A nice old gentleman with profuse white whiskers went out for a walk in Madrid last week accompanied by his daughters. Soon roisterous students appeared, shouting words for which many a Spaniard has been shot:
"Down with the King! Long live the Republic! Hurrah for Sanchez Guerra!"
"My friends! Caballeros!" pleaded the nice old gentleman, "not so loud! Please, not so loud." Policemen soon appeared. The students scattered and escaped, jeering. The flustered old gentleman and his daughters hurried home.
Don José Sanchez Guerra was...
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