The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-29
sPAlN'S YOUNG KING.
The Baby Ruler and His. Cat, and the Beg
gar Maiden.

gar haiucn.
Stories of the little King of Spain are
in order now that his recovery has beer
assured, and several new ones have come
out. The young King, as is well known
has been brought up in a strictly family
way and very much as any other young
person of good birth in his kingdom
His mother has very sensibly forbidden
the Juggling in of the royal features OF
his life any more frequently than the
absolute necessities of the strict rules OF
the Spanish court etiquette required
and except on the occasion of state cere'
monials young Alphonso has been AT,
tended almost entirely by his mother
and by the stalwart peasant nurse who
has been his companion from his earli.
est babyhOod to his present comparative.
ly mature age of four years. During his
illness she and the Queen were constant
ly OF the little fellows bedside, and
about the only other living creature 50
constantly in the room was cat. The
young King, before his sickness, had be-
gun to tire of his baby playthings that
had been at his command, and. seeking
other toys, let his fancy light upon a
Maltese cat that he saw somewhere
about the palace. The animal at once
became creature of distinguished con-
sideration in the royal household 1t an
swercd to the name of Perico. The rib
bon upon its neck was tied there by the
King himself, and when he was taken
sick the King insisted that pussy should
be in the room with him. So, for Il full
month the faithful cat was constantly in
the sick chamber. Naturally the animal
became a great favorite, and one of the
high ladies at the court made for it an
embroidered cushion upon which it slept.
Another story from the sick room, and
one that has more of the flavor usually
found in stories of royal infants, George
Washington and other lofty personages,
deals with little crippled girl whom
the King met on one of his walks or rides
about with his nurse before he was taken
sick and to whom, seeing often again,
he had taken a fancy. 1t came to be
that whenever the King in his outings
saw the little cripple he would make one
OF the ladies of honor descend from the
carriage and carry some little gift to
her. When he had been sick for while
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What will become of my little Grip
PIE and what will she eat now that go
out no more?"
BREAD" said the Queen, like all the
poor people: that is, if she can get it,"
81 am too little to command" said the
King.
"As it is to do good" replied the
Queen, 81 will permit you to give or
ders."
The King, ut this, said nothing, but
the next day he had taken to the little
beggar the bonbons some one had sent
to himself.
No affidavit goes with this story, but
IL is very pretty one and there is no par
ticular reason why it should not be true.
n. Y. sun.
People who endorse others for posi-
tions say very strange things once in q
while" remarked q western Senator al
received papers tho other day urging the
nomination of constituent of mine as a
chaplain in the army, and one of the
documents, after saying number of
nice things about the candidate, and de-
failing his long service as a minister of
the Gospel, wound up with the emphatic
remark: 'He is man of good moral
character 'How's that"--Washingtop