Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-15

ened to pronounce ! felt that wonders
would never cease. he used often, when
he was 2 youth at school, to love TO spend
Thursdays and SUNDAYS with me. ms
schooling was paid for by Queen Isabella
who called him her second son, abc lot
whom he had that kind Of attachment
tlat pet lamb shows iOr It's Mistress.
GENTLE ID tLE FELLOW.
Though bis father was hot eaded and
has mother high spirited woman OF
mIXed Irish and Spanish origin, Don
HenricO, iU1iOr, was TIE most gentle little
fellow that ever lived. He had a long
colorless face, with a heavy chin, and
nose which, tBUugh straight was anything
but Greclan, aud as like rs It could lee 10
that 81 bis greGn-alt. the E1press OF
Brazil. Though extremely sensitive, be
was rot tOuchy, aNz under a listless air
hid the wounds his pride o'vsn received
when be WAS In exile. His father used
TO accuse him of being apathetie, and his
royal hereditary antecedonts came
against him vita such force that be could
no more dress himself when he was lv
than il ne were q baby. il he had not an
attendant 90 button his boots they were
Lett untastened. His Queen cousin, whom
he called aunt and who addressed him
as my child did him the bad service OF
providing him with valet men be WIS
al school. He had good Judgment and
perception, but was silent, depressed,
AFRAID of being thought TO give himself
royal airs, and dreaded being Laughed al
or making himself "A bore. Never was
there more unhappy fish out OF water
than this scion OF royalty in his school
days. After the Due de Montpensier shot
Don Henrico senior, Isabella entirely
adopted the whole family, and, on her
son gong back to Spain as King, obtained
small civil list allowances for her pro-
teges. She also obtained commissions IN
the army for the Due de Seville and his
brothers. The Duke made a love match,
though he could nave obtained the beiress
of millionaire. The Duchess Of
Seville is a woman of personal atJrac-
tiOns and Of good birth and breeding. As
her nursery is we'll filed, she will not bear
her graees to the grave and leave the
world DO copy.
MODERATE COUNSEL CHOSEN.
"Wheu the Duke was deprived Of his
civil list allowance his brothers and sist-
ers, ] have been told, from whom supplies
bad also been cut of, as we'll as the
Aunt Isabella and the Countess OF
Glrgenti, urged him to resent publicly
this harsh and unmerted treatment but
his Old lamblKe spirit kept him back. He
thought 1t would be better not 10 try 20
bring the Regent round to cancel her
decree by means of violence What he
decided on was to wait until it was the
turn Of his regiment TO mount guard at
the palace He would then be entitled to
dine with Queen CHRISTINA, and she would
be obliged, by custom, TO speak to him
after dinner, when be could hand her
written remoustrance and appeal to her
in hs Children's name. AS "a cousin Of
King Alfonso and first class grandee,
having a key OF the palace, he had also
heaT) a right to claim st any hour Of the
day an audience.
AN AFFRONT AND ITS CONSEQUENCE.
'.The evening on which his regiment
was on guard Queen Christina remained
iu her own room TO avoid meeting the
Duke. Next day he came to the palace
TO assert his privilege. As he was enter
ing the Queen Regents saloon cham
beHain ordered the door to be barred
against HIM. This was too much for tine
maekest officer ia the Spanish army. He
Aared up and gave the cOurtiers around a
piece Of his mind about the austrian
| aud her Austrian advisers, by whom he
meant the Archdukes Ferdinand add
Eugene. now at Madrid. The Duke was
arrested, and the wirepullers VINO back
tho old Qusen and the Countess of
/ Glrgenti hope he will be cashiered
/ by the court martial appointed to try
him.
when a faction can get hold of a
vlchm il NAV think itself in luck. The
reduction Of the Due de Seville and his
engaging wife and Young family to q state
OF pauperism would turn all Spain against
the Regent