Cannon noticed recently in the New Orleans Morning Star and in Catholic newspapers verses entitled "The Cross and Bead" credited to the Ave Maria. No doubt they were published without knowing the name of the author who is Cannon's father, Charles J. Cannon . Orestes Brownson said of Cannon's father: "If he had written without any reference to the Catholic or non-Catholic public and kept himself wholly within the range of the natural order, he would long since have occupied a high position in the ranks of Americal literature." Cannon relates the incident which prompted the "Cross and Bead", an incident related by Colonel G.T.M. Davis. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.