The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-20
"H0CH DER KAISER"
An Incident of Prince Henry's Visit
Founded ON Fact.


Say, Gaffy. what'n de Prince do if
he goes broke over here?"
"Ah, Whatever givin' us?'
Give it up?"
All, gowan!"
"Hoch der Kaiser! World. World!
Journal! Times! Here yer, mister!"
And away scurried one of the newsies,
to dodge trucks and trolley cars, and
spring upon the step of a passing ham
som to sell a paper to the occupant.
Say, he can't go broke, kin he?"
Newsie No. turned around to see a
wee bit of a lad squatting upon an up
turned blacking box.
No. rs eyes began to twinkle, and his
mouth to grin, as he answered:
"Sure He amt got nothin' hisself,
It's jist de Empror's cash he's "a
splurgin' on over here, you bet. Might
go ter smash any mint if we 'Meri-
cans didn't put up fer him. He amt
nobody. Jist muffin but a prince, an
princes don't saw no wood over here.
ives all ekals in this country. He'd
better look out how he treats US, or
Well just shut down on his splurgin',
an then he'll go dead broke" And No.
2 gave a hitch to the one suspender
supporting his all too ample trousers,
shook his head as though the revenue
o. the royal family of Germany de-
pended largely upon his say so, broad
ened his smile upon the guardian of
the backing box and waited to observe
the effect of his words.
Now the tiny boOtblack was fresh
from the suburbs and rather green in
the ways of Gotham's street boys.
There he sat bordering the words he
had heard, and burdening his spirit
with the disgrace which would fall
upon this great and glorious country
should our royal guest find himself
financially temporarily embarrassed, a
condition of affairs so recently expert
enced by Jerry's own family that his
sympathies were keenly aroused in be-
half of someone else threatened with a
similar calamity. 1t would never do to
let the prince take any chances, but
how could he, Jerry Mclean, prevent
1t? He had heard of the coming of the
prince before he left Haverstraw, of
the arrival of the beautiful Hohenzol-
lern, and now, within a day or two, the
prince, himself was to arrive. Jerry
had been in the city but three days,
but those three days had been filled
with thoughts of little else than the
Prince, and the hope to at least see the
plume waving upon the top Of his
cheapeau. But here was contingency
entirely undreamed of, and who was to
warn this guest that he would do well
to conduct himself in a circumspect
manner while upon American soil, if he
would avoid the humiliation of finding
himself penniless in strange land.
"Hoch der Kaiser" OminouS words!
1t had been bad enough to see one
article after another disappear from
his home never to return after his
fathers death, until the never abund-
ant supply of household goods was
sorely depleted. But here was a kali
ser in dire peril. What was a kaiser?
Jerry did not know, but 1t must be
something that the Prince greatly val
ued, and with which he would be loath
to part And the idea of letting him
Ego broke" in this country, much less
"hoch' something he valued in order to
get back home. Horrible thought!
Guns were booming, whistles toot-
ing as though they would burst, hags
waving and "Huzzas" sounding upon
all sides, and dear Mother Nature, not
to be outdone by her children, had
decked our dear land in jewels rich
and rare, hanging myriads of them
upon every branch, every tWig ana
dry blade of grass. Truly, royal
greeting for the genial, gracious Prince
who was stepping foot upon our shores
Goodfellowship warm greeting ana
hospitality emanated from high ana
low. rich and poor, and the kindly
spirit was reflected upon the face OF
the one who inspired it all as he took
his seat in the carriage provided for
him and was Whirled through the city
streets. But the crowd pressed close
and still closer. Cavalry escort, pc I
destrians and all were forced to come
to a temporary halt. Small boys sour
ried where no small boys should have
been. and one small boy succeeded in
ensconcing himself to the very last
Mace in the world where he would
have been expected to.
"Sav. Mr.. Prince" whispered a voice
close beside the august car, causing It's
owner to start slightly, but neVerthe-
less to turn his head just enough 10
catch sight of a tiny urchin clinging
in some mysterious manner to the
snrings of the landau and peerlng
around the edge of the cover with an
anxious little face, bearing RESPONSE
bility upon every line. How It's owner
had ever managed to get there, much
less cling on unobserved, was matter
for wonder but greater concerns were
occupying the Princes escort, ana
those
were looking the other way Tor mo-
ment. ,-,,.. -.o,oo i,
the purest English.
"Sav. don't you do nothin' ter rlle
the 'Mericans while ye're over mere
will yer? Just treat 'em on de lever,
am YOU won't have no trouble, put II
YER gifts fresh, yer'll have ter aoch
der Kaiser, fer 1 heard Carey Riley
saw so. an that's de reason l gut pc
hint ter tell yer! Goodby'' and down
slid this international diplomat Just
as a gorgeous cavalryman, with SWORD
in hand and wrath in eye came up,
With the determination to sweep MN
fron the face of the earth. With
warning nod toward the landau ana a
CORDIAL wave of the hand toward us
smiling chief occupant. Jerry shppeo
beneath horses feet, and the people,
,,o1ttering with intense relief:
@TYell. / guess I fixed that ali right!
In the landau was murmured:
And this is America! Liberte! Fra
ternite! Egalite!" ,
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