Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1908 — The King Got a Tumble. [ARTICLE]

The King Got a Tumble.

When the present king of Bpaln was only four years old, he was one day going down a staircase In the palace unattended. At the same time a footman was going up, and of course he stepped aside to let the little king pass. Just as he' did so, A.fonso tripped, and would have fallen, with serious results, perhaps, If th j footman had not rushed forward and caught him. The Queen Regent, Alfonso’s mother, was very grateful to the footman, but all that she could do could not prevent the footman's dismissal, because It is an Inexorable law of Spanish court etiquette that only a grandee has a right to touch the sacred person of the king. Better let a fall break the king’s leg, or even his neck, than break the law of etiquette. Queer, isn't It?