The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-07-12
5sH LOYALTY AT HOME.

P' -.a.paudence of The journal.
.. SPAIN. June ). 1900. Alas
vented Republican simple
we'd to be an eradicable char
.t the >eions OF Uncle Sam
leay down deep in his heart,
...ir IS more or less Of toady to
Stations, and the independent
is not vet born whose head
... voluntarily bend lower in
..-.ut- OF one that wears a
Nt the-spirit of our Puritan
.ruug within us. and the Sus-
ectipn that our side did not
.- -ar under dog" in the late
.~~. We expected to greet
.... It,-rut and the Young King
.l much as we would any
ady and her son who had
. l, Ia grant us an interview
solicitation. But as the
sUi. we were conscious of
>turbance of the nerve
nge thrills chasing each
IAWu 0nr spinal column
.. Ne traVersed the MANY
. Nwms of the palace pre-
Gorgeous functionarv in
-.a.rt and gold. between
...- "s Of chamberlains and
acrrS, TO the private apart
their Majesties were
..r1ve us.
8olns of SPANS reiening
L the second floor OF the
tedl-much as our Pres
mted States lives upstairs
House. The Queen Re
Hg-room, into which we
~. is a very large ana lofty,
.. wave apartment. perhaps be
NW III its summer clothes y
marble floors, rattan furni-
Hg undraped windows look
-H She truadarrama mountains.
-.. -n me at least d mile-but
.} Not more than fifty feet
utance to the farther end
.'. and stately lady in a black
ut upon a rattan couch be
-'gs. a young man standing
... and a dozen staring ladies'
lraYed in all the cOlors Of
scattered around the room.
,r latter comparatively I'M
rersonages, supposed to rep
uremoSt families of Spain.
a ms the most embarrassment
tcJuse OF the marked I'M
ot their gaze. and also from
-.nie impulse ON our part to
In absurd assumption of
.,. ~quatted on the edge of
The mgracetul attitude
W-h women always assume
t.,I feet. The Scarlet-and-
shouted our names on the
rather a spanish render
-Jnc which, we should never
-H1Ied elsewhere. again III the
tc ot the room, and Vet again
Nll a loot or two OF the rattan
.em While all the ladies-iu-
ming if possible more i'll
hostility than before, Nrig-
d ip tneir chairs to follow
WHtement. The Queen Re
..t ri,e but extended her hand
WlNg smile While the bovish
uciE digniied Alfonso NH.
ad a step OF two with cor
-, but did not offer his hand,
H9 princesses merely showed
iiy teeth in open-mouthed,
rcd curiosity. 1t was all over
uuuteS-the formal phrases
-drS that courtesy demanded,
a few kindly impromptu
such as women Of nearly
aGe, with the common inter
'tri00d and not unfavorahly
With one another. would nat
dnge. At first the Queen
intently. with the look of
alueG to study men and We
4rS read books; and that the
r, scrutiny was not displeas-
inferred from that tact that
-ed the interview and sug-
el son that We be given the
lie city. so to speak. in a
tn parts ct the palace and
sc- Of the government that
closed to strangers. He
order TO chamberlain.
t.e We're presented with large
'earing the royal crown and
above 4 few lines written
private secretary-Which.
E. viii be a very useful open
our subsequent travels in
sell as the treasured souvenir
experience.
NJ the Queen again gave us
hand with frank cordialitv.
u- prlncesses followed the ma
I'd. NlnpIe. and even Alfonso MIL
'1nbtless feels his royal dignity
grdl more i'll his fifteenth year
VIII after actually reigning a
'' ot a century-condescended to
Is. each in turn. literally as