New-York tribune., 1901-03-31

JeNt VI tile IililCe OF 1-utzingen / think?'
Lamothe rose with quiekness for which had
not given him credit. -'No Miss Ciosser'' he re
piled. II am not Lutzingen subject at all But
as you doubtless desire a private talk with the
consul"-
Kitty. who was nothing if not unceremonious
playfully pushed him back into his chair.
Please don't 60" she exclaimed eagerly Per
haps you can help Now. gentlemen, I'll tell
you what I'm going to do. I'm going to get ex-
PEELED from the princpality for the crime Of
leze-maj ajesty."
L gasped- And you expect me. a British
CONSUL
ITO help? Yes. young man; but only secretly.
You shant be implicated or run any risk of
wigging. All / ask Of you is to scribble
song, like the ones you used to write before you
became important parsonage. Wen rig up
the music between u.s. and 1 shall sing it tonight
Gt the NollIs Theater in Marbacb. 1t must be a
rafting attack on old Won Rottweiler. the Prime
Minister and the rest of the Council besides
pitching into this gadabout OF a Prince Johann
Now. if you write me a song-not a scurrious
song, you know but OF parable that the
people through and understandable sing
it at the Nolks Theater. There will he
mendous sensation; the house VIII be crowded.
and
"And Miss Kitty Gosser will be marched across
the frontier, in charge of a troop Of Dragons.
Precisely. After that, success is easy. All
the Fatherland's going to ring with Kitty Cos
Ser and her song"
So 1 yielded; and an hour two later found
us busy improyisng accompaniment for our
song satire upon the rather brassy piano which
1 had purchased from my predecessor in the
consulate 4 do not claim any literary quahty
for the verses; but they We're popularity written,
possessed a quantity of blunt humor. and could
foil of bain understood
U-itted hurcher Of Marbach. OF course, am an
old Heidelberg man. and my German is excel
lent but without Lamothe's assistance could
never have hoped to turn out much lclonanc
work Iamoihe coached Kitty carefully IN ac-
cent and pronunciation. j shall not lnfct lhe
full text Of our composition upon my Teaueis'
The title. freely translated into English, was
.'When the Cats Away" and ii was Simply d
fable set to music crowded with local alusiohs.
ara ,euinp in obvious parable the story OF
PRINCE Johann's abandonment of his realm To
Herr Won Rottweiler and his gang OF corrupt
ministers Now. every one knows 'oi'ii'i
XXIII descends from the medieval Ioios VI
Ya.zenherg or Cats Mountain" SO that wheh
he figured in our satire as
A princely pussycat. sleek and fine.
The twenty-third Of an ancient iihe'
the application 10 his highness was pam eio"5n
There was no mistaking the "Old Father hat
W
CONS, for that happened be Won Rottwe!ief
nickname among the good people OF l-utzhseh'
and the gray whiskers OF the Prime Minister
vcere well known TO daring caricatuTislS-
.It will dot will do splendialy, crled lhe
,,brsias,ic Miss Gosser, when. after Lahholhe
,,bo nroved TO be a skilful musician) haa I'M
,,rox,isea 2 lively rogush air and an ofthouoA
ccora she sang the doggerel for the hrst time
;n sts complete form; and although the "ofuS
Ixpa,o had enough in all conscience, Kitty man
4.,yyas 70 make them Wondrousiy ehecu'e' So
a.. waved nervous over my share In ITS conn
,ho.;,ion and trernbed for the consequences ~
KITTY We drank a bottle OF cfiaihfaehe i 80
bonor however and then Kitty lett Us Win i
-, thanks and an eager invitation 10 WISH
.,o volls Theatre in Marbach on the ioho"iiis
,,,,, "a hear her sensational triumph
..Iat me whisper al important secret S"e
,5 AZ narring Won Rottweiler anu heaiis "
- Icouncu of State have promised to be present
q, the theatre / invited them personally "hd'
do YOU say that?
r.ext day 1 locked up the consulate anu 'o
a. so-called schnellzug for Marlach iouhu
,h. old cayjtal Of Lutzingen placardeo WIN
ca.,sv bills announcing that the great r-isiHl
s;,.,s- Miss Kitty Gosser. was to appear tiia'
oni,e al the VoIks Theatre, under the Speclai
= 11;- l-xceIlency the Herr Baron Won