The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26


 tea. Ginral tn look iv Allycazan was shavfn' with safety razor.
 Up at tn palace all was excitement. Ninety-eight doctors buggies were dhrawn up in front iv tn dure. Two thousand nurses iv tn noblest Andy lusian stock dashed about carryin' boxes if Castile soap, which is on'y used on rile infants. an dimon studded buckets if parygoric. Tn King. dhressed fir tn occasion iv bein' father in a combynation iv tn uny- forms iv tn four hundred rigmints he is Colonel iv, paced nervously up an down tn room, now an thin takin' pull out iv a goold an ivory flask.
 The magnificently attired assim- blaze stood silent fixin' its necktie. combin' its hair or brushin' tn feath- CTS off its coat as tn case might be. Tn American Ambassadure, tn Hon. rb1e James H. Blick, formerly Assistant Commissioner iv Public Wurruks at What Cheer, Kansas, was conspicuous in tn brilliant an aven garrish throng. be tn simplicity if his attire. he bein clad In tn ordinary garb iv an Amer ican citizen whin he goes to New York, black pants, vest an coat. an white shirt. He showed his contimpt fir tn foolish pomp iv these rile doings be wringin' his hand an askin' tn man iiOAt to hiHis ouSnt to SCt tOWh oAi me hands an knees or on'y on me knees whin his rile highness is brought in?
 Suddenly tn massive oaken dures were flung open be a sthrong hand, an tn exquisite Countess Maria .Su- zette Annabella Corossa, Amy Tobog- go, flushed with her glad tidings. fairly flung hersilf into tn room. an cried: My lards an ladies, it is a. a as f iv suspinse. an thin a sthrange sound reverybyrated through tn long an costly halls. Harkr cried tn British Ambassadure. Whats that?' It is tn palace cat exclaimed tn look iv Tobasco. It is ayether a cot or a King, said tn bluff an hearty Gin'ral Escraminto del BamhiIlo. Alfonso dashed firm tn room exclaimin.' Here's where I go to tn batv
 Tn minnyit he reappeared carryin' above his head plate. An what dye think was on tn plate? Yell niver guess. I'll give ye eight guesses an yell not guess. 1t was tn child. Yes, sir, tell ye I have 1t straight. No, l didn't read 1t wrong. You'll know what to do next time. In tn front parlor we'll be gathered-me in a stove- pipe hat. with tn medal I got fir tn hundhred yards dash in sivinty-three; Corp-ral Hannigan iv tn Hibrynyan Rifles In his full unyform, tn polis- man on tn. beat, tn letter carrier; an tn dhriver iv injine five. An in ye come carryin' ye'er iliventh Cor is 1t twelfthO
 Twelfth" said Mr. Hennessy.
 "Carryin qe'er twelfth on a platter Ye can see it here in black an white King Alfonso enthered carryin' tn heir to tn throne on a silver plate. He walked around tn troom presentin tn infant to wan afther another, sayin,, look, tn Prince iv tn Astooryas.' An as each person was presinted they cried: Long live tn Prince iv tn As- tooryas.' An Hinnissy, sthrange as 1t may seem. he did live.
 Outside, tn sthreet's were thronged with excited taxpayers. Ivrybody wanted 1t to be boy, 1t seemed They've had enough ladies such as they are in tn Spanish rile family. It was fixed so that gun wud be fired to let tn people know whin to cheer or hiss. Ninety-three explosions f'r a girl an ninety-four fir a boy. Iv a sudden, a gun boomed out not in. They counted. Boom! Ninety-wan. Boom! Ninety-two. Boom Ninety-three. Thin a pause Is girl No, wait Whats tn use ? Let's go home. Hurrah f'r Susy" Tn spirtin' ilimint thatd been bettin' on tn Ally were preparin' to cash when Boom! Ninety -four Ninety-four booms. A boy Hooray! Tn popy1ace wint wild with joy or home, as 1t hap pened. An tn next mornin' tn news was flashed into twinty millyon Ameri- can families an boordin' houses that | an iv tn gr-reat evints iv tn wurruld had happened. an~ that tn future King iv Spain was boy.
 Since thin tn excitement has died down to some extint, but we're still gittin' news firm tn nursery Tn Queen is raypoorted to have walked down stairs. Tn King is full iv anecdotes iv his heir. who resimbles his grand father. tn King iv England. in his caustic wit. Tn rile parent goin' in to tn rile nursery tn other day an