The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-10

cusslon the chamberlain announced.
amid q breathlcss silence. that his
Holiness was divided IN his mind as
TO the relative merits OF TWO Of the
beautiful specimens. These two cdsl
~ ouldisianced all the others. and an.
other inspection would be- necessary
before the first prizr could lH' award
cd. The two lucky artists were said
the chamberlain Master Luigi Ram
polla nf Naples. with his golden ship.
and Master lean Matthew of Avignun.
with his Snli.ccllar OF silver.
The snlt-Cetinr Chosen
once more the ronclnyc examined
the golden ship aud the silver salt-cel-
lar An animated discussion seemed
10 agliatc them. Finally the pope
seemed decided. aud whispered some
words IN the ear Of the chamberlain.
Rene almost stopped breathing. 80
great was his excitement, as the latter
funcilonary stepped forward 20 an
nounce The result
Ellis Holiness" said the chamber.
lain. has chosen Ia favor of the article
which. while perhaps not 50 costly q
material, is quite as beautiful as US
rival. .nd Of far morn practical value
he gives The prize together With the
POST of papal lcwrler and goldsmith,
q Master Jean Mnih.cu. maker NJ the
magnificent sall-cellar'
A murmur 81 appreciation ran
through the hail, for an liked a. see q
man ~ Provence chosen. old Mnih.eu
bowed low. aud was In TIE very act or
beginning an elaborate speech Of
thanks. when lliils hlnckrohrl man
dartcd ont OF the crowd followed hy n
hoy. aud. bending his knee before the
throne. exclaimed:
your Holiness. crave q word ON
lnls subject"
Speak. Doctor Nalerius." said the
pope. somewhat surprised hy the in-
terrupilon. You always have our
ear"
Then up rose Doctor Nalerus and
in good. round Latin Gor the court
lpoke LATIN denounced old Mail'ru
~ u thief aud man of Hes lie fe
.ounicd me whole history Of the s1lt.
cellar. at the same time leading Cor
,gard the uttcrly-ahnshcd Rene. at
whom Matthew dnrted q srowl OF ma.
ilpnant hatred.
When he had finished. Matthew had
his say. "The physician" he ex
slelmed, In whining tones. "had sim
~ heen Imposed upon by this rasca
icr, vino imposed upon everyone, Tn.
iHY's story YVES false lie. himself
fHl none other. had fashioned the salt
/ o. lar Indeed. how could % be- expect
az that a child of fourteen could max,
such trophy
'rhls reasoning had lis effect upnI
the pope. his cardinals ana The audi
eyre. Murnurs arose. aud all locket
d-uhtfully at Dr.. Valcrius. liut ihl
I on physician was not 20 be brow-heat
On. stepping forward. 80 as to fac
Matllen. be- said. IN q voice ~ thun
der.
"Mlscrcant, demand that you an
swer certain questions which ] an
about 20 put 10 you. DID you. uuas
sisted. make that sali-ceilnrF'
Il did" answered the false Maihler
"Then repeat aloud the motto While
you engraved around the rim
A cold sweat burst forth up0n Ma
ihlcu's face. Tie motto, Tie hal
wholly forgotten II, indeed. he had pal'
but little attention 10 II M any time
Il forget. the motto" he siammrre,
Doctor Nalerius smiled lis " likel!
your Holiness" he remarked. "that
man would forget the motto be- ~
gmvcd on his chief trophyf" rhci
addressing Rene. he asked him 10 n
peat The motto. Without moment
hesitation the lad spoke the words:
"Ie prcndrc / acerhe avcc le dou'
I'ai. messlrrS un proprc govt"
1T Is oven so." quoth the pop
CHANGING at tie craven lines on the Il
yer
Again Doctor Nalcfius turned up0
the now trembling Matthew. Mast,
Goldsmith" he said. "sluce you pi
those lines there. you can az least o.
Us what they meanf'
Matthew saw that he WAS confnun
ed. for IN truth. lie most Pr0vcncau
uf those times mud even of today !
knew little of French Clearly u
game was up for him: so. after a futi
look around for some avenue OF cscap