PR Try f^f"-^i3P'^^'n^i'"**V'W'V^ "'^wi-'i^^p^ VT-.^'^v?^^ I?UiOI ■KIVT!!*- DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS. N.imh-.- 100. JACK LONG IN TWO ACTS. By J. B. JOHNSTONE, Esq. Authar of •• Tie Qipsey Farmtr," et 10 WHICH AlUi &DOBD . vldscriptiou of UieOostuiud— Ciist Of tbe (/tiiuracteva— £utrauce8 4U(t Cxi' Ralatlve Posltious of the Poiloiuieis ou tUa Stage, uni tUs wbole of lUe Stage BusinsM. ROBERT M, DE WITT, PUBLISHER, r WHO IS WHO. AFarco (idapted CromtheFrooohlbynioniag WilliiniH I'ric- 1 •■) CfutB. . THE FlFtH WHEEL. A Comady, ia Throe Acta frtco 15 1 '. \,., at, DE ^\riTT'S ETHIOPIAX AW COlflC DRAMA. NotbiDg so thorough and complete in the w»y of Ethioplui »nd Comic Dnunis hia ever | bten pruited as those that appear in the toUowiug list. Kot only are the plots eiceUeut. the ; characters droU. the iuoideuts Juuny, the language Uuuioroua, but all the bitu»tious.J)y.pIay. pobitions, ijantomimic business, scenery, and tricks are ao plainly set down and clearh explained that the merest novice could put any of them on the stage. Included In this } t Catalogue are all tha most laughable and effoctivc pieces of their class ever produced. ' .*,• In ordering please coiythe figures at the commencement of each piece, which : ! Indicate the number of the piece in " DE Witt's EinioriAS asd Comic Dkama." ] ] Mf Aay of the following PUys sent, postage free, on receipt of price— ri/fwM Cenf JACK LONG; ■HE SHOT IN THE EYE ^ ^tumu. J^ The ilgure following the name of the Play denotes the number of Acts. The fignrcs in the columns indicate the number of chanctcrs— M. male ; F. female. . | IN TWO ACTS. 1«. .Absent Minded, Ethiopian lluroe, 1 ! act 3 73. / fricau Box, burlesque, 3 scenes. . . 6 107. .\.fricauu8 Bluebeard, musical Ethi- opian burlesque, 1 scene 6 113. .\mbition, farce. 2 scenes 7 43. Baby KU'iihaut, sketch, 2 scenes.. . . 7 42. Bad' Whiskey, Irish sketch, 1 scene, a VJ. Baniev's Courtship, musical iuter- luJe.lact 1 10. Big Mistake, sketch, 1 scene 4 «. Black Chap from Whitcchapel, Ne- gro piece 4 10. Black Chemist, sketch. 1 scen.i .... 3 11. Blsek-EVd William. sk.lch.a scenes 4 M6. Black Forrest (The),Ethiopiau faree, 1 act.. 2 UO. Black Magician (De),Ethiopian com- icality * 126 Black Statue (TheV Segro farce 4 127. Blinks aud .In:ks, Ethlopiau sketch, 3 128. Boboliuo, th,> Black B-iudit. Ethio- pian musical farce, 1 act 3 120. Body Suatchei-s (The),Negro sketch, 2 scenes 3 78. Bogus ludiau. sketch. 4 scenes 6 89. Bogus Talking Machine (The), farce. ■' I scene 4 I 24. Bruised and Cured, sketch, 1 scene. 2 ' 108. Charge of the Uash Brigade, comic 1 Irish mu!,ical sketch 2 I 148. Christmas Eve in the South. Ethio- i piaii farce, 1 act 6 ' 35. Coal Heaver's Kevenge, Negro sketch. 1 scene 6 112. Coining Man (The), Ethioi>iau sketch. 2 scenes 3 41. Cremation, sketch. 2 scenes S 144. Crowded Hotel (Tl"?). sketch, 1 sc. 4 140, Cupid's Frolics, sketch. 1 scene 6 12 Pagnerreotn>es, sketch, 1 scene 3 53, IlMion and Pythias, burlesque. 2 SC. 5 63. ParkeVs Strataaem, sketch. 1 scene 3 { 131. Darkey Sleep Walker (The), Ethio- oian sketch, 1 scene 3 124. Deaf as a Post. Ethiopian sketch.. . 2 111. Deeds of Darkness, Ethiopian ex- travaganza, 1 act 6 139. Desperate Situatiou (A), farce, 1 «c. 5 50. Drait ("rhei. sketch, 2 scenes 6 C4. Dutchman's Ghost. 1 scene 4 96. Dutch Justice, laughable sketch. 1 scene 11 67. Editor's Troubles, farce. I scene. . . 6 4. Eh ? What is it ? sketch 4 136. Election Pay. Ethiopian farce, 2 sc. 6 98. Elopement (The), farce. 2 scenes, ,, 4 52. Excise Trials, sketch. 1 scene 10 23. Fellow that Looks like Me. inter- lude. 1 scene . 2 88. First Sight (The'i. Dutch farce. 1 act 4 61. Fisherman's Luck, sketch, 1 scene. 2 152. Fun in a Cooper's Shop. Ethiopian sketch 6 106. Ganibriuus. Kiiij; ol Lager Beer, Ethiopian burlesque: 2 scenes .8 83. Genuaii Eiuigraut (The),sketch.lRC. 2 77. Gcltiug Square on the Call Boy, sketch, 1 scene 3 17. Ghost (Thei. Sketch, I act 2 68. Ghost in a l"awu Shop, sketch. 1 sc. 4 31. Glycerine Oil, sketch, 2 scenes 3 20. Going for the Cup. interlude 4 82. Gwd Night's Best, sketch, 1 scene. 3 130. Go and get Tight, Ethiopian sketch, 1 scene 6 86. Gripsack, sketch, 1 scene 3 70. Guide t.i the Stage, sketch 3 61. Happv Couple, 1 scene 2 U'2, Happy rncle Bufus. Ethiopian mu- sical sketch, 1 scene 1 23. Hard Times, extravaganza. 1 sieiie. 5 118. Helen's Funny Babies, burlesque, 1 act <5 5. Hemmed In. sketch 3 48. High .Jack, the Heeler, sketch, 1 sc 6 BS. HIppotheatrna. sketch 9 1.50. Ho»- t.i Pay the Rent, far,-e, 1 scene 6 71, In and Out. sketch, 1 scene 2 123 Intelligence Offlce (Thel, Ethiopian sketch, 1 scene 2 Bx j.''b.*|qhnstone, e««., AuOur 1)/ •< ^Thi Gipty J\trmtr,- te. TO WHICH U AADSO A DBSCRtPTIOB OF THE COSTUMES — CAST OP THB CBARACTBBK^ia < TRAKCKS ASD EXITS— HELATIVE POSITIONS OP THB PEB- FOBMBBS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OP THE STAGE BDSIHSSSr NEW TORK: BOBEET ¥. DE WITT. PUBLISHEB, >,-p '~:'j3tT. ! lACK Lone. .■.:clV^-^-^-\ CHARACTSRa 4 ^/ 4a.vi»,-*w Ben 8m»U. Tt'**' 'yr**^' '^"'''•• Pl&nten, Slarei, Tnden, ete. ^ f F«ma.e Settlers, SUve-girU, etc. ^AOtt- JUfff 02'' PLATING— One Hour and Tumty Minuttii kt" f-' " ^'"^^/r^ -^ \^^ JACK LOXO. -- / ' / 8 aCt n.— &fnf 1 : A Cypress Swamp iu 1st grooves ; stage is dark throughout. \\%ii Sctnei: Interior of Log Cabin. i>. E. in v., U.rge window l. iu F., backed by wood. In 3d grooves. Sctnt 3 : Wood in 1st grooves ; stage is dark. Scent 4 : Hut and Forest in 3d grooves. 3 ; Landscape. ; Window. |D| I I" aCENERT— [Texan.) ACT I.— Smm 1 : Frontier SetUement, in »th fiooT«fc Lkndwapeon flat. . VA : CloMd ia. CloMdln. : 0-1 ^Ab^ B. 1 s. to c, hut; roof 10 or 12 feet above stage level, is half off and ruinous, made of canvas and pasteboai-d stained fur bark of birch, ete. Landscape on flat, a canon or rarine runs up from stage to middle distance ; forest in distance ; mountains seen above, beyond foi-est. L. 2 e. an old fallen tree forms :\ practicable bridge from entrance to a set rock at n. c. ; the wire-rope supporters, serving also as i-ails to the i>ei-sou walking on it, are disguised as creepin^plants ; iu front, L. c, a very heavy bough forms an inclined plane towards the stage ; White is to fall, slide a little down, an 1 die on this. The left half of stage is bmlt up and arranged to look like thecontinua- tion of the ravine ou flat ; dark blue colli dowu foi depth effect. Moon (limelight), n. 1 E., to send a ray from raking-pieees over hut to L. u. E., upon the tree. n. u. e., flight of steps, masked by set rocks, the top of it higher than the hut-roof; practica- ble to one man. Scene i : Wood in 1st grooves. Bush to run on, a little, L. side. Scene 6 : Landscape in ith grooves. Cat, to work Steamer. Landscape. View OB flat, Texan country, cottonwood trees, cacms, etc., with prairie iu dis- tance. Sunrise effect. Wings, L. ist, 2d, 3d and 4th grooves, trees : wmgs, ». 1st. Jd and 4th grooves, trees ; sinks, 1 and 2 e., trees arching over stage ; upper entrances, with the borders, sky; n. 2 e. closed in, set house— log cabin-with window and practicable door; over door a shingle lettered in black: "Ben Small, Trader and General Dealer." L. 2 E.. closed in, set house-log cabin, with Urge double door ; a large sign: "Bes Small, ArU4t in Iron. Smith, Farrier, <«c., dc JV. B. RifiU repared ! " A, stump of a tree for target, set. Scene 2 : Boom in Log Cabin, in 1st grooves; blankeU painted as if hung up; Mexican striped blanket instead of door for r>. in r., to draw aside. Scene 3 : Same as Scene 1, Act I. Thick pUnks (slabs! set with their ends on chop- ping-blocks or stones, L. 1 K. and B. for seate ; Urget-board, to be fixed to stump up c, with trick holes to be discovered as if bullets had made them ; a door laid on two flour barrtta a, with keg and AMnijohna and glaaaea, and an American Sag or two ■tack on it. • • Trew. Wingg L. side, all trees, e. 1st and 2d grooves, wings, trees ; bonlera and sinks, trees, to these and across ; sky borders and sinks to other entrances. Vpper E. and transverse part of n. 3 e., open for canvan water, for river. A small Southern or Western river steamboat, to work k. to l. in c. e. Rock l., is large enough to enable it being taken off undiscovered. See to black cotton or silk fuz for smoke out of pipe. Sunrise effect. Landscape on flat ; on l:., half the river widens and blends with haic about a forest ; L. side the bank with cottonwood trees is seen. (oZ.\%[ JACK LONG. COSTUME.— (Frontier.) Jack IMV.—Aet I. : Hunter's dres. of buckskin, fringed with »ed md dark bliw. with beadwork ; belt with Indian pipe, quilled and hair-fringed, tomahawk, eight-inch bowie with buckhora handle ; powder-horn with thong to wear it by ; shot-pouch; moccasins; squirrel-cap with tails left on ; hair rather long ; beard and moustache. &€ne 3d. Uunui.g-sh.rt to come off; striped or hickory shirt. Act 11. : Same, but dress rather ragged and discolored ; hair and beaid very long and untrimmed ; rifle and knile as before. HiNCH.— Mexican jacket of black velvet, with metal buttons and lace, gray shirt, black trousers, knee-high cowhide boots ; rifle and knite. Acl 11. : Hair longer, face thin and pale ; hunter's dress, rifle and knife. Noah GiBBS.^Gray hair ; homespun suit, something of a Quaker cut. Kees, Stoneu, WHiiE.-Half-hunters, half-low whites. Leggins, straw Ben SMAi.i..-yankee, as usual. Hector.— Negro. Fancy cotton shirt, with broad coUar, loose trousers to mid^iaU; broad-brimmed straw hat, cowhide shoes. WiLLT Jones, -Peddler. Englishman. Light hair and beard ; long-skirted coat. belt around waist, pack with straps ; high boots. May Gibbs.— .4<;i /. .- Neat, plain white dress. Acl II. : Dark dress. Dinah.— Very gay cotton print dress, bandanna head-handkerchief, large ear-ringa, rings, necklace of gilt beads. Flantebs' Wiv», Slatb Gibu, as usual. PROPERTIES. ACT 1., Scent 1«« Eope horse-halter: rifles, knives, hatchets and equipment* for Regulators. Sctnt 3 : Beats for Spectators (see ScENEn\) ; glasses, horns, demi- ioli'ns,kegs; target (see Scenehy and Play for the tricks to it) ; rifles to shoot ; rope to tie Jack. Act II., Scene 1 : Peddler's pack and walking-stick ; weapons for Regulators as before. Scene 2 : Horse-pistol, sand-paper, chamois-leather wash cloth, table, two chairs, powder-horn ; thunder, lightning ; tree to fall into cabin. Scene 4 : Firesticks arranged in circle, red fire in the centre, Indian fashion ; gouid ; rifles to Are. . Scene S Powder for Jack, not to fire. Scene 6 1 Steamboat. STAGE DIRECTIONS. n means Right of Stage, facing the Audience ; L. Left ; C. Centre ; B. C. Eight of Centre ■ L. C. Left of Centre. D. F. Door in the Flat, or Scene running across the back of the St^e ; C. D. F. Centre Door in the Flat ; R. D. F. Eight Door in the Flat ; L. C. F. Left Door in the Flat ; R. D. Right Door ; L. D. Left Door ; 1 E. First Entrance ; 2 E. Second Entrance ; V. E. Upper Entrance ; 1, 2 or 3 Q. Fust, Second or Third Groove. R. R.C. C. L.C. ta- The reader is supposed to be upon the stage facing the audience. [For Synopsis of Scenery and Incidents, etc , see page 26.] JACK LONG. ACT I. SCENE 1.— -Texan Frontier Settlement, in 6th groove: Muiie. Got up half-turn, gradually turned on to heighten the lunrite effect. HiNCH enten, R. v. E., and down c. cautioutly, hone halter in one hand. HiNCH. All right. I'd a sharp run for it, but I've distanced them. Tlicy lost my trail as 1 crossed the stream at Eagle P'int. I left the hoss in Jack Long's grass-patch. Come night, and all goes well. I can remove him if he's found before. They'll conceit Jack's the thief, so I'm safe, {front, looks up) So, day is breaking ■, its bright face is peep- ing over the hills, (winds the halter round An want, lauo-fashion, with the (top hanging down hit left thigh) I must be off. (jgaing Im) Enter Stohbr, r. d. b. Stohbr. Hindi ! (comes down.) HiNCB (stops). Hullo! who the devil's that I (eroMM to B.) Sto. (Itolds up right hand with fore-finger crossed behind the middlt- finger). A fiiend and Regulator. HiKCH. What! Sloner 1 (r. front.) Sto. (i.. front). The same ! (they approach one another) I say, you've been doin' a leeile on your own hook I that's hardly proper, I guess. Our agreement was, share and share alike. Enter, l. 1b., Rbib. Rebs. Yes, and after all, you 're ibe first to break it. HiNcu. 'Vhat do you mean 1 Enter, i. 1 %., White, half drunk, crossing to Hikch.* White. Why, he means you've run off a lioss. We laid eyes on you Kt Eagle P'int, and trailed you hyar, alter you had turned it into Jack Long's vailed-in patch. Now, that hoss belongs by our bond to all., and it isn't prairie law for dog to rob dog. HmcH. Well, I can't starve. White. No, nor you shan't (hie) starve us ! Xi.CS LOVO. HiBCB {playt with hit knife, but finally tmila). Well, I own I WM widiig i but I couldn't scare up any o' you. Rres {tcinking). That's strange," we are easy found ! White. 01), you see, he wasn't pertickler in his scouting. Some folks go about seeking what they heartily wish they may oerer find. That couldn't have beeu Hioch's case, {eloiet one eye.) HiNCU (handlet hit ri/le threateningly). What ? White [liflt hit rifle). Now, don't do that I You'll get Terr little by ■ending a bullet through my brains, spare your powder and mind your eye, for this inornin's shootin'-match when yon'l! git A new rifle— if Jack Long don't walk cvar your head. Hisca. Jack Long ! My curse upon Jack Long ! WaiTB. With all ray heart ! he's not one of our kidney. He deflee us all. He scorns to be regulated by the Regulators. HmcH. I'll. fix him yet ! (feOt the edge of hit kmfe meaningly.) Rebs Mind what you're about. He' s not a man to be trifled with. HincH. X)h, I've no cai-e for him. White. No ! but yon've some fear, and no mistake, about that death- dealing rifle of his— there's not a hunter in all Uie Ingin lands, nay, not in all Texas, can send a bullet plum' centre to the mark like him; let him but catch the eye of the animal, and it's as dead as a door-oail ; or I'm no living man ! \goet up a little and retumt. Gnt up.) Rers. 1 say, Hinch, he's crossed you in another affair, ain't he? The pretty May Oibbs 1 HivcH. Not he 1 {thrugt hit thoulderi) I cared not for the gal. White. She's bright-eyed and well-set in gold. When her father die.s, he'll cut up rich as a buffilo ; old Noah Gibbs his bien a thriving they say, there's no doubt of that ! HiscH {frowning). Dont be loo sure of that! There's many a slip 'twixt tlie cup aitd the lip. Enter Bsit SMALL, R. 2 B. D- Beh (Yankee twang). Good momin', gentlemen, you're airly ! Kin I dew anything for you in my way. {teavet hit hande R. and I.) Air yevr goin' to patronize me for powder for the shulin'-match t Haeow air yew off for lead, major ? White. How nir yew off for brass ? Ben. Wall, cunnle, that's an article I don't dew much in ; if I ihoidd calkerlate that way, will you glTe me your countenance ? (tee to gun, ready lo fire ». o. ».) lii.N-cH. Sliarp! White. That's more than his knives aro. Be.n. Oh ! don't say that! if there's any one thing I pride myself en more than another, it's the cnt of my cutlery. White. Well, we won't q'larrel about quality. Ben. I'm sure yew can't atiennt ilie price, for I haven't seen the color of a red cent from you for srme time i)ast. White. Well, what of that '. Ain't I one of your protectors 1 Ain't we ths very heart and soul of the seillement. Don't wo defend you from all enemies ? are we not a constituted baud of brave liunlers, pledged to protect both person and property 1 Don't we admiuister Lynch law to all who dare rob or steal our side the frontier. Bek. Oh! that's very true. ; You let nobody rob— but yourselves. White. What did Presideni Tyler say when the setUemeut applied to bim aud Congreks 1 'Jell uie that 1 Beit. What did he say 7 Why, he said :. Fight It aeottt among your- fielvps and be hanged to yew I {gun that a. o. E. All ttart) I kin tell bj the iiii>! wfiose iron Ihet is. If that's not Jack Long, never pay me fci tiiy pi>wder. (mutie.) Enter, Jack Loho, «. o. e., loading rifle at he comtt down L. of Bex. Jack (lo c). Hullo! what's Congress met for? Is there nnythin? afoot that the Regulators are after so sdoii. What, President Hinch, is there a screw loose 1 has the red nigger quit the chapparal lo scare the pale-face — has— has the greasy re>d left his covert to bring blood and Are into the peaceful settlemen* 1 If 'tis so. Jack Long's heart, hand and rifle are ready in the cause ! Himch. The defenders of the settlement are sufficient to meet danger should danger come. Jack. Oh, are they ? Well, I am happy to hear it. You'll excuse me, but if anything of the sort happens, I mean to have " a finger on the hair ! " (flourith of knife.) HiHCB. You're no Regulator. Jack. Well, Regulator or no Regulator, I shall do it. HiNCB. Then, why not join us 1 Jack, (leant on rifle). Because I don't like yon. White, (l. o/Jack). Well, that's plain. Jack. But honest ! Beh. The plainness he perfectly understands— the honesty doubtful. Jack. When law is 'vested in the hands of a few, it's apt to be partial and there's so little mercy in your administering it that I komelimes think that you strain a point. You form your own Judge and jury 1 (the othert recede and f "tin a line L., tchile Bek it h ,on Jack's r )|- and Heaven help the poor devil that falls into your hands. Punishment follows sen- tence too rapidly lo let cool judgment wail upon fair justice. Few es- cape ! Bek. Aye, they are sharp set for the pickings of ofllce. Lynch law is paid for, as well as any other sort o' law, and a lost case is a lost coin, so, when there's no money there's no marcy ! HiNCH. What ? do you think we'd take a bribe 1 (the othert murmur and look indignant.) Bbk. Oh, no ! bless yon, I don't think you would take anything— out of your reach I HiHCH. Pah ! there's nothing gained by talking to ynu. Beic. There would be, I guess, if you'd i)ay proper atiention ; but If yew air an idle scholar, I shall never make my money out o' yew, HiNCH. Bah! Stoner and Rees, you'll come with me, wtn't youl (eroitet h. Bees and Stoneb look at one another.) Rees. Aye, aye. (Ress and Stoker go i.)^ Sem. Here ! Uke jyhite along with you, or hell look Uaek at being H>a-lecled ! Bxv. Jack. HtMca. Wain. Bxoxia. B. «. o. L. c. Em. • Bbb. Jack. BTotnm. White. HiHca. L. c. Wmnw Bees. Bukw- Stohbb, JACK LONO. HiNcH. Wa shall meet you, friend Long, at the ghootiDC-nmlch to-day, I eiippose 1 J.ACK. Safe! I never make a miM at a sliooting-match. Ben. U would be belter for sum fukes {lookt at HiacB) If yew didn't make so many hits. HiKCH. Take care you don't git a bit. Your tongue will git yon into trouble one of these day?. Ben. Never mind my tongue, take care of your own teeth ! HiNCH. Come along, my lads I that chattering pie is no game for the bold hunter ;' ihs soaring eagle bolds in contempt f'e flultering of the brainless sparrow ; the rays of the bright sun laugh at the light of the fee- ble lamp. 60 I look with scorn on the petty peddler and looking, leava bini. imuiie.) [£xeunt Hisca, Stoker, Reks, and Wbitb, l. 1 K. Be». (crossei to c). Here! liullo ! what dew yew mean by petty |>eddler ? all.)w me to say, mister, I'm an independent citizen, the pro- pritor of a store I (l.) Jack (r. c). Ben, does he owe you anything 1 Ben. a trifle. Jack. He's paid you ! go in and give him a receipt. Bek. a rope, yoi\ mean f (imitatct hanging.) Jack. He'll get that some day or anotlier, if I don't mistake. I've my suspicions thpt Mr. Hiiich is downright buzzaid-meal, but, as it's not in my nature 10 condemn a man on suspicion, I shall leave time to determine whether he is rn honest man or a rogue; when, if my thoughts are deceitful, I shall ba the first to take him by the hand and acknow- ledge my error. Ben. I'll bet a lieop that your suspicions are confirmed sooner than you expect. Did you ever see sich a hang-gallows look as he has got ? Jack. Thai's no fault of his ; we ain't all of us boin beautiful. Many a pieiiy door has an ugly latch, a dark oul.side sometimes covers a laii lieai t. It's a hard law that hangs a man for his looks. But I must be ott'. Ben. 1 know, {icinks) Your road lies towards the Squire's. May Gibbs Jack. Well ! wliere's the harm '! "tisn't treason against the Lone Star Stale to love a pretty girl, is it T I think the best feather in a man's cap is the true afleclion of an honest-hearted maiden. Man's not a lonely niiimal. Wi.man w.is formed that he might love and Imnor her. She 5s the I ilirt through Life's rough and stormy sea, his hope, his trust I The cargo i.f his happiness is on beard the bark, of which Woman is the anchor. Ben. Jack— Jack Long, or Long Jack, or whatever Jack yon like- give us the grip of your honest hand. Yew air a man arter my own heart, yew air ! To hear yew talk has made me quite connubial. I'll marry the fust woman that will have me, I'll have a jim-stock consarn; n.> more one-hoss trading for me. I'll have a partner, and the firm shall be Small & Co. {points to houses R. and L.) for the future ! Jack. Hiirk ye, Ben ! if that ever comes ofT I'll drink a horn to the success of the firm, and when you get a juvenile partner or two, yours will become quite a tliriving concern. Ben. I feel quite the father of a family, I Aew ! feel— Oh : yew know haeow I feel, don't yew, Jack ? Oh, who would be single f Jack. A great many, I believe, if they had their wish. Ben. Dissatisfied devils ! Jack Yes ; who thought to marry angels and found them women, and, ."oured by disappohilment, became ill-ieuipered and rendered her miseuable— her that, by kindness «ad atlentioii might have beoooie tha angel they s >ugbl for. Bbn. They sp'iled yon. Jack, when they made you a hunter. Jack. You'll spoil me if I stay loitering my time away wiih you. I must away to Noah's and fetch May ; for the hour's ai-proachmg for the shooting-match. So look out, Ben, ami when the lime comes for the sacrifice, send for liie and I'll give you away. (m«»ic.) [Exit Jack, l. 1e. Ben. I've made up my mind. I'll marry— and the first— the very first woman that says Euter Dinah, b. 1 «•, rf«ri»jp above. Dinah {iuterniittiiij). Mr. Small ! .,.,.. v.j Ben (aside). Oh, fate ! Qewhillikins, I'm booked, and not m a bad ledger either. I've al'ays had a sneakin' kindness in this quarter. Din. Talking to yourself, Mr. Ben, is not the most polite way to re- ceive a lady who comes to visit you. Ben. No, my dear! I was not Ulkiog. I was thinking aloud Din. Tliinking should never be aUowed .' before a lady. Spose I buy thoughts, how much for yours ? .v , . Ben. Yew shall have thera at your own price, roy dear ; they re a first-rale article, I can assure yew. Din. a first-rate ariicle ? Ben. Yes. Yourself, my dear. Din. (simpering). You fl.ilier ! ,,.„-• Ben I don't. I mean what I say, I'm a trader, and I gmerally find that words are made over the best of barg'ins. If yew kin look upon mi with an eye of love, vew'll make happy a poor fellow-citizen that doati on you ! There's my store ! here's my hand, and all I've got u vour'n ! , , , ' Din Oil, it's so sudden, you lake my breath away I Ben a broad hiui I I'll seal the barg'in with a kiss ! (iwM Dinah > Din. That's always the way witli you men ; not satisfied wiih the ton-lie, you always apply to the lips for information. Bkn. Tne lip's a silent member, and ginerally votes m man s favor. Din. They say. Love's lau^iiage is written in the eye. Ben. May I read yours f Din. If you can. Ben. 0:1, I've a great knowledge in that language. Din N> doubt from e.Kperieuc). Ben. N ) ! on'y, I one • lived in Eyes-land. I never kiss and tell. Din. A'll I've only ymr word lor thai. Bun. P.it me to the lest and I'll prove the truth I tell. Din. K«polI! I lika mischief best at a distance. Ben. I, there's no mischief in me. I am as harmless as a lamb. Din. Yes, and as gidJy as a goose. And I'm almost as sensible as that dear bird to listen to you, when I should attend to my own busi- ness, (erotfes L.) , , t . Ben. But, settle my business before yew go : say yew love me ! Let aid for him. (o-owej b. IIincb rutAet at Hectoh. Mutic.) Enter May Gibbs, d. in p. and parlt them* Chord. Mat (c). What means this violence beneath my father's roof? Here, sir, we rule by gentle means ; we have too much respect for the feelings of those placed beneath us, to lacerate either heart or b.ick. Hincb. Ah ! M ly, you are too sofi-hearteU ; you'll teach these nig- gers insolence to their masters. Mat. Kindness will (each them rather to love tbeir masters. Oo, Hector. My father needs your service. IIec. Iss, him go, missee. (aside) She talk like a book an' like dat ^ood Book too, dat leaches us all to hab kin' feelin' for one aiioder. [Exit, D. in r. HiNCR. May, I should like to boast of some sha'e uf the kindneas yon bestow on others. Mat. You may (Hihch tmiltnglij it about to take her hand) when, like Iheni, you deserve it. My friendship is ever extended to those who ■eek it, whatever their station in life. HiNCH. But, May, consider my love for yon. Mat. You have already heard my determination. Again I repeat '"H,"'cr*rou';rd other thoughts ere Mr. Long had crossed your path 'lirrNor^n'lXriovl'rthrdow „ever felt e.en in my wildest dreams. My love w . bymi. I'f lihert? ! this was the affection that clui.g to uiy ht_. . Ibe love I nourished! (<:»o««« L.J .,i „..„„,i. HiNCO. Ah! you're like you sex. A Nvoman .ind a wea hercock— - Mat. Insuller I The woman who truly loves. >s as hxed in her u- BUlse as is the sleel that guides the mariner on the b.Mu,..less deep- lime, toil or peril can never change her purpose or control / "^■■- HiNCU. I but wasw words with you. Lei Mr. Long loo time may come when 1 can repay the obligations 1 owe h.m, and with '"mTv." Boastir-g before a woman of intended malice to the man she loves is neither \raw,, honest nor honorable. Go leach yo»r onsue another tale ! From thi-- mon.ent. my ears are closed agamst yoa llirenteniug speech. vt.„\ Hiscu. May, 1 would— (i»k«<. Iliscn appioaeha Mat.) Enter, D. t« P , Jack Loko. Jack (<« HiKcn).'» Well, what would you ? HiNCK. {mUenly). Why, I would . May. No. no ! U Mr. Hindi wUhes to see my father, be will find ''j\cK''orr»ee""Wcr Ilinch, there is an old proverb that" <«» are compan^ and three are none,' which of course you have heard, and t«*cilyunde.slaMd its meaning. If you pe..mil me to show you the ,^,or it thall be «;< le ii. a roost genlleroauly manner, I assure you. Tl.is'wny.U you jdeas.-, ihis way. (uKA mock pMeness bowt HiscH ofi,. ,„ F.) Aviiat, May? the old stoiyl May. Oh, think r.o uioie of him. , . tt . u . . ACK. Oh, I don'i, m V dear He isn't worlli a thought. He s but a , .. sun May, 1 mean this day to ask your father to part with his 1.. Mil.. J, i.:„ j;„„,„„,i ii.ot 1 mnv KAt it m a nlam old ring, {laket May's hatid.) Enter, x>. in p.. KoAn Gibbs. Gibbs + Halloa ! • halloa ! What, Mr. Long poaching upon my estate, robbin-i a faiher of all his rosebud's love 1 Jack. I'm but following your example, Mr. Gibbs. In your tune, t/oii stole a father's losebud. " OiBBB. So I did, you dog, so 1 did ! Bless you, May, you are the very picture of your poor dead and gone molher, and I shall liud it a hard task to part with you. Mat. There'll be no need of t!;al, father: the same roof can shelter all. >ACC LOXO. OiBBS. Eight, girl, right ! and, egad ! we sl.ali be a snug family parly. Lei me see, llie day alter to-morrow shall b« the wedding-day j lUeo liey, for malrimoay, mirlh and miscliief ! Snttr D. in p., HbctoB. Hec. Oh, massa ! ail de foltes is ready for de shootin'-match. GiBBS. Are they 1 llien I'll be wilh tliem in a iwinkling. Away with you, Hecior, and saddle Thunder forme. , , .. Heo. Iss, massa, as quick as uium flash ob ligiilniu' roim abutter- (iikiii ' l-Exil, D. «« F. Jack. We'll walk on to the shooling-ground j you can soon overtake lis, when Hecior has got your lior e ready. QiBBS. Oh, 1 understand. I am not wanted. Age and youth— oil niid ice. . May {reproaehfalli/). Father! , k . „„».♦ OiBBS. "Fail.er; " Ah, g'rl. your tongue will ere long be tnaght nnoiher-word for llitt; husband ! but there, go along wiih you. (t.) Mat. You'll not be long, fiillier. OiBBS. As if you cared Imw long I should be. Go along with you. were made for each other. Heaten bless ibeui ! say I j as honest a lad and deserving a girl as any in Ibe Lone Sur Slate ! EiUer Hector, d. »« F. Hec Oh, massa, massa ! we can'l fine de boss Thunder! GiBBS. What? Hec Me link um stole, massa. GiBBS. Stolen ! Those pesky Ingins have been at their tricks again. Away with you. Hector, to the Regulalors, and tell them what has hap- pened. Stay 1 I'll go myself. Saddle any horse you can flfld, and that you can first lay your liands on. Come, biwtle, bustle Hkc. Massa, me think Gi BBS («fl^«»^). What, Hecior? ^ ^ , , Hec. Massa, me link — Hoss Thunder gone out to de barbecue I I'mtuic, lively. Gibes ehatet Hbctor at long as it takt: Then, exeunt both, x in F.) Scene ehangee to JHaeover Himch, Rees, Stoker, White, nnd BEOnLATOBS, Ali. teitk ri/ka, n. c. and L. HiNCH (to Stosbr). By this lime, the hne-and-cry is np , take some of the mpu with you to Jack Long's. You know your errand. Away. {iniisif, Jinnle to jig, rattling. Stoker and two or more Regolviobh exeunt L. 1 B. Mutie, march, piano.) Enter Jack, l. v. b. Snier Bek, r. 2 e. r> Laotes tie Seltlere' wivet, etc., enter L. and R. o. E.'s. ifuiie, negro dance. Enter Slaves md Slave Girls, laughing rnd atiimniedlg. Introduce Dance by Ballet. Have them ready who are to ihout, r. o B. , and L. n. B. Be». There you are! Bright eyes and laffiii' faces— that's the suu t!iat lights a holiday. Jacu. Well, Ben, is all ready ? (Bgii invitee /mn to take a drink. Butt- neee at bar throughout.) HiscB. Now, lads, to your places. Ladies, to your seats, (mueic. ) Mat takce teat R. 2 E. Jack, TIincii and otheri wlio thoot form a group L. front. Butinett of puihiiig fhrviird tn'erul to thoot ; they do to, but mitt. H^^•CH/-M. D.sccrer round hole in target. Shout. All. Ah '. Hooroar ! hooray ! ttc. lIiKCn {to Jauk). Here, look I look at that ! Take a good look ! can you heat Ihatf Jack. Tou don't call that shooting, do you? HiKCH. I should like to see you heal il ! Jack. Set up that board and I'll pnl a bullet through the very Iiole you liave made. (Jlx target ni before. Jack loads, Hinch reloads) It's a Irick of mine — it'.s o way I lanit in old Kaiiiluck of always sliooiih-; the animal in the eye ! If once I set eye lo pye (glances at HiKcn) my shot is certain. I ahoayt h'a him tliar! (fires. Take doteii target. Hdkter wilh a knife digs bullett out of tree. S'lj.tl.) All. Ah! Bees. Clean through Hindi's bullet hole! (Hostbb, during pauie, drop* the two btdieti on the bar b.) HiKCH. I'll bet the ears of a buffaler calf again' his that he can't do il again. Jack. If you mean to bet your ears against mine, I'll lake you. (fire; Ball it luppoted to go ogam through the hole in target. Hhout. ) Enter, L. u. E., Gibbs. GibB> {coming down). Begulatcrs, I've been robbed ! (All ntiume the air of i/tterett. Jack reloads) My best horse has been taken from my stable. I come to you, as you represent the justice of the sel',leiiient, for vour assistance in the recovery of my properly. HiMCH. A party of mv men are out. I saw Ingin sign last night, and I guessed I should hear 'of their handiwork. If my lads have any luck, we shall hear of your horse in uo time. Stohbr and the Reodlators wIm made their exit previouily, enter L. 1 s. HiscH. Well, what success ? Stoker (to Hikcu). We've found the squire's hoss. HiNCH. Well, that's lucky. Any trace of the thief ? Stonbr. Yes. 1 think I kin p'int him out. Hinch. What do yon mean f Greaser or red! Stoker. We found the horse in Jack Long's enclosure (chord.) HiKCH. (tneering). What ! is the honest Jack Long turned hoss-thief ? Jack (to c.).* Liar ! Bepeat thai false assertion at your peril ! (All cewtc down and form a tetni-circle)f Look but the lie you have just uttered Bek, Himcb. Jace. Koah. Mat. JACK iXUiG. -or from any here lUat dares to bieatbe il! Wl.al ! rob the ^3 1 against > on and I must '^ "essiou, tlie e?idence m BUong GiBBS. Slop, SI,,,,, Mr. Hinch ! .«>i so fast I belies I .n, .k . jmea )ianv 111 iliis case. ueneve lam Ibe in- Wrtr*., bT» Z ''; """" ' •'*'=''''' """• 8»"«^« <«*« Jack's ryie, our Ue» foreei him lo give il ii Mat.* All ! (chord.) Jack. Coward | Hiscu. Thief ! A»T.iy with liiin ! You know your business. Spare him? i,/o Mat) No I Ha, ha, ha ! (i«««e. Rboolatobs witA Jack orf B. 0. E ) ■" Mat. Hinch, what is this deed you seek to do r You cannot mean lo stain your hands Willi the blood tf him wlio never injured you (music, tremolo) 1 read the malice of your Iiearl in the black and scow !• ing eye ; I see your purpose in tlio dark and frowning brow, but pause in your wicked judgment. Von know 4ii» innocence, yon know how false the accusation ; do not let h;iti-ed or jealousy urge you lo an act ol gross 'iiijuslice. Hmcu. Oh, you need not fear. His Hfeh safe— but the Mi^mustbe punished, (miuic, tremolo on viaHns, to forte, eieicetuio with loud chord.) Enter, B. C. E., dragged hi/ Regulators, Jack, hutUing-thirt off, underthtri open and ttaitud uilh red for blood on back, face fluthed, hair disorder- id. Meld by cord. Mat lercami, goe$ up at ht come* down. Mat. Oh! (fotli at Jack's feet ) Jack. Poor girl, jioor girl ! dead, dead '. Gibes. Hindi ! what villianous act is this ? {tain up Mat and carriti her to L., front, where umiieii tee to her) Hi.Ncn. He stole your horee. Ho has leceired the punishment awarded liy Judge Lynch. GiBBS (lo I..C.). Rascal! this is personal malice. There is no justice in the act. You know he is as innocent of the deed as I am By Heaven, you shall dearly pay for this I my blood boils with indianaliou at this cowardly act of degradation I Jack. Degra^ion ! Degraded ! All manly feeling seems prostrate withia me I «M«r, take your child ! I shall but conUminate her with my touch. 1 feel as if I had sunk benenth the level of a beast I have been lashed - lashed like a dog, like the snarling cur. What have I „ * •Rkoclatobs. • • SxoxM. BSM. HiKCB. Mat. Jack. Uem. Wane. Koa done thai I shoul.l he doomed to suffer this foul disgrace? who is he whose hart'l set this foul dishonor on me * Hmca. Look heru '. 1 said that I would repay the obligation that I owed. Jack. Ah ! (Regclatobs hold him back from Hikch) Devil, devil ! Oh, that my hands were free. I would saciifice my life but for five minutes' lib,frly, that I might avenge me on that cowardly ruffian and bis base compuuioiis ! Ben. Never mind. Jack ! a time will come. They outnumber us naeow, and for Ihrf present rule the roast, but they won't have it all their own way long. I mii.il say, gentlemen, and witlmnl flattery, you're the double-darnedest set of onfeelin' scalliwags as ever 1 came near. HiHCH. Use beller words or Ben. I shan't ! I'm % free and independent citizen of the galoriousesl Republic the eagle ever flow across— and I shan't ! HiNCB. Then, I'll make you ! (m«»ic. Seizet Bb:i. Struggle. Tliroui him R. 2 K., and he tumbltt to the bar, where hegett knife. Ruiheiat Hinch, who avoidt him, and eutt Jack's rope.) Ben. Who said my cutlery had no cut i Hooroar ! Jack teizti Hihch and throuit him, after wrettle, L. c. front, feelt for hit hit knife; butinett. Hinch. Fire! Mat ru'hei to Jack and forces to c, where the covert htm bg embracing him. HmcH ritet and rapidly joint Regdlatobs l. c, whohft their guns. Mat. Aye, fire I do ! complet*. your deed of blood ! Together we will perish ! HiNCU. Fire, I say! Bbn. (gelt Jack's rijlr). No, no! I can't stand this, (chord) There's but one bullet, but il shall be for the fust who pulls trigger ! * Jack. My rifle ! my rifle ! (take, it from Beh) Now then for Ten- geance I (Ben talkt Mat. Mutie.) Ooet up R tide, Rbgulatobs i

l i.ur bullets may carry a billet as' well as his— his head is not so thick but lead will enter it. HiKCH. The red warrior of the bush is not more wary than Long, not more certain than he. Nn, I have but one chance of safely ; when my path is on the wide waters, when the sea divides us, I may bo safe, but not till then. While here, I nm like the light-lurCd Insect, that flutters round the flame of its destruction. White. Then I'd be off bclVne 1 burnt my wings. Hixcn. If all goes well, 1 will. White. Well, I think ilri< spec "f the peddler's offers a chance. HijicH. You say be cai rii s his luoijey in his nack 1 Sto. Yes. HiscH. And I have heard ii is something considerable. WuiTK. Enough to set us floaiing ami well-liallasted for another State. HiscB {ttarti, prrparct /lit riAe). Hark! {lookii,.) ffhal's that * Sto. I heard nothing. HixcH. It sounded like the breaking of a twig or as if a light fool bad crushed a withered branch beneath it. White (l.). I see nothing. HisCH. No ! (thake't head) 'lis my own fears— every sound falls like B chill upon my heart. I cannot bear this uncertainty. Id better bold- ly face the danger that threatens than this life of withered niise.y. 'Tis true. Long's vengeance comes suddenly, but it comes sweeping as the midnighi whirlwind ; ii may be expected in the lone log hut, as well as on the broad prairie, lii the bright sun as in the darkening iiiisl. Ii has bMD felt beneath the sheltering roof, and on the threshold of the home- stead, the lighted eye of vengeance came like the faUl flash that rends the lofty forest pine, (erottet i.) Whitb. Hush ! {!oa/.t l.) lliscii (recedes to c). What do you hear 1 WuiTE. The peddler! HiMCH (tmtlei, relieved). Back ! back a few paces, and the wood grows darker. Come, come, (music. They exeunt between lit and 2d cutt of B. groovei. WiLLT Jomes, heard tinging off L ) Oh, Willy Jones is a fair-dealing peddler, And he travels from New York lo Texas, With the ladies, men say, he's a meddler, But the g'fls say, he never can vex us ! (entert, t.). This is a wild and lonely spot, but the last location they told me my nearest way to Woodbridge was across the swamp, and by my troth ! we peddlers must not be loo dainty about our roads, as if we were the President himself taking an afternoon ramble. So on, Willy, and— (HiscH .Ao«-. /'I. head v.-) Oh! what was thai? (Hinch «..'», n. WiiLT sings as before, " Oh, Willy Jones," etc.) 1 don I half like this ._ __ 1... ...1 1 .1 _.i.iia..'» o viiniia lie.irt :iiid asturdv hand Lwavei his stick) and with equal odds, they must be cunning to overcome. [Exit B , singiiii/ i" brfoie, voice dying out. Muste. HiNCH. Now, lads! (Stokbb and White follow hwi on b) for our booty! (o/b. JIuiic. Struggle heard, groan Oh'.) Scene changes lo cnvKV ^a- SSnifrinr of Trader's itare, in Zrd grooves. Gas down half-turn. Diteavtr Bsctob sealed up c, polishing liorst-pistol*. Hectob tingi. Oh, Hector was a fine king An' born in Tuscaloose — , Oh, he was up lo eberyting, From a cbickeu to a goose 1 Dar him tint de flint all right. Whar dat powder-horn ! whar dat horn I if dat keep away from me, I shall blow him up ! iss, blow up de powder-horn ! Oh ! dar be is ! deui buUeU too f Yes, I'se all right. Pistils, bullet, powder— («nj».) King Hector him could 'top A bullet wid him head — Ob wool he had a crop Dat would make a fedder-bed I Ha, vah! Now, Ma-ssa Qibh', you am sqnite safe— 8qnil« strong. If urn' lake to de woods two pistils and one niggali dal'll stick loum like mud goo uoi ucau siu>;a Luai anair oi poor Jack Dm And then his strange di.sappearance since that fatal day Bbx. Well, I don't think that strange at all. Di.N. Nol Bbx. No ! I'msure poor Jack's honestheart was e'enamost broke lew pieces at the disgrace be endured ; he couldn't face the woman be loved arlei- the foul dishonor heajied upon him by thai scoundrel Hinch. Hkc. Ah ! but it am all ober wid Massa Hinch now Bkm. True. Great wronj has done much goo'- ^""^ ' ^' ?h« a rP'^.h' *"" T l^'"^ '" "'"■"='' ' «"> ''°P« '° "leel happiness -the graTo-the quiet harbor for the «d and Buffering. I har^ lived ong enough to «« virtue sink beneath the trammels of vice ^^ ^tl n ""^'"' "^'^ "■ » «■■ i"» honest and manly heart, ovfruke^he' offende"'" "'"• """' '"''«■"*'" '"-^^ >-" I'"'" '«> -^!fi. ?:'i'.if?-*!*'^^ Vengeance will come on them,.udden and un- it ii fearful interest tlie debt lie owes Mat. VeogeMceU jkhw i«yo,eoi for broken Uopesand sba^ltered feel- iogi , It can ne'er give the calm repose that outrage has banished from the heart, nor can it erase from nienioiy the iPcoUectioii of deep, of deadly iniuiy. If we cannot forget, we slioulil endeavor to forsive, and leave iiuiiishmeiit to thai power who, in his own good time, will deal out certain jurlgmeiit to the doers of an evil deed ! {cro$ie» R.'> Gibbs. OIi ! May, yours is a forgiving temper. But what punishment ran be too great lor rascals »lio drove au honest and innocent man from heailli mid home, who fixed the hand of disgrace upon one, whose only f.iult wns that he was better loved and better liked than their own vil- iai'xrus lot ? Bes. Ah! never fear, miss, but they'll get their deseiU at last. I wonder how they've escaped so long ; but the devil's cliildien have the devil's luck, they say. But they are sure to be left to their loving father ai last! (thunder aoflly.) Uec. But ony for a short time till he meet um ag'in, in him fambily liiaiisium (poiiiltng) down dar ! {thunder louder. JuinpM.) Bex. Hullo! Look out for squalls— no travelling to-night. A storm I brewing, (lightnmg ready L. U. E.) Mat. A storm ! why, the evening was calm and fine when we set forth, (thunder, louder. Gat down leholy B. and 1. v. E.) Ben. The storms of this climate give very Utile warning— they are here and gone in the imapping of a trigger. But while they deto last, there's danger ill every wind that blows. Hector! step out and close the shutters of the window. (Hector goes up, opem o. iii F. Lightning L. U. E. Thunder, viry loud. Hector clo'ri door. Thunder. Sain.) Hec. (comes doum c). Oh ! massa, l.ini blow liiiii eye out i Ben. What ails you, Hectorl Fiighleued id a flash of lightning. (tooihee htm a. c.) Mat. I'm not sui-prised at Hector's fright. I'm sure I shiver and shake in every limb. Bex. Mr. Gibbs, lead the females lo the back of the house. This pan of the sloie is exjiosed lew the fury of the storm. You'll find it safer there. Rain, Thunder and Lightning, with mutie kept up. Between two forte pat- $agei of latter, Stoker's cry of " Help ! " »• heard h- V- E. What's that ? Mat. a cry for help ! Sto. {at back). Help! help! May. a cry as of one in mortal agony, {.lightning, thunder, rain.) Sto. (»i7(nf)- Help I oli, help ! Mat. Again! some fellow -cieoture is l>eri^htng amidst the war of elements, some one needs as.''i>laiice in his hour of peril. Ben. Indeed! Then siep inlo the next room with your father, while 1 and Hector go oul ai.d see which way the wind blows, {t/oet up. Liglilnmg, thunder, rain. Crath.) Gibbs. Back, back ! {dnge Bek down c.) The old elm, whose branches cover the roof, has been struck by lightning, (poinit to window) See '. it loiters— It falls ! {mutie, I. half of fiat and tit roof fall front to let down large trunk of tret. Sto»«b rum up on the fallen fiai. Help ! help ! ) Enter, L. o. E., Jack Long with rifle, up the fallen flat. Stoker teramblet over trie end to R. front, where he fallt on kneei, with extended kandt. May, Gibbs, BemJ Hector fo-m group l. side. Jack. Coward ! thy doom is fixed, thy time is come 1 {firet ri/lt. I iU JACK roira. Stokfr ritu and fattt dead) Wagli ! Iia, lia I Five I flw ! (mm to t. B. E.) Five, five! fSn(, L. r. b. \^Wiili,«tvifi (gufllike llie wild (leer, he makes towards I il.jltiid in a^feniyil Jip will be auaiii losl tome! Stay, sujk! I <^'* M*l*'^\""/y»fl'«l'rt'»k™jl^ >"" ! (J"*/*'* w^^tf/i GiBDS. M»- child* my chil d . Uek. HeiA mis«, m\m\-' HVf, Vtlll IH Ui^HkliA is the iimtler? Hec. {earr^uia ^TovEVi up a litUe). Oil, massa, massa ! 'tis Jack Long, for see t de dfM man hab been shot froo de eye ! {c/ierd.) QnBB looking ir/ter Mkr. Ben c. Hector half tupportiny Stosbe, dtad. Mat jomg off v. SflBUTT TTr ij;^«iH>wB ^at doieu. Mutic, ttaeeato, hurried. Jittler, quickly L., Jack Loko. Jack. Five, five I Iialf my task is accomplished. They that would foil me, muiit boiiow the cunning of i he fox. Ha, ha, ha!. My eye was on him, and lie shrank beneath its glare ; my voice like the warning t i.tfeied to escape — three whoseeyes beamed with something; like lemort'O a.'< the lash cut deep into my quivering flesh — two more, two more and my vengeance will be satisfied, (loadtrijk) Hnrk, liark ! a bell! ii is my mar- liage peal ! True, I had fo'got ! 'tis my wedding-mcrn ! my bride wails. 1 come, I come, (crottet b.; These (/ooA» at drtit) axe gay garmenl.s fur a bappy bridegroom ! [ttarU) What dark shadow is that? (it«(.<« to c.) it crosses the bright sun-ray, and shuts from my sight the loved one of my heart! 01), 'tis llie serpent's poisonous folds that coil aroui.. in hut flat. Snockt there. Chord.) Jack itarts up and pretentt rifle. Mat opent door. Picture. \ Jack. No, no, not you ! you are not one of the doomed. Mat. Oh, Heaven be praised ! I have found him. What can this mean 'i {coming down, Jack ataret at her) The fixed eve, the vacant gaze, the silent tongue! In mercy spealc to nie ! {pause) What horrid thought is forming in this whirling brain. Da I look upon the wreck of him t love ; has the deep wrong he has suffl-ierl driven nil the noble qiialitiea of mind from their resting-place t O'l. aaony I it is so : the intellect is gone, and I behold naught hut ihe wandering maniac, (l. c.) _ Jack. No, no, not you I you are like the fair beins that visits me in my {pauie) No! {at before, counting) One, two, three, four, five . I JACK LO»e. Mat. My bewt will sarrly break ; my lip* are parched, and I am choking. Waler, water, water! (muiie. Mat faltt at Jack's feet. Jack looks down at her, then gttt waUr-gourd. Mat dnnki, revivts, kneel* at hit feel, buiiU into tears) Oh, do you not know me ! me, Uoy ! your bride ! your love I I would speak to you of Ibe summer days that we've passed together, speak of the manly tow you breathed beneath the spreading branches of the forest oak, when first you told to a willing ear your tale of love! speak of the green home wiiere dwells the gray- haired father, who mourns your lengthened absence ; of the mother whose eye is dim from watching for the son that was the staff and com- fort of her age; and, oh! let the remembrance of tliese hallowed ■cenes call back yoar thoughts to home, to happiness and love, (muoc.) Jack looks tteadUi/ at her ; a sudden gleam of reato» retttms to him, his hand OH his forehead ; is atout to speak, when he repulses her and, in usual torn, speaks. Jack. One, two, three, four, five ! (Mat falls in a faint. Jack lifts her and places Iter K. 4y _/S/«, htr head on hu knee.) Enter, t.. 1 B., Hinch and Wbitb. HmcH. This way, Tlie body's safe enough now, and will tell do tales. No news of Stoner ypt. An icy fear creeps over me and seems to tell me, he has met the doom of all. Hush I Whitb. Hullo ! what now ? - HiscH {at tcmdow in the central set vail). No, no I it cannot be. WaiTE. Cannot be? what cannot be f HtBCB. That he — the cause of all our suffering — Jack Long— ^ White. What mean you 1 HmcH. Is there — there 1 Wbitb. There 1 Jack Long l Ton don't say so f HiMCH. And with him May Gibbs ? White (looks). Now is our lime for vengeance, (ri'/fe up.) HiscH (gently). His rifle hangs upon his ami. Ynu know how certain is his aim, and I fear I cannot reach him without injuring the girl. He ■hall die ! I have suffered enough for him, ami now — (raises rijie) but hold! I should like first to get the girl within my power, and then, proud beauty, the broad prairie of the red lands sliiill be the bridal borne of Hinch and his bonny bride. Let me see, how is it to be done » White. I'll do it ! I can softly climb the tree that hangs acr<)s.s ihe roof, and when there, Uke a sure aim at him without injuriLg llie gal. So, away, and the report of my rifle will be your signal to rush in and secure the girl. Will that plan do ? Hinch. Excellent ! Ha, ha, ba ! Now, Jack, 'tis once more my turn to triamph ! but gently, gently, (mtuie.) Goes along set hut wall and up on rocks, R. C. B.,ki a» to he seen over the hut roof. White exits l. 1 B., to re-enter, j,. v. s.,on tree. Jack resiuci- tates Mat, half sandy. Mat (revived). Heaven direct me in the course 1 must pursue. I will not leave him here— no, no ! I will, if possible, prevail upon him to accompany me to the settlement and then— (mwic. White on tree lakes aim. Sees Whitk) Oh I Jack raises his rifle and fires through windaw. Whitb fails on branch, which breaks and falls forward. White slides, dead, front, upon it. Moon- light on him. Jack. Six t but one, but one 1 B. in 2 a. set opens roughly. Enter HiVCH there. Hihch. Ah! (HiECH sees Jack standing and reloading , reeegnizei him, turne, drops his rifle, rushes out. Mat throws herself between and wrestles «x'(A Jack.) Jack. The last, the last ! EeTenge, revenge 1 (Hibcb goes up rocks b. D. E. wildly.) Mat. Jack, Jack 1 for the love of Heaven, no more bloodshed. Pily I mercy I *HiircR. •JJjjiiE. (flead.) SeVmV^Ji^Wood. G■ ""' ""y ' Enter, B., quickly, Gibbs, Be», Hector, and Settlebi. GiBBS. Mv child ! Mat. My father ! Enter, Settlers' Wives, and Ai.h form picture, B. and h. Be». And Jack Long too 1 You've given us a rip-snorting chase. Miss May. What do I see? That rascal Hinch ! The shot in the eye ! Jimaneddv. Jack ! you've robbed the gallows of its due. {poinit to HiNCH.)*' Mat. What do you mean? Gibbs. It ineai;», my chili, that we have certain evidence to prove the self-styled Regulators were a notorious band of lawless law-breakers, pau-sing not even ai iimnler. But now the body of a poor peddler was fiiiinil, murdei'pil in tie I iisli. iiiiil by it a rifle bearirg the name and maik of Sioiier. The Leei>l!iiiuo will no doubt thank and reward iioor Long when they hear of liis ridding Te.\.is of such pests. May (laiies Jack). My poor. )ioor Long, you have indeed suffjred. Jack (r«if«). All, wlint voic- it that? wl.eie am 11 have I been dreiiniing? (»f« Hinch) Dead, dead! alas, my brain — oh, in mercy, tell ine — some die.i(":ful recolleclioiis seem lingering in my wandering llioiiglils. {looks around at All) Friends' faces are aound me, that bring back thoughts that for months have wandered. Misery made me mad ; for months past, all memory has left me. Gibbs. Come with us. Time and kindness will soon heal the wound that misery has inflicted. May. Long, drar Lon.<», do you not know me 1 Jack. Ah! that voice! those gentle lone.s — they bring me hack lo the time when she, my bride, was clasped to my heari in innocence and joy I JACK I.OXG. JiCK LOXO. —and DOW— (iNTsd into «*.) Ah ! 'tis she ! 'lis *he ! (iVi a trtouport) May, Mayl May. He knows me — memory raturns ! Jack. Alas ! I cannot clasp ibee now ! my hands are red with crime ! I cannot now claim lliee as Mat. Thy wife ! my love ! my husband ! Jack (^embraees May). My own, my treasured one! But oh ! father, I fear I have done a deed ^ QiBBB. Ye.s ; when all guide and guard had left you! and when mad- nes.s raged. But He who has !.enl affliction, will look with mercy on ilie deed done in your senses' darkness. Tha reward of our Stale also awaits you. Jack. The night of darkness has passed, and tho daybreaks! With dense comes sorrow I I am a blood-bespattered man ! and I look but liopeless ! May. The deed will justify the means, and Heaven and man Jack. I hope, will ]>ai'doi> Jack Lon