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fought. nor had'any of tho hierarchy OF the Vat
lean yet dreamed of the impending fall OF the
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above all things the longing of the mind to see
the acknowledged spiritual ruler OF 300
souls. for without disrespect to the venerable
hfgh-priest of the Catholic world. Pio Mono
must be regarded MS the prime Zion" of Rome
It was at the Church of Santa Maria della Wit
toria. The students formed into line. The eS
Queen and King of Naples now passed. and as Is
customary the banshed Bourbon received sa-
lutes of marked but silent respect. Soon with
dnshing speed horseman appeared In the dis
lance; he was the outrider. whose duty 1t was
to give notice Of the coming Of the Holy Father.
Almost In one accord there was loud eEcama-
tion. 3" Fene IL pdpaI" Two heavy but richly
adorned carriages came down the Porta Pia
road and Pope Plus TX slowly passed through
the thronged streets. The usual mhrk OF devo-
tional respect WAS duly paid. but King Francis
and his Queen pparently more Jealous. kept
kneeling the whole time the Pope giving his
benedicion as he passed by. That OF Itself was
n very uncommon episode, for may 1t not have
been the INST monarchs who would kneel In the
streets of Rome to receive the Papal benedlc-
toni
manners of men as crtteria OF their nature ana
procvltles. Plus tho Ninth must be RANGED
among the most esttmable OF our Kind. H,s
winning sme soft blue eyes would
readily enlist any one to reverence and
look upon him as 2 great 80. bs EN- a
pure and genial priest. NOT haa h, n, rec al rd
predecessor belied his native Appearance and
ways. Pope Plus the Ninth. when calmly con,
slider ed, will be found to have been an ornament
to human nature so tar a, philanthropy. cour-
age, wisdom, iety and purity of morals are
capable of adjoining our common estate, And
upon these attributes Of the Sovereign Pontff
no one can cast the east asperston.
The Pope was walls Ing in front of the Church
Of St John of Lateran. the walk assigned that
day to the Juveniles Of the camarata of ht John
se!vance o. respect. The Pope. ever ready to
folk. Unlimited to Cardinal Patrizzi. who accom-
panied him, bis deti ire to interview tho Juvenile
camarata. "Quonti uescorii' said the Pope. as
a lot OF bishopsi, Take care. Holy Father
said an ecclesiastical urchin. only twelve years
old: because the last Pope. Gregory WI, once
said the Same to a camnrata OF boys, and they
all became bishops" The Pope was pleased
with the boys memory, which excused to him
One incident is particularly interesting. as 1t
proved the Pope's fidelity under all circum-
stances TO his friends and pleasant associations
brought from the field Of Montana by the Papal
Zouaves, was an old hagsl eyed sinewy veteran,
named Gnisepui Crit9ni He looked more
shirt of the Garibaldians. He was we'll known
among the rebels and was feared by the Papal
ggendarmerie as very danger ere man He had
s4S, plotting In favor Of the revoluionists. and
on many occasions since that memorable year |
be had acted the spy for Mazzini and Garibaldi |
boyhe Cd be had played with and loved one
Ma stat Ferretti. whom the veteran rebel often
regazzl' (the most noble and gentle Of boys)
Critoni and Mastai praticed sword exercises to-
ge'her, and they became intimate ana fast
frieL DIS. They we're expert with napier and |
broadsWord Mastai was. however. r. rnarkable |
for his devotion to religious duties, and his pa
school while Critoni went to Ancona and Joined
his father In commercial life After lapse Of |
years. Crttoni revisited his native city and made
Cyv tnf Err, h. y.eG.
that his friend had entered into holy orders and |
was then Q curate IN one OF the parishes of
Viterbo. The meeting. of the two playmates
Italians could make It. Critont had not been
many days at viterbo beforeh he was seized with
sseue r s ss r rsna s ans of bis
Mastai. who. after administering the rites OF
the church, enrolled him Ia the order of the
that Mastai Ferretti. taken from his own person
placed upon Giuseppi,s neck. Critoni recov-
cred and went back to Ancona. promising ever
to retain the sacred insignia. The priest and
friend separated. and 1t was nearly forty years
before the two 3, saw each other again. Crtoni
ZIONIST, In which last profession he remained
until he died.
When on balmy spring evening, In 1867. the
triumph through the Porta dc PopoIo and tho
Corso. greeted by the cheers Of the papaini
while flowers were abundan1ly brown from the
the more imp ortant of the prisoners
among whom Giuseppi Cretoni was first; he
was sent to the dungeons of CASTLE St. Angelo.
brought orders to the officer In charge Of the
castle to grant the prisoners every privilege
that prudence would allow. When his Holiness
moved. and the Old feelings aroused within
him. The confinement. however. told on the
veterans constitution. the prisoner was sink
Ing aud the veterans heart fell, for he knew
that death was upon him. The night upon
which Giuseppi was warned e that bis hours were
briefly numbered. the officer on duty In Castle
Angelo was informed by the sentinel that Two
priests demanded entrance, and that neither Of
them could give the password. The officer.
or. authority they had sought access to the
prison.
p i am here In the name Of his Holiness the
valid.
The gray. haired priest said. am here, "PenI
authority which Holy Church has given mo-.
The officer was confused by the indefinite
laymen unprovided with an order from the com
mandant or from the Pope. The old gray haired
CLERGYMAN then requested the officer to give
the paper on the door of the guard house.
wrote:
MOrlazzi. Plus PAPA
Ian DTODrid ye9sOna y |
: The officer read. and stood confounded The
Pope :; Iaised his hat The moon shone down on
and the Pope and his companion
passed in to the dying Cretoni the rebel They
looked at each other, each the dearest COM
panion OF the, others youth, playmates at a
line when hen their desttnits we're unknown and
when their prospects on the lfe-path seemed |
equal. One was now Plus TX. Pope ii Rome; the
other Gniseppi Cretont, the most trusted adhe-
rent OF Mazznt end Gar1ba and they were the
Popes arch enemies But Plus TX was not the
man to consider these things at that moment;
ne only remembered the associations OF his
and recoIlectlons which no man can
be worthy without revering.
Do you remember me. ,Guiseppi2o asked
ne Pope. while he grasped the thin, sinewy
wrist of the dying revolutionist.
duiseppi, looking up. said, A priest, but /
know you not.
,, 1t is too loIg for you to remember my face
Do you not reme mber at Viterbo. more than
,23rty years ago., that you knew a boy named
The old rebel. striving to rise upon his pill
oW. and opening wide his Pickering eyes, ex-
;Iaimed: Where Is Mast&i Ferretti-Pio Mono
i papa?'
Here 81 he o Is. Guisseppi. am he, and wish
The n mo De- ii