The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-06
WHO SHALL RULE AS POPE?

pass down tn" saints court. Ligh. falls
upon US from the windows of the loggia
above. To the right is the door lcadin,
to the Pope's private apartments on the
second floor. You see the curtaincd
windows of his roomsD An usher. in
black ana white, has joined the young
priest.
You 70 up a tall S'aircasr-wc 90,
you and Ito the Great Hall. beyond
which lies the Appointments Burgia.
now occupied by the Secretary Of state
hen you come to the App.an Way OF
the Vatican. cit is by this name famll-
lars of the Vatican call the grca' lapi-
Diary gallery) Though there are many
windows, the light is dim there. ON the
wall spaces Inscriptions, pagan sarcop-
hagi, cipp.--things of the past. Through
the dim windows you may see the castle
Of st, Angelus and its towering angel;
see, if YOU prefer, the gaudy lights Of
,he Quirnal.
Then a wooden door.
HIS Holiness" whispers the young
| priest.
Behind little table. on which stands
little green shaded lamp is a White
Figure, seated. You 70 forward. knecl
and kiss the hand Of the Holy Father:
l S'ltIl I' say non Hlill' Stu retro.
\ room, vague and dark, crcum-
scr.lnd by the round shadr of the eve
ming lamp for here there are no electric
! '.shts; dlmy you make GU, old pictures.
rows of Old books, time precious fur
nlture; on the table many papers.
You may have come from the clean
prlirlus of America, or from Paris
/ which is the uuclcan ghoul If Suuls-but
/ NF,T hon
White Figure VIII raise wide open
of indulgence as he speaks, in gentle
voice, very solemn words
"Bcnedico te in Nomne PATHS ct Fiji
e, Spiritus SauctL"
For moment YOU look at the White
Figure. Was this the peasant priest
Of Hiosi-did YOU buy things at his sis
tcr's village store" and romp with his
niece in days gone 10y? Was this the
kindly, laughing, wind Drowned Pa,ri-
arch of Venice To whom YOU lent Giu-
scope Pcusa, your goudolicr. one un-
forsuttcu day? The man has been alb
sorh"d 10y he function. This is Plus,
the 2Gith successor Of that first Pope,
who was St Peter, of Bcthsaida in Cali
lee. This Whit" Figure is the Church)
What you Will member longest are
tn" gray hair about the benign white
fac"-and the visionary eyes.
You have not heard the wooden door
open, but softly there steps into the
circle Of green tinted lampIpht man
in black. On, he Is all black; with black
hair smooth as though a COW had licked
1t; with a casSuck hlaCkcr than u coat
Of Tartar lambs wool, dyed in grain
So softly he goes You would think he
We're fur foo'cd. with dark Whisper
lnss h. leads you away--one glimpse
only you have of the white Figure
bending now over papers which are yell
lowing in the lampisht,
Without there Is light.
A tai, man, rohcd In red silk, comes
from the room where that Borgia who
was Pope A., Naudrr VI. died. on the
vaultcd ceiling ahovc him you see fouI
great winged Victories, painted by VIVA
p dead man ~ genius | know not. III
who has entered is Merry del Val
swiftly the l,d Figure passes On his
brow is the star of the thinker, Ili'
: heart is pure. His eyes are steady "a
4 stone His hand is strong and white
4 upon it CLEANS IN" episcopal emerald
p which = the stone If humility an'
a peace.
/, Perhaps. after ALL he is the future
; Iiut how shah one know what on
@ does not know?