a beggar girl selling pencils.

        In the meantime, Ragel, the papercutter of the gods, has fashioned himself a sword on the forge of Schmalz, and has called the weapon "Assistance-in-Emergency." Armed with "Assistance-in-Emergency" he comes to earth, determined to slay the Iron Duck and carry off the beautiful Irma.

        But Frimsel overhears the plan and has a drink brewed which is given to Ragel in a golden goblet and which, when drunk, makes him forget his past and causes him to believe that he is Schnorr, the God of Fun. While laboring under this spell, Ragel has a funeral pyre built on the summit of a high mountain and, after lighting it, climbs on top of it with a mandolin which he plays until he is consumed.

        Immerglück never marries.

         [pg 082]

        Scene

       :

        Venice and Old Point Comfort.

        Time

       :

        Early 16th Century.

        Cast

        Alfonso

       ,

        Duke of Minnestrone

       Baritone

        Partola

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