At Length Un Ricco Signore Found A Way Out Of The
Difficulty By Purchasing The Friar A Third-Class Ticket; With A
Grave Reproof To The Station-Master, The Friar Took His Seat, And
The Train Went Its Way.
But the matter, of course, did not end here.
Indignant and amazed,
and wishing to be revenged upon that frataccio, the station-master
telegraphed to Loreto, that in a certain carriage of a certain train
was travelling a friar, whom it behoved the authorities to arrest
for having hindered the departure of the said train for fifteen
minutes, and also for the offense of mendicancy within a railway
station. Accordingly, the Loreto police sought the offender, but, in
the compartment where he had travelled, found no person; there,
however, lay a letter couched in these terms: "He who was in this
waggon under the guise of a humble friar, has now ascended into the
arms of his Santissima Madre Maria. He wished to make known to the
world how easy it is for him to crush the pride of unbelievers, or
to reward those who respect religion."
Nothing more was discoverable; wherefore the learned of the Church
- i dotti della chiesa - came to the conclusion that under the
guise of a friar there had actually appeared "N. S. G. C." The
Supreme Pontiff and his prelates had not yet delivered a judgment in
the matter, but there could be no sort of doubt that they would
pronounce the authenticity of the miracle.
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