If it was Gigi I should be less easy, but Peppino!' Gigi was the other one, the elder, who died, the gay one, who used to come here every day--a fine fellow, but bad! You should have heard him tell of his visit to Pius Ninth on the day upon which he converted an Englishman.

Yes, Excellency, he converted him by lending him by mistake a pious book instead of a novel.

The Englishman took the book, read it, read another, a third, and became a Catholic.

Gigi, who was not in favor at the Vatican, hastened to tell the Holy Father of his good deed.

'You see, my son,' said Pius Ninth, 'what means our Lord God employs!' Ah, he would have used those millions for his amusement, while Peppino! They were all squandered in signatures.