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Fraud Alleged.

Then the resourceful Lorimer set
abost to make sure his return TO the
next House In the reapportionment OF
the State he succeeded in having several
Democratic wards taken out OF his dis
trict, and in their stead several Repub-
lican wards substituted Last Novern-
Der Feely was not candidate. and Dur
burrow ran against Lorimer. The con-
test was bitter. and on the face of the
returns, Lorimer was declared elected
by few hundred majority.
Mr.. Durburrow has instituted a con-
test charging irreguiarity and frauds, as
sorting that a thousand or more votes
we're cast by men who were not entitled
to vote in the district, or II entitled 10
vote. should have voted but once. Now,
while the contest is on. it develops
that Mr. Durburrow, who is the Chicago
representative Of a large insurance COM
pany. with a $1,000 annual salary. has
been notified by the company that his
services are no longer required.
His removal is attributed TO his politi-
cal opponent-Lorimer. The reason is
found in the fact that the company has
an important case involving its right to
! do business in the State before the board
OF insurance commissioners, a politiesl
body said 20 be subject 20 a large extent
to the control Of Lorimer. and the COM
pany believes that its success in the case
cepends upon having as fits representa-
tive a man who is friendly to Lorimer,
rather than mis- bitter enemy. So that
while swapping after shadowy Congress
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Executive Sessions.
And Senator Morgan's Plaintive Out
break Anent Leaks"

The Hon. John T. Morgan of
Alabama may be, and no doubt Is,
q great statesman: but in humor he
seems, to us at least, a trifle deficient.
Here is Senior Don Rafael Reyes,
Colombian minister to Mexico, deny
ING over his signature the truth of a
statement said TO have been made by
Senator Morgan on the floor OF the
Senate. To the effect that the Colon
bion President "sold out and abdi-
Gated for 81 100000" Senator Nor
can declares with some heat that there
was a betrayal by some one of what
"transpired" in an executive session
of the Senate. The inference Is II
resistible. therefore. that the senior
Senator from Alabama did assert that
the Colombian President ''sold out,"
ard so forth.
We have no means of knowing
upon what authority the Hon. John
T. Morgan of Alabama made this
statement. We don't much care,
either. What interests us Is the pho
nomenon daily displayed at our front
door. rs it were, of eighty-nine full
grown. able-bodied. and presumably
worldlv-wise men, still nursing an
ideal and fondly believing that by
closing the doors upon themselves
they they can keep the world from
knowing what goes on inside. II 'his
respect the Senate of the United
States is positively uniqur
The late J. J. Ingsar5 of Kansas,
for a number of ye'rs the colleague
OF Senator Morgas, once remarked
that where the average American saw
the sign "No Admittance, that was
the place. more than any other, be
wished to break into. And he usually
got there, too.
Now. when Senator Morgan COM
plains of "leaks," and, closing his
eyes deliberately to their true origin,
accuses persons who have the right
or privilege Of being present at execu-
tive sessions of the Senate"-mean-
ing. thereby. secretaries and other en-
ployeS-he is perpetrating great
wrong upon people unable to defend
themselves. or else he Is lacking in a
sense of humor. We prefer TO think
the latter.
If Senator Morgan really desires
to preserve the secrecy Of executive
proceedings, all he has to do Is to
have the Senate order the doors
thrown wide open. We venture to
say that If that were done. not sin
gle newspaper would, or could be IN
duced to, print an account of the pro
eeedings. They would have TO be pub
Hshed at Government expense IN the
Record" And then, a. everybody
knows, they couldn't be "given away"
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FIELD OF POLTTICS-GOSSIP, VIEWS, AND INCIDENTS.
aand
ston His Hands cton FraudA "

order TO overcome the adverse majority
in that body To secure control Of the
Legislature it will be necessary for him
20 elect a large majority,of the members
of the house of delegates next year.
something the friends of Schmulbach and
Caldwell declare # will he impossible
for him to do. The indications are.
therefore. that there will be an inter
esting triangular contest in the Noun
tain State over the Senatorship. and the
Senator's friends realize that he has
hard fight upon his hands. Further
more. Senator Scott has not been es-
peciaIIy fortunate in the selection OF
men for Federal appointments. and the
fact that he is the recognized Roosevelt
leader in the State is not aiding him as
much as it should, for. to state the case
plainly. If it must be done, West Nir-
ginia is strongly inclined toward the
nomination of the Hon. Marcus A. Han
ma
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member Of Congress when he was nom
mated TO make the canvass against the
seemingly invincible LOrimer-
The thing looked easy, almost too
easy. for so skilled and crafty a poll
tician as Lorimer. with the machine at
his back. Feely was an unknown youth
put up TO be crushed by the powerful
Lorimer. But as the campaign develop
ed the big political boss found in the
unknown young man a foeman more than
worthy OF his steel. for so stubborn a
fight did he conduct that when the bal
lots were counted on election night IT
was found that the big boss had actually
been defeated. much to his chagrin and
humiliation. by 1000 votes.
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Contest on His Hands.

The Hon. BILLY" Lorimer, the blue
eyed. auburn-haired statesman from Chi
cago. is in Washington anxiously await
ing the expiration Of the present Con-
gress and the installation OF the new
one. when his name will again be placed
upon the sergeant alarms pay roll
incidentally, this astute politician
who worked his way from the front end
of a cross-town horse car TO the posi-
ton of Republican boss OF the great
city OF Chicago. is driving nail mere
and there in order TO make himself SOLID
when the matter Of his contest comes up
in the next House for his defeated OPP
ponent. the Hon A. c. Durburrow, has
raised the question of Mr. Lorimer' s
right 10 represent the Sixth district Of
the Windy City in the next Congress
Mr. Durburrows was formerly a mem
her of Congress. and was succeeded by
Mr. L,orimer. and since their first cam
paign there has been the liveliest sort of
contest between them For three terms
Mr.. L.orimer was elected and then two
wears ago he encountered an opponent In
the person Of the Hon. John J. Feely, a
Young man but a few days past the
constitutional age requirement OF
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Taxing the Unmarried.
Legislation Against Bachelors No
Surety Against Race Suicide"

Legislation Against DdCEelOIS NO
Surety Against Race Suicide"
Each year the legislator with a bill
to tax bachelors appears in the va
ricus lawmaking bodies which are in
session. The continual introduction
of such bills indicates the general be-
lief that single life is to be dis
eouraged IN every way possible. This
view Is warranted in countries rapidly
becoming Gepopulated, because the
birth rate i too small TO offset the
losses by death and removals. 1t is
doubtful if this view Is justified, how
ever. in prolific America.
1t il not lack Of marriages, but a
desire to escape the burdens Of fam
lily life, which keeps the birth rate
low among some classes Ii Is not
more children, but better ones, that Is
the real need. 1t Is not a larger popu-
lation so much as a wiser and better
born one that we require TO make us
stronger among the nations of the
world If more people, merely, were
the vital need we could get them by
repeating the Chinese exclusion act.
Ii Is equally true that the public
welfare would be more rapidly ad-
vanced by fewer marriages Of a Ger
tain kind. There are some marriages
worse than none. Certain men and
women are naturally untitled TO make
good companions
Prudish, fault-fnding, selfish wo-
men are common. and il Is a misfor-
tune that they should embitter any
mans life by becoming married or
perpetuate their inferior order of
/ Temperament. There are men who are
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fact that his grandfather was wont 10
fog and brutality msltreat the prince
who afterward assembled the throne or
Russia as Gar Nicholas l. In 1902 Gen
Mathew Nanowitch Lamsdorff, popular
lv known at court as "Old Papa Lams-
dorm, q" was selected as chief mentor and
governor Of Prince Nicholas. then a
mere boy
The general knew nothing about edu-
eating scions Of royalty. but made up
his mind that the best way would be
to apply TO his imperial pupil the dis
cipline which he had been accustomed
to apply to the troops under his COM
mand Accordingly he used TO fog the
young grand duke on the slightest prov
ocation and in the most inhuman
fashion with rulers. canes, birches. and
even with ramrods. Nor did he make
any concealment OF his severity, but IN
scribed each punishment inflicted in
the daily reports which he drew up. and
which are still preserved IN the imperial
archives.
In 1917. on the occasion of the mar
rage of Grand Duke Nicholas to Prin-
cess Charlotte OF Prussia. the sister OF
old Emperor William Of Germany. ne
was created a count by Gar Alexander
ar the request Of the dowager Czarina
But il was not with the approval Of
Nicholas. For the latter never forgot
or forgave Papa" LamsdorI, and on one
occasion when discussing his youth with
Count Kisselef remarked concerning
LamsdorIf: God Almighty will be his
Judge for the execrable education which
he gave me"
1t is greatly TO the credit OF Nicholas.
however, that he did not allow his re-
sentiment against the old general to pre-
vent him from being kind 70 the latter's
sons. and from that time forth the
Lamsdorffs have always been trusted
and favored by members of the entOur-
age Of the reigning family az 81. Peters
burg. The present minister Of foreign
affairs has been the coafidant of no less
than three successive EmperOrs. namely,
Alexander II. Alexander III, and the
present Car, and no one possesses a
more profound knowledge OF the Jradi-
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An Iron and Steel Famine.
Our Home Needs Are So Great That
They Outrun American Capacity.

Iney UuCrun American capacity
This calendar year Just closed was
one of fevcrish expansion IN the iron
and steel industry. Running night
and day. manufacturers were unable
20 keep up with orders, and many an
industry which works up iron and
steel into more finished shapes was
greatly embarrassed by lack of ma
terial. The United States increased
Its production of pig iron 100000
tons over 1901, and even then Ameri-
can producers were unable to meet the
demands OF the American market.
Oar owa industries absorbed all
tins 100000 additional tons Of pig
iron, and then summoned great guam
titles from foreign lands Imports
of pig iron sprang up from a value Of
I,792, 900 in 1901 to one of S1O,935,-
600 in 1902; imports Of steel iugots,
blooms. and bars, from S1,340,O0O to
S7,SSS, 600 On the other hand. ex-
ports of iron and steel manufactures
fell last year $j.000,000 below those
Of 1901, and 49,. 100000 below those
OF 1900.
While our home production of iron
increased last year u per cent, our
imports increased 100 per cent, and
our exports decreased > per cent, as
compared with the year preceding.
But II II a pleasant and significant
fact taat our purchases of iron and
steel abroad were chiefly Of the cruder
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THE CRY OF THE AGE.

What shall I do 10 be just2
What shall do for the gain
Of the world-for it's sadness
Teach me, O Seers that l trust,
Chart me the difncult main
Leading out Of my sorrow and madness;
Preach me the purging OF pain.
Shall / wrench from my finger the ring
To east 10 the tramp at my door?
Shall / tear off each luminous thing
To drop in the palm OF the poor?
What shall I do 10 be just?
Teach me- o ye, in the light,
Whom the poor and the rich alike trust;
My heart is afame TO be right.
-Hamlin Garland, in the Outlook.
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Twisted Royal Names.

Although the newly born son OF the
Prince and Princess Of Wales has re-
ceived the name OF George at his chris
tening. vet 1 hear that he is TO be-
called CHARLES" after his godfa Their
and uncle. me universally popular
Prince Char,rs OF Denmark, son-ir-law
Of King Edward This practice OF call
ing scions of royalty by other names
than the one which they receive as the
principal one at their baptism. Is COM
mon among the reigning houses OF Eu-
roDa Tins the Prince OF Wales eldest
bow. although officially known as Prince
Edward" is always called David"
while his little sister. although chris
tened Victoria" answers 10 the name
Of Mary" King Edward hmseh IS
..Bertie'' - dams Infinite - while
Queen Victoria received as her first
name AIexandrina at her christening.
after Car Alexander I. who was her
sponsor MARQUlsE De fONIENOh-
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A Pathetic Anniversary.

A Pathetic Anniversary.
Empress Eugene has just been cele-
brating the hftieth anniversary OF her
wedding. and spent the day at Paris.
most OF the time gazing out from the
window OF her hotel upon the gardens
of the TuiIeries-her home for seventeen
years. one can imagine all the memories
that must have required 20 her as she
sat there and gazed. memories both sad
and gay. memories In particular OF
sovereignty that In one sense OF the
word was unique. For she remains OF
record as the only queen or empress who
has ever been the arbiter and acknowl-
edged leader of feminine fashions. Al
though not of royal birth. her soYer-
eighty in this respect was undisputed
even BY the womenkind OF the bitterest
foes OF the NapOIeonic regime
When she lost her throne she likewise
forfeited her scepter OF feminine ele-
gance. She ceased 10 be the ruler OF
fashion from the moment she Iet'
France after Sedan. But as an exile and
more particularly as a lonely widow,
she obtained what she had never en-
loved during her occupancy Of the
French throne, namely, the warm
friendship and regard OF her sister
queens and expresses Of Europe, who
had. with the single exception Of Queen
Victoria. declined TO look upon her as
one Of themselves and as member OF
their caste until she lost her crown.
II must have proved a compensation
especially to woman of mature years
and one is sometimes tempted 10 ash
whether the existence OF Eugene today
Is not one OF greater cOntentment thaL
v,hen she oueened il at the Tuileries. AZ
,nv rate il is an existence OF infinitely
superior dignity, for il commands the re-
spect and the sympathy OF all.
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Proved a Boomerang.

This question was left for adjustment
by the senate. Senator Scott proposed
that the matter be left to an election
committee of that body to determine,
ard the proposition was adopted. 1t
developed. however. much to the sur
prise and discontinue OF Senator Scott
that a majority OF the senate was anti
Scott and therefore the election COM
mittee was packed with Schmulbach and
Caldwell men, with the result that all
OF the four senator's from the new dis
tricts selected for the long terms were
chosen from among those opposed to
the Hon. Nathan Bay Scott.
In addition the hold-Over senator from
Senator Scott's own district. the First,
CT Wheeling, district. is Schmulbach
man. Thus the Senator is at decided
disadvantage so far as the membership
OF the upper house OF the Legislature is
concerned and IT win be necessary for
him to do some lively campaigning in
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The Kaiser,s Many Residences.

The ka1SerS Many RESIDENCES.
Emperor Williams decision to build
a palace for himself at Posen. the CAPT
tai OF Prussian Poland. with the object
OF increasing his hold upon the loyalty
OF his Polish subjects. serves TO call at
tention 10 the fact that he possesses al
ready no less than hfty-three resi-
dences. Three OF these are at Berlin
namely the Royal Schloss or palace, the
Bellevue Palace. and the MontbijOu Pal
ace, while there is the Charlottenburg
Palace in the suburbs. At Potsdam and
in the vicinity he has thirteen, includ-
ing the Stadtschloss. the Neues Palais'
saus-Souci. the Marble Palace. Babels-
berg. the Orangery. the Belvedere Pal
ace. etc. Besides these he has palaces
at Cassel. wiesbaden, Homburg, Stettin.
Hanover. Koenigsberg, indeed, IL nearly
every big city OF his dominions, their
maintenance making a great hole in his
annual civil list.
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The objections made 10 Tod Sloane.
the American jockey. by English turf
magnates is not that he violated the
rules OF the turf. but that among other
things tending TO make him talked about,
he "motored himself into too much
prominence. to suit the ideas OF pro-
priety which obtain in England on the
subject OF Jockeys. Hence Tod Sloane
viii not have his license renewed. We
shan't 20 TO war over this sort Of
blockade however
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A WoTld-B Beating Job.

When Mr. C0rtelyou assumes the Office Of
Secretary Of the Department 81 Commerce and
labor he viii have the distinction Of being
nc the head of the largest commercial in
forests Of thr world. Figures prepared by the
Treasury Bureau Of Statistics. which viii be a
part Of the Department of Commerce, esti-
mate the internal commerce 81 the country AZ
$40. 900 OJ0 CGO. or equal 10 the entire intern4-
tional commerce Of the world.-Philadclphia
Press
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The British Ministry's Escape.

Americans can have but one source Of regret
for the immediate closing Of the Venezuelan var
Sincere as is their desire to see the blockade
raised and the alliance ended, they might have
viewed with patience is prolongation for some
dars vet in order that the British parliament
might NEE. and the p 'niSterial policy come un-
der examination and discussion in the house
a. commons while the hated alliance stiu held
good. OF course, nothing could be more salts
factory to American public opinion than thu
fall Of the Bafour ministry on this very ques-
tion-rut that is a matter Of British politics
with which we have no proper concern New
York Times
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THE BEST THINGS FROM OTHER NEWSPAPERS.
BITS OF MISCELLANY.
A Misplaced Appeal.

senator Tillman OF south Carolina was re-
Gently pIungiug along through a driving rain
storm without IN umbrella or any other pro-
lection from the wet When he had almost
reached his home negro goodman. mufled mp
in rubber coat and a rubber robe, shouted 10
him from his seat on a carriage:
SAY. boss. viii you ring the bell OF that
housrg I don't want 10 ger down because I'll
get al. vet"
With the water running in small riyuiet
of his hat, senator Tillman said few things.
lie did not r.us the bell.-New York World
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To Publicity.

Nv! amt 70 te-rible9 WIT shall we du2
We can't never search aim. o. course-thet's
fat
Guess we shall hey 10 submit (don't y0uO
An let him coqtiuncr 10 fry Us for fat
For John ID.
Rockefeller DE
scz he Won't stand for pubicitcc.
Chicago Tribune-
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After all this hutter with Great
Britain. Germany. and Italy. Minister
Bowen must now prepare protocols TO be
signed by the United States. France.
Sweden. Norway, Spain, Belgium, Hol-
land, and Mexico. Mr.. Bowen would be
saved a great deal Of toll and worry If
some genius would invent a penny-in-
the-slot protocol machine
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Athletics OveTdone.

The importance Of athletics has doubtless
been much exaggerated The hammer has
usurped the place Of the anvil, and there viii
doubtless come a reaction. Athletics OF the
strenuous order have become too much a fad.
They are seriously overdone.-Boston Globe.
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Reflections of a Bachelor.

It's long drink tha- has no draining.
It's curious thing that big heads have
So little in them.
Happy is the woman who's. unhappiness 4
the price Of her love.-Ney York Press.
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A bank wrecker was fined 5000 the
other day. and by paying the sum viii
escape Jail. Why wouldn't il be profit
able business to wreck banks at $1,000 a
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The TichboIne Dole.

Inasmuch as Sir Henry and Lady Iich-
borne are coming over here with the OBJ
ject Of an extensive stay in the Rockies
and in Canada in search of sport. IT may
be timely to call attention 10 that Gu
rious institution known as the Ilch-
borne Dole. which is still maintained
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Knew Lincoln in the Flesh.

Al the Lincoln Day dinner at New Haven
Governor Chamberlain asked those present who
had seen Abraham Lincoln to rise and be
counted. out Of 800 persons in the room there
were p who aruse.-Hartford Courant
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Equally Hazardous

Have YOU ever risked YOUR life o. the battle
fe-dg'' she asked
NO he said, 'hut was a supe once in
performance Of Julius Caesar given by Richard
Mansfield. e. Chicago Record Herald.
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honors, Mr.. Durburrow has lost real
bone in the shape o. $1,000 sure thing
position.
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SHAFTS or W.T. AND HUMOR.
Popular Literature.

PERCY sent n girl a book followed out and
6lled with Chocolate cream
GUy-Did she like itg
Percy-She writes me that she wants COM
plete set % the American Encyclopedia DE
troit Free Press
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What the Democracy needs more than
anything else at present is the rise Of a
party Mozart. who can compose a "Har-
mony" oratorio in which Bryan. Cleve-
land and all the rest OF the Democratic
chiefs can take part and yet never APP
pear on the stage at the same moment
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Abraham Lincoln. like George Wash
ington. never stopped over. For that, as
for other characteristics Of greatness, let
his memory be cherished and his ex-
annie emuIated
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The White House Piano.

The Cildcd $1,000 piano in the East Room
Of the restored White House has got 20 60 1t
looks too much like ChiCago.-Bustou Globe.
The Washington times., 1903-02-18

What wonder that officers who submit
themselves TO be Hogged at the hands OF
their comrades should sometimes show
themselves poItroons in the field?
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IN THF COURTS AND CAPITALS OF THE OLD WORLD
Eugene: nss p; 5 z % T cn as % %

tionai policy OF the reigning house OF
Romanon than Count Vladimir Lams-
dorm.
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George B. Cortelyor's rise from
stenographer to Cabinet officer indicates
that the typewriter is fully as mighty
as the pen.
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Washington is to have another auto
mobile show next month. With miles Of
asphalt streets and splendidly macada-
mized roads leading in every direction to
picturesque suburbs this ought to be the
paradise Of the automobilist
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The Talk of tie Day.

Again there is an attack all along the
line OF American quick luncheon counter
We hasten to correct the statement
There IS quick lunch but a quick
luncheon" is an impOssibility, just as a
gent" is doomed his whole life TO
pants
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A niscreet State SecretaTy. .

A Discreet State Secretary.
Count L.amsdorff. the Russian min
lister OF foreign affairs. who enjoys the
weI-merited reputation OF being quite
The most discreet statesman IN all
Europe. owes his nObiliary title TO the
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m THE PUBLIC EYE.

Secretary Root has accepted an invita-
ton 10 accompany the President on MS
hunting trip TO Colorado. and other
Western states. next month.
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Minister Coccu-Ortu at Rome present
ed divorce bill 10 the parliament His
children with others are educated by
nuns. who heard with Joy the other
day that the Holy Father would b.
pleased to see them and their pupils.
Each child was presented to Leo Kill
who was most kind and paternai. until
the nun pronounced the name "CoccC-
Ortu." Then he drew back and was
ominously quiet. The nun said, But
holy father. they are so good. so pious-"
To which the Pope answered: We'll,
in that case l hope they will influence
their father TO repent"