New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19

. : Ala nat see him. Again he proush' INV
vegetables dainty CARTOONS s"'o'
hcans and succuient ar;ich"H'S' s'''
that he should have the bouh'eo"' an -,
, - r,,rth He left me many messages Oh
,.a,t. many messages Of goodwill anu '"'
- to, would not forget my pro'i''S'u
,, -. ,b. convent. And h. left me- 'oo' DIT
.,,oc.,,,., times ever such odd little prints o'
d ir,.ecs and miracle pictures 'ne
49,, t dasired that would carry about he'
,i~h, ,bo, look for every sort OF beSa'n6'
,,,h s,.ri,ual and temporal It represents me
holy father s. Francis. in the cave ~ WIN
Ia V.rra where he received IN" suE'''"'"' -
tho act Of giving his famous triple o'hepl' ''''
70 moor tempted Fra Leone Inc Dc"eu'' yum
3. .ho form If a scroll which Fra Leone WAS
70 carr, about him. and IN the scroll Is "''''''''
II Si..roro ri bencdica Il cuftodIsca: ,i
r. rnostri la sun faccA ahn'd '"'7'
volca a to II sue seuardo ii dia pace
tt,,,.,, ,orriyo me- There is superstition III
the air Of Tuscany: it penetrai's me veins ~
tho most complaccnt Pyuhonisi, II s'lrS '"e sun
49,, ,t. dorohticsi Protestant. i puts {" 'ohIu-
clio, oven the most rabid anti-clcricu a.
,r,.. ,b. ,sc,,r. about ne and no grave e'll mas
hrallen me since true as II IS that no E'"''
owl ever bcf.u me before. say" once.
20 H. bed late and lie abcd late RIA i''''
leo came in the early morning at "'c"h''''
time and So wrapped IN sloth never o'i''
,o... him SIN months went 10y. Either II was
no, ~ u vas wei or u was "lfpN' 81 ''
.ote ,,i.h,, bue,. ~. truth To- tell not seeing
him his image and ms influence gre" '"'''''
I'm, certain it is did not pay my visit TO 'h'
. convent.
Twelve months passed or more. and SUD
-. ,,q
c,,,oons for dinner AMI thcn. Why ~ course
,,., ,,o,,i,lv Ira was no longer figuring IN my
accounts. and it must now he quite long "h'''
..,. ,..eiyol a now santuo could ih'
humble ,riar be offended because had never
p,iI lrv vsn9 That imp"s-lhl" IN one
uh, had so pcrfectly moulded his soul ("
ancient christian models Like Father lorenzo
Nature r. him too mus, have done with h"F
rcsen,rn.nts Could he be III then? ordered
around Beniamlno my cabrnan. at once ana
drove III To the convent. twelve miles along Ohe
hot. white. dusty coast-road.
tn. convent was no convent. but tn" poorest
kind ~ house the church beside X was harcr
than any conyenticle But there was cross
upon the top Of the church. and there was
majolica Annunciation over the door OF 'he
house and u you looked narrowly enough
neither tho one nor the other could nav" h'
lougcd to any but the poor son OF ST fiAich Joy
above the stone porch Of the garden gate you
wound have scon a rude. dscoored fr"sco on n
Cross II Calvary traversed 10y two hu'2An arms
#, saltirc one IN bent naked. repre- '"iing M
arm Of our Saviour the other in bend sinister
co,hcd in the habit OF 81. Francis. both bear
ing the stigmata' ! knocked AZ the door. IL
was opened by the cheericst % iay-hrothers
His face beamed Ike the sun at morning and
his ewes twinkled upon me AS II my presence
lad given him the one pleasure IN lie he most
OF all desired.
rs Fra PaciAco In asked
Then that beamng face all Of a sudden grew
wofully chapfalen; those t"inhling eyes started
with tears and at my heart there came sore
pang He need not have spoken.
Alas. he Is dead, dear signore. lie died
close upon two months ago. We are all dis
tractod and suffer the sorest priNations. He
vas such an excellent beggar. was our dear
brother We wanted for nothing. Eut he never
wrote down anything We DO not know who
unworthy successor do not know whom TO 30
to- and have success. We are Ike TO die OF
hunger and our only hope is In God Almighty
and holy father st Francis"
81 WAS one OF his friends" answered; AN
altogether unworthy one. Come TO me when
you come into the city. and ! will double my
aims for the sake OF his dear memory. Is he
buried here" | continued. again remembering
Yorck and again blessing him.
''Over yonder. signore." replied the lay
brother indicating tiny campo santo not .
| quarter OF n mile distant His mute astonished