Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-02

the interviewing should be done by these
two linguists of our group and that they
should tell us what the monsignor said.
Among the interviewers was a newly
arrived English 'preSsman, one of the
conventional seedy London type, who for
no particular reason had been given en-
ployment on a New York newspaper as
a reporter.
This chap knew only English. and
cockney English at that but he couldn't
see" that scheme of letting the two
linguists of the interviewing party do
the interviewing of the distinguished
churchman who knew no English speech.
He was a very bumptious and pushinp
and elbowing English "pressman.' in
deed, was this fellow, and he sure did
breathe hard through his nose and
spiurge around as he announced that b,,
was going to interview "Satoli'' himself.
IN mis- own way and have some members
of the monsignors suite who knew Eng
lish do the translating.
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Nobody tried to disSuade the English
pressman' from his project Nobody
was sufhciently Interested in his buster
TO seek to do anything like that Every
body was entirely willing that he should
go just as far as he everlastingly and
Englishly liked I'm interviewing Mgr Sa-
TOLL or anybody else on board the steamer
that he wanted to interview.
Mgr. Satolll, man with beautiful
subdued voice and perfect manners. WAS
standing on mtddeck of the steamer sur
rounded by his encourage, when we
climbed over the side He was expecting
to be interviewed and was, indeed
rather looking forward to the experience
of being interviewed by gang of Ameri-
can reporters for it was q novel experi-
ence for him.
The two men of our interviewing party
who had been selected to do the inter
viewing-both OF them travelled and fin
ished men-stepped forward, making in
clinationS of the head as they went due.
to a man OF mark and Importance and
were just about to introduce the other
members of our party when the bump
t!ous English ''pressman' thrust himself
through the crowd and took stand
right in front of monsignor. 1t was a
very sudden move that he made I'm thus
projecting himseiI through the party, and
he was hairy and decidedly unSempt-
looking individual, as most English
''pressmen' are, and Mgr. Satolh, per
ceiving this Notwithstanding appaEition
taking its stand directly i'll front of him
in that menacins way, instinctively drew
back and cast several glances of puzzled
inquiry at the members OF his suite
well as at the other members of the in
terViewing party.
All hands glared with QUITE a consider
able heap of glarishness at the rough
and-tumble buttinski from the British
Isles, but he wasn't to be Sidetracked or
anything because of any glares.
Hi SOY, ye're Satolli, aren't yeh?" said
the presSman" to the cultured cleric.
/ shall never forget the expression or
intense stupefaction that crossed the
countenance of Monsignor Satolli when he
heard those words. He didn't know what
they meant, I believe. but he quite UNI
derstood that here was yokel who, UNI
der the guliSe of '.preSSman, was pro-
jecting himself forward and addressing
him. Monsignor Satolli. without any handle
whatever 10 his name. MOnsignor was just
from the Vatican. a court OF ceremony,
and here was