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Miss Todd's Vampire 
 
 A Comedy in One Act 
 
 By 
 
 SALLY SHUTE 
 
 Author of ''Theodore, Jr.,'* etc. 
 
 NOTE 
 
 The professional rights in this play are strictly reserved and 
 application for the right to produce it should be made to the 
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 appears on all programmes and advertising issued in connection 
 with such performances. 
 
 BOSTON 
 
 WALTER H. BAKER & CO. 
 1920 
 

 Miss Todd's Vampire 
 
 CHARACTERS 
 
 Mrs. Winn. 
 Miss Todd. 
 Sue Makely. 
 Enid Slater. 
 Dan Morehouse. 
 
 Copyright, 1919, by Walter H. Baker & Co. 
 
 DEC 22 1919 
 
Miss Todd's Vampire 
 
 SCENE. — A sitting-room in Miss Todd's house. There 
 ' 'is a door c, leading in to a hall; a windozu in left wall, 
 a fireplace in right wall with a mirror above. A sofa 
 dozvn R. front, an easy chair at l. Small table at r. 
 zviih a work-basket on it. Another small table for tele- 
 phone. Other chairs, a bookcase, pictures and any- 
 thing suitable to complete scene. 
 
 (Miss Todd is seated on the sofa knitting. She is a 
 tall zuo man, zvell but not stylishly dressed. Rather 
 quick in her speech. Mrs. Winn, her sister, short 
 and plump, is dressed in outdoor dress. She speaks 
 with a slight drazvl and is very deliberate in her 
 movements. She is seated when the curtain rises, 
 but stands as she speaks.) 
 
 Mrs. Winn. You don't know how I've enjoyed your 
 supper, Abby. It's such a change fer me to set at other 
 folks' tables. I do hope ter goodness Sarah looked after 
 my boarders. 'Tain't often I leave 'em. 
 
 Miss Todd. I guess It won't hurt 'em to kinder shift 
 fer theirselves onct in a while. They'll think all the more 
 of yer if you ain't a-runnin' round waitin' on 'em con- 
 tinual. 
 
 Mrs. Winn. I hate to- eat an' run, Abby, but you 
 know how 'tis with men- folks. Mr. Winn, he does 
 abominate gittin' in right in the middle of a picture. The 
 theatre is so dark, too, you can't see an inch afore yer 
 nose. The other night I caught my coat button in Eben 
 Stanley's too-pay an' lifted it right offen his head. Mis* 
 
 3 
 
4 Miss TODD*S VAMPlRfi 
 
 Stanley, she ain't spoke to me sense. I think some one 
 orter complain. Well, I must be goin'. Too bad you 
 gotter miss this show. Mr. Winn heard it was swell. 
 Shiela Parer's great. They ain't nobody can beat her in 
 the Vamp line. I didn't sleep a wink after I see her last 
 time. I do wish you'd go with us. 
 
 Miss Todd. Sm'ther time I'd be delighted; but I 
 kinder feel it in my bones Sue'll be a-needin' of me to- 
 night. 
 
 Mrs. Winn. I wouldn't miss one fur anythin'. I'm 
 awful sorry you can't go, Abby. 
 
 Miss Todd. So'm I, Cad; it sounds awful interestin', 
 but you see how it is, don't yer? All the boarders is 
 a-goin' out an' I don't feel like havin' Sue here all alone 
 to entertain this young man. 'Twill look more respect- 
 able like to have an older woman round. Men appreci- 
 ates them things. She seems as near ter me as if she was 
 my own flesh an' blood, and she bein' a orphen, kinder 
 clings ter me; she always tells me little things as happens 
 in the shop; and comes ter me fer advice, an' shows me 
 her clothes an' hats an' things. I don't know what I'd do 
 ef Sue went away ; why, she's the life of the house. 
 
 Mrs. Winn (who has seated herself during Miss 
 Todd's speech). Well, Abby Todd, ef I ain't a-settin' 
 down agin. Winn, he says, I remind him of a person 
 a-drownin'. I always rises three times afore I departs 
 final. Winn's a great joker, Winn is. 
 
 (Both ladies enjoy this joke.) 
 
 Miss Todd. Say, Cad, keep yer sittin' jest a minute, 
 will yer? I don't feel as- though I oughter tell yer this, 
 but somehow it seems kinder mean not to, seein' as he's 
 your boarder. 
 
 Mrs. Winn (surprised). For the Ian' sakes, Abby 
 Todd, ef you gut anythin' ter tell me, be quick erbout it. 
 What's one of my young men ben an' done now? 
 
 Miss Todd. Don't git so excited. Cad; 'tain't nothin' 
 very bad; but who do yer suppose is waitin' on Sue 
 Makely? 
 
 Mrs. Winn. One of my boarders? 
 
MISS TODD S VAMPIRE 5 
 
 Miss Todd. Yes, but which? 
 
 Mrs. Winn. Fred Somes, that's in the drug store; 
 he's a great feller fer takin' the girls round. 
 
 Miss Todd. No, Cad, it's your star boarder. He is 
 a-takin' of her to the theatre this evenin'. 
 
 Mrs. Winn. What! Not Dan Morehouse? 
 
 Miss Todd. Yes, Dan Morehouse. 
 
 Mrs. Winn (indignant). Well, ef Daniel Morehouse 
 is a-comin' after your Sue, you needn't stay home ter 
 chaperon. Mr. Morehouse is a gentleman ef ever there 
 *was one. 
 
 Miss Todd. Now don't yer git ter feelin' I don't 
 trust that young man. Cad; but I beheve a girl is lots 
 more thought of if she has a sorter background, an' 
 more'n likely she'll need me to hook up her dress. Oh, 
 by the way. Cad, I do wish you'd stay an' see her new 
 gownd. 
 
 Mrs. Winn. Winn'll kill me, but I do like to see 
 pretty new clothes. Do you suppose she's most ready ? 
 
 Miss Todd. Wait a minute an' I'll holler up an' see. 
 (She steps into the hall and calls.) Sue, oh, Sue! 
 
 Sue (outside). What is it. Miss Todd? 
 
 Miss Todd. Are you dressed yet? If you are, come 
 down an' let Mis' Winn see yer new gownd. 
 
 Sue. All right ; I'll be right there in a minute. 
 
 Miss Todd (coming into room). She'll be down in a 
 minute. 
 
 Mrs. Winn. There, I told yer I'd have ter set again. 
 (Sits.) I do hope her minutes ain't like some folks'. 
 That Enid Slater, fer instance; always late ter every 
 meal. My ! wa'n't I glad when her an' her mother left. 
 I sez to Winn, I sez, " No more, no more women folks for 
 me. I can't abide lady boarders." 
 
 Miss Todd. Well, I can't say as I like the general 
 run, but my bein' a single lady, of course, it wouldn't do 
 for me to bar the gentler sex. Where do the Slaters live 
 now? 
 
 Mrs. Winn. In Boston. Enid's in one of them 
 Beauty Parlors. You oughter see the paint she puts on, 
 Fer the life of me, I can't see what her mother's thinkin' 
 
6 MISS todd's vampire 
 
 erbout. If she was a daughter of mine, I'd be ashamed 
 to own to it. 
 
 Sue (a pretty young girl, dressed most becomingly for 
 the theatre,' comes in; she has a bright, joyous manner). 
 Oh, I thought you were going to the pictures, Mrs. Winn. 
 
 Mrs. Winn. -I am a-goin' ef I ever gits started, but I 
 hate ter eat an' run, as I tells Cad. 
 
 Sue. Didn't we have a good supper? 
 
 Miss Todd {play f idly). Now, Sue, as if we didn't 
 always have good vittles. 
 
 Mrs. Winn. Turn round an' let's see yer dress. 
 (Sue shows off the gown, with innocent pride.) My, 
 ain't it swell? Where yer buy it. Sue? Shoon's an' 
 Hines ? 
 
 Miss Todd. I guess not; she bought it at Hattery's. 
 'Twas one of them sampler dresses. She gut it at a bar- 
 gin, didn't yer. Sue ? 
 
 Mrs. Winn. You must have paid twenty-five dollars 
 for that ef yer paid a cent. {Fingering the goods.) 
 
 Sue. Shall I tell her. Miss Todd? 
 
 Miss Todd (nods). Sure. 
 
 Sue, I paid just nineteen dollars and seventy-nine 
 cents. 
 
 Mrs. Winn. Well, whatcher know erbout that! 
 (Clock strikes.) Good Ian'! I'll ketch it. Thanks fer 
 invitin' me ter supper. (Outside in hall, she calls back.) 
 Good-bye. 
 
 Miss Todd and Sue. Good-bye. 
 
 Miss Todd (has been looking at Sue carefully). Sue, 
 you ain't fixed them hooks on the shoulder right.. 
 
 Sue. Oh, I meant to ask you to fasten them for me. 
 They are very refractory. (Miss Todd fastens hooks and 
 Sue gives her a grateful squeeze.) What would I do 
 without you, you old dear. 
 
 Miss Todd. It seems to me as if you needed a bit of 
 color. A artificial flower or ribbon or somethin'. 
 
 (Sue dances up to mirror, while Miss Todd gets bunch 
 of flowers from drawer in table. ) 
 
 Sue (takes them, and tries them on in different places 
 
MISS TODD S VAMPIRE ") 
 
 about her dress). Do they look best here, Miss Todd, or 
 here, or here? (She runs to mirror again.) 
 
 Miss Todd. Sue, I do beHeve your petticoat hangs. 
 Yes, I'll git a needle an' thread. 
 
 {She goes to work-basket.) 
 
 Sue. Oh, don't bother to sew it. Take a pin. 
 
 Miss Todd. Sue Makely, now don't you be a-gittin' 
 shiftless. You jest stan' right still an' 'twon't take a 
 minute. (Miss Todd sits on sofa and Sue stands in 
 front of her facing the audience. Sue pays no attention 
 to Miss Todd's story. She is afraid that Dan will catch 
 them.) Did I ever tell yer how Mandy Smith lost her 
 beau ? 
 
 Sue. Have you got it most done ? 
 
 Miss Todd. Well, 'twas this way. Stand a little more 
 over to thd right, Sue. No, to the right. Ephrim White, 
 you've heard me speak of him ? 
 
 Sue. How much more is there to do? {Looks at 
 work Miss Todd is doing.) Goodness, Dan will be here 
 before you get it finished ! 
 
 Miss Todd. That hall clock is fast. Well, to con- 
 tinue, Eph White he was courtin' an' they was as good as 
 engaged, when Flora Bean come ter live with Eph's aunt. 
 Flora, she reminded me of Enid Slater somehow. She 
 was the beatenist fer gittin' other girls' beaux away 
 
 Sue {interrupting) . Enid has always been nice to me, 
 Miss Todd. 
 
 Miss Todd. Well, you never had a beau for her to git 
 away, did yer? There, it's all done. {She bites off 
 thread.) Now stan' off an' let's have a look at yer. 
 {Door-bell rings.) You look jest lovely. Sue. I wonder 
 if Sarah is a-goin' to answer that door. {Listens.) 
 Yes, there she goes. I do hate to keep folks waitin'. 
 
 {They wait expectantly.) 
 
 (Enid Slater rushes in — a tall, dark girl, very attract- 
 ive, dressed in the extreme of fashion; her cheeks 
 are noticeably rouged and her hair elaborately 
 dressed under a very daring hat.) 
 
8 MISS TODD S VAMPIRE 
 
 Enid. Hullo, Sue! {She embraces her.) 
 
 Sue. Why, Enid, I didn't know you were in town. 
 
 {She goes l.) 
 
 Enid (throzving back coat, sits on the sofa). I'm only 
 here for a few days. Well, how are you, Sue? Any- 
 thing doing in this little old burg? 
 
 Miss Todd {feeling ignored). How do you do. Miss 
 Slater? (Miss Todd is up back.) 
 
 Enid. Oh, how do? 
 
 Miss Todd. Sue, I'm a-goin' up-stairs ; want I should 
 bring down your hat and coat? 
 
 Sue. Thank you. 
 
 (Miss Todd goes out.) 
 
 Enid. You going out. Sue? 
 
 Sue.. Yes. 
 
 Enid. What, in that rig? 
 
 Sue. Don't you like it, Enid? 
 
 Enid. Have you paid for it? If you haven't, I would 
 advise you to send it back. 
 
 Sue, What don't you like about it? 
 
 Enid. I don't like anything about it. In the first 
 place the color isn't becoming; then the neck isn't right 
 for you. Perhaps it's because your hair isn't done well. 
 I don't know as I can tell you just where the trouble is, 
 but you look queer somehow. I could fix your hair, but 
 the gown is simply impossible. Sue. 
 
 {Telephone bells rings. Miss Todd enters with Sue's 
 coat and hat. She goes to 'phone.) 
 
 Miss Todd. Hullo Miss Makely ? Yes, 
 
 she's right here. Somebody for you. Sue. 
 
 Sue {at 'phone). Hullo Oh, Dan, I'm so sorry 
 
 Dangerously? That's good All right. 
 
 Seven -thirty, at Dupont's Drug Store Yes, I can 
 
 take that. Seven-twenty from the waiting station at the 
 
 foot of the street No, I don't mind in the least. All 
 
 right, good-bye. 
 
MISS TODD S VAMPIRE 9 
 
 (Miss Todd is anxious during this telephone speech, 
 and Enid is very much interested. ) 
 
 Miss Todd. Anybody sick, Sue? Ain't yer a-goin'? 
 
 Sue. Dan says that his boss has been taken ill and 
 sent for him about some business deal. He wants Dan 
 to see to it, or something. So I'm to meet Dan at the 
 drug store, as he won't have time to come out here after 
 me. 
 
 Enid. Sue, you don't mean to say that a man has 
 asked you to meet him in a drug store, just like a common 
 kitchen maid. My friends always come for me in a taxi 
 when we go to a theatre. Why, if a man didn't have any 
 more respect for me than 
 
 Miss Todd (interrupting). Mr. Dan Morehouse 
 boards with my sister. Miss Enid Slater, an' I'll have you 
 know he's a gentleman, an' what's more, folks can be 
 common if they ain't kitchen maids. I mean I seen lots 
 of maids that wasn't common an' lots of other folks that 
 was. 
 
 Enid. Aren't you a bit ambiguous, Miss Todd? 
 
 Miss Todd. I may be amphibious, but I guess I can 
 give Sue all the advice she needs. 
 
 Sue. It's all right. Miss Todd; I am going to meet 
 Dan at the drug store. 
 
 (She takes up her coat and Miss Todd helps her into it.) 
 
 Miss Todd (door-bell rings; Miss Todd goes out, say- 
 ing). Don't miss yer car, Sue. 
 
 Enid (a slight pause). Sue, dear, come over here a 
 minute. (Sue goes to Enid, who draws her down on the 
 sofa beside her. ) How long have you known Dan More- 
 house ? 
 
 Sue. Ever since before Christmas. 
 
 Enid. That's after I got my job in Boston, isn't it? 
 How did you meet him. Sue? Who introduced you? 
 
 Sue. We were never really introduced; he used to 
 come into the shop often about Christmas time, and I had 
 always heard about him from Mrs. Winn, she's Miss 
 Todd's sister, and he had heard about me from Miss 
 
10 MISS TODD S VAMPIRE 
 
 Todd, SO we felt acquainted and somehow he — why — we 
 just drifted into a friendship. 
 
 Enid. Sue, darling, I'm younger than you, but being 
 so attractive- to men, Tve had more experience. I'm go- 
 ing to give you a bit of advice. You won't take offense, 
 will you, dearie? You know I am only doing this for 
 your sake and because I love you. 
 
 Sue (unmoved). What advice do I need, Enid ? You 
 would better save it until another time. I am going to 
 take this car. 
 
 Enid. You are really going to accept the attentions of 
 a man to whom you have never been properly introduced. 
 Sue Makely, have you ever stopped to think what his 
 opinion of you will be ? Don't you know that a girl who 
 is boarding has to be twice as careful as one in her own 
 home? (Sue rises and walks away.) Sue, dear, listen 
 to me; you are cheapening yourself terribly. 
 
 Sue. Don't be tragic, Enid. I am not a child, at least 
 give me the benefit of a little discretion. Mr. Morehouse 
 is a gentleman. It's only because his employer is ill and 
 needs him that he isn't coming to the house. 
 
 (She puts on her hat.) 
 
 Enid (zvho is desperate). Sue, you must listen to me. 
 It's not you I care about. I've lied and lied. It's Dan. 
 If Dan Morehouse doesn't forgive me and take me back 
 I'll die. I'll kill myself. 
 
 Sue. Dan, take you back ? What do you mean, Enid ? 
 
 Enid. Oh, Sue, didn't you know we were engaged to 
 be married? 
 
 Sue. Engaged to be married! 
 
 Enid. It was w^hen you were on your vacation, and I 
 like a silly fool flirted with Fred Somes, at least that is 
 what Dan thought. I was really scarcely decent to Fred, 
 but you have no idea how horribly jealous Dan is. Such 
 a scene! It makes me sick to think of it. I thought I 
 could never forgive Dan, but, oh. Sue, I've just got to 
 have a chance to explain. Poor Dan, I suppose that's 
 why he is so kind to you, my most intimate friend, think- 
 ing that perhaps you might help fix things up between us. 
 
MISS TODD S VAMPIRE II 
 
 Sue. You are flattering, Enid. When did all this 
 happen ? 
 
 Enid. Just before Christmas time. When he began 
 to take notice of you. Sue, won't you help me? 
 
 Sue. But I don't understand. I don't see how my not 
 going to the theatre with a man who doesn't care for me 
 is going to help you. 
 
 Enid. Let me go in your place, Sue, darling. You 
 telephone Dan at Dupont's that you have sprained your 
 ankle or that you've a splitting headache or tell him any- 
 thing so long as you don't go. Do this for me, Sue. I 
 will be there when he comes out of the telephone booth, 
 and don't be afraid ; I will find some way to convince him 
 that I am ready to take him back. You will be the means 
 of making two miserable people happy. I'll never ask 
 you to do another thing for me as long as I live. 
 
 {She sobs.) 
 
 Sue (convinced of Enid's sincerity slowly takes off her 
 hat and coat). If you hurry, Enid, you will catch the 
 seven-twenty car. 
 
 Enid (recovering quickly, rushes to Sue and kisses 
 her) . Oh, you darling Sue ! 
 
 (Sue, in removing her coat, drops the little bunch of 
 flowers. Enid stoops and picking them up, puts 
 them in her coat, as she goes out. SvE'sinks on the 
 couch with a little moan; the outer door is heard to 
 close. A slight pause and Aliss Todd conies in.) 
 
 Miss Todd. Why, Sue Makely, I thought I heard you 
 go out. Why, Sue, what's the matter? I bet it's that 
 Vampire's doin's. What is it, child? 
 
 Sue (putting her arms around Miss Todd and her 
 head on Miss Todd's shoidder). Don't ask me now, 
 please. (Then getting braver.) Vm going up-stairs, 
 and — and. Miss Todd, in about fifteen minutes will you 
 ring up Dupont's and tell Dan — Mr. Morehouse — that I 
 won't be able to keep my appointment; that I have a 
 blinding headache. 
 
12 MISS TODD S VAMPIRE 
 
 Miss Todd. All right, dear, I'll telephome. (She 
 kisses Sue, and Sue goes out. She waits until she hears 
 Sue's door close and then goes quickly to the 'phone, 
 
 which rings -as she is about to use it.) Hello Well, 
 
 ain't that funny? I was jest a-goin' to call you up 
 
 What's that? He'll be right here in a lemmonzeene 
 
 Yes, I understand. Sue isn't to take the car 
 
 Yes, I'll tell her. Thank the Lord that hall clock was 
 
 fast, or that Vampire Good-bye. (Sue enters. 
 
 She looks woebegone.) Why, Sue, I didn't hear you 
 come in. 
 
 Sue. I just couldn't stay up there all alone. 
 
 Miss Todd. You poor little soul. There, curl right 
 up on the sofa. 
 
 Sue. Miss Todd, do you believe one girl would delib- 
 erately tell a malicious lie to another, just to hurt, without 
 anything to gain by it? 
 
 Miss Todd. Scores of 'em. Didn't I tell yer about 
 Flora Bean? 
 
 Sue. But how is a girl to find out whether it is a lie 
 or not? (Door-bell.) 
 
 Miss Todd. I'll answer that myself. I let Sarah go 
 out jest now. (Sue starts to get up from sofa, where 
 she has been lying.) Don't yer move, honey; if it's any 
 one that's a-comin' in, I'll cough, and you can run afore 
 they gits in here. 
 
 Sue. All right. 
 
 (A pause, then Dan Morehouse, a young, well-built, 
 healthy, honest type of man, coughs as he is about to 
 enter the door which Miss Todd left open. Sue, 
 thinking it is a signal, hurrying to get away, runs 
 right into Dan's arms.) 
 
 Dan. Hello, Sue! By George, what a beauty dress. 
 New, isn't it? (Sue has drawn azvay quickly and is 
 seated on the sofa.) Stand up, Sue, and let's look at you. 
 Got your hair done differently, too. My, but you're some 
 swell ! ( Sue remains on sofa. ) Well, what did you 
 think when you got my message? 
 
 Sue. What message? 
 
MISS todd's vampire 13 
 
 Dan. Didn't Fred Somes telephone for you not to 
 take the car ? That I was coming out for you ? 
 
 Sue, No. 
 
 Dan. So you didn't know we were going in a limou- 
 sine. Some class to us. 
 
 Sue. a limousine? Whose? 
 
 Dan. My boss's. Just think, sick as he was, he re- 
 membered that I was going to take you to the theatre. 
 I guess I got sort of fidgety and he said: " Don't worry, 
 Dan, you'll have time enough. I'm going to let you take 
 your little Arts and Crafts girl in my limerousine." He's 
 mighty fond of you, Sue; calls you the Arts and Crafts 
 * Girl ; the girls he doesn't like he calls the Artfuls and 
 Crafties. Likes his little jokes, the old man does. 
 
 Sue (calmly). Yes? 
 
 Dan (beginning to notice Sue's manner, he takes a box 
 of candy out of his coat pocket). Here's a little candy 
 I bought for Miss Todd. (As he takes out the box a 
 bunch of artificial flowers drops from his pocket on the 
 floor.) Get your coat on, Sue, and we can take a little 
 spin before the theatre. (Sue is looking at the flowers. 
 Dan's gaze follows hers.) Oh, I picked them tip on the 
 steps. Are they yours? 
 
 Sue (quietly, watching Dan). Enid Slater must have 
 dropped them. 
 
 Dan. Enid Slater ? I thought I saw her in the wait- 
 ing station just now, but I was sure I must have been 
 mistaken. Is she boarding here? 
 
 Sue. No, she came to see me. 
 
 Dan. What did she come to see you for? 
 
 Sue. To get me to ask you to renew the engagement. 
 
 Dan. Engagement — what engagement ? 
 
 Sue. Marriage, of course. 
 
 Dan. So that's her little game ! Sue, I'm going to tell 
 you quite a story. Please listen, dear, and then judge me. 
 
 Sue. I am listening, Dan. 
 
 Dan. You didn't know that Enid Slater was once en- 
 gaged to Fred Somes? 
 
 Sue. To Fred Somes? Why, she said 
 
 Dan. Just a minute, dear. They were going to be 
 
14 MISS TODD S VAMPIRE 
 
 married before Fred sailed for France. It was to be 
 kept very quiet because Fred was afraid his grandfather 
 would not approve. You know the old man is wealthy 
 and Fred is to be his heir. 
 
 Sue. No, I didn't know; but go on. 
 
 Dan. I was to act as best man, see to the license and 
 all that. Well, to make a long story short, one day when 
 I was alone in the office with a drummer, he jumped up 
 quick right in the midst of a yarn and went to the win- 
 dow. " By ," said he, " how long have the Ritz 
 
 women been in this town ? " I looked out over his 
 shoulder and said : " Ritz women, man ; that is Enid 
 Slater and her mother." " Enid nothing," said Bigler, 
 the drummer; " if that isn't Emmer Ritz and her pal, Ell 
 eat my hat. Why, boy, that pair are notorious crooks." 
 Then I told him about Fred and that he was to be mar- 
 ried in two or three days. " Something ought to be done 
 right away. We'll have to trap them," said he. " And it 
 won't be a snap, either." 
 
 Sue. Why didn't you go right to Fred and tell him? 
 You are such friends. 
 
 Dan. Would I believe him if he said anything against 
 you ? Not much ! It was up to me to furnish proof, and 
 I tell you I felt sick. This Bigler's word was all I had. 
 I said, " You are sure that this is Emma Ritz ? " 
 " Sure ? " said he. " Dan, I was trimmed the prettiest by 
 that girl three years ago — two big diamonds and a wad of 
 bills." 
 
 (At the beginning of this speech Sue shows that she 
 is ashamed for ever doubting Dan.) 
 
 Sue. Why didn't he have her arrested ? 
 
 (She from this time on shows that she is in sympathy 
 with Dan.) 
 
 Dan. That's what I asked him, and he said that he 
 didn't want his friends to know what an ass he had made 
 of himself. Well, finally we hit upon a plan. I was to 
 get Fred, on the pretense of talking over the approaching 
 marriage, into the back parlor of the boarding house. 
 
MISS todd's vampire '5 
 
 Sue I should think he would have been suspicious. 
 Didn't he think it was strange, your not going to his 
 room instead of the parlor? u^a W,^ m 
 
 Dan. We thought of that, so I just pulled him m 
 there after supper as we were going through the hall, i 
 had asked Mrs. Winn to tell Enid that I wanted to see her 
 in the front parlor on important business, and 1 askea 
 Mrs wC to see that we were not disturbed by the other 
 boardrrs Well, I was talking to Fred trying to make 
 Wm be ieveriiat there was some difficulty about getting a 
 1 cense when I heard Enid go into the front room; I had 
 smugg ed Bigler in there while the rest were in to supper 
 » Mv heart stSod still. Emd gave a httle cry of sur,^^e 
 and Bigler sailed right in. I heard him say, HuUo Lm 
 what a?e you doing here ? " Then she said some tog, but 
 so low we couldn't hear her. " Oh ca„ that straff ^ e 
 Slid • " vou trimmed me pretty slick, didn t you i t^ot my 
 soariders right in your ears now. Come, 'f ess up, gul, 
 Fve had v"u trailed for the last three years, and my de- 
 tectives only spotted you yesterday. 
 
 sJe Why, did Fred let him talk to her like that? 
 Dan He started to stop him, but I convinced him 
 that it would be better to let Enid prove the fellow a liar 
 or we might always doubt her. B.gler went on Don t 
 bok so scared, gii'l ; you give me back the sparklers and 
 nromise to fork over four thousand dollars when old Du 
 P- leaves his property , to your F.ddy ^ .id ^I^ won t 
 
 VeTyZ; she^^rted to leave the room, evidently, for he 
 
 S'"Not so fast, young lady; I want this in wntng^ 
 
 Then after a little pause B.gler coughed That wa^ ^^ 
 
 d,^nnl SO I threw open the double doors. Enid maae a 
 
 this." , ^ , 1 t, 
 
 Sue. What did Fred do? 
 
i6 MISS todd's vampire 
 
 Dan. I'll tell you that on the way ; we must hurry or 
 we'll be late. 
 
 Sue {goes to the telephone). Give me 4986R, please. 
 
 Yes, the waiting station Hullo Is Miss Slater 
 
 there ? Thank you. Hand me my coat, please, Dan. 
 
 Dan. Hope she'll hurry. 
 
 {He puts Sue's coat on his arm.) 
 
 Sue. Hullo, Enid Yes, I know our clock was 
 
 fast I just rang you up to tell you I've changed my 
 
 mind. I'm going to the theatre with Dan Yes, in 
 
 a limousine 
 
 Dan. Tell her I'm here. 
 
 Sue. He's here. 
 
 Dan. And that I've got a raise. 
 
 Sue. He's had a raise. 
 
 Dan. And we're engaged to be married. (Sue hesi- 
 tates.) Say it. Sue. 
 
 Sue. And we're engaged to be married. 
 
 (Dan rushes toward Sue as the curtain goes down.) 
 
 {For second, curtain: Only Miss Todd is on the stage. 
 She stands at the window peering through her 
 cupped hands, out into the street. A horn sounds 
 outside. ) 
 
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