Show A FJ story round the neck of the holy virg virgin in of the patron saint of madrid for whom a fine alno new chuich chinch I 1 is being built close to tile the royal palace a ery aca buhil diamand ling hang on a thin gold chain the rin belonged belong od to tho t late lun king 0 alphonso XII k il and a stran history ia is conne connected ted with avith it which may well appeal to the minds minda of the superstitious ious spaniards on the day of his hia wedding to the daughter L of of the duke duhe of cf the icing gave g abc the ring to his hia bride who wore it till her early death af after wr the funeral the king icing grave gave tho the ring to his grandmother queen hristina hris who died soon after infanta maria del pilar the sister cister of the hirce idra 0 then became ito poo pon V cassor assor sa s1 she 0 1 pd d worn it only a few days when wic bo died then tho the rimu ring became the r property pcr ly of the king iring n onca moro and lie he gave it to the b 1 1 of ilia hid late consort princess Prin cesi christina tho the youngest daughter of the bulto of mont three months month later the young girl was dead the icing had now become aware of the unfortunate L coince dences and instead of giving it away again ho he himself wore the ring until ho ha uso also went to his early grave |