI tNn
Offender was. t'rod Go his DniGH und tho good
ali. ~ tn tNui .if
llo WIS naturally eiltrl with duiol, huinor
great rsntrcs whore DIV IL the ancient Cnlit.
rtcV tthu N'N1 Gdt,rnl, lreliineb WUfN fam tp
think that Pro NouO had imhibod with his
mothers mills not liul. of The ca ltc wit His
rcpnrt'rn Wolo over roady always happy and TO
the point without over leaving sting brhnd.
distinguished Irish ItOt osAnt whom the
Pope treated with unusual consideration, hap
nennd to mention the soro subject of lrclnnd's
grievances. Tho statesman vonturcd to say that
lroand's natural and ne ressary position wna ~
form member cf the British body polite; but
that discomfort had made her sick, and the per-
guneks had paralysed hor vital resources.
Why. then. said the Pope. don't you cut
painful to her. and would. II your words be truo.
be 4 benefit to England
Walking one day through the wards Of the
hospital where the sick Pnpal Xounvcs were
cared for. he found n splendid specimen Of an
Englishman suffering intensely from rheumatic
iev,r. WIN sitting 19i,tly 10y his bedside was
pied In tanning the sufferer and bathing his
forehead. The Pope stopped, bent kindly over
few questions which the delirious man could
not understand. and then turning 10 the Irish
bow" said he IIc is n"t his bTntherS si"ae snme
one Mt the POpos elbow made haste TO reply;
" he II an Irislman and the other Is English"
Al and are they not most truly brothers. re-
piled the PontiI whom the love Of the com
mon Father an the faith of the great Mother
have So tendcrly united2"
Another day during the same gloomy period.
rs he was taking his walk near the Quirinal,
he met group OF four OF his defenders. throe
the way u comrade who had taken too much
Roman wine. The Holy Father was on them
before conccalmcnt was possible. and the ma
tiamaiiy of the delinquent was too appar mt.
Tn" poor boy has bcen sick. snid one Of his
Gomradcs. Wen. wen. answered the Pope,
n little wine is good for a weak stomach. hut
oven very little may be bad for a weak head"
ThepoQr sick follow. meanwhile. had struggled
to his knges and burst into tears. " An sn,
there. the Irish faith. cxclaimed the kind old
man. h. rp,0 r~'jiGs" " ErcrO.' put in one
o. The Mog5ignori "eo'egyt,s a. cre,icedan 2,
The Pops. with frown Of dispoasurc: but
Know many brought az beneath the shadow Of
their drunkenng-s. instead Of knocling for our
henodirtion. THIS was the mans genuine
'hhfh lviisll'' iN S'r gee sunny rldt oi human
nature. g. low 'hc good quail te- of tho lowest
amt most nhnudon"d and f. feel his heart l'up
out irr stihy q? respond TO any manifestation
American visitors ~ Eomo-wo mean tho-o
not h"loncins io III" Cniholir faith bear will
lir Mono. To- -tut .y ,fiuu ITO which pres .iiod
over fh. pnt.I court fhn .iri rui,- for an,
and hvrins imposed on all who wcrs privileged
10 approach hl- Holiness. invariably annoyed
ordinary Amgr'an visitors nut ono" past tho
KINDA ant admitted q, 400 tho popn farce 20 face,
otrry prejudice dis tpiourcd h'uenth tho glow
I titsl NIl-Ul smile ana DNDrl Niif NNHH ir Wis
tnrgoiinn when the airctionats tones of that
fathcrlv vote" were once henri During our
cN.l war party OF Americun- were presented
tngrttcr-Spm. from the North. sOmr from
NJ South. and all, or nearly ~ rrotc-tants
Ait"r tn" fret rreetingthe Holy Father inquir,~
whore th,y werr from. and then. with a
shhluw Of dls,rc~a on his hrnisnant features.
snd; Ali my dear children you are in the
home OF IN. common parent; in Rome there
i neithrr North nor South nor West nor
East, This is the ccn'ra Of the eaIth. and nay
hrart belongs individually to all Of you" An
American gentleman. who with his wife and
children, had an audience " ia the Pope in 500
tolls rs that after Plus TX had begun the con
ycrsat,on he stepped and said |,,bgt nerhups
answered the lady: we are ProteHtnnt.."
W H." said the Pope. with shrus and a
most winning smile; " that makes no a ference;
an who hold the principles of Jesus Christ are
with me.
But enough Of these recollections. The Pope
who h"gan his nnrcor amid 81 IA varied hopes
g i-iItictt g.. lfln hh- ended "a without a shrod
OF any hut religious authority And vet. more
Unn cVUr. to- L llt'y rot un- rs i'll Up1u tn
minds of thr two hundred millions who hla-t
thV nam" of Catholic. and whose hearts - toe
dsN - the hier whore lirs ia mute stat, all that
whs mortal ul lip Mono.