The Irish standard., 1904-12-24

| can preNall on the Cafulnll TO WITH
draw what he said:" Cardinal Satolli
| answered. I will try and he went to
Sarto and represented to him that it
was the will of the Holy Ghost that
he should accept. and lie begged and
prayed him to retract what he had
said. And so finally. after much
pleading, Sarto said: We'll, if it is
really the will of God, l have given
my life and all to Him, and if it is to
! he so l will withdraw my REFUSAL So
| Cardinal Satolli, before the next vot-
ing for fear that the votes should go
astray announced that Cardinal Sarto
had withdrawn what he had said at
| the former meeting. Whereupon the
Patriarch was elected ut once.
I'VE were all watching outside the
| Vatican from the Friday night until
Tuesday morning. Regularly twice a
day l went there among the motley
crowd of soldiers and lawyers and the
white and the so-called black party.
newSvcnderS. nuns. seminnriStS, all
With one heart. and gaZcd, looking at
| the chimney that gives out the smoke.
There is Il chimney connected With the
Sistine Chapel where the votes are
burnt: and when the smoke comes out.
all the people go away, knowing that
there has been no election. SO we
watched this chimney that day with
the greatest anxiety. and all seeking
what shelter could be had from the
glare of the sun: and we looked at our
watches. and it was a quarter past II.
Well. they were punctual. Twenty
past II: no smoke vet. Something is
going to happen to-day. Twenty
minutes past II. and there was Il little
stir on the piazza: Il man went off OIL
Il bicycle from the door: the troops
We're formed up: and we were all
crowded under the balcony of St
Peters. and in the perfect silence that
now prevailed, we heard Il whisper
going right through the piazZa-Sarto
Sarto. Sarto, swept over like Il wave.
Instantly the great Loggia was opened;
dlapery was thrown over, and the
cross bearer came out, and q very
portly Monsignor came out With Il
great book. and Cardinal Macchi, the
Dean of Deacons, knowing how the
world WIS hanging on his lips. and
that 10000 people were waiting to
hear what he had to say. Perfect
silence! II announce to you with
great JOY that Joseph Slrto-" NIur-
rall! a regular cheer went through
the square.) "Wait. l have not fin
shed." So when silence returned
that Giuseppe Sarto has been elected
Pope. and has assumed the name of
Plus .'--(IIurmhD Again the name
the name of Plus had conc-again
the living Pope-the man of the people
had come to lis again: and the joy that
filled us was beyond description.
"rllen we were all expecting Il bless
ing We were in doubt: was it to be
outside or inside Those who have
been to Rome know what l mean
outsh" or inside. Well, the crowd was
wavering whether to stay outside or
90 inside. One of the servants came
out and took UP the cloth: so at once
we all rushed inside: and the Holy
Father came out, and he blessed, and
blessed and blessed. with his full
heart: and we went away satisfied:
and the Romans kept on saying
We have Plus IN, N.--God bless
Plus the 9th, the 10TH 1t was so like
hnl-his face--his manner-his ways
SO similar to those of Plus IN. And
likewise his photographs recall him tic
our mind.
This Holy Father. is always ready
to do any kindness for those who come
before him. He disllkcs formality of
any sort. He saw on those hot and
sultry days of summer when he went
out into the gardens for his drive, that
the Noble Guards with their heavy nel
NETS ana cuirasScS ana their swords
and heavy uniforms were trotting II,
the side of his carriage. and pcrspirin.
under the weight of their uniforms
On he said, these poor gentlemen
Coachman. just walk your horses:
cannot bear to see them prrspre so
And tomorrow he said. y do no
want your services OH Your Holi
ness, that will never do. But Ii,
T, said, i cannot see you putting you,.
selves to this Inconvenience on thcs,
: hot days but Your Holiness. w,
: have always done it, We'll. tlanl
YOU, if YOU want to como. You are wei
- come: but you will force me to wall
: my horses SO they were Obliged I,
I, stay at home.
"Tlc Swiss Guards turned out will
= their red ana black and yellow uni
, forms. and presented arms. He sal,
y TO the Colonel Why are these mo,
, stationed here TO do YOU honor
: Your Holiness. We'll. send then
back to their barracks in the shade
oh. Your Holiness, it has always bee,
done We'll, either YOU send TIN
Guards away, or I will send yo,
, away SO he thought it better to with
v draw his Guards.
The Holy Father is poor sleeper
: and one night he heard Il great nois