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Of hope which had lurkcd within his
heart. Overwhelmed with n sense of
utter desolation, he sank back upon a
divan. and for a long time remained
lost in bitter reflections.
But Spraguc. in spite of his diet
tanteism. was man of grit when oc-
casion called for it. Summoning at
length his fortitudc and his pride. he
proceeded to carry out what he con-
ceived to be the duty OF Il gentleman un-
der the circumstances.
Picking up the letter again, he placed
il unread in an envelope. into which
lie slipped hi. card, with brief cX-
PLANTATION of the finding Of the paper.
Then. after addressing the envelope, he
started uut to mail il himself.
"1homas Chdtham.' ne muscd. as be
went down the stairs; "Thomas Chat
ham. Why, lie is tue man who took
such pains to inform me that Miss Muir
dock was bctrothcd. or on the point Of
being betrothed--the dashily dressed
young man with red hair who is so
regular an attendant at the NurdOckS'
informal receptions. and who never
seems to be inNitcG on state occasions:
an insignificant and conccitcd puppy.
Poor girl, what "A pity that she should
throw herself away upon such man.
But. if he marries her. he shall make
her happy. or else"
The balance of his thought was not
put into words; but his face became set
in stern lines and his hands clcnched in
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~ NOl 30
CHAPTER I-Scene of story Is in Sew
York city Time early ,Vtniug last day
Of year Cable train colldcs with cab,
throwing to ground cabman and passcn-
ger also seated outside. Latter disappears;
then, inside the cab body of man shot
dead ia discovered Sturpis. reporter, ex-
ninines cab and surroundings.
crI,urtp IrIotor mat evening. nj
. ir 49,. .,,, ct,,r,,is t. in,uroinntu
5i'ts,,ssir, rr'j,t,irs rsiIahili;v of cir
e,.,,..,,,,,t,1 ..,.ji,,.rn ~. Nurdork IA
-.uils chemist yvuecrs in reply 5000 to 500
That from any dallv pancr he can select an
uusoly. Bile riddle SturgiS takes bet
~ ,t,.r,-t, ~ c.., ',.,to.,t,l &. Of t,.o
80 - 81 ~, .f,r,,,,,,' IN
UI| .t'IL''ts ~ NJ, L1I
q near NmltNt. '."I - ~ V , r. .,.W "a i,e
t''h seen anna i'"i'i "it'N ",f t ,,.g'iiy
thi ~ ''Htl ~" NJ Vaiisc
,r'n hi,N SINiS nHI ~ d" '"'''
contained ho'hlHN % ''''''S"
CHAPTER IN-SturElS secures anroint-
plcut with Dunlap. T.,ei Ut 81 bank. IL"
Sleit scene of shooting curly uCNi n'ur'ing,
Shcn INDUCES nus IrltHH ~ S''i ~ -, -,
to1n" 10 nus l"~HS VINE IiN al '"''''' N''' "a
pi the Two SlI''s' '"9'9'
CHAPTER N-From observe tons made
thus far and fnduCtiVc reasoning thereon
reporter has conclutcd. 90 d,.d man I'm
cab was bookkcepcr about 51 years old TO
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Why lie Kent Silence.

AT an evening party gentleman relat-
cd an adventure in which he had been
the principal actor. and. seeing unm!stak-
able shadows of doubt on the faces of his
hearers, he appealed to friend who was
present and who had witnessed the cir
cumstanccs to corroborate his statement.
To his utter confusion his friend denied
all knowledge Of the affair
Meeting some time afterward the sus-
pected Ananias said:
as it possible that you can have forgot
ten the circumstance to which | referred
at Mrs. As party the other night"
"Certainly not my dear fellow" replied
his friend, but could see that every one
present looked upon you as an incorrigi.
bic liar, and | hal too much regard for
my character to risk being taken for an
other"
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Those Wise Children Again.

George is FIVE years old, and his father
read him the impressive story of George
Washington and the cherry tree and the
subsequent frank admission. Noticing
the look Of astonishmcnt on the child's
face. his father asked. Don't You think
he was a very good hoy?" Good, papa?'
said George incredulously. "Why, or
course he knew his father had got wise
ANYHOW"
That reminds us Of the story of the
mother who, after reading "Casabianca"
wasn't he "A good little boy?"
YES" sighed the child. lie was aw-
fully good, hut he wasn't one bit smart"
New York Sun.
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An 0bedient Patient.

An old doctor. whose memory was be-
ginning to fail him, was called in to see
a young man who was i'll. On arriving
at the house be found his patient in bed
with nothing the matter with him but 4
slight cold. After prescribing the usual
remedies. he said
Nov, my dear sir, you must stay in
bed till come again"
He went away and forgot all about his
patient. The time few by. One day the
doctor came across the young mans
mother in the street. The sight of Mrs.
Jones brought his patient to his mind,
and with n start he said:
by the bye, how is your son getting
on?"
To his amazoment Mrs. Jones replied
that he was still in bed, obedent to his
commands. He had been there three
weeks,
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Grouchman and the Milkman.

"You use lots Of milk. don't you?"
Querier the milkman as he peered
through the screen and saw Mr.. Crouch
man at the breakfast table.
Yes Growled that individual; II eat
lots of bread and milk"
well" said the milkmsn. trying hard
TO be pleasant. tits pretty healthy.
guess"
Yes" answered Grouchman, land
there's another thing in its favor. II al
fOrds me such an elegant opportunity
to cast my bread upon the waters."-ln-
annapolis Sun.
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couded to try the Roentgen rays,
anere is the result. 1t is as pretty a
smw photograph as l have yet
sec
saying, DR.. Thurston handed the
re1cr photograph, which the lat
tcudied carefully in silence,
'tice how clearly you can see the
pear shape into which the bullet
hieen flattencd,' said the pin ysician.
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She-You know, John. you promised me
sealskin wrap, aud
He-And you promised to keep my
stockings darned. snd you haven't done
it.
She-Well. you don't mean to say you'll
break your promises on that account?
He-Wcll, its just this: You don't
give a darn and l don't give a wrap
Philadelphia Press.
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Some sights Not For Her.

ave come 10 town." said the old farm
er, ito see all that's worth seeng-all
that's interesting"
You haye?" returned his rapid city
nephew inQuiringly.
"You bet have"
an that case" said the city nephew.
''you ought TO have left your wife at
homc."-Chicago Post.
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Another Wrong RIgktcd.

mo" said old MI Rockingham. after
his daughter had put in her plea for
Charley. Il can't give my consent. | like
him well enough personally, and he's
good hearted and all that, but he amt
steady, He ain't''-
"Why, pa" she interrupted, chow can
you say he isn't steady? lie hasn't missed
single night in the past four months" -
Chicago Record Herald.
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without Fouu d alton.

Towne-l hear jenkins had fight Win
another fellow yesterday.
Brawne-lmpossibe! was with him
for an hour today, and ! didn't notice
mark on him.
Towne-Rut the story goes that he sim
ply wiped the ground up with the other
fellow
Browne-Still more impossible. Didn't
tell you was with him for an hour and
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Mrs. Gusher-l've written some verses
to Miss Ann Teek, but | hardly know
what to call them. "Ode on AIMS Face"
expresses the idea, but that doesn't
sound right
Miss Pepproy-Why not make 1t Lines
on AIMS FACE Philadelphia Press.
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Sunday School Tcacher-Now. children.
what did Pharaoh say TO Moses?
Children-We don't know.
Teacher oh, yes. you do. lie told
Moses to so and do something. Now,
what did he say?
Class-Go way back-and sit down.
Baltimore American.
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"Mr. Litewatc, have you any objection
TO my joining a military companyY
81 dunno as have. But I'll tell you
one thing, I'm afraid you'll be rs poor a
soldier as you are a grocery clerk"
in what way. sir?'
mo earthly good Mt taking orders. -
Cleveland llAin DoAlnr.
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So DeIIuhtfuIly Modern.

us your new rector an agreeable
man?'
"lndeed he is--real nice; plays golf and
squash. owns napEtha launch and au.
tnmmv and Lesil 4 he isn't q bit roll.
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CHAPTER XIV.
TWO LOVERS.

Miss Murdocl was seated at the piano
In the drawng-room her shapely fin
gers wandering dreamily over the keys,
when scryan, knocked at the door.
"A giutiOman to see yer, miss said
the maid.
~ callcr." exclaimed Agnes, in sur
prise. AT thi, time OF day? Did he
give YOU his card?"
NO, miss. Nor his name, naythcr."
"Wcll, then. Mary" said Agnes, with
Il mixture Of amusement and severity
"why do you announce him2 i think
you would better keep an eye on th,
hat-racli."
| He amt no thafe, miss" said the
maid, positively; "hc do be dressed NJ
/ too foinc fur that. Besoidcs, DIVE sane
/ him here before. a hansum young
( Teller wild rid -Mister-Mister--
Cha Chapman"
"Chatham!' suggested Agnes, with
| sudden seriousness.
"liS miss; IT do be the same"
Il cannot receive him. said Miss
| Murdoch, in fgigid tones. 81 am sur
| prised that John should have admitted
him. after the explicit instructions |
gave him yesterday. Hereafter ! am
never at home to Mr.. Chatham
"lour butler is not at fault in this
iustaucc,' said a voice from the hall
! way and before either Of the women
could recover from her surprise, a
| i'aShily dressed young man with in
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CHAPTER XVII
THE OF AIRY.

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my D''s"'E NV''N - U'''," "'' "''' No
us""l ar u ""Se,''-ii' '"Ne,' '"'''"''"-
'""' iV''''"S nv VI nv" my H'"'
'Ve' ANU at oNV, N[,I'N MS paw
ne NJ" S',"''''' 'u ",o''s my a 'ou''EV'
u, '''' "o" " MI '""S' "i' r"''
~ ''0" " ''''o" ~ q ~ ~ ''N 9''oP
u ms "' " - 'oi'' AZ ''0il'N "
eN"H,.le ''s 'ui''"'''
:. q '''ic '"i 'i''' "l' '"' s',ce, 'S
i'q"o' S"iooi'' o"'H'''' VI "Ai'i' S'oo'
VI '."s %
''i ''"'i man. e''N'''i' ~ III" cups
"'' Ne'.', VI a., an "uJo!'''s ''o0i
Az, < " IN ma '''''' r ~ i'e 9e'i''e'
W Oe o''''''' "'''.f VI IA ~
Oi' '"e oPposI'e sue o. '"c way s'oou
io"' Nii" i'i""''" VI "N no"0''
P"'"'" sig" o''i "''N"" ~ 'ne
erouhu moor poIt 'ne naile' MA->'
hN lAN '"rN l'AH w.
The drunken man rose unsteadily to
his rect ana approached SturSls with
outstretched hand.
say Jimmy get on ter ms nlhs
med cine fur his sick mudder.' eN.
claimed one OF the young rutiians.
The notwithstanding individual thus
icsi gnatcd seemed hardly able o stanC
rs he steadied himself against an iron
r.iIirr. but +be evos be turnod rno,,
Strrgf. ,vere b.gbt with intoIlirenc.
and the words he spoke were uttered in
low. firm voice:
Hes been here-becn here twice
"lwiceF echoed St+rgis, surprised.
wv here is II now
IL don't know
you don't know?"
mo. sir; but l guess Conklin docs.
This is how it was: 1t was my watch
yesterday afternoon, when Chatham
came the first time. He went into the
Manhattan company's place through
the basement at quarter after five.
50 just settled myself out here and
waited. Well, waited and waited, but
there wasn't any sign of Chatham, and
when Flaglcr came along to relieve me
at ten O'Clock Chatham hadn't come
out yet. Flagler he spotted the place
.u sir .ti. ;r d ,L Cor,..
in tooE his +nrn aeain mntn two
.,ala,l. ,,l.., ,,.,,.,,, ,.o.,h
Inst ~. Cnrl1in y,o. telIing mo how
,hirpe stood rbo sbo,Id como down
,ho 9.roo. l,r+ Cbo.b,,o bir,salf loroe
-. l;r,"
"Dov, tbo ,+roo+ ." oxclo;noG S,ur.
~.
W.. .i. ,d,too. nc ;fo,h
I'D tanroLr 10 i,to tha NTaa.
hn,.n Ch'i,,i,.oI on,n,.,. nl,ce
a;,,n
'e nav P"7 "P wy va, ''>'0'4 : '''-''
ga S'"' H"'U ''0 IPo'
:. iVs' 'i'' JuS' """' '',N " U'.N
i'"' 90 f"'VN d" vim 80 MN
"r"un" "nc pIo'N 10 he'P ms eHV
pceleu On me heNt street, ana ""''o'
mere Nhu' mere We pee" ever since
IL Nonhi'h Ish On ihe oio'N "ooNe' ~
inuSI DE because Ha nam mas ih"uc
tracks again ana ne al'er MN
IL go ana ma out saiu 9'urg'S'
iias anyone e!se caIleo AT me Man
haitian 'hcmlcai company once since
yo" nave p'el Oh Wa'cn'
40, SIT, Dul IL coupe VI IoNTS ago
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y CHANGED MAN.

GRO BE CONTINUED)
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

while Virginia was still a military dis
trict some federal officers stationed at
Petersburg heard that the two maiden
sisters of Gen. Thomas were living
near by and that they were in destitute
circumstances as a result ef the ravages
of war. One of the officers in question
had been a classmate of Gen Tomas
at West Point, and hal BON on terms
of intimate personal friendship with
him. He determined to relieve tho
necessities of the Misses Thomas, and
had an army wagon loaded with sup
plies, which he accomp to the
Thomas mansion. The old ladies re-
ceived the federal officers on the yeranda.
of their homo with stately courtes ~ b t
icy coldness. One of the officers ex-
planned that he was an cid time fIiend
of Gen. Thomas and that he was de.
lighted to be of some slight service 10
his sisters
The reply of Miss Judith was that she
had no brother The officer explained
and insisted but the women We're inn
movable. They had no brother Then
an attempt was made to force them to
accept the provisions which had been
brought over from the military headuuar-
tiers. AS a matter of fact the Thomas
pantry was empty. There was practically
nothing to eat in the house or on the
plantation, but Virginia pride was too
strong to yield even under these circunl-
stances. Miss Thomas thanked the fed
eral officer for his kindness, but assured
him that she and her sister were not in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
BLIND TYPEWRrTERs
a New Employment for Lomdon.s
Sightless Unfortunates.

IL may seem strange to the fo,tpna+a
s ssIl people that the blind should he
aoIe not only to write shorthand h1t to
manipulate typewriter with perfect 90 60
ana considerable speed, says the Lon
Yet this is the case. ana there ara al
ready several blind typewriters' OFFICES
Wnere authors manuscript, letters cir,
cuiafs and general copying are ATTENDED
70 by sightless operators,
ne shorthand is taken down on sne
ID e.8 ,IInIa,chine, which embosses in the
Brallle' system of dots, I" There are
on SIX type keys and a spacing kew
The matter is recorded in a roll ltf fa eAe
IKE IKE paper which travels along automatf-
caily into a basket, somewhat a fer tSa
manner OF the ordinary tape machine
WITH the aid of the machine Verbatim
reports, can be taken down at as high
speed as lao words minute and tins
very remunerative and pleasant means
OF employment is afforded for the blind
The transcribing is done with any TYNE
Wrlter. the user having once mastered the
position of the keys There is. however
an attachment for those who are deaf
as well as blind to indicate when the end
OF line is near. Instead of th. usual
tinkle wire is so fixed that it falls on
the myers, no matter in what part of the
KEYBOARD the hands may be
Inc London Society for Teaching the
Blind has recently made a feature of thfs
shorthand machine in it's institution.
blind clerk has been instructed in the
new system, and has already done some
good work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
THE GUTTA PERcHA MAN.
Workman Whose Hands Must Be
White, Soft and Supple


The 'gutta percha man" lives in a lit
tie red brown canvas tent in the stree IS
OF London. Nearly always a brazier
gIoWs before the open Coor of his tiny
ahode, says the London Mail.
A pan SINNERS continuously on the
ire, hut the contents OF the vessel are
lpeelible. They look like silver when the
gutta percha man dips his big spoon
into the cauldron.
Many times during the day the ''gutta
percha man buries himself in a hoe
dug III the middle of the street. He IS
protected by barbados, and tie traffic
is diverted or stopped altogether at his
coming Only royalty and the lord
mayor share this prerogative with tha
''gutta pcrcha man.
The "gutta percha man is am Eibious
lie is to be met with in tie Pacific o.
Atlantic, but not 50 frequently as II
Fleet street. The marine spec es IA a
haelt OF penetrating the water to a eat
depth ami fishing uI mysterious looking
objects from the floor CT the sea.
Altl ot,2hi no reference TO the .'gutta
pereha man can be found in my
dictionary Of natural history, he is an
interesting biped and well epa s little
study. His greatest pecrliarity is ! IS
hands. great part of his life is pas sea
IL washing them.
A little dust or CRIME on the "gutta
h'@iSA4sS iAie1il 4IlSGIS hight cut OIL al
communication between England and the
seat of war, or it might lead to the tear
ing UP of another Lordon street The
"Sutta percha man. has, so to speak
thousands of pounds in his hands, al
though he himself is only a workman,
with between 60 and 93 a week.
The other day representative of The
Daily Mali took the liberty Of dropping
in on "gutta percha man" who had
erected his temporary home in the
shadow Of st. PauPs. The visit could
not have been timed more opportunity,
Tor the 'gutta percha man was perform
ing sort of massage en- his hands with
an oiled cloth, warranted to remove every
sreck of dust.
Sorry [ can't ask you to sit down.
he said politely, pointing to the two-foot
deal seat in his cramped quarters. With
the exception of his unusually white and
supple hands he was, after all, an or
Falnary looking workman, dressed in4hCn>
est tustian, and with shoulders that sug-
geSted they had been bent by Sitting in
his low eeilinged hut and creeping into
narrow holes.
ut is quite true, he added that /
have to keep my hands scrupulonsly
clean and very soft. When joint has to
be made in the underground cables It is
my duty TO make it. The wires are CT
course, insulated with gutta percha II
while making joint l should soil the
gutta percha with my hands a leakage
would occur as soon as the wires We're
working again, and the streets would
have to be pulled up once more and the
work begun all over again. What that
would cost in money and the interruption
of traffic you can well imagine"
By this time he had completed his
massage and was gently drawing through
his fingers yards of what looked like
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

inch ribbon of a reddish color 1t was
really gutta percha.
Another reason for keeping our hands
in the pink of condition. he further ex-
planned, lis that it increases our delicacy
of touch. which has to be as fine as that
of professional plano player"
Important as It is that the land species
of ''gutta percha man" should keep his
hands clean and supple. it is necessary
that the marine type should be even more
careful A little dust from his fingers
settling onJthe gutta percha while making
joint in a submarine cable would in
yelve the sending Out Of another ship to
discover and repair the leakage. This
work might occupy months and involve
an expenditure of thousands of pounds.
Time was when the 'gutta percha man
was more important parsonage than he
is now He was trained from yourth to
cultivate hands whose whiteness and deli
cacy would have aroused the envy of a
duchess He received a handsome salary,
and had men to wait upon him. Now,
however. his glory is dimDed and mis-
wage diminished.
Employers find that there are now more
workmen with soft and supple hands
than formerly.
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! quire ezertion either in descending or as


THE POST OFFICE.
The first of the peculiar formations to
be found in this wonderful work of nature
is room about 20 by 80 feet in SIZE but
its appearance at once strikes one from
the character of the formation OF it's
walls. The entire side walls and ceiling
is of "boX-work,'' consisting of small
squares from two to four inches in di-
ameter, and about the same in depth
opening outward and possessing the gen
eral appearance of the tiers of boxes in
a postofice The formation is the first
process of disqualification, the crystals be
ing very fine and of a reddish brown
similar to the color of the surface soil
and rock. From it's appearance this room
has been called the ''postoffice,' and in
the boxes repose the cards of thousands
Of persons who have visited the cave
Two other chambers next to this pos
sess the boX-like formation, each sho "
ing greater antiquity than the preced-
ing by the growing whiteness of the
crystalliZation. Then comes odd Fellows
hail, $50 feet below the surface and a
much larger room than the preceding
chambers, but with the crystalization
still III a formative state. Beyond this
the real beauties Of the place begin to be
seen. The first change in formation no.
ticeable is that the crystals are growing
"crummy' in size and Wilderness, in each
succeeding chamber becoming harder in
popcorn formation is met This is the
first indication of stalactite and stalag-
mite, and it has been named 'Dripstune
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Of anything and must decline to ac-
the offered supplies.


need Of anything and must decline to ac-
ce 49t,. the b offered supplies.
for Cen Thomas himself the tragedy
OF the situation was made even more af-
Iectlng by the fact that the feeling of
ms ms sisters was shared by most Virgin
1 ANS, ana from the time he entered the
! gnion army he-felt he had no state aff1l-
ladons OF sentimental kind until he
Was va practically adopted by Tennessee.
take command of the military district of
the Pacific. and he died there in 1870
his BODY was brought TO Troy, in this
STATE; ana there buried. His sisters re-
fused to attend the funeral.
me OLD Thomas plantation is still in
the possession of the sisters, and the
rentals paid by the tenants who work it
enable them to live in comfort. Only
lew rev months ago they deposited among
Richmond. Va fba m9enifcent oie sword I'd
Whlch was presented to their brother by
the county of southampton after he had
returned from his splendid service in the
Mexican war
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
WONDERS Of WIND GAVE
REMARKABLE SUBTERRANEAN
PASSAGE 80 MILES LONG AND
FULL OF CHAMBERS
ACQUIRED By GOVERNMENT
It's Beauties Are Said to BE Greater
Than the Mammoth Cave OF
Kentucky VIII At
tract Tourists.

Tor years one of the greatest glories
OF the United States has been cXpl5ited
as d private enterprise, and its beauties,
therefore, only meagerly made known
TO the world at large. The magnifice Mt
Wind cave. twelve miles from H
Springs, s. D, is no longer under control
of the two nell who discovered it, closed
over its entrance and made from it a for
tune by charging an admission fee from
those VINO wished to make the long jour
ney through its succession of corrido S
chambers and causeways The United
States government has secured control
Of tho cave the majestic extent and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

Chicago Record Herald: Cardin& Ma
riano Rampolla, the papal secretary of
state who is said to be the favorite can
dtdate of Pope Leo for succession to the
chair of Peter, is accredited by many as
probably the most capable man in the
Roman hierarchy. The association of his
name with the papacy is considered UNI
Catholics who are familiar with the WAYS
of church politX. There is a proverb to
the effect that "he who enters the CON
clave pope comes out of it a cardinal
and history seems to prove the truth of
the saying. Cardinal Rampolla was born