Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-05-30

e,lssion the chamberlain announced.
amid a brearhless silence. that his
Holiness mis- diTided in his mind as
TO the relative merits of two OF the
beautiful specimens These two easi
ly outdisfaneed al the others, and an
other inspection would he necessary
before the first prize could be award
ed. The TIVE lucky artists were said
the chamberlain. Master Lnigi Ram-
p0lla Of Naples. with his golden ship,
and Master Jean Matthew Of AvigDon.
with his salt-celklr OF silver
The saIf Cellar Chosen
once more ths. t-onElare examined
The golden ship and the silver sal-eei-
lar. An animated discussion seemed
10 agitate them. Finally the pope
seemed decided. and whispered some
words in the ear Of the chamberlain
Rene almost stopped breathing. 80
great was his excitement. as the latter
fUnetionary stelFs-d forward 10 an
nouDce the result
His Holiness" said the chamber
lain has chosen In faror Of the article
which while perhaps not So costly q
material is quite ~ beautiful as its
rival and Of far more practical value
He gfres the prize. together with the
post Of paIlal ieweler and goldsmith
to Master Jean Matthew. maker Of the
ma gnitieent salt-eelisrs
A murmur of appreciation ran
through the hail for all liked to see a
man of Provence chosen. old Matthew
bowed low. and was IN the very act Of
beginning an elaborate speech Of
thanks. when q fiitle llark-rebed man
darted ont or the crowd followed by a
boy. and bending his knee before the
throne. exclaimed:
Your Holiness. ] crave word On
TINS subject
Speak. Doctor Nalerius.- said the
pope somewhat surprised by the in
terruIGian Yen always have our
ear
Then up rose Daetor Nalerius and
IN coed round Latin flor the court
spoke Latin denounced Old Matthew
as thief and q man Of lies He re
counted The whole history OF the salt
cellar. AT the same time leading for
ward the uttefly-ahashed Rene, ar
whom MataIieU darfed a sfowl Of ma
hgnant hatred
When b. hsd finished. Matthew had
his say. The physician. he ex-
claimed. IN whining tones. had sim
ply heen imposed upon by this rascal
boy. vino imposed upon everyone The
boys story was false He. himself.
and meme other. had fashioned the salt
cellar. Indeed. how could il b. expect.
ID that child OF fourteen could make
such = trophy.-
This res soning had its effect upon
the pope, his cardinals and the audi
snee. Murmurs arose. and all looked
doubtfuily az DIR. Yalerius. But the
old physician was not TO be brow-beat-
en-. Stepping forward. 50 as to face
Matthew. be said. in a voice of thun-
der:
-Misereant, demand that you an
swer certain questions which / am
about to put TO you Did you, unas-
sisted. make that saIt-eeilarT
Il did" answered the false Matthew
Then repeat aloud the motto which
you engraved around the rim
A cold sweat burst forth upon Ma
thieu's face The motto. He had
wholly forgotten il, indeed. he had paid
but little attention to it at any time.
Il forget the MOTTO be stammered.
Doctor yaleFfus smiled lis IL likely
your Holiness" he remarked, THAT a
man would forget the motto he en-
grared on his chief trophy Then.
addressing Rene. he asked him 10 re-
peat the motto. Without a moment :
hesitation the lad spoke the words:
-Je prendre ! aeerbe avec le CiOux:
J'aL measures. IN propre CONT
1T il eren 50. qu0,h the pope.
CHANGING AZ the gTagen lines on the 81
yer
Again Doctor Nalerfus turned ur,0n
the now trembling Matthew. -Master
Goldsmith he said. since you pur
those lines there. you can at LEAST TEL
us what they meanT
Mathieu saw that he was confound-
ed, for. in truth, like most PrOvencaux
Of those times and even of today be
knew little Of French. Clearly the
game was up far him: 50. after a futile
look around for some Avenue Of escape.