A CARNIDAL'S MISADVENTURE

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14931, 2 March 1912, Page 5 (Supplement)

A CARNIDAL'S MISADVENTURE

HIS NOCTURNAL JOURNEY IN A

GOODS TRUCK.

Tub solemn entry of Cardinal Ainette into the cathedral of Notre Dame recalls the strange circumstances attending the return not long ago of Cardinal Perraud to his diocese after having received " the hat" at Rome. ■' • •.- '.-.'. '''■'■: J ' Wearied with his travels lie bad fallen asleep in his compartment, and when he awoke, what was his astonishment to notice that the .railway carriage was standing perfectly still in darkness that might bo felt. The train ho ought to have caught to get to Autun had started half an hour before.

His clergy and. a number-of devoted laymen, says the Figaro, were waiting at the Autun station to escort him with all due pomp and ceremony to the cathedral. The cardinal's great annoyance at tho contretemps excited the sympathy of tho stationmaster, and by his advice and permission his eminence climbed on to a. goods train that was just about to. move off, and installed himself in one of the trucks as comfortably as possible, \ after sending a telegram to Autun telling the clergy of his plight. • .

It was in this unusual method of conveyance that Cardinal Perraud: reached Autun, where the vicars general and the choir boys were still waiting patiently.