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BROTHER OFFICERS 
 

 'BROTHER OFFICERS.' 
 
BROTHER OFFICERS 
 
 A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS 
 
 BY 
 
 LEO TREVOR 
 
 AS PRODUCED 
 
 AT THE EMPIRE THEATRE 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Published zvith the Authotization 
 of Mr. Charles Frohman 
 
 
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 NEW YORK 
 R. H. RUSSELL PUBLISHER 
 
 1900 
 
 Copvrifhl, li;oo, by RoliEKT HoWAKD Rl 
 
SECOND COPY. 
 
 
 TWO COPIES RECEIVED, 
 
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 Offlcd of tks 
 
 MAR5-1900 
 
 ' rVE HEARD OF YOU SO 
 OFTEN, MR. HINDS." 
 
 57085 
 
 'DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, LADY ROYDON, TO 
 VISIT A PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND TO 
 FIND SOMETHING STRANGELY FAMILIAR IN IT?" 
 
M NKVER KNEW WHAT FRIENDSHIP WAS 
 TILL I MET LANCER — AND YOU.' 
 
'LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET ME INTRODUCE 
 YOU TO A CELEBRATED BEAR TAMER, IN 
 FUTURE TO BE KNOWN BY THE STYLE AND 
 DESIGNATION OF LADY ROYDON, OF BRUIN.' 
 
 
 'I DRINK. TO THE HEALTH OF A BRAVE GENTLEMAN 
 AND OUR BETTER ACQUAINTANCE." 
 
' I DON'T BELIEVE A FELLOW EVER 
 HAD SUCH A PAL BEFORE. " 
 
'I'M VERY MUCH FLATTERED. 
 
 'SIR, I NEITHER WANT IT 
 NOR WILL I HAVE IT." 
 
'NOW THIS PARADES OVER — VOU CAN FALL 
 OUT. RIGHT Tl'RX, DISMISS. FALL OUT." 
 
'SUPPOSE I RID YOU OF 
 THIS MAN HUTTON ? " 
 
 'JOHN HINDS IS THE BEST FELLOW BREATHING, 
 BUT HE'S NO HUSBAND FOR LADY ROYDON." 
 
'WAS IT A MIRACLE THAT I SHOULD LOVE HER? IS 
 IT ABSURD THAT I FANCIED SHE MIGHT CARE FOR ME ? 
 WHAT DO I KNOW OF WOMEN OF HER CLASS = HOW 
 CAN I TELL WHEN AND WHERE THEY LOVE' 'THE 
 
 ^BEST FELLOW BREATHING BUT NO FIT HUSBAND FOR 
 LADV ROVDON.- ■ 
 
"REALLY? LET US TRY 
 AGAIN. CUT. THANKS.' 
 
^' /// 
 
 "LANCER, DEAR, IT IS YOU WHO 
 DO NOT UNI3ERSTAND." 
 
'I COULD GO ON TURNING THE 
 KING TILL ALL WAS BLUE." 
 
 'STAND STILL JIM STANTON, YOU 
 LEAVE THOSE FIRE-IRONS ALONE !" 
 
'A YEAR AGO, WHEN I GOT MV COMMISSION FROM 
 THE QUEEN, I THOUGHT THAT A GREATER HONOR 
 COULD NEVER COME TO ME. 1 WAS WRONG. THE 
 COMMISSION I HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM YOU MAKES 
 THIS THE PROUDEST DAY OF MY LIFE." 
 
MAR 5 tSOO 
 
 'I MEAN THAT I LOVE YOU, LANCER, VOU HAVE 
 HUMBLED MY PRIDE, BUT 1 LOVE YOU." 
 
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