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Show Rumor T hat Pope is Dying. In spite of persistent and apparently well-founded denials that there is any imminent danger of the pope's decease, the air is full of speculr.tioo and apprehension ap-prehension indicating that his end is not considered far off. Rumors of intrigue in-trigue and slate-making, which it is impossible to keep from the outside world, exude from every oxalce of the jealously-guarded inner ecincts of the Vatican. . The pope's closest pers nal attendants attend-ants include his faithful valet, Cen-tro, Cen-tro, one chaplain and one minor prelate, pre-late, who constantly and tenderly guard his material comfort. His meals are served in his private apartment at a small table, at which none other, even a crowned head, may sit down. No feminine hand may t'( id or soothe the august invalid. |