The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-24

ana low; but this reasoning, instead
Of convincing the marquis, made him
so angry that he declared he would go
to Rome and not rest until be had
obtained the d6iegate'$ recall.
Very well" answered Mgr, fecci
with that dignity and cal1nness when
characterized Gin; take your COL
ll&iltS 10 Rome, but DO Q forget ina
20 80 TO the Vatican you nave to pass
b. Castle st. Angelo" tthe famous
prison.. That same evening Mgr. Pecci
hard tile castle OF the marquis sur
rounded uy the pol1tlhcal troops ana
every soul in it arrested. Ills suSpl'
ciCnS that the place WIS the heaQElaaf
tors " n band Of SlnngglerS were lully
confirmed.
All persons are required TO kneol
when before the pope. Catholics are
oxnoctcd to kiss the papal ring, and it
is left OPTIONAL with them whether or
not 10 kiss the pope's FOOT. prot"ar%nts
| are, Of course, required to 90 mother.
Many of tIaem. however. voluntarily
Kissed fine ring. for the gentle 3,aring
and sifnnle dignity Of LEO FIJI. i'm
messed ever ono Win respect. Tic
occasions were rare indeed when Amer
;c,,s showed Themselves Iuckipa in the
amenities of the Mace. and even these
rare executions were OF trivial iAlpor-
+onco eavs tho Now York Herald
one such episole occurred at a rccep-
tion When the none ornroaclrd the
American rro,1n several Catholic WON
on nrastrated themselves before him
and kissed his slipper. When he had
oivnn his ,]essii,p no PASSED on to sew
oral others who were not Catholics and
ox+ondad his hand Two of the women
k;ssad his rin~ b,1t y Young girl who
was with them. although kueeiing
veyv nlainlv manifested her determine
.;on not To do rs the others had done
,,a io,oriny thr outstretcllrd hand
,ortnpted herself with incIipiilg hel
mood 40 tho ,~ed man stood before her
Thcre was something very like 6
smothcred murmpr of corr prnatio1
+h~rouoho,,t the han. The nope coult
not have helpeA noticing the girls at
titude. An amused smile passed owe
his face and he said to the Young WON
dren lust like the others, ever if yol
do not like me-" Then the gentlencs
and tenderness of his face increased
as no looked down at the girl and CAV
her his blessing. When he had passe'
IN to the next proup somebody trans
lated to the rebcllious young wOmal
WHIST the none had said. She knel
+hara for a minnie or SO. looking at til
aood mans face. then she rose hastil
and. rushing over to where he wa
threw herself impulsively o
hor knees before him and said: Il al
ashamed am so sorry! Please Il
mo k;ee vo,,r hand"
The none. of course. could not under
stand the words. but the girls NEAR
,nu WAS clear from her manner, an
Tho little thin. trembling hand of tn
MONTH"; was raised to bless her agar
, when the Girl bent over and reverentl
kissed it. .'Everything is we'll whe
\ tho neart is right" said the pope tel
I der)y. and there was ii suspicion of
' tear il, his eyes as he moved on to tn
: next kneeliny figure.
-
u Dne of tho anecdotes related of tl
I ,ro Inv Hall c,iue i'm Uouseho)
I Words is of special interest, as
s,,y,s in , vivid manner the ties {
ki,s,,in in the pcrci family. He say
G ..sirc. tho Italians entered Rome
e 1870 tho attitude Of the Vatican b:
0 henn one of protest against the pow
which las ~arrogated it's sovereignt
a One form, of this protest has been I'll
: absolute retirement of the pope with
L the ,i1ujts OF his eXterritorial dpmai
l.. II is held by the Catholic party til,
q for the pope to 90 out of the Vatica
e inr an hour or for ven so short