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They went down to lunch, Alfonso much put out by the fact that their private dining room was the former billiard room of the hotel with the cue rack still in the corner. They ate wild strawberries and cream...
...little difficult to ask questions, for the Bourbons were much more anxious to learn about the U. S. and in particular Chicago. Had he ever seen a "pineapple" being thrown? Did he know any gangsters? Did all Chicagoans have to pay extra-high premiums on life insurance policies? Alfonso XIII thumped on the table...
...Wait, wait, wait! Let me ask a question of Alexander: What is the latest news of ... my namesake; I believe they call him 'King Alfonso of Chicago.' . . . Have you ever seen him, or perhaps met him socially...
...Alfonso of Spain denied categorically that he had abdicated, or intended to, or that, in spite of the young men arrested in Bayonne, he was making an attempt to bring about his restoration...
Editor Balmer was sitting like a plump joss last week on the concluding parts of the Alfonso-Alexander conversations, but before reporters he dangled tempting bait. Concluding instalments would take up Alfonso's version of the cause of the de Rivera dictatorship, his own financial situation and the reasons for his decision not to live in England...