grand music had concluded, and the sediari and porta flambelli re-entered—eight of the former to carry the chair, and the two latter one on cach side of the chair—bearing enormous fans to keep his Holiness fanned, and supplied with cool, fresh air. To the strains of solemn yet joyful music the Pope and Bishops passed out again in procession, and the Canonization was completed."
It was with special appreciation, more than twenty years later, that H. H. read the "In Memoriam" lines to Pope Leo XIII. in "Punch" by Sir Owen Seaman:
"The long day closes and the strife is dumb,
Thither he goes where temporal loss is gain,
Where he that asks to enter must become
A little child again.
And since in perfect humbleness of heart
He sought his churches' honour, not his own,
All creeds are one to share the mourners' part
Beside the empty throne."
Travelling on the Continent with H. H. gave, perhaps, the best illustration of his monumental energy. Station-masters and porters knew his familiar figure rushing down the platform with arms burdened with every conceivable newspaper and magazine, which he read at lightning speed. At each stopping place he jumped out to buy a fresh armful of papers, until by the end of the journey the carriage was nearly snowed under. He invariably met some of his numerous old friends or parliamentary colleagues on the train, and would spend hours playing bridge or exchanging reminiscences.
He would then open a bulging despatch bag containing postal blue books and correspondence, and
