, 1880-10-03
ssONLY a Grip

1t was announced some time ago that the do.
sired heir would soou make his appearance.
There was immense excitement throughout
Spain, and especially In Madrid. That the an
ticipated baby WAS to be Prince was universal
u understood, md the etiqueA Of che spauiah
Court forbade any one to Intimate In tho most
distant manner the possibility that it would be
Princess Long discussions were held a.
to the name OF the little stran-
ger. The King insisted thai the heir
should be named aftet all his relatives.
the proposed names amounting in the aggregate
to thirty-seven~ The Queen consented, but on
the condition that the Prince should also DO
called Rudolph, Albrecht, Franz, Wilhelm. Josef.
Karl, and eighteen other assorted German
names. For q long time it seemed probable that
a permanent domestic quarrel would be the re-
suit Of this discussion for the King maintained
with much show of Justice. that no Spaniard
could ever pronounce the German names Of fhe
Prince, and that his loyal Ministers would prob
ably be ssranEed on The attempt , 70 psenounss s
selection OF forty-tive Spanish uaInes VAS de-
cded upon and duly entered in the Kings MEM
In the meantime the loyal spaniards were
making elaborate preparations for the reoep-
ton q The Prince; Eighty . members i3 @ Of
device, M ~ Welcome, Little stranger though, of
course, the motto was couched In tho best
Casttliau. The Prime Minister gave bicycle.
the hlUl6+kE VI CUEGIkA 0AaA1S aEAt IA a PAAA "
skates, and the commandAnt OF the Madrid
bMl club. All the Spanish ladies OF any emil
uence sat up all night week after week To en-
broider juvenile shirts, trousers, and jackets.
and every shoemaker OF any enterprise made
special pair Of boots for the Prince, and then
put over his door q aiEn bearing the legend,
s Bootmaker to his Royal Highness the Prince
Of the Asturias.' It Is estimated that s5,0O
worth Of presents Of dtstiqcttvety M msscullne !'
ct June last, and these presents were received
By the King and Queen with the greatest grat.~
The erentful day at LAST arrived Tho Prin1s
Minister, who had been sleeping for week 10
the back kitchen, SO as to be handy in case of
mounting bis horse, rode at terrific pace to
Summon the doctor. StxtY-four. Cabinet Minis
tess and eminent grandees were summoned oy
the District Telegraph messengers. and Tusaed
to the Palace in hot haste, and they were assam-
bled In the front parit,r, wnere .ney we5o sup,
piled with ginge1bsead snd lemonade: dean and passea
forbidding them to read newspapers or 70 en-
ploy their time In any way except hy looking at
as fae e sn jog
90 the cornet-which was played By the Queens
private Chaplain-anno1nced that ne nnppy }
moment had arrived, and that Spain had an heir
to the throne OF the Rnurbon1.
Twenty minutes Later the King entered tho
room carrying gold platter in nia nanas, f1., HH
vrapped up In an afghan made for the purpose
by lis grandmother, Isabella. The stxty-foir
Cabinet Ministers ana &r2nQeea apfdnB uP,uO"c4
IN that courtly manner with which the artists OF
the opera bou6e have famtnartzed us, and
shouted with one accord, ~Ion3 live the
Prince" They then crowded around the plat
ter and remarked what manly little fellow the
Prince was, and how strtkingy be reaembled ais
father, and swore that he had the same express
sion Of mouth Us the late Charles Y, and that,
on the whole, he was JUST such Prince as they
had expec.ed. What was their dsmay when the
King, with many blnshes and much hesitation:
managed to say, THANK yon very much. ous
it's girl. you know
An awful silence fell on the assembly. One by
one they solemnly cliu,ed out Of tha window -
aa Spanish etiquer forbids a subject To go out of
Q door when the sovereign is preseot-and went
home. The news spread rap!diy, and. as tho
Spaulards learned that the expected Pr1nce wa4
ojrl their discontent found expression IN loud
murmilrs, and half dozen leading aaaasins
went home to clean their guns and make ready
to relieve their feelings by q shot at the King.
It has certainly been most unfortunate AZ
fair True, 1t Is a mistake which can he remc-
died at comparatively early date. bus the OBJ
stinacy Ut the German E1!ud Is proverolal. ana
no one can feel sure what course the queen Will
see 11t to adopt. In tha meantime. the 3sd.uo
worth Of presents. suited only for a Prince, @ ase
to be sold Tor what they will bring. and the aug
is understood to have taken to smoking taa
strongest cigars and to be plunged In nh1a1
chnfY.