The Ely miner., 1905-01-27
] When the Hens Of Germany |
Went on Strike. 1
BY ETHEL ARMIES.

HE hens of Germany went on
4 strike once, and the settlement OF
their troubles was consigned to Baron
GuStaye Hermann Won dem Mueller,
Agricultural attaChe to the German
embassy OF Washington. District Of Co
lumbja TIE steward of the kaiSerS
estates, one Freiherr Otto Adolphus
yon PIckler-LundorSt was eu route 10
assist the baron. and together the gen
tiemeu were TO inspect our most illus
IriouS chicken farms" and purchase
some American hens minus perverted
notions. Thus Baron Gustaye took up
the chicken question with his cuSto-
mary and commendable feryor, and it
was not many days before il became
the official joke, and the baron'S pri-
Vate correspondence with Mr.. White
law Reid on perches and nests was
parodied in nearly every dining room
of the diplomatic corps. Whenever the
baron appeared at any social functions
whatever, the conversation gravely
and delicately turned TO incubators,
brooders, feeding troughs and hen
houses.
When at length the kaiser's steward
reached New York, his mission had be-
come famous, and Baron Gustaye had,
so it is said, a large number of
thoroughbred American hens in gOr-
geouSly trimmed coops awaiting the
freiherr. The noble gentlemen then
toured the farms and hatcherieS OF
Long Island and central New York,
collecting samples as they went, SO
that by The time they reached Wash
ington city they might easily have
started in on Louisiana avenue on the
wholesale basis.
| was assigned to the story and went
up to the embassy the morning after
the gentlemen arrived. Johan. o1
course, always comes to the door
Every newspaper man in Washington
knows Johan--to his sorrow. l asked
that intelligent Prussian If the frel
herr Otto AdolphuS Won Puckler-Lun'
dorst was in, and he blinked his eyes
and scratched his ear. and said, a
usual, "Vot yos dot?"
| spelled the name and he shoob
his head.
rs the baron Won dem Mueller in?'
then asked.
"Nein," returned Johan.
Why, he hasn't left the city again!
! exclaimed.
''Nein, er schus COON pack"
Well, Johan, where is he?"
'Er vas by der lodging"
DO you know where that is, Johan?
''Nein."
rs the ambassador himself here
johann"
''Nein, er vas in der ould gountre
for dis Won mont more
well, Johan, is the first secretar
in?"
''Der COUNT Karl Yosef Wilhelm vO
einwartz-Linstow? John inquire
olacidly, you like NIT him to see?
'T do" said l. and Johan shuffied OF
Never yet in the IS years that Joha
has been doOrkeeper of the Germa
embassy has he lifted his heels fro
the floor. He returned, in his OW
time, and led me 10 one ol tiie pdo
ment offices with white painted bri'
walls and barred windows OverlookiI
the green square in the back yar
8ehoIdi the Count Karl Josef Wilhel
Won Steinwartz-Linstow. He was
least six feet five, blonde, of cours
race OF the Volsungs! He bowed pr
foundly several times when l entere
and with English but family accent
inquired:
what, fraulein, may haf the plea
ure of doing for you?"
Tell me. if you please sir, where
may find the freiherr Won Puckler-Lu
dorst? I said, albeit hopelessly.
Alas" the counts very heart a
peared to break, che has come, fra
lein, und he has gone!"
1Oh!" l cried.
Obi" he murmured spontaneous
''the freiherr will SO sorry be! 1t "
TO Maryland that he was obliged to
early this mOrning-on business. b
is there no one else who can for y
serve, fraulein?"