y will certainly die," he said to himself, "and it will be as with
the martyrs of Morocco. I shall not even have known them by name."

With that he took himself off on an unauthorized interviewing tour,
and accosting each one he said,

"Who are you? What is your country?" Then, as he told himself, when he
heard of their martyrdom, he could say, "Oh, I knew this one, and the
other one." It was not a very lofty object, but it was an exceeding
natural one.

In time his investigations brought him to a brother who was a bit of a
wag, and who, unluckily for Giordano, knew of his horror of Germany.

"I am called Palmerio, and I come from Gargano," he replied meekly,
when questioned, "but, my brother," he continued, "you are one of us,
you are going too."

"No, no, I am not," cried Giordano. "I only want to know you."

"Oh, but you are," insisted Palmerio, and taking him by the shoulders,
he held him amongst the volunteers. Giordano was still struggling for
liberty when Cesar was appointed Minister, and told to choose those
out of the ninety whom he would like to have with him. Several of the
brethren who had entered into the joke with Palmerio surrounded him,
and begged him not to leave out brother Giordano.

[Sidenote: _To go, or not to go._]

"I'm not going. I'm not going," cried Giordano.

Cesar looked at him, and seeing he was a suitable candidate, was
inclined to have him. He, knowing that his countrymen were neither
savages nor man-eaters, and that there was not the slightest danger to
fear, was rather at a loss to understand the fuss.

"Will you or will you not go to Germany? You must decide," he said to
Giordano.

This threw Giordano into great perplexity. If he did not go to
Germany, he feared his conscience would condemn him, seeing that he
was chosen, and if he went, the Germans were ferocious, and he _knew_
he would not make a good martyr! He consulted a Brother who had been
robbed fifteen times during the last Hungarian mission.

"In your place," advised the man, "I should not choose. I would say I
shall neither go nor stay. I will do as you say."

Giordano followed this advice, and was chosen for Germany! He got the
better of his fears and worked bravely, and his journalistic talents
were used in compiling a valuable chronicle, which tells how the
Minors were established in Germany.

The next most important event in the history of the Order was the
establishment of a school for theology and train