Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1875 — An Anecdote of King Alphonso. [ARTICLE]

An Anecdote of King Alphonso.

In a recent letter from Paris to Appletons' Journal Lucy H. Hooper tells the following: An anecdote has lately been going the rounds about a King of Spain, who, it is whispered, is no other than the young Don Alfonso XII. It seems that, while on board a vessel on his way to his dominions, one of his newly-introduced nobles presented himself before his sovereign to impart some important information. The young King listened, and then began his reply. Unfortunately, just at that moment the ship began to roll in a most agonizing fashion. The unhappy courtier felt very, very ill, and finally, to conceal his misery from the King, he was forced to hide his face in his hat. Don Alfonso, while continuing his discourse, furtively observed all that going on, and when he judged that the crisis was passed he interrupted himself suddenly. “Count,” he said, in most majestic tones, “you forget that you are a grandee of Spain. Put on your hat, I command you!” Imagine the tableau! From this and from one or two other similar stories I am led to imagine that the young King of Spain has, like most boys of his age, a good deal of fun in his composition.