New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13

Lucinde. the daughter Of the Duke de la Roche
Trumeau But young mountebanks had 10 iaii 10
happered that Mstigrs. a member of the troupe,
was also In love with Pierette without 1fVing the
The word went forth that the Duke de la Roche
Trumeau and his daughter were coming TO pay a
visit to the Duke de Chateau Margaux and his SON.
ana that put plan into the head OF the KIM XIII,
villain. Treschappe. for helping the cause OF his
foster daughter with Honore. who was deserving
OF sympathy. too, for he and his father were poor
as well az great and proud The unselfsh Mistigris
helped to carry out the pet in aid OF his rival. and
ne and 1ireschappe captured the visiting DUKE ana
mountebank and his happy foster-daughter dis
house OF the Duke de Chateau Margaux But
when everybody was having as good time as
possible Lucnde and her father got loose and made
their to the house. where Lucinde told Pierette
to her face that what she had done was wrong.
COMIC OPERA LOGIC AND LAW
Although Pierette capable OF making earn
est efforts get and keep possession of her lover
she was a minded girl and she could not fall
TO the force OF Luclnde's argument II was clear
her that she must yield TO 1t. and she deter
mined with that strong good sense which distin-
gushed her. to grant her affections to Mistigris
who had made the second best bid for them. So
she and Mistigris who doubtless delighted at
the failure Of the plans which he had been further
ing dressed themselves in their common clothes
again and then back before the company
probably for the express purpose Of being put out
When the time arrived for the wedding OF Plerette
to Mistgris, the unfortunate Duke de la Roche
Trumeau and Lucinde had somehow got into the
clutches OF the mountebank banditti again, but by
of those rapid alterations OF fortune which
can be depended on in comic opera the other Duke
and Honore arrived and the mountebanks were ar
rested. Tireschappe judged this TO be the proper
crisis for disclosing that Pierette was not indeed
his daughter. and that he found her when she was
a baby. with half OF a king of diamonds pinned
to her dress. In the present situation he regarded
this king Of diamonds. mutilated as II was, as a
trump card. and he produced and played II. The
Duke de In ROche-Trumeau. seeing that diamonds
were called. follows suit and played the other half
u the card. which he always carried with him. and
mus he established himself as Pierettes true
father.
Now the dukes not particular that
HOnore should marry Lucinde The desire was only
that he should marry some daughter of the Duke
de la Roche-Trumeau. so. there being now two OF
them, nc was allowed to consult his prefer
ence. and he preferred Pierette. anybody would.
she being the heroine. 1t Is the rule in a comic
opera that the heroine must be married 10 the nero
at last but one wife Is good another and
husband is good another for anybody
else so Lucinde glad TO be married TO her
fathers secretary, while MistiGris consoed
by a partnership with Tireschappe the new firm
starting out with the assurance of prosperity, In
being mounte banks by appointment to two dukes.
1t will be readily seen that all reasonable efforts