Class Book. CUi \t\ (bpigtitW. & COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. New Dialogues and Plays FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, AGES TEN TO FIFTEEN ADAPTED FROM THE POPULAR WORKS OF WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS BY BINNEY GUNNISON Instructor in the School of Expression, Boston ; formerly Instructor in Elocution in Worcester Academy, and in Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute ? HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE, Publishers 31-33-35 West 15TH Street, New York City COPYRIGHT, I9OO, BY HINDS AND NOBLE COPYRIGHT, I905, BY HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE ■ Y of CONGRESS fwo Copies Koceivea APR 17 1905 Sopyngiu envy GUiSS 4 AXC. Mot COPY 8/ PREFACE A collection of Dialogues for the intermediate grades of the public school should of necessity be so prepared as to give the pupil as well as the teacher sufficient direction and suggestion to enable him to get into the spirit of the play. In the preparation of this book that end has been kept in view. 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New York City TABLE OF CONTENTS HUMOROUS. PAGB The Schoolmaster W. T. Adams I A Confession of Love IO Not Quite John Poole 17 Captain Kempthorn H. W. Longfellow - - - 26 The Restless Youth 34 Testing the Suitors 43 The Emperor and the Deserter 49 Mike Gets a Job 55 The Stupid Lover 58 Our Daughter - 65 His Own Pills 70 Louis XI V. and his Minister - - A. Conan Doyle - - - . 75 The Challenge Richard Brindsley Sheridan 83 vSKRIOUS. The Homeless Old Man - - - - Hall Caine - - The Witch of Vesuvius - - - Bulwer Lytton - His Enemy's Honor Cleopatra and the Messenger - The Bishop's Silver Candlesticks The Peasant Boy's Vindication - The Baron and the Jew - - - • Shakespeare Victor Htigo Dimond Walter Scott 98 107 112 121 127 130 135 In Love with his Wife 139 Christian Forgiveness 145 A Wife and a Home 151 Aurelian and Zenobia William Ware 161 THE SCHOOLMASTER. CHARACTERS. Timothy Tullyhorn, Dr. Pellet, members of the School Com- mittee. Samuel Simpson, (alias Winthrop Getchell Peabody), schoolmaster. Situation. — This scene takes place in an ordinary room or parlor, fitted with chairs, tables, pe?is, paper and ink. The furniture should be arranged for a hearing of candidates, Dr. Pellet on one side of room by a table, Tullyhorn near centre, and the schoolmaster on the other side. Simpson should come in opposite Dr. Pellet. Enter Samuel Simpson, a well-dressed young man, with cane and carpet-bag. Simpson. — Well, here I am ! No more college studies for three months. Old Dartmouth left behind for the season, and a fine prospect of a pleasant winter teaching school in this village, and boarding, I suppose, at old Tully- horn' s, my father's friend ; curious old fellow, rough, but likes a good joke ; is " well-off," as they say here, and has a daughter who will divide my attention with the school. On the whole an agreeable prospect for the winter. Only I should have been here two days ago to have met the com- mittee, and now it's Saturday. A joke, if my sore throat has cost me the school! But what's this? (Sees a written l 2 THE SCHOOLMASTER. notice on the door and reads it aloud.) " The school com- mittee will meet in this room on Saturday afternoon at three o'clock to examine candidates for teaching the school in District No. 5." Well, well, {Consults his watch.) here it is half-past two and more, and they are to meet in this old tavern-parlor. {Meditates.) Don't understand it ! — Yes, I do; old "Tully" is afraid I won't come, and this notice is to catch somebody else. I'll play a joke on him. {Looks out of the window), and pretty quick, too, for I see him coming. {He goes out.) Enter Tullyhorn and Pellet, both in an anxious state of mind, and sit down by the table. Tullyhorn. — Singular ! I say, doctor, never knew the young man to fail before ; always prompt, like his father ; he has made many an appointment to come to my house and never was behind an hour. It's strange ! and school must begin on Monday. ( Walks about.) Pellet. — Some one may turn up by three o'clock, and if so, we'll examine him, and may be find a teacher just as good as this Sim Sampson. Tullyhorn. — Samuel Simpson. Pellet. — Well, Sam Simpson, then ; whatever his name is don't matter, unless he puts in an appearance. ( Glances out of the window.) But there's a queer-looking man coming into the yard; perhaps — but it can't be ! Well, I wish Enter Samuel Simpson, disguised in a slouch hat, long loose overcoat, large overshoes, and with an old faded um- brella. He walks up and down in a very awkward manner, and looks about with staring eyes. Tullyhorn {aside to Pellet). — What do you make of him, doctor? THE SCHOOLMASTER. 3 Pellet, — A candidate, I guess. Tullyhorn. — But he won't do. Just look at him ! But I say, doctor, we'll have some lun out of him, if we can keep our faces straight. (He speaks loudly to Simpson.) — Good day, sir. Simpson {turns quick about and seizes Tullyhorn s hand) . — Good day, yourself, too ! And I ain't well neither; bad cold, sore throat, headache, and sick ! bother it ! Pellet. — Be seated, sir. {Offers a chair.) Take a chair. Simpson. — No, thank you; they allers larn folks down our way to stan' urj afore their betters. Be you the school committee men? Pellet. — Yes, sir ; we have that honor. Simpson. — Honor, do you call it? I guess as how I remember the old copy-book, " Honor and fame from low perdition rise." D'ye 'member it, I say — you ! {Punches Tullyhorn in the ribs with his umbrella.) Tullyhorn {sharply) . — Your umbrella is as much out of place as your quotation. We are members of the school committee. Simpson. — I's only a-joking with this 'ere p'int of my 'breller ; it's a way I have. Well, I come to be zamined. Pellet. — Very well, sir ; what might your name be ? Simpson. — It might he, Balaam, but 'taint; but if you're sot on knowing, they call me, down our way, Winthrop Getchell Peabody. Tullyhorn. — What is your place of residence ? Simpson. — My what, sir? Tullyhorn. — I merely wish to know where you live. Simpson. — Why didn't you say so, if that's what you want to know? I suppose I can tell you. You've heern tell of Poplin Dracut, I s'pose. 4 THE SCHOOLMASTER. TULLYHORN. ) ~, Pellet. } Oh, yes, sir. Simpson. — Little joke, you see ! Wall, 'taint there ; but it's down to Hull, when I'm to hum. Pellet {tries to suppress laughter). — Mr. Getchell, how would you govern a school ? In these days of progress and reform the mind of the community has undergone a radical change in regard to the discipline of common schools, and we consider the faculty of government as one of the most important qualifications of a teacher. Simpson. — Wal, 'tis. I govern a school by mortal in- fluence. There's always some who don't care nothing for nobody nor nothing, and who don't care whether they larn nothing or not; and sick ones you can't get along with without licking on 'em some. I've never kept school afore, and I s'pose you'd like to know how I come to, this time. Wall, I'll tell you. I went down to Aunt Sal's house, t'other day ; and Aunt Sal's got two prime pretty darters ; and the way them gals put into me about my larnirt and all that, and how I ort to keep school, and all that, was a caution. So I thort I'd come up and get zamined, and get a stifer- cate and then I shouldn't beskeered at any on 'em. Aunt Sal's oldest darter, Betsey, is goin' to be married in the spring ; she's got all her fixin's ready, and got a likely feller, too : and he's got his house built and his shed all shingled ; and I shouldn't think strange if I should stood up at the weddin' with Tullyhorn. — Well, never mind, sir, about Aunt Sally's domestic arrangements ; they have nothing to do with the examination ; please to inform us to what studies you have attended. Simpson. — I've studied almost everything. I've studied grammar, £ CAPTAIN KEMPTHORN. Merry. — How now, sir? Do you abuse our town ? (He goes out.) Goldsmith. — Oh, no offence. Kempthorn. — Ralph, I am under bonds for a hundred pound Goldsmith. — Hard lines. What for ? Kempthorn. — To take some Quakers back I brought here from Barbadoes in the Swallow. And how to do it I don't clearly see, For one of them is banished, and another Is sentenced to be hanged ! What shall I do? Goldsmith. — Just slip your hawser on some cloudy night ; Sheer off, and pay it with the topsail, Simon! (They go out.) Scene II. The parlor of the Three Mariners. Kempthorn comes in. Kempthorn. — A dull life this, — a dull life anyway ! Ready for sea ; the cargo all aboard, Cleared for Barbadoes, and a fair wind blowing From nor'-nor'-west ; and I, an idle lubber, Laid neck and heels by that confounded bond! I said to Ralph, says I, " What's to be done? " Says he : " Just slip your hawser in the night ; Sheer off, and pay it with the topsail, Simon." But that won't do ; because, you see, the owners Somehow or other are mixed up with it. Here are King Charles's Twelve Good Rules, that Cole Thinks as important as the Rule of Three. (Reads.) " Make no comparisons ; make no long meals." Those are good rules and golden for a landlord To hang in his best parlor, framed and glazed! " Maintain no ill opinions ; urge no healths." {He steps to the table and drinks from a tankard of ale?) CAPTAIN KEMPTHORN. 31 I drink the King's, whatever he may say, And, as to ill opinions, that depends. Now of Ralph Goldsmith I've a good opinion, And of the bilboes I've an ill opinion ; And both of these opinions I'll maintain As long as there's a shot left in the locker. Edward Butler with an ear-trumpet comes in, Butler. — Good morning, Captain Kempthorn. Kempthorn. — Sir, to you. You've the advantage of me. I don't know you. What may I call your name? Butler. — That's not your name ? Kempthorn (?-aises his voice). — Yes, that's my name. What's yours? Butler. — My name is Butler. i am the treasurer of the Commonwealth. Kempthorn. — Will you be seated? Butler. — What say? Who's conceited? Kempthorn. — Will you sit down ? Butler. — Oh, thank you. Kempthorn {in a lower tone). — Spread yourself upon this chair, sweet Butler. Butler (sitting down). — A fine morning. Kempthorn. — Nothing's the matter with it that I know of. I have seen better, and I have seen worse. The wind's nor' west. {Very load). That's fair for them that sail. Butler. — You need not speak so loud ; I understand you. You sail to-day. Kempthorn. — No, I don't sail to-day. So, be it fair or foul ; it matters not Say, will you smoke ? There's choice tobacco here. 32 CAPTAIN KEMPTHORN. Butler. — No, thank you. It's against the law to smoke. Kempthorn. — Then, will you drink? There's good ale at this inn. Butler. — No thank you. It's against the law to drink. Kempthorn (not so loud). — Well, almost everything's against the law, In this good town. Give a wide berth to one thing, You're sure to fetch up soon on something else. Butler. — And so you sail to-day for dear Old England. I am not one of those who think a sup Of this New England air is better worth Than a whole draught of our Old England's ale. Kempthorn. — Nor I. Give me the ale and keep the air. But, as I said, I do not sail to-day. Butler. — Ah, yes ; you sail to-day. Kempthorn. — I'm under bonds To take some Quakers back to the Barbadoes ; And one of them is banished, and another Is sentenced to be hanged. Butler. — No, all are pardoned, All are set free, by order of the Court ; But some of them would fain return to England. You must not take them. Upon that condition Your bond is cancelled. Kempthorn [aside). — Ah, the wind has shifted ! {To Butler.) I pray you, do you speak officially ? Butler. — I always speak officially. To prove it, Here is the bond. (He rises and gives paper.) Kempthorn. And here's my hand upon it. And, look you when I say I'll do a thing The thing is done. Am I now free to go? Butler. What say? CAPTAIN KEMPTHORN. 33 Kempthorn {aside). — I say, confound the tedious man With his strange speaking-trumpet! (To Butler.) — Can I go? Butler. — You're free to go, by order of the Court. Your servant, sir. (He goes out.) Kempthorn (shouting from the window). Swallow, ahoy! Hallo! ( To himself). If ever a man was happy to leave Boston, That man is Simon Kempthorn of the Swallow ! Butler comes back. Butler. — Pray did you call? Kempthorn. — Call? Yes, I hailed the Swallow. Butler. — That's not my name. My name is Edward Butler. You need not speak so loud. Kempthorn (shaking hands). Good by ! Good by! Butler. — Your servant, sir. Kempthorn. — And yours a thousand times! (They go out.) 3 THE RESTLESS YOUTH. CHARACTERS. Henry Swift, a retired tailor, small and slow. John Swift, his son, flashily dressed, of shallow brain and always in gieat haste. Mr. Houghton, a rich retired brewer. Miss Houghton, his daughter. A waiter, a servant. Situation. — Young Swift a spendthrift son, returns to his father, discovers that the old man is wealthier than he supposed, and hurries him off to call on a rich brewer in the vicinity who has a pretty daughter. The fun of the dialogue centres in the restlessness of young Swift. Old Swift in the second scene carries a cane just a yard long, and it has a mark or ribbon in the centre to mark the half-yard. The dialogue takes place in a small country town in England. Scene I. A poorly furnished room. Young Swift enters dragging in his father who has just been roused from sleep, and wears a dressing-gown. Swift. — Come along, dad. Father {yawning half-awake - ) . — Yes, sir, — yes, sir — I'll measure you directly — I'll measure you directly. Swift.— He's asleep. Awake ! 34 THE RESTLESS YOUTH. 35 Father. — What's the matter, eh? What's the matter? Swift. — What's the matter? I've found fifty thousand in that letter. [He points to a letter protruding from the pocket of 'his father 's coat which lies on a chair.) Father. — Indeed! {Opens the letter eagerly.) Ah! Johnny have you found out — Swift. — I have — that you are worth — how much? Father. — Why, since what's past Swift. — Never mind what's past. Father. — I've been a fortunate man. My old partner used to say, " Ah ! you af"e lucky, Swift. Your needle always sticks in the right place." Swift. — No, not always. {Shrugging.) But how much? Father. — Why, as it must out, there are fifty thousand lent on mortgage. Item, fifteen thousand in the consols — item — Swift. — Never mind the items. The total, my dear dad, the total. Father. — What do you think of a plum? Swift. — A plum ! oh, sweet, agreeable, little, short word ! Father. — Besides seven hundred and ninety Swift. — Never mind the odd money ; that will do. But how came you so rich, dad? Hang me, you must have kept moving. Father. — Why, my father, forty years ago, left me five thousand pounds ; which, at compound interest, if you mul- tiply Swift. — No ; you have multiplied it famously. {Aside.) It's my business to reduce it. — Now, my dear dad, in the first place, never call me Johnny. Father. — Why, what must I call you? Swift. — John — short — John. 3 6 THE RESTLESS YOUTH. Father. — John! oh, John ! Swift. — That will do. And in the next place, sink the tailor. Whatever you do, sink the tailor. Father. — Sink the tailor ! what do you mean ? Swift. — I've news for you. We are going to be intro- duced to Mr. Houghton the rich brewer. Father. — You don't say so ! Huzzah! it will be the making of us. Swift. — To be sure. Such fashion ! such style ! Father. — Ah, and such a quantity of liveries, and — oh, dear me. ( With great dejection.) Swift. — What's the matter? Father {sighing) . — I forgot I had left off business. Swift. — Business ! confound it ! Now, pray keep the tailor under, will you? I'll — I'll send a telegram to London. {Runs to the table.) Father. — A telegram! for what? Swift. — I don't know. Waiter enters. Waiter. — The bill of fare, gentlemen. Swift. — Bring it here. {Reads.) "Turbots — salmon — soles — haddock — beef — mutton — veal — lamb — pork — chickens — ducks — turkeys — puddings — pies. Serve it all; that's the short way. Waiter. — All ! Swift. — Every bit. Father. — No, no, nonsense. The short way, indeed ! Come here, sir. Let me see — {reads.) "urn — um. Ribs of beef." That's a good thing ; I'll have that. Swift. — What ? Waiter. — Ribs of beef, sir. Swift. — Are they the short ribs? THE RESTLESS YOUTH. 37 Waiter. — Yes, sir. Swift. — That's right. Waiter. — What liquor would your honor like? Swift {jumping up.) — Spruce beer. Waiter. — Very well, sir. Swift. — I must have some clothes. Father. — I'm sure, that's a very good coat. Swift. — Waiter ! I must have a dashing coat, for the nabob. Is there a rascally tailor anywhere near you? Waiter. — Yes, sir; there are two close by. {They look at each other.) Swift. — Umph ! then tell one of them to send me some clothes. Waiter. — Sir, he must take your measure. Father. — To be sure he must. Swift. — Oh, true! I remember the fellows do measure you somehow with long bits of — well send for the scoun- drel. {Exit Waiter.) Father. — Oh, for shame of yourself ! I've no patience. Swift. — Like you the better ; hate patience as much as you do ; ha, ha ! must swagger a little. Father. — Ah ! I'm too fond of you, I am, John. Take my fortune, but only remember this — by the faith of a man, I came by it honestly — and all I ask is, that it may go as it came. Swift. — Certainly. But we must keep moving, you know. Father. — Well, I don't care if I do take a bit of a walk with you. Swift. — Bit of a walk ! hang it ! we'll have a gallop to- gether. Come along, dad. Push on, dad. {Swift grabs the coat from the chair and pushes his father before him out of the room. His father tries in vain to take off his dressing gown.) 38 THE RESTLESS YOUTH. Scene II. A finely furnished aparttnent in the mansion Pieces That Witt Take Prizes Selected and adapted by Harriet Blackstone, Teacher of Elocution and Reading, Galesburg High School, Galesburg, 111. 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