We asked the sacristan why he sent us up, and he answered:"To see the construction of the Church!" I attended service in the Cathedral one dark, rainy morning, and was never before so deeply impressed with the majesty and grandeur of the mighty edifice.

"M. Paul, upon my soul!" exclaimed the sacristan.

They went in and found the sacristan and a woman.

Some weeks previously, after the siege of Bologna had been raised by the Spaniards, there were distributed about at Rome little bits of paper having on them, "If anybody knows where the Spanish army happens to be, let him inform the sacristan of peace; he shall receive as reward a lump of cheese."

"Yes, yes, quite so," murmured the sacristan, following him.

" "All right," nodded the sacristan; "he'll be ready.

" I would like to tell you all about it; how Nino saw the sacristan of the Pantheon that evening, and ascertained from his little almanacwhich has all kinds of wonderful astrological predictions, as well as the calendarwhen it would be full moon.

The priest, hearing the noise, sent the sacristan to see what was the matter.

After a time the padre sent for him to get his dinner, but he would not leave the church, so the priest had a good dinner cooked and sent it down to the church, but he told the sacristan to watch the church and see what happened.

" "François?" answered the sacristan in surprise.

Down below, in the church, he watched the sacristans and the acolytes, careful that the canons and beneficiaries should have no cause of complaint in the services.

And presently there appeared a white-bearded sacristan in a three-cornered hat of blue and gold and a gold-embroidered coat.