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Webber 12 7 01 Michael Erie, drami, 2 acts by Egerton Wilks-.--.—. 8 3 3d Miller of Derwen-t Water, drama, 3acts-, by E. FitzbalJ ss Mischievous Nigger, Ethiopian farce. 1 act, by C. While :,! Mistletoe Bough, melodrama, 2 acts, by C. Somerset 7 %W* Catalogue continued on next page of cover, ^jgj CUFF'S LUCK. ETHJOPEAN SKETCH, IN ONE SCENE, F. 1. CITLEB, AUTHOR OF Bans, the Dutch J. P.; Lost, or the Fruits of the Glass; Lodg- iny for Tico; That Boy Sam; The Sham t Professor, Old Pwnpey; Wauled a Husband; Happy Frank's Sony and Joke Book; &c. Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1883, by A. D. AMES, xn the office of the Librarian of Congress, in Washington. 883 -CLYDE, OHIO, A. D, AMES, PUBLISHER. . c ^ CUFF'S LUCK, — CHARACTERS — • Harry, -.--■-« Young Sport, Maria, - his Sweetheart, Cuff, - - ' - - ; a Servant* COSTUMES,.— Modern for Harry and Maria, extravagant nesrro for (jail. I ___ PKQPERTIES- -Colored eurfcain, mask, crayon for Harry, our tain or shawl for ELaria, Tlaie— 25 minutes. TMP92-009009 CUFF'S LUCK. SCENE, — A Street, with dry goods box c. bach. Enter Harry, r. Harry, Here's a go, all the boys are off on a lark, having lots of fun, and I'm left all forlorn to pass my time the best way I can; but what I'll do is more than I can imagine. Let me see, can't I stir up some kind of excitement among some of these shop-keepers. ( looks l.) Ha! there comes an Ameri- can gentleman of African descent down the street, putting on more style than a millionaire. Let me see, can't I manage to astonish him in some way. ( looks around) Ah ! I have it. {laughs, takes curtain from under coat ) Its lucky I promised to fix up that ante room for the masquerade to-night, this cur- tain will come handy, {gets on box, pats curtain over his shoulders, holds it with left hand so as to leave right hand free ) Now we are ready for business. Cuff heard off?,., singing or whistling Enter Cuff, R., discoveres Harry, Cuff. Good ebenin'. ( stops) I said good ebe. {mad) Go to de dickens, you good fur nuffin' low down white trash. ( looks closer, walks around him, looks him all over from head to foot, comes front grinning) Sold again, by the Jumpin' Ju- piter, {looks at Harry) Dat beats dis chile all holler. Good ling dar wasn't anybody in sight. Just link ob me, Julius Snoozer Augustus Snowball, a sayin' good ebenin' to a piaster ob Paris cigar sign. Oh! dat's to excrutiatin' ; and den to get mad jes' because he wouldn't speak ! Hold me, somebody, afore I colapse. ( looks again) But, by Guinea, dey has got to makin' dem fellers so dey look jes' as natral as life; but I nebber seed one afore rigged up in dem kind of togs, 'spects dat's de latest fashion, (examines Harry, then steps front of him, standing within two feet of him) Well, its all right, ob course, under de suckemstances, but if dat feller had been a Uyq feller you'd hab seen some fun hyar in about a minute ; 12 CUFF'S LUCK. cause why, I'd hab jes'» took off my broadcloth overcoat. (takes off coat while talking, as he takes it off Harry takes it and puts it under curtain ) An' says I, gemblemum, stand back, an Whar's dat coat? {rims around excitedly) Well, it dat don't beat me. Some chaps done gobbled dat 'ere coat. Jes' let me get a hold ob him. (takes off second coat, two or three vests; Harry takes them as he takes them off and puts them under curtain) Hyar, somebody, hold my hat ! ( holds out hat, Harry takes it ) Jes' let me get at him. ( spars around) Come out hyar an' let me mash yon, yer good fur nuffln' — By golly, sieh doin's is enough to rile de President. ( comes for- ward, Harry runs of L.) "Well, dar's one ling suah, a feller wot will steal won't light. Now dar was old Pompey Skin- ner, he was de biggest thief— but what be I talkin' 'bout, hyar I is cotchin' my def ob cold, (goes back after clothes, looks around astonished,' comes forward slowly, scared, tries to speak) Wha — wha — clem clothes, (studies) Mus' be I'm a little off. No, tain't me clats off, its de clothes. What beats me, dar wasn't anybody in sight, and I layecl my clothes right down dar. (points, raises eyes, misses Harry, rubs his eyes, trembles) Wha — wha — de dickens am dat statue, (looks all around) Bat's a mighty circular circumstances. Dat gits away wid dia chile; yes, an' wid my clothes, too, dats wat hurts. (studies ) But say. (runs to box, looks at top carefully, grins, looks again, comes forward grinning) I jes' got to finkin' dat dem cigar signs ain't in de habit ob goin' down de street promiscuously dat way wheneber dey takes a notion, an' widout any provo- cation or et cetrea &c, and den when I looked _ - Designed expressly for the use of Schools, Amateur Dramatic and Cburck entertainments. This volume contains the following plays: Rock Allen the Orphan, or Lost and Found ; Three Glas3e3 a Day, or The Broken Home; Mother's Fool, The Reward of Crime, or The Love of Gold; The Coming Man ; The Turn of the Tide, or Wrecked in Port; Hash. Neatly bound in cloth, price 75 cents. Gems from my Repertoire.— A choice selection or Recitations, embracing the best and most popular in the language. Sixty pages. Sent post-paid on receipt of 15 cents. Ames 9 Guide to the Theatres and Halls in Ohio.— The most complete guide ever published. 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