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Show Klnir Alfonso's Demoeratlo TVnys. j vYheiievcr tlio kin;r soos u grandee or ; irontlciniin wliom lie knows ho calls them by tlieir Christian names, or their surnames sur-names without their title, 11 custom always al-ways reproved by his Roveniess. "Eh! Xiipieim!" cxclaiined H10 kinjr 0110 clay, us tho ex-minister passed. The governess, govern-ess, who knew that tlio count's father was dead, and that the sou fiad inherited inherit-ed tho title, observed, "Kiro, permit me i to remind your majesty that tho person whom you do tin) honor to address is the Duko of liivona." The kini? burst out lauohin;,' and exclaimed: "Tho Duko of I Bivonii! This is nice! Hut I know that it is Xiipiena! Aro you not Xicpiena?" he added, addressing 1 ho count. "Yes, sire." "Da yon see," tho littlfi king went on; "this woman has a mania for giving IeopU new names. Doesn't she pretend 1 that Jininito" (an officer of tho royal guard much loved by the king) "is tho i Marquis of Soto Mayor?'' "Indeed, sire, he is; and you will permit, mo to remind your majesty that ho should be so addressed," ad-dressed," replied tho governess. "Don't bo stupid," was the monarch's answer: "this is Junanito, and the other in I Xiquena." Corrieie do Xapole. I |