CHAPTER XXVII.

1885.

Still in Rome--Presented to Pope Leo XIII--Story, the Poet Sculptor--Randolph Rogers--Tilton--Elihu Vedder--Astor Resigns--Secretary of Legation Dies with Roman Fever--I Am Put in Charge of Legation--Capri--Governor Pierpont-- Things Supernatural--Talk against Gladstone--Shakespeare Wood--Senator Moleschott, a Remarkable Man--Interesting Letters from General Sherman--Party Stronger than Patriotism; My Recall--Money Lending and Taxes--Keep Out of Debt. 261