A PRETTY STORY.
There are no children of the marriage. The Prince of Naples, after his return from. Germany not long ago, recounted the following story to some of his inmates. Tke day he left Berlin, while his carriage was standing before the door of Prince George of Russia, a little Italian peasant girl advanced, offering him a few flowers. si.tc mother, standing a few steps behind, exclaimed, " Give the little one something, Prince!" The Prince, pleased to hear 'us j own language in a. foreign country, Mgned j to the wonun to draw near. She nad vi a ' co.ge two little birds that were trained to give notes to passers-by. The Prince took ' one of these notes? which, when opened, promised him soon a threat family jo}-. Hi\_; Royal Highness ended the stoiy by saying, ■" My money would be well spent if vhv.v mecuit my heart's desire." Those present \s ere much touched, knowing that the eh: el j hope of the princely couple of Naples is for an heir. j
•Altogether, Victor Emmanuel 111 is likely to be worthy of his great name. Ec is King, so the Constitution of Italy runs, "by the Grace of God and the will of the nation,"' and he -Is among tha Icings who cherish ihe will of the nation as their chief merit and support.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2429, 3 October 1900, Page 63
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