Arizona republican., 1903-09-11


 against fitting him for his new position. His younger years were spent in a country village amid the most dire pow erty, his days passed, in helping his parents and sisters in their work or in trying himself to earn a few cents from time to time; often hungry, although not really lacking the necessities of life. The winter was the hardest per- iod. as cold penetrated the walls of the little two-story house. clothing was in sufficient, and he had to wear shoes and stockings. which he hated. School was rot even mentioned. Education in those days, sixty years ago, was cer- tainly not compulsory, and even his parents thought little of it. for many peasants then, as now, could not even sign their names.
 Beppo (diminutive for Giuseppe), however. had the fortune to attract the attention of the parish priest. who taught him the letters and set him on the road to learning, and, once started, he went on by himself. An old farmer of the district. now nearly ninety years Of age. when told that Giuseppe Sarto had been made pope. exclaimed:
 Not Beppo? Not that little rascal? Many are the cherries he has taken off HiE lItSSi iHs ututlHtsllu the tree Wltn a stick and he bidding me defiance and pelting me with the stones. The last time he did it I caught his boot and merry dance we had about that field But he was a good chap. When my old woman died and he was already cardinal he forgot his dignity and help ! prayers. If I was not so old I would go | to visit him a the Vaticant'
 Bishop Monaco took a fancy to the bright boy and sent him to school. | where he was head and front of all the | mischief. He then took orders, and thus the career which was to end on the pinnacle of earthly success was in augurated. At the age of B he was assistant to the parish priest oi Tom 1 bolo, and here was first seen the characteristic which was later to dis tinguish him. Give. give-has always been his motto give with one hand and. then with the other. and if necas- sary. with both together but never. cease.
 So far has he carried this precept that to go without his dinner while another ate was too common an oc- currenoe to cause remark. Once, in | those days, when he sold his little i horse to pay some debts contra cted by his family. he came home half dead after a tramp of miles to the death bed of man who proved to have lit , tic the matter with him, and sat down to steamng plate of soup.
 This is good.'' he exclaimed, when the srCcn was arrested half way to 1 lis mouth by the appearance of a young person who came in at the door, l down at ha tah | took his soup and calmly ate it to the last spoonful. She then rose, dropped | courtesy to the spell-bound priest, and as she left, said jauhtily:
 Tt was very good they told me you | lived on bread and water to serve the poor and I wanted to prove that it was a lie
 | Such was all the thanks he got, and
 this was the only time on record when 1 his charity was not only involuntary. but given with a bad grace. His poor l old mother adored him. but refused to live with him when he rose to the splendid position of parish priest
 No, my dear.' she said, T was born i here in Riese. and her I shall die Go your ways. enjoy your good fortune. and send your linen to me when it needs mending.' | AnQ With this blessing she sent him out into the vast world. her best be-
 loved son. The old lady was very shrewd and when his sisters would have liked to live with him in what | was considered the brilliant position of sister to parish priest she said:
 No. mo- daughters, you stay where you are there you will put on airs and SO never get married. while here vou are what you are. and the boys will take you to wife" which proved true with three out of the six The other three. after the death of their mother, lived in tha archbishop's palace at the l Cathedral of St. Mrk's in Venice with their brother. their only object in life
 being to make him happy and comfort able; hence the lament with which this
 article begins.
 Their case is. in fact, ather hard
 \ s pope. their brother can give them nothing for which they will much care.
 As sisters of the Patriarch of Venice | they might have entered society and
 taken a responsible position but they l pla in,