Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-07

my six men IN front of his troc7, drav!ng
his own horse alongside OF, 1line; and dis
cussing, with much cunning, of falconry, in
which he was more than an adept.
We had to wait some little time for the
cardinal, but at length he came, accom-.
panied as usual by Bayard, and with him
all the gentlemen of his suite, including
st. Arnlande. On reaching the foot of the
stairs, D'Amboise inquired somewhat sharp
ly for me; but changed his tone to one of
pleasant greeting when he saw I was in
waiting.
est. Dennis!" he exclaimed, II thought
you were not coming after ALL"
We had but few yards to ride, and our
passage along the Via Alessandrina to the
l'ortone Bronse took but few minutes.
As we rode up there, we kept the obelisk
in the center of the Piazza di S. Pietro to
our left, and saw before US the walls of the
new cathedral OF St. Peter, then about
four or five feet high, the ruins of the old
church still standing around it. At the
time l speak of, nothing had been done
for about so years towards advancing the
work, begun by Nicholas ", and the great
design, afterwards altered and put into ex-
ecution by Giuliano della Revere, when be
became pope as Julius H., was then in a
skeleton form, looking more like the re-
mains of some sacred shrine than the be-
ginning of new work, the so years of
neglect having the effect of making the new
work almost as ruinous as the old church
founded by Constantine.
Although, as l have mentioned, there
were to be great doings at the vatican that
evening, there was no crowd assembled in
the Piazza of St. Peter. 1t was full OF
soldiers, but the people of Rome, who
might have been expected to be there in
numbers, to see the procession of mobiles
and their followers, were conspicuous BY
their absence. Men-at-arms there were
in store, jostling crowd of the commons,
for terror was on Rome, and men kept as
far as possible from the Borgo. The piazza
was, however, brilliantly lit up, and the
bodyguards of the various notables were
strictly confined to the places assigned to
them, order being maintained by about a
thousand men of the Spanish guards of the
pope, under the immediate command of De
Leyva. The light from the lamps was re-
fectcd back by the glittering arms Of the
men, and the various ensigns of the great
houses were distinctly visible. The single
column of Colonna rose side by side with
the eagle and griffin of Borghese, the six
lilies of Farnese trembled in the wind, near
Colleoni's two-headed lion, and little in
the background was drawn up solid-look
ing body of cavalry, over whom futtered the
standard of the Borgia; these were Cesare's
own lambs, as he called them, veterans OF
many hard-fought field.
At the entrance steps we halted, and
were met by two chamberlains, who, with
their stats of office in their hands, ushered
US to the bronze gates, by which We were
to enter the vatican. We passed through
amidst blare of trumpets, each side Of
the passage being lined with pikemen,
standing stiff and motionless as statues.
Our way led to the Tore Borgia, the por-
ton of the vatican occupied by Alexander,
and the distant strains of music caught our
ears as we went on, and shortly entered
the noble reception rooms, which were
crowded with people.
The pope himself stood at the extreme
end of the apartment, surrounded by bril-
liant group OF ladies and gentlemen, and
as we came up to make our duty Ihad good
opportunity of observing him. Alexander
was fully 20 years of age, but so hale,
hearty and strengthening that he might
easily have passed for a man of middle age.
He was dressed as private gentleman, in
Spanish costume, with high boots, a jew
eled dagger at his side and smart velvet
cap on his head. But the face itself struck me
as remarkable to degree. He was clean