New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

the two solemn sentries who paced floor back.
ipg ana ro near hs to the
in eleven steps. sometimes in thirteen II was ner
black and white. They wore spurred top boots Of
breyhes BLACK coats crossed By white straps for
their clankins swords and tan BUSHES thas We're
sion nightly when one OF the twain took his hat
mopped his brow Herewith. That lad was heavier
than his neighbor; who walked like an autonnaton.
r as II he Teps G not only S 5seS ba D5 S6ze S9rsd 70
american girls looking very selfconscious in their
black wells, enlivened his expression He may have
' not for these Northern pale faces but calls for
flashing black eyes brunette e c9mpexion PM @ ss and
selves and wished heartily we mad done IN Rome
we see--n carriage. tram. shop or gsliery-is car
ryng fan. There was a slight AR IS stirring & the
waiting priests had planted themselves In front OF
them into our corner one of these cerics had
Rs9g6t Rsg g6 beeH in T Wased h for 9y ob
aware that such was not allowable This child
the 1oo only % g5sO6 O in our nn 2f 6 a 3 H b
ng his shoulder though he did say - w9fa or two
That was all the audience amounted to We mad
Der. where Ills Holiness would be seated
Egh on s9ns of no 5oyaI .ss sa5s Of ru. and Of md
We pictured ourselves being awed by the Pres
ence and all that it represented as we reveTsntiy
Our two guards gave warning Of bis his aDpTOsea g9sc
the two doors. and all dropped on our knees ~
front of our chairs while that unpretentiouS old
man P:,,s q pass from one 20 the otEer, sfslns
his Hend to each in turn that his ring might os
kIssed-a very large. "Olong enerald SuFrouhdec
by pearls -,
the cIerics IN red In purple who had passed De-
fore O1Ir Waiting eyes His SOutane was cream COT
ored scrgc and he little round cap or Jle
same or the back of head thinIy prOvlded Win
gray hair The eyes that met ours IN passing were
light brown tawny cOIored in fact, and more kindly
nor of a politician. but it fitted the figure OF a
man who had grown old and stout IN mlnisterfnS
to a loving and not TOO exacring congregation ~
he battered past in the red sIippers taar
craaEed with everv step. found it hard 10 real
ize that he was the successor of those mighty men
living exernptaT Of BrOWning's ideal Pope IN The
Ring and the Book go.
II was easier u associate him with the gossip
va had heard-that .he did not want to be Pope
but had been raised 20 that eminence by the party
who wished TO keep a less manageable cand1-
date-that he has three sisters. two OId nlads anf
a widow. whom portion OF the vatican gar
den has been allotted. since he never go be-
Hond IL and that Re breakfasts with them every
morning. -
when he had passed along TO the end Of our
sernicircIe he raised his hand and pronounced n
general blessing before he left the room There
was flutter OF conversation at once among the
erStyyI9iIp silent groups Everybody was glad st
was over We had added sense OF Importance
as we visited the SiStine Chapel and other parts
Of rhe paIace Our wells and blacks won Us
secfaI Difference from all the officials. for had Ne
rot been the guests Of His Holiness TIE swiss
Guards IN their coats OF many colors alone were
home and demanded DOur-oOire extraordinary
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