. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . ficerstrip about, their breasts blazoned with decorations, telling of vic-tories in Carlist and Cuban wars, all wearing mourning on theirarms for the poor young Mercedes. The sentinels present arms,a group of elderly officers come streaming out of the their head is a stripling with a slight mustache and thin, darkside whiskers. In this group are the first generals in Spain— Concha, Quesada — captain-generals, noblemen, helmeted,spurred, braided with gold lace, old men with gray
. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . ficerstrip about, their breasts blazoned with decorations, telling of vic-tories in Carlist and Cuban wars, all wearing mourning on theirarms for the poor young Mercedes. The sentinels present arms,a group of elderly officers come streaming out of the their head is a stripling with a slight mustache and thin, darkside whiskers. In this group are the first generals in Spain— Concha, Quesada — captain-generals, noblemen, helmeted,spurred, braided with gold lace, old men with gray hairs. Thestripling they follow, dressed in captain-generals uniform, andtouching his cap to the crowd as it uncovers, is Alfonso XII.,King of Spain. When General Grant reached Vittoria there were all theauthorities out to see him, and he was informed that in themorning the King would meet him. Ten oclock w7as the hour,and the place was a small city hall or palace, where the Kingresides when he comes into his capital. At ten the Generalcalled, and was escorted into an ante-room where were several. VITTORIA. (457) 458 AROUND THE WORLD. aides and generals in attendance. He passed into a small room,and was greeted by the King. The room was a library, withbooks and a writing-table covered with papers, as though hisMajesty had been hard at work. His Majesty is a young man,twenty past, with a frank, open face, side whiskers and mustachelike down. He was in the undress uniform of a captain-general,and had a buoyant, boyish way about him which made one sorrowto think that on these young shoulders should rest the burdensof sovereignty. How much he would have given to have goneinto the green fields for a romp and a ramble—those green fieldsthat look so winsome from the window. It was only yesterdaythat he was among his toys and velocipedes, and here he is a realKing, with a uniform showing that he ranks with the great gen-erals of the world heavily braided with bullion. Alfonso sp
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