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 CAST OF CHARACTERS 
 
 Chestnut , Phila., Park , 2Vm For# 
 1833. - 1837. 
 
 Pat Rooney.Mr. Power. Mr. Power. 
 
 Mr. Ledger.Mr. Faulkner. Mr. Fisher. 
 
 Mr. Dobbs.Mr. Watson. Mr. Povey. 
 
 Master Tom Dobbs.Mr. II ad away. Mr. Placide. 
 
 Farrier’s Boy.Mr. Eberle. Mr. Russell. 
 
 Julia Ledger.Mrs. Walstein. Miss Turnbull. 
 
 Mrs. Dobbs.Mrs. Thayer. Mrs. Durie. 
 
 Miss Damper.Mrs. Broad. Mrs. Archer. 
 
 Miss Jcm’a Damper.Miss Lopez. Mrs. Conway. 
 
 Park, New York , 1 
 1848. 
 
 Mr. Brougham. 
 Mr. Bridges. 
 
 Mr. Povey. 
 
 Mr. W. Chapman' 
 Master Eustace. 
 Miss Miles. 
 
 Mrs. Barry. 
 
 Miss Flynn. 
 
 Mrs. Burrows. 
 
 TIME OF REPRESENTATION—FORTY MINUTES. 
 
 SCENERY. 
 
 SCENE.—A ball in a country house, which serves as the apartment in genera 
 use. The road, with a patch of garden in front, is seen through glazed folding 
 doors. There are lateral doors on the r. and l. 3 e. A buffet on one side is opei 
 
 Glass Folding Doors. 
 
 3 R. E., Door 
 
 2 R. E. 
 
 1 II. E. 
 
 *3 
 
 Door, 3 l. e. 
 
 Table. 
 
 
 Cheffonier.l 
 
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 Table. 
 
 2 L. E. 
 
 1 L. E. 
 
 R. C. 
 
 L. C. 
 
 Orchestra. 
 
 displaying some ornamental china, books, packets of paper, etc. ; on the top are 
 some pasteboard boxes, variously labelled, “ Bills,” “ Receipts,” etc. A cheffonie r 
 and table stand opposite the buffet; on the table are pens, ink, and paper ; insid 
 the cheffonier is a plum cake, already cut. Another table stands in the centre oil 
 the room, upon which lie a clothes-brush and long-handled feather duster ; oij 1 
 each side is a chair. 
 
 PROPERTIES. 
 
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 Tray ; set of china, to break; books ; packets of papers, marked receipts > 
 eills ; pens ; ink ; writing paper—a quire and two loose sheets ; plum cake, cut ; 
 clothes-brush ; long-handled feather duster; pint bottle for boy; coffee-pot, cuj.’ 
 and saucer; jug of milk ; dry toast, on a tray ; two letters for Tom ; £50 note : 
 spectacles for Ledger ; two lighted candles for Rooney ; scaling wax ; severa * 
 bandboxes; carpct-bag; three wine glasses ; smelling bottle for Julia. 
 
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 COSTUMES. 
 
 Rooney.— A gray coatee, red waistcoat, white or gray pantaloons, very short, 
 striped stockings, shoes and buckles, close cut wig. 
 
 Ledger. —Brown coat, satin embroidered waistcoat, black breeches, light stock¬ 
 ings, shoes and buckles. 
 
 Dobbs.—D rab old man’s coat, ilap waistcoat, top boots, hat and cane. 
 
 Tom.—S carlet round-about jacket, buttoned close, boy’s frilled shirt over his 
 shoulders, nankeen trousers, rather short, buttoned over his jacket. 
 
 Farrier's Boy. —Dirty gray jacket, waistcoat, breeches, shoes and stockings, 
 leather apron. 
 
 Julia. —White frock, red sash. 
 
 Mrs. Dobbs.— Respectable old lady’s dress, bonnet, and shawl. 
 
 Two Miss Dampers. —Genteel ladies’ street dresse3, bonnets and shawls. 
 
 SYNOPSIS. 
 
 Ledger enters at the garden gate, followed by hi.-? daughter Julia. The old 
 gentleman angrily denounces Pat Rooney as a stupid blockhead, and Julia begs 
 that lie may have another week's trial. Julia still pleads, and her father says that 
 Rooney is not only stupid, but devilish provoking. Just as Ledger goes off, he 
 relents, and tells J. that he will try R. once more. Pat Rooney, who has been 
 listening, gives Miss Julia the thanks of “ a poor, hapless orphan,” and praises 
 Julia for the “ nate way ” in which she coaxed the old chap. The young lady 
 goes olf, and Pat Rooney congratulates himself on the fact that ho has been 
 !“ hired over again.” A Farrier's Boy coming in, gives Rooney a bottle of medi¬ 
 cine for the sick gray mare, and Pat carefully puts it out of his “ stupid ” master's 
 way into the bullet. Ledger comes in, and, rather pitying the simple fellow, 
 tells him that he would like to come to an understanding with him. But Pat tells 
 him that he is not the lad to bear malice, and that he (Ledger) need not say an¬ 
 other word about their little unpleasantness; he concludes by telling his master 
 that he ought to leave off “ bullyragging his servants.” This sets the peppery old 
 man off again. Pat tells him that he can now live very pleasantly—being such a 
 convenient distance from town, that the coaches and omnibus can bring out plenty 
 of his friends and relations. Ledger is furious at this, for had he not moved pur¬ 
 posely into the country to get rid of these very relations. The bell being heard to 
 ring, Ledger asks Rooney the reason ; and he innocently replies that it is because 
 some one ‘ ; is pullin’ at it.” Ledger expressing a desire to write, Pat places the 
 'nk, pens and paper before his master. Rooney, saying that Miss Julia “ wants 
 her tay—poor thing,” rushes off. Ledger finds that Pat has piled all his papers 
 Ion top of a high buffet, and he has to mount a chair to reach them. As he is 
 tenderly pulling out some of the boxes, down comes a tray, loaded with precious 
 jehina, on his head. Pat comes in, and in answer to a question from L., says he 
 ,put that illigant chany set on top of buffet—out of the way. In the midst of the 
 fuss, Tom Dobbs, L.’s nephew, arrives. Ledger is vexed, but tells Tom that he 
 shall breakfast with Julia. Tom tells his uncle that he will make himself at 
 home, especially as his mother always said, that he (Tom) would get all Uncle 
 Ledger's money when he “ hopped the twig.” The hopeful nephew proceeds to 
 say that he intends remaining to dinner, and that his pa and ma will soon arrive. 
 Some letters come for Ledger, which he hurriedly opens. One letter contains a 
 fffty pound note. Tom gets a glimpse of Cousin Julia through an open door, and 
 runs in to see her, and Rooney follows him. Ledger, who had laid the fifty 
 jponnd note on a loose sheet of letter paper, opens another letter ; it is badly writ¬ 
 ten, and he goes for his spectacles. Meanwhile, Rooney enters, and, blaming his 
 master's recklessness for leaving his money laying round so carelessly, he slips it 
 
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 into the loose sheet of paper between the leaves, and quickly goes off. Ledger 
 enters, spectacles on nose. He reads the letter ; it was a request for a loan. He 
 answers it by writing on the paper before him. “Very sorry; can’t oblige” 
 Folds the sheet, puts it in envelope, directs it, and sends it off by Rooney to catch 
 the French mail. Rooney returns after fulfilling his errand ; his arms piled with 
 bandboxes. Dobbs senior has arrived. Tom and Julia come on, and Ledger, 
 with a very ill grace, gives the guests a kind of welcome. After some strong hints 
 from Dobbs, Julia brings glasses and a cake. Ledger tells Julia to bring him 
 that bottle from the buffet. She does so. It is the only bottle there—the medi¬ 
 cine placed there by Pat. As Ledger fills Tom’s glass, he remarks that it is real 
 Curayoa. Dobbs thinks it looks very dark, and Tom says that it has a peculiar 
 smell. They toss it off, however. Sudden qualms succeed, and they both become 
 very ill. Rooney comes in, followed by ladies. It is Mrs. Dobbs and several 
 female friends, and she tells her astounded brother that they can’t stay more than 
 a fortnight. Rooney don’t like them ; he says they look as sour as if they “ lived 
 upon lemons ” Ledger offers Cimn^oa to the ladies ; they declining, he pours out 
 a glass for himself, and as he drinks it, Rooney helps himself out of the bottle. 
 Ledger and Rooney both start at the taste, and when the latter learns that it is 
 from the bottle out of the buffet, he exclaims that they are all poisoned, as that 
 contained the horse medicine ! Amid the alarm produced by this announcement, 
 Pat owns that he had taken the bottle of Curayoa down to the cellar. A gleam of 
 joy touches Ledger when Julia brings back the letter containing the fifty pound 
 note. Luckily, it had not been stamped ! Other arrivals take place, and the per¬ 
 plexities of Ledger arc more and more increased by the constant blundering of 
 Pat Rooney ; until the piece is brought to an end by the old gentleman taking 
 Julia on his arm, and decamping from the residence, which was at such a '■'‘con¬ 
 venient distance ” from town, and so easily reached by The Omnibus. 
 
 STAGE DIRECTIONS. 
 
 R. means Right of Stage, facing the Audience ; L. Left; C. Centre ; R. C. Right 
 of Centre; L. C. Left of Centre. D. F. Door in the Flat, or Scene running across 
 the back of the Stage; C. D. F. Centre Door in the Flat; R. D. F. Right Door in 
 the Flat; L. D. F. Left Door in the Flat; It. D. Right Door ; L. D. Left Door ; 1 E. 
 First Entrance; 2 E. Second Entrance; U. E. Upper Entrance ; 1, 2 or 3 G. First, 
 Second or Third Grooves. 
 
 R. R. C. C. L. C. L. 
 
 BSF" Thereader is supposed to be upon the stage facing the audience. 
 
THE OMNIBTJS. 
 
 SCENE.— A hall in a country house, which serves as the apartment 
 
 in general use. 
 
 Enter Ledger, c., at the garden gate, folloiced by Julia. 
 
 Ledg. (l). I won’t; it’s no use talking to me, Julia. Pat Rooney is a 
 stupid, blundering blockhead ! Try him again, indeed ! 
 
 Julia (r.). Only for a week, sir. 
 
 Ledg. Not an hour! I’m plagued enough as it is, without him. 
 Didn’t I buy this cottage ornee , as you call it, to enjoy myself in peace 
 and comfort 1 Brought down my books and papers from the counting- 
 house, and set up a gig to drive about and see the country I 
 
 Julia. Well, sir, has it not answered your expectations 1 
 
 Ledg. No ! Talk of retirement—I might as well live in ’Change 
 alley; I never sit down to settle my accounts but ring goes the bell, 
 and it’s “ How do ye do V’ “ How are you 'l —couldn’t pass the door 
 without giving you a call! ” 
 
 Julia. Why, we live at such a convenient distance, sir-— 
 
 Ledg. Ha! that’s the word—convenient distance. Devilish conve¬ 
 nient ! One would think I kept an ordinary. 
 
 Julia. But you like to see your friends, sir I 
 
 Ledg. Yes; at other people’s houses. 
 
 Julia. You breathe the pure country air, sir. 
 
 Ledg. No I don’t! Never open my mouth but I swallow a cloud of 
 dust! 
 
 Julia. You observe the progress of vegetation. 
 
 Ledg. Not I; I’ve watched the holly-bush in front of the house every 
 morning for a week, and hang me if it has grown an inch ! 
 
 Julia. But we were talking of Rooney, sir. 
 
 Ledg. I know it; do you want him to ruin another horse, and stuff 
 another poll parrot with mealy potatoes 1 
 
 Julia. Those were accidents, sir. 
 
 Ledg. But he’s so devilish saucy, and so provoking; does mischief 
 without end, and tells me Tm the cause of all his blunders! Cries 
 out, when he has done some d—d mischief, <! There you go again ! ” 
 
 Julia. I grant he is a little too familiar, but he does not mean to be 
 impertinent; lie’s as simple and unsophisticated as a child, and honest 
 as lie’s light-hearted. 
 
 Ledg. Well, he shall stay, then, upon trial, and I’ll practice patience. 
 But, Julia, my dear, you must breakfast by yourself this morning; 
 I’m going to be very busy—balance my books, write letters, and so 
 forth. 
 
 Julia. And Roouey 1 
 
 Ledg. Oh, he may appear—I forgive him ; he may show his cursed, 
 impudent, "rinnin". Trir.h ' 
 
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 Julia. Thanks, my dear father; many, many thanks. 
 
 [Exit Ledger, l. s. e. 
 
 Rooney stretches his head from first wing, l., watching Ledger off. 
 Julia. You may come in, Rooney. 
 
 Roon. Och! Miss Juli, the blessings of a poor hapless orphan be 
 upon you ! May you live this hundred years, and never want a friend, 
 or a husband at your back, either. How nate you coaxed him! 
 
 Julia. No easy matter, I can tell you, Rooney, to coax him. 
 
 Roon. Coax a cat from a herrin’. 
 
 Julia. But be careful, Rooney; if you make him angry again you 
 will certainly lose your place. 
 
 Roon. Never fear, Miss Juli, never fear; I’ll kape the ould boy plazed, 
 if I can. 
 
 Julia. I should be sorry to lose you, Rooney; so pray be careful 
 with my father tor my sake. [Exit, r. s. e. 
 
 Roon. Hoo ! I’m hired agin ! If the gray mare wasn’t ofF her 
 stomach the master would have nothin’ to complain of this day, I’ll en¬ 
 gage ; and if she was well, I’d have nothin’ else to trouble me. ( the bell 
 at the gate rings) If they’re in a hurry they’ll ring again. (Jbeil rings) 
 Och, burn the bell! that sets him wild intirely. 
 
 Going, meets Farrier’s Boy,, at c. gate , who enters with a pint bottle. 
 
 Who’s outside 1 
 Boy. Me. 
 
 Roon. (c.). Yis, but who was that pullin’ the bell 1 
 Boy (l.). Why, me, to be sure. 
 
 Roon. So, it’s yourself, is it 1 Is it for the like of you to be pullin’ 
 at gate bells ? I think you might have got over the wall, nor have 
 dirtied your face. 
 
 Boy. I’ve brought the physic for the gray mare, (gives it.) 
 
 Roon. The what—the physic ? Now, are you sure you’ve made no 
 blunders, and that it wasn’t intinded for the gray horse I 
 
 Boy. No —no ; I tell you it’s all right, but plaguy strong. Don’t let 
 your master see it, or he’ll think the gray mare is at death’s door. 
 
 Roon. But where d’ye get it ? 
 
 Boy. Where did I get it I Why, master makes it, and I takes it. 
 Roon. You take it, do you ? Do you take much of it I 
 Boy. Ah ! you fool—ha, ha, ha! Good-bye, Paddy—good-bye, 
 Paddy ! Ha, ha ! Paddy from Cork ? 
 
 Roon. Paddy! Get out, you dirty raff you! (he seizes the feather 
 duster from the table to strike the Boy, who runs off at c. gate , mocking 
 him) Only to think o’ the blackguard cornin’ to the front gate ! By 
 the powers, here comes the masther ! What’ll I do with the bottle of 
 the gray mare’s physic ? (pretends to busy himself about the buffet, and 
 
 slips the bottle into it) He’ll ask me no questions, and I’ll tell him no lies. 
 
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 Enter Ledger, l. s. e. 
 
 Poor ould boy, I’ll not be over hard on him; he seems ashamed of 
 himself. 
 
 Ledg. So, there he is, and afraid to look me in the face. 
 
 Roon. ( looking round). Poor man ! He sames mighty sorry for 
 what he has done, and ashamed to spake. 
 
 Ledg. I must encourage him. Come here. 
 
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 Roon. What, you’re there, are ye? 
 
 Ledg. Come here, poor fellow. 
 
 Roon. I don’t know that I will, after all the tricks you’ve been about 
 playin’ me. 
 
 Ledg. Well, Rooney, think no more of what’s past. 
 
 Roon. I don’t bear malice for trifles. 
 
 Ledg. But only let us endeavor to understand each other in future. 
 
 Roon. That’s enough, sir—that’s enough ; it isn’t dacent for the likes 
 of you to be askin’ my pardon all day. 
 
 Ledg. I ask your pardon ! 
 
 Roon. I forgive you, sir, with all my heart. 
 
 Ledg. You forgive me ! 
 
 Roon. Out an out! right on end! Och, I’m not the boy to bear 
 malice; so make your mind aisy, sir, and don’t say another word 
 about it. 
 
 Ledg. Well, I’ve determined not to be ruffled, if I can help it; but 
 if this is what Julia calls being unsophisticated, I shall hardly put up 
 long with it. Rooney, endeavor to be a little more careful, and con¬ 
 tinue to keep my room in this nice order, and I shall always keep my 
 temper. 
 
 Roon. I’m mighty glad to hear you say that, sir, for, by my soul, 
 there’s great need of it. ('lie takes the clothes brush, and brushes 
 Ledger’s coat ichile speaking.) 
 
 Ledg. What’s that, sir ? 
 
 Roon. Always ballyragging the servants. 
 
 Ledg. I ballyrag my servants, fellow I 
 
 Roon. Cursin’ and swearin’. 
 
 Ledg. What, I curse and swear I 
 
 Roon. Like a drunken hussar. 
 
 Ledg. Why, you infernal- 
 
 Roon. There ye go again—where have ye been! 
 
 Ledg. What’s that to you 1 
 
 Roon. Och! it’s a sad thing to see an ould gintleman fly out and dis¬ 
 grace himself before his servants. You shall have no cause to complain 
 of me, sir, whatever you may do of yourself. ( brushes the curls of 
 Ledger’s wig.) 
 
 Ledg. Eh, what now—what the devil! 
 
 Roon. A cobweb, sir ; only a cobweb sticking to your best wig, sir; 
 that’s a sure sign of luck all the world over. 
 
 Ledg. A sign of luck ! 
 
 Roon. Yes, sir; I’ll be bail you’ll have plenty o’ money in your 
 pocket this day, and all your friends and relations about ye. 
 
 Ledg. Friends and relations—the devil take ’em! I hope not. 
 
 (crosses to r.) 
 
 Roon. It’s such a convenient distance, sir—just tin miles from Lon¬ 
 don ; so, if two of ’em walk down at once, it will be only five miles 
 apiece. 
 
 Ledg. Confound it, I never thought of that. 
 
 Roon. Then the coaches, sir—think of the coaches and the omni¬ 
 buses, sir; think of the omnibuses, sir! as long and as full as the wards 
 of a hospital! Och, we’ll have the house as full as a tick! 
 
 Ledg. Rooney, if any one rings at that infernal bell to-day. don’t let 
 ’em in ; say I’m not at home. 
 
 Roon. Not at home ! Are you going out I 
 
 Ledg. No matter; say I’m not at home. 
 
 Roon. Where are ye going 1 
 
 Ledg. I’m not going anywhere, booby ! 
 
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 Roon. Och, fie ! would you tache an innocent young creature to be 
 telling lies 1 And the house like a lantern, too—they can see every 
 sowl that’s in it. 
 
 Ledg. Augh ! that’s true enough. Well—well, go and take in my 
 daughter’s breakfast. 
 
 Roon. She’s had her breakfast. 
 
 Ledg. No, she has not had her breakfast. 
 
 Roon. But she has, though. 
 
 Ledg. Why, you impudent- 
 
 Roon. I took it myself. 
 
 Ledg. Why, I certainly heard her bell ring. How came her bell to 
 ring ? 
 
 Roon. Pullin’ at it. 
 
 Ledg. But what did she want, pulling at it ? 
 
 Roon. Why, I ’spose she wanted me. 
 
 Ledg. Then, why the devil don’t you go to her 1 
 Roon. I’ve been to her, half an hour ago ; she wants some coffee for 
 her tay. 
 
 Ledg. Then why don’t you take her coffee for her tay, and be 
 d—d to you 1 
 
 Roon. There ye go again ! How can I, if ye keep me palaverin’ here 1 
 Ledg. Well, only go—that’s all. (sits r. of table) Oh, dear! Stop; 
 bring me my toast and milk at the same time—do you hear 1 
 
 Roon. I do; {leaning over table l.) ye want your toast and milk for 
 your sop 1 
 
 Ledg. What is it to you 1 Bring my jug of milk and dry toast. 
 
 Roon. Dry toast—won’t you sop it ? 
 
 Ledg. Why, you tormenting, stupid—you- 
 
 Roon. Asy., now ! And no butter on it 1 
 
 Ledg. Exactly ; toast without butter, and my jug of new milk. 
 
 Roon. Any thing else 1 
 
 Ledg. No —yes—here, take away these things. 
 
 Roon. Is it the brush ? 
 
 Ledg. Yes, and this—take it away too. 
 
 Roon. Ye’ll want it to kill flies wid. 
 
 Ledg. I don’t want to kill flies to-day—so take it away. 
 
 Roon. I’m bothered ! I don’t know what to do. 
 
 Ledg. Rooney, I want to write. 
 
 Roon. Well, I’ve no objection—write away. 
 
 Ledg. But where are my pens, ink, and paper 1 
 Roon. There they are, all on that table. 
 
 Ledg. But, if you please, I’ll have them on this table. 
 
 Boon. Well, bring ’em when you want ’em. 
 
 Ledg. Will you bring them here, rascal 1 
 Roon. You always write on this table. 
 
 Ledg. I know ; but now I’ll write on this table. 
 
 Roon. At the same time 1 
 
 Ledg. Nonsense! Eh, who has been arranging my books and 
 boxes ? 
 
 Roon. Myself, sir. (places ink and paper before Ledger ; on the 
 quire of paper are two loose sheets) Myself it was. Och, Pat’s the boy 
 for nateness, any how. 
 
 Ledg. Well, I’m glad to see this; you have turned over a new leaf,, 
 in leed. 
 
 Roon. Indeed then I have, sir ; I turned over plenty o’ leaves before 
 I’d done wid ’em. You left all your papers bottom over top, like a litter 
 of pigs, and work enough I had to set ’em to rights. 
 
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 Lepg. Set ’em to rights ! My papers ? 
 
 Roon. Every sowl of ’em—many thanks to myself for the trouble. 
 But Miss Juli wants her tay, poor thing ! I’ll be widyou again wid the 
 speed o’ light. \Exit, l. 
 
 Ledg. Now, that fellow means well; but it’s devilish hard that I’m 
 to be the victim of his over caution, (looking up at boxes which are 
 placed on top of the buffet, and reading labels) Bills—receipts—letters ; 
 ha! I thought so; the box I’m always most in want of, stuck on the 
 very top of that buffet. This comes of his careful setting to rights. 
 I’d need have a ladder to reach it (mounts a chair) without spraining 
 my back, or getting the cramp in my legs, (he reaches on tiptoe to 
 get down the box—a tray, covered with china, which stood on the top 
 of it, slides over his head and is strewed upon the floor) What, the 
 devil ! does it rain cups and saucers ? Rooney ! ( gets off the chair) 
 If this isn’t another of that fellow’s precautions, I’ll be hanged ! 
 Rooney—Rooney, I say! Twenty pounds gone crash—oh, dear! 
 Rooney! 
 
 Enter Rooney, l., with a small coffee-pot, cup and saucer, jug of milk, 
 
 dry toast, etc., on a tray. 
 
 Roon. Don’t interrupt me, sir; Miss Juli has ordered coffee for her 
 tay, and it’ll be as cowld as my grandmother! 
 
 Ledg. Come here, you torment—come here directly ! 
 
 Roon. (setting down toast and jug on table). Wait till I put down 
 your toast and milk, sir. What’ll 1 do with the things'? 
 
 Ledg. Put them down. 
 
 Roon. Put ’em down, where I 
 
 Ledg. Any where—on the floor—oh, dear ! 
 
 Roon. What’s the matter 1 
 
 Ledg. Come here, you rascal ! Tell me, where did you put that in¬ 
 valuable set of china that I purchased last week as a present for my 
 daughter ? 
 
 Roon. What, the infallible cups and saucers'? Och, don’t be uneasy, 
 sir ; it would take a longer pair o’ shanks than you ever stood upon to 
 raich where I put ’em. 
 
 Ledg. And where did you put ’em ? 
 
 Roon. Safe and snug, sir, on the top o’ the buffet. 
 
 Ledg. You did I then go and find ’em! Twenty guineas gone in the 
 twinkling of an eve ! 
 
 Roon. (crosses to n., turning , and seeing the pieces). Och, what, 
 you’ve been at it again, have you ? (laughs) I couldn’t have made a 
 better smash of it myself. What the devil came over you 1 Here you 
 are atiain—hoi ho! 
 
 Ledg. Blockhead! how could you stick a set of china up there 1 (bell 
 rings at back.) 
 
 Roon. Och, murther ! Company at the door, and we taken at a non¬ 
 plush ! Hurry, sir; hurry, now, and help me to pick up the splinters. 
 (bell rings again) Coming, you tlivils ! There ! bad luck to the chany ! 
 Coming, coming ! 
 
 Ledger walks about, agitated. Rooney pushes the tray, with frag¬ 
 ments, under the table, as the bell rings again, and runs off, l. u. e., 
 as a voice calls “ Holloa!”— a dog barks. 
 
 Ledg. Oh, dear—oh, dear ! This is all simplicity, I suppose. It’s 
 
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 no use to grumble—I must endure it ; but if I haven’t a straight waist¬ 
 coat on before night- 
 
 Enter Rooney, l. u . e. 
 
 Well 1 
 
 Boon. (r.). It’s your nevy, sir; it’s Masther Tom, sir. 
 
 Ledg. (l.). My nephew ! What, Tom Dobbs 1 
 
 Roon. That same, sir; come a courtin’ to Miss Juli, I ’spose. 
 
 Ledg. Courting, indeed — a mere child ! What the devil brought him 
 here ? 
 
 Roon. His own carriage, sir; as ugly a little pair o’ legs as ever ye 
 clapped your good-looking eyes on. {stepping back , he upsets breakfast 
 things) There! you see what you've made me do, now ! For fear you’ll 
 be making more mischief, I’ll take ’em into Miss Julia’s room at once. 
 
 [Exit, with tray, r. s. e. 
 
 Ledg. Now, I must be civil to this boy, or his mother will be offended. 
 {dog barks without.) 
 
 Enter Tom, l. u. e., alarmed, looking behind him, dozen r. 
 
 Tom (n.). What a devil of a dog! He’s like a wild beast. Oh, 
 uncle, I’m so glad to see you ! 
 
 Ledg. (l.). Are you 1 
 
 Tom. Yes, very ; but I don't like that dog. 
 
 Ledg. Oh, you needn’t be afraid of him — he wouldn’t harm a child. 
 
 Tom. Wouldn’t lie ! But he tried, though—caught me just here by 
 my best nankeeners. What a nice house you have got, and at such a 
 convenient distance, too. Do you know, 1 walked it quite easy. But 
 I’m so hungry ! I haven’t had a bit o’ breakfast, except three twopenny 
 rolls and a pint o’ rum and milk at Hammersmith, just to stay my 
 stomach. 
 
 Ledg. {aside). Here's a precious interruption! Well, Tom, you 
 shall breakfast with your cousin Julia, in the next room. I’m going to 
 be very busy, and wish to be alone. 
 
 Tom. Oh, you needn’t stand upon ceremony with me, uncle; I’ll 
 make myself quite at home. 
 
 Lfdg. Indeed! 
 
 Tom. Mamma said you’d be delighted to see me. 
 
 Ledg. Did she ? 
 
 Tom. Yes ; and that you’d be affronted if I didn’t come while the 
 strawberries were in. 
 
 Ledg. {aside). This will never do ; I must go ten miles further down 
 the road. 
 
 Tom. I hope Julia won’t be affronted too, for I shall soon be big 
 enough to be married, and then we can live so comfortably with you, 
 uncle—can’t we I You mean to leave us all you have you know, when 
 you hop the twig! 
 
 Ledg. Hop the’twig—leave you all I have! And who told you so, 
 Master Tom 1 
 
 Tom. My mamma. 
 
 Ledg. Pleasant, upon my soul! 
 
 Tom. But, uncle, I don’t want you to die just yet ; I can’t bear a 
 house where there has been a funeral—it makes things so uncommon 
 uncomfortable. 
 
 Ledg. {aside). Curse me, if this lout isn’t more provoking than Pat 
 Rooney ! 
 
 Enter Rooney, r. s. e. 
 
THE OMNIBUS. 
 
 11 
 
 Roox. ..., suppressing a laugh). Oli, Mastlier Tom. I've got Miss 
 Juli’s compliments for yon, and her sarvice in a cup of tay. 
 
 L edg. (l.). Ay, ay, go in, Tom ; and I’ll have a letter for you to take 
 back directly. I’ll not keep you here a moment longer than I can help. 
 
 Tom. Don’t hurry on my account, uncle ; you may dine as late as 
 ever you like 
 
 Ledg. Dine 1 
 
 Tom. Yes; but you must shut up that great dog, though. 
 
 Ledg. What, Tiger 1 
 
 Tom. Because if lie barks in the night, you know, I shan’t get a wink 
 of sleep. 
 
 Ledg. Sleep! 
 
 Roox. Slape is it 1 
 
 Tom. Sleep ! yes, to be sure. Do people that live in the country lie 
 awake all night 1 Oh, my ma won’t like that. 
 
 Roox. His mamma ! Och, the poor little cratur ! His mamma ! 
 
 Ledg. But, Tom, this is a pleasure we didn’t expect. 
 
 Tom. Oh, you needn’t mind me, uncle ; any snug room that’s well 
 aired, with a pleasant prospect, will do for me—so that I've a good bed 
 and plenty of pillows. First come, first served, you know; and as this 
 is Saturday, you'll have your house crammed full to-morrow. 
 
 Roox. The house full ! Didn’t I say so ! Och, it’s myself that loves 
 a power of company, and plinty o’ good atm’ and drinkin'—lioo ! ( sings 
 and capers.) 
 
 Room, {vexed). Rooney ! 
 
 Room. Ax pardon, sir—no offence ; I’m covered all over wid blushes. 
 
 Ledg. Rooney ! take my nephew into the next room ; take him away 
 t directly, or I shall say something unpleasant—do something uncommon ; 
 I’m getting bilious. 
 
 Roon. Come along, my dear, and I’ll take care of you. 
 
 Tom. But stop a bit; I’ve got two letters for uncle. 
 
 Ledg. Letters 1 
 
 Tom. Yes ; your clerk said there were fifty pounds in that. 
 
 Room. Fifty pounds! Och, the cobweb, sir—didn’t I tell you the 
 luck of it ? 
 
 Ledg. Do go along, and let me have five minutes to myself. 
 
 Roox. Five minutes—yes sir. (Ledger sits at the table) Now, my 
 darlin’, eome wid me, and I’ll show you the rabbits, and the ould gray 
 mare, and the poll parrot, and all the rest of the lions. 
 
 Tom. Lions ! Oh, my ! does uncle keep lions I 
 
 Roox. That he does ; and pigs, ducks, and other pet lambs, into the 
 bargain. Don’t you see Miss Juli waitin’ for you in the next room I 
 
 Tom. Lank, so she is. How pretty she is—and what a nice plate of 
 toast and butter she’s got. How d’ye do, cousin Julia ? I’m corning. 
 
 [Exit, r. s. e. . 
 
 Roox. Och, the broth of a boy! If Miss Juli takes up with such a 
 bit of a husband as that, by my sowl she’ll have little enough to boast 
 of! . [Exit, r. s. e. 
 
 Ledg. Now, then, let me see. ( opens letter) Ha! fifty pounds ! Just 
 in time—I hadn’t sixpence in the house, {lags money on writing paper) 
 But who the deuce is this from I Postmark, Bordeaux, {reads) ‘‘Sare— 
 I presume ”—what a cursed crow-quill hand ! I shall never be able to 
 read it without my spectacles. Rooney! But no—I’ll go for them 
 myself; that fellow would be sure to break them. [Exit, l. s. e. 
 
 Enter Rooxey, r. s. e. 
 
 Roox. Here I am, sir! Eh—there’s more of his tricks! Sure I 
 
 u. OF ILL LIB. 
 
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 TILE OMNIBUS. 
 
 heard him call. Oho, to take away, I suppose, {approaching table and 
 seeing note) Thunder and turf! see to this, now ;, fifty pounds at the 
 mercy of a high wind and the garden door wide open! As if he 
 couldn’t slip it into a shate of paper, (puts it between the first loose 
 sheet) One would think he left his money about on purpose to get me 
 into trouble, (sits l. of table.) 
 
 Enter Ledger, icith spectacles, l s. e. 
 
 Ledg. A fine joke, truly— lend money to a man I never saw three 
 times in my life! “ Pray enclose a remittance by return post, etc., etc., 
 
 John Jack Fripon,” Never heard of such cool impudence since the 
 hour I was born, (crosses to it-) Rooney, take away those things, and 
 
 bring me a candle. 
 
 Roon. (l.L A candle—lighted 1 
 
 Ledg. (r ). To seal a letter. 
 
 Roon. Yes, sir. (aside) By ray sowl, he keeps my tin toes on the tiot 
 from raornin* till night. 
 
 Ledg. Now, do make haste, will you 1 (writes.) 
 
 Roon. I shall, sir; and I hope, sir, you’ll think o the shoe leather 
 when you come to pay my wages. [Exit with jug , etc., l. 
 
 Ledg. ( sits l. of table). Yes—yes, Mounseer, 1 11 answei you ini two 
 lines “Very sorry, but can’t oblige.’ ( folds letter) Theie s nothin,, 
 in the world I hate so much as lending money—except giving it 
 (directs it) “John Jack Fripon—Marchand— Bordeaux. Theie, i 
 
 settled that business to my mind, at all events. Rooney, the candle . 
 
 Roon. (without). Here they are, both safe. 
 
 Enter Rooney, with two lighted candles, l. 
 
 Ledg. Why the devil did you bring two 1 
 Roon. For fear one of ’em would go out, sir. 
 
 Besides, didn’t you 
 
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 cret two letters, and won’t you be sailing both the answers 
 65 Ledg. Aimh ! you're enough to vex a saint! ( seals letter ,) 
 
 Roon. There’s no contintin’ him, any how. I’ve a great mind to dis- 
 
 ^Ledg” There, that must go directly, or it will be too late for the 
 foreign post. (Rooney takes letter) I have a dozen more letters to write, 
 so don’t let me be interrupted on any account whatever .(an omnibus is 
 seen to drive up — gate bell rings—dog barks) Who the devil is that • 
 
 ' Roon. It’s an omnibus as long as Sackville street, just stopped at the 
 
 fl Ledg^D on’t let ’em in—don’t let me see a soul! Say I can't see 
 any one—I won’t see any one! (Rooney runs to the door, c. gate) l 
 miaht as well keep the Star and Garter on Richmond Hill, as be pes¬ 
 tered in this way. A man’s never safe! I wish peopie would be a 
 little more considerate. (Rooney returns with bandboxes , etc.) 0 , 
 
 *°Too™''IpuUinr^m Snf Not quite, sir. For Mr. Dobbs, sir. 
 
 Ledg! For Tom 1 J Confound him, does he mean to stay here a month 1 
 Oh I’ll not suffer this— I’ll send for the booby and tell him so. (Rooney 
 
 etc.) Rooney, desire Mr. Dobbs to come 
 
 here directly'. ... , 
 
 Roon. He’s coinin’, directly he has paid the coachman. 
 
 Ledg. Paid the coachman ! What, Tom 1 
 Roon. No, sir ; Master Tom’s papa, sir. 
 
THE OMNIBUS. 
 
 13 
 
 Ledg. Augh ! the devil! {walks about vexed.) 
 
 Enter Dobbs, c. gate. 
 
 1 Dobbs (c-). Now, you clumsy dog, don't be staring at me, but take 
 those bundles up into my room. 
 
 I fancy, 
 are ordered. 
 
 Very 
 
 Roon. Your room is itl That’ll be the garret, 
 
 Dobbs Get out, you rascal, and do as you 
 familiar ’non ray life ! What, you never saw me beloie . 
 
 1 Roon! Can’t sly 1 did, sir ; and the divil may welcome the stranger. 
 
 Dobbs. Why, vou impertinent scoundrel ! 
 
 Roon. Manners—manners ! It’s not polish for one gintleman to take 
 liberties vvid another. Scoundrel! As many yards o bad luck as \\i 
 make you a coat, waistcoat and breeches, Mr. Dobbs, and long life for 
 vou to wear ’em. Iloo ! scoundrel! [Amt, R. 
 
 ' Robbs. ’Pon my life! most extraordinary fellow that. 
 
 Ledg. (advancing). I’m glad he’s come alone, however. 
 
 Dobbs. Ah. Ledger, my old boy, how are you— how d ye do . G ad 
 to see you, with all my heart! You’ve a capital house lierc; but a 
 cursed saucy servant, I must say. Well, and how s Julia Nice house 
 indeed —delightful! Why, I never saw you looking so well, or in Better 
 
 spirits! 
 
 Ledg. D’ve think so ? I never was more out of humor. 
 
 Dobbs. What, liyppish, eh 1 Ha, always the way with people that 
 can’t bear to be alone ; but we’ll cheer you up, my old boy. i saw a 
 beautiful loin of veal go into the house just now, and know you have 
 
 some capital Port. 
 
 t Ledg. Yes—in London ; I never drink wine m the country. 
 
 Dobbs. Don’t you 1 Then we’ll drink it for you. 
 
 Ledg. Wei - ~ 
 
 Dobbs. Yes; Tom’s here, isn’t he ? 
 
 Ledg. Oh, yes; and took care to come early enough. < 
 
 Dobbs. That, was right! Tell you how it was ; your sister—my wife 
 —Tom’s mother— took a fancy in her head, last night, that a walk down 
 the road would be of service to Tom, and that I should come attei Tom 
 from the Goose and Gridiron. Knew you’d be glad to see us—so here 
 we are. By the by, it’s a most convenient distance, ’pon my me . Just 
 enough to get an appetite without fatigue. 
 
 Ledg. (aside). I’ll set lire to the house—I will—I must. 
 
 Dobbs. And then the omnibus—’pon my life, quite a luxury . bets 
 one down at the very door. But do give me a biscuit and a glass o 
 wine, will you ? I’m almost famished; a ride after an early breakfast 
 sets one’s teeth on edge. 
 
 Enter Tom Dobbs and Julia, r. s. e. 
 
 Ha! Tom, j T ou dog—been making love to your sweetheait, eh 1 How 
 
 d’ye do, Julia? {shaking hands.) 
 
 Tom. What, are you come without mamma, papa 1 
 Ledg. {aside). There’s no help for it? (to Julia) Julia, bring two 
 or three glasses, will you 1 —the smallest you can find. I must put the 
 best face I can upon it; but if ever I live at a convenient distance 
 
 again, mav the devil be my first visitor. 
 
 Dobbs. ‘Why, Julia, you’re grown out of all knowledge—make two 
 of Tom, ’pon my life ! (Julia brings glasses from buffet, and as Ledger 
 brings cake f rom cheffionier, Tom takes a large piece as he passes.) 
 Ledg. (aside). That boy’s quite a hog! 
 
14 
 
 THU OHHI3JS. 
 
 Dobbs. Tom, don’t bo greedy; we shall have luncheon presently, 
 and you’ll spoil your appetite. Ha! this is just the thing nothing l 
 like better than plum cake. 
 
 Ledg. Well, Dobbs, I’m \ery glad to see— that is, I m quite sony 3 ou 
 didn’t bring your wife. (Tom and Dobbs eat greedily.) 
 
 Dobbs. Thank yon—knew you’d be delighted to see us! 
 
 Tom, Oh, uncle, you musn’t talk to him when he’s eating ; the doctor 
 says, we’ve both got such small swallows that it’s quite dangeious to 
 interrupt us at our meals. 
 
 Ledg. Indeed! . . 
 
 Tom. Yes ; I’ll tell you how it was ; mamma s never ready m time, 
 
 you know, so we left them to come by themselves. 
 
 Ledg Them ! What do you mean by themselves 1 
 Tom. Oh, lank! I forgot to tell you that ma sent her love to you 
 uncle, and as the two Miss Dampers were staying at our house, sue u 
 do you the pleasure of inviting them to come with us. 
 
 Ledg. How very kind ! . 
 
 Tom. Wasn’t it! This cake is uncommonly dry—how it sticks in my 
 
 throat! 
 
 Ledg. (aside). I wish ’twould choke you! ... 
 
 Dobbs. Ledger, my boy, here’s plenty of glasses, but nothin,, t 
 
 drink. , . , 
 
 Tom. We must have something to wash it down, uncle. 
 
 Ledg. Well, curse me if this isn’t—but no matter. Julia, my dear, 
 do bring me that bottle of Curagoa from the buffet, will you 1 It s the 
 
 only bottle in there. „ 
 
 Dobbs. Curagoa! the best thing going— real Amsterdam. Curagoa 
 
 is the best thing in the world for my complaint! (Julia goes to the y 
 
 buffet and brings bottle of physic.) . , . n 
 
 Ledg. Ah, vou’il not get such as this every day—cost, me eighteen 
 
 shillings a bottle, (aside) I shall grudge ’em every drop ! (Tom takes 
 
 upon my life-uncommonly xlark. Mon¬ 
 strous powerful, I dare say. Mind what you’re about, Tom-half a 
 
 glass is quite enough for you. 
 
 Tom. 1 don’t quite like the smell of it, uncle. 
 
 Ledg Not like the smell! Why, it’s a perfect nosegay . 
 
 Dobbs (. having bolted his glass). Infernally strong, to be sure—augli . 
 Ledg. Yes, it soon warms the stomach. 
 
 Tom (having drunk). Warms! oh, dear— 0 I 1 , lauk. Why, it bums 
 ^‘Dobbs'. Very odd flavor— got a sort of a twang that—eh ! (smacks) 
 
 Curagoa before; but if it wasn’t for the 
 
 name, I should think, papa 
 Dobbs. Tom ! 
 
 Tom. What a queer taste it leaves in the mouth ! 
 
 Dobbs. Horrid—shocking, upon my life— pah ! 
 
 Ledg. Oh, this is throwing pearls to swine ! You won t try another 
 
 - g1 Dobbs." No thank you j a liUlo of that goes a great way Bless my 
 soul—hope I’m not going to have an attack of vertigo. Oh, deal, my 
 
 lie ^^ ee go Ve ( loes >d my stomach— 0 I 1 , dear, papa ! Oh lauk! I bel,ev ® 
 I’m going to faint— I am, too—oh ! (he sinks into a chair-- Julia holds 
 her smelling bottle to him—gate bell rings—another omnibus appeals 
 dog barks.) 
 
TUB OMNIBUS. 
 
 v> 
 
 Enter Rooney, r. 
 
 Rook. Another omnibus, sir ; and the company rolling out as if they 
 had upset a bushel o’ potatoes. [Exit, R. 
 
 Dobbs. Hope it’s my wife—’pon my life—haven’t made my will yet, 
 and I—I really feel very uncomfortable. 
 
 Tom. So do I ; I’ve got quite an all-overness. 
 
 Ledg. ( looking at them). What the plague, are they both going to be 
 laid up ? [Exit Dobbs ancl Tom, r. 
 
 Enter Rooney, followed by ladies, c. gate , ladies down r. 
 
 Roox. Mrs. Dobbs, sir—and Miss Damper, sir—and Miss Jemima 
 Damper, sir. 
 
 Mrs. D. Well, brother, here we are—and in such spirits ! I'm afraid 
 we shall turn the house out o’ window. Julia, my dear, I’m delighted 
 to see you. 
 
 Ledg. Rooney, take these ladies’ cloaks. ( bowing, amazed, As Mrs. 
 Dobbs proceeds , Rooney takes the cloaks from the Misses Damper, 
 staring at each as they tarn.) 
 
 Mrs. D. I know how you doat on a pleasure party, brother ; so I 
 prevailed on these dear girls to oblige us with their company for a few 
 days. 
 
 Ledg. A few days ! 
 
 Mrs. D. They can’t stay longer than a week or a fortnight, I assure 
 you. Miss Damper, my brother, Mr. Ledger—brother, Miss Jemima 
 Damper—two charming young women, indeed—so lively and so aizree- 
 r able! Julia, my dear! {the ceremony of introduction goes on between 
 the ladies.) 
 
 Ledg. Lively and agreeable ! 
 
 Roon. Young and charming, are they ? By my soul, they look as 
 dry as a couple o’ cane-bottomed chairs, and as sour as if they lived 
 upon lemons. (Dobbs returns and sits l. of table, groaning. Tom 
 fottoics and leans against stage pillar, r. Mrs. Dobbs runs to her son, 
 sits r. of table, and takes Tom on her knee.) 
 
 Enter Dobbs, r. 
 
 Mrs. D. Dobbs ! Dear me, what’s the matter with Dobbs ? ( running 
 to him) My dear Dobbs ! 
 
 Dobbs. Oh, Betsey, my love—that cursed Curagoa ! 
 
 Mrs. D. Curaecoa, at this time in the morning! Curagoa! 
 
 Tom. Oh, mamma, I’m very ill! 
 
 Mrs. D. And Tom, too ! Poor, dear child !—I’m surprised, brother, 
 at your want of caution : give Curagoa to an infant like this ! 
 
 Ledg. Pooh ! he only swallowed a thimblefull. Julia, my dear, take 
 these ladies into the drawing-room ; and Rooney, give me a glass of 
 that liquor. One would think they had swallowed hellebore, instead 
 of the linest cordial that ever was drank. 
 
 Roon. {pouring out). And the ladies, sir—maybe the ladies would 
 like a small taste of the cratur? (he offers a glass to Miss Damper, icho 
 turns away disgusted, and exits) Eh ! Miss Jemima perhaps 1 (Jemima 
 turns up her hands and follows her sister. Exit Julia, r.) Oh, are 
 you thereabouts 1 (mimics) I wouldn’t trust it alone wid either of ’em, 
 for all that, (he gives the glass to Ledger, who sips at the same moment 
 that Rooney puts the bottle to his mouth) So, here’s good luck to my¬ 
 self—Och ! boo—oh ! I’m kilt! 
 
1G 
 
 THE 0 MINIBUS. 
 
 Ledg. Pah! gall! ( splutters) You infernal rascal, what have you pul 
 in that boUle ? 
 
 IIoon. This bottle 7 
 
 Ledg. That bottle of Curagoa that I left in the buffet ? 
 
 Roon. In the buffet, is it 1 (looks round and misses bottle) Murther 
 we’re all poisoned! (Tom and Dobbs, who rouse themselves ad the 
 moment Rooney and Ledger take the stuff \ advanced) 
 
 All. Poisoned ! poisoned! 
 
 Roon. Every sowl of us outright iutirely ! Och, ’twas enough tc 
 poison a lire-eater and all his relations ! 
 
 Ledg. Here’s a pretty business! But I’ll not believe it. Poisoned, 
 indeed ! With what 7 
 
 Roon. Oh, masther, you’ve a dale to answer for—think o’ murtliering 
 all the company with the ould gray mare’s physic! 
 
 Dobbs. What, mare’s physic 7 A doctor ! a doctor! Let me make 
 my will! Oh, Betsey, my dear! 
 
 Tom. A stomach pump ! oh ! 
 
 [. Exeunt Dobbs, groaning, and Tom, crying , r. 
 
 Ledg. You villain ! where did you put the real Curagoa that I left 
 in the buffet 7 
 
 R,oon. Sure I took it down to the cellar, for fear the maid servants 
 should get at it and misbehave themselves. 
 
 Ledg. Well, I’ll take special good care you shan’t misbehave again— 
 I’ll pay your month’s warning, and get rid of you at once. Here, go 
 and change this fifty pound note—eh! why, where is it 7 I left it on 
 the table. 
 
 Roon. And if you look for it in the top sliate o’ paper you’ll find it. 
 
 Ledg. The top sheet—why, I wrote my letter upon that! 
 
 Roon. You did! Divil fire me, then, if the note isn’t gone to 
 Bordeaux. 
 
 Ledg. To the very man I said I couldn’t lead sixpence! Oh, you 
 eternal meddler ! 
 
 Enter Julia, r. 
 
 Well, Julia, misfortunes never come alone—I guess how it is—Tom and 
 his father both dead, I suppose 7 
 
 Julia. Dead ! Not they, indeed. Dreadfully frightened, to be sure ; 
 they didn’t drink enough to do them any harm—but they are merry 
 enough now. 
 
 Ledg. Come, that’s one relief. But I must really get rid of Rooney 
 —he has worn me to a thread. 
 
 Roon. (aside). And a pretty tough thread it must be, if that’s all that’s 
 left of you. 
 
 Ledg. Made me send fifty pounds to Bordeaux that I wanted to keep 
 in my pocket. 
 
 Julia. What, in this letter, sir 7 (holding it up.) 
 
 Ledg. Eh, how ! (takes letter, opens it, and rejoices.) 
 
 Roon. Oh, the powers ! has she been all the way to Bordeaux after 
 it 7 That flogs the stamers ! 
 
 Julia. Foreign letters must be post-paid—so this was returned, (bell 
 rings—omnibus appears.) 
 
 Roon. ’Pon my sowl, there’s another omnibus. 
 
 Ledg. Another! 
 
 Enter Tom, running, r. 
 
 Tom. Oh, Julia, you’ll be so pleased ! Oh, uncle, such a lot o’ little 
 boys and girls! They’d have passed the door, only mamma hat 
 
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 THE OMNIBUS. 
 
 17 
 
 beckoned to ’em, and the omnibus will return to cet them ail down 
 directly. 
 
 Ledg. Beckoned! To whom 1 
 
 Tom. Laulcs ! don’t you know 1 It’s Mr. and Mrs. Wadd, and all the 
 family. 
 
 Ledg. All the family 1 Zounds ! they have thirteen children ! 
 
 Tom. Yes, but they never come out more than ten. What a jolly 
 party we shall be ! (runs to the door at back.) 
 
 Ledg. Julia, we’ll leave the house—we’ll fly the country ! Rooney, 
 when that omnibus returns, take two places to London—I’m off! Julia, 
 my love, put on your bonnet. Rooney, get my hat and stick, and put 
 the gray mare to the one-horse chaise—we’ll all bo off! 
 
 Roon. The poor gray mare’s just dead, sir. 
 
 Ledg. Dead! 
 
 Roon. Yes—how could you expict otherwise—giving her physic to 
 other people ! [Exit, r. 
 
 By this time the Dobbses, Dampers, etc., are all assembled from r. 
 
 Ledg. I’m sorry to leave so pleasant a party, but the country is too 
 quiet for me. 
 
 Mrs. D. Why, brother, you don’t mean to leave ns. 
 
 Dobbs. Very odd, ’pon my life! (Rooney returns, and gives Ledger 
 Ids hat and stick, r.) 
 
 Tom. Lauk, uncle, where are you going to 1 
 
 Ledg. ( slapping on his hat, and seizing Julia’s arm, which he 
 draws within his oicn). To a convenient distance! one of the most re¬ 
 mote settlements on the Swan River! 
 
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 148. Cut Off with a Shilling, comedietta, 
 
 1 act. 2 1 
 
 113. Cyril’s Success, comedy, 6 acts_10 4 
 
 20. Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts. 8 4 
 
 286. Daisy Farm, drama, 4 acts.10 4 
 
 4. Dandelion’s Dodges, larce, 1 act... 4 2 
 22. David Garrick, comedy, 3 acts.8 3 
 
 275. Day After the Wedding, farce, 1 act 4 2 
 96. Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act.. 4 3 
 
 16. Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts_6 5 
 
 58. Deborah (Leah), drama, 3 acts...... 7 G 
 
 125. Deerfoot, farce, 1 act... . 5 J 
 
 71. Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts.. 5 i 
 142. Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts.. 9 4 
 204. Drawing Boom Car(A).comedy,1 act 2 1 
 
 21. Dreams, drama, 5 acts. 6 3 
 
 260. Drunkard’s Warning, drama, 3 acts 6 3 
 240. Drunkard’s Doom (The), drama, 2a.l5 5 
 
 263. Drunkard (The), drama. 5 acts.13 5 
 
 186. Duchess de la Yalliere.ptav, 5 acts.. 6 4 
 
 242. Dumb Belie (The), farce, 1 act. 4 2 
 
 47. Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act.5 2 
 
 283. E. C. B. Susan Jane, musical bur¬ 
 lesque, 1 act.. .. 8 1 
 
 202. Eileeu Oge, Irish drama, 4 acts.11 3 
 
 315. Electric Love, farce, 1 act. 1 1 
 
 297. English Gentleman (Au), comcdy- 
 
 drama, 4 acts. 7 4 
 
 200. Estranged, operetta. 1 act . 2 1 
 
 135. Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3 acts 6 5 
 230. Family Jars, musical farce. 2 acts.. 5 2 
 103. Faust and Marguerite, drama. 3 acts 9 7 
 9. Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 
 
 interlude, 1 act.4 1 
 
 123. Female Detective, drama, 3acts... .11 4 
 
 jl01. Fernaude. drama, 3 .acts.11 10 
 
 99. Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts.10 2 
 
 262, Fifteen Years of a Drunkard's Life, 
 
 melodrama, 3 acts.13 4 
 
 i 145. First Love, comedy, 1 act.4 1 - 
 
 I 102. Foiled, drama. 4 acts. 9 3 
 
 I 83. Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act.4 2 
 
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 276. 
 306. 
 
 277. 
 
 206. 
 
 241. 
 
 28. 
 
 151. 
 
 8 . 
 
 180. 
 
 03 . 
 
 19. 
 
 60. 
 
 191 . 
 
 246. 
 
 301. 
 
 224. 
 187. 
 174. 
 211 . 
 
 64. 
 -190. 
 r 197. 
 
 225. 
 
 252. 
 18. 
 
 116. 
 
 v«. 
 
 159. 
 
 278. 
 282. 
 
 273. 
 
 243. 
 271. 
 
 244. 
 270. 
 
 274. 
 122 . 
 177. 
 100 . 
 299. 
 139. 
 
 17. 
 
 233. 
 
 309. 
 
 86 . 
 
 137. 
 
 72. 
 
 144. 
 
 34. 
 
 189. 
 
 253. 
 111 . 
 119. 
 239. 
 
 48. 
 
 32. 
 
 164. 
 295. 
 
 165. 
 228. 
 
 \ M. F. 
 
 Fruits of the Wine Cup, drama, 3 cts 6 3 109. 
 
 Game of Cards (A), comedietta, la.. 3 1 85. 
 
 Garrick Fever, iarce, 1 act. 7 4 | 87. 
 
 Gertrude’s Money Box, iarce, 1 act. 4 2 143. 
 
 Golden Fetters (Fettered), drama, 3.11 4 212. 
 
 Goose with the Golden Eggs, iarce, 291. 
 
 1 act.-.;• 5 3 210. 
 
 Goto Putney, farce, 1 act . 4 3 103. 
 
 Good for Nothing, comic drama, la. 5 1 154. 
 
 Great Success (A), comedy, 3 acts.. 8 5 63. 
 
 Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw, 249. 
 
 farce, 1 act.^ 2 208. 
 
 Heir Apparent (The), farce, 1 act... 5 1 39. 
 
 Handy Andy, drama, 2 acts.10 3 7. 
 
 Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act. 1 1 49. 
 
 Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act. 2 15. 
 
 Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts.10 3 46. 
 
 Henry the Fifth, hist, play, 5 acts. .38 5 j 51. 
 Her Only Fault, comedietta, 1 act.. 2 2 302. 
 
 He’s a Lunatic, farce, 1 act. 3 2 184. 
 
 Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts. 5 5 250. 
 
 High C, comedietta, 1 act. 3 3 312. 
 
 High Life Below Stairs,farce.2 acts. 9 5 
 
 Hiuko, romantic drama, 6 acts.12 7 234. 
 
 His Last Legs, farce, 2 acts. 5 3 108. 
 
 His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act. 5 1 188. 
 
 Home, comedy. 3 acts. 4 3 169. 
 
 Honesty is the Best Policy, play, 1. 2 216. 
 
 Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act. 1 1 236. 
 
 Hunting the Slippers, farce, 1 act.. 4 1 193. 
 
 Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts.13 2 
 
 Ici on Parle Fraucais, farce, 1 act... 3 4 267. 
 
 Idiot Witness, melodrama, 3 acts. . 6 1 130. 
 
 If I had a Thousand a Year, farce, 1 4 3 92. 
 
 I'm not Mesilf at all, Irish stew, la. 3 2 21S. 
 
 In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act.. 2 3 140. 
 
 In the Wrong House, farce, 1 acr... 4 2 
 Irish Attorney (The), farce, 2 acts.. 8 2 115. 
 
 Irish Broom Maker, farce. 1 act.... 9 3 2. 
 
 Irishman in London, fai’ce, 1 acts. .6 3 j 57. 
 
 Irish Lion (The), farce, 1 act. 8 3 j 104. 
 
 Irish Post (The), drama. 1 act. 9 3 112. 
 
 Irish Tutor (The), farce, 1 act. 5 2 | 298. 
 
 Irish Tiger (The), farce, 1 act. 5 1 185. 
 
 Irish Widow (The), farce, 2 acts_ 7 1 84. 
 
 Isabella Orsini, drama, 4 acts.11 4 . 117. 
 
 I Shall Invite the Major, comedy, 14 1 
 
 Jack Long, drama, 2 acts.. .. 9 2 171. 
 
 Joan of Arc, hist, play, 5 acts.26 6 14. 
 
 Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts.. 3 3 300. 
 Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts.... 6 4 269. 
 
 Kiss iu the Dark (A), farce, 1 act_ 2 3 268. 
 
 Ladies' Battle (The), comedy, 3 acts 7 2 173. 
 
 Lady of Lyons, play, o acts.12 5 227. 
 
 L’Article 47, drama, 3 acts.11 5 176. 
 
 Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act. 4 2 254. 
 
 Lancashire Lass, melodrama,4 acts.12 3 33. 
 
 Larkins’.Love Letters, farce, 1 act.. 3 2 3. 
 
 Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act_1 1 90. 
 
 Lend Me Five Shillings, farce, 1 act 5 3 170. 
 
 Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts. 7 2 289. 
 
 Life Chase, drama, 5 acts.14 5 97. 
 
 Limerick Boy (The), farce. 1 act.... 5 2 66. 
 
 Little Annie’s Birthday, farce, 1 act..2 4 209. 
 
 Little Hebei, farce, 1 act . 4 3 172. 
 
 Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts. 6 6 94. 
 
 Little Em’ly, drama, 4 acts. 8 8 45. 
 
 Living Statue (Tlie), farce, 1 act.... 3 2 155. 
 Loan of a Lover (The), vaudeville,!. 4 1 178. 
 
 & f. 
 
 Locked iu, comedietta, 1 act. 3 2 
 
 Locked in with a Lady, sketch. 1 1 
 
 Locked Out, comic scene. 1 1 
 
 Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act.. 4 2 
 London Assurance, comedy, 5 acts. 10 3 
 
 M. P.. comedy, 4 acts. 7 2 
 
 Mabel's Manoeuvre, interlude, 1 act 1 3 
 
 Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts.10 3 
 
 Maria and fllagdalena, play, 4 acts.. 8 G 
 Marriage at any Price, farce, 1 act.. 5 3 
 Marriage a Lottery, comedy, 2 acts. 3 4 
 Married Bachelors, comedietta, la,. 3 2 
 Master Jones’ Birthday, farce, 1 act 4 2 
 
 Maud’s Peril, drama, 4 acts. 5 3 
 
 Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act.8 2 
 
 Milky White, drama, 2 acts. 4 2 
 
 Miriam’s Crime, drama, 3 acts.5 2 
 
 Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act. 3 2 
 
 Model Pair (A), comedy, 1 act.2 2 
 
 Money, comedy, 5 acts. 17 3 
 
 More Blunders than One, farce, la. 4 3 
 More Sinned against than Sinning, 
 
 original Irish drama, 4 acts.11 
 
 Morning Call (A), comedietta, 1 act. 1 1 
 
 Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act. 3 3 
 
 Mr. X., farce, 1 act. 3 3 
 
 My Uncle’s Suit, farce, 1 act.4 1 
 
 My Neighbor’s Wife, farce, 1 act_3 3 
 
 My Turn Next, farce. 1 act. 4 3 
 
 My Walking Photograph, musical 
 
 duality, 1 act. 1 1 
 
 My Wife's Bonuet. farce, 1 act. 3 4 
 
 My Wife’s Diary, farce, 1 act. 3 1 
 
 My Wife’s Out, farce, 1 act. . 2 2 
 
 Naval Engagements, farce, 2 acts... 4 2 
 Never Reckon your Chickens, etc., 
 
 farce. 1 act. 3 4 
 
 New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 5 
 
 Nobody’s Child, drama, 3 acts.18 3 
 
 Noemie, drama, 2 acts.. . 4 4 
 
 No Name, drama, 5 acts.. 7 5 
 
 Not a bit Jealous, iarce, 1 act.3 3 
 
 Not if I Know it, iarce, 1 act. 4 4 
 
 Not so bad as we Seem, play, 5 aets.13 3 
 
 Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts.10 6 
 
 Not such a Fool as he Looks, drama, 
 
 3 acts. 5 4 
 
 Nothing like Paste, farce, 1 act_ 3 I 
 
 No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts.... 13 6 
 
 Notre Dame, drama, 3 acts.11 8 
 
 Object of Interest (An), iarce, 1 act. 4 3 
 Obstinate Family (The), farce, 1 act. 3 3 
 
 Off the Stage, comedietta. 1 act_ 3 3 
 
 Omnibus (The), farce, 1 act.5 4 
 
 On ‘Bread and Water, farce, 1 act... 1 2 
 
 One Too Many, farce, 1 act. 4 2 
 
 One Too Many for Him, farce, 1 act 2 3 
 
 £100,000, comedy, 3 acts. 8 4 
 
 Only a Halfpenny, fai - ce ; 1 act. 2 2 
 
 Only Somebody, farce, 1 act. 4 
 
 On the Jury, drama, 4 acts. 5 
 
 Orange Blossoms, comedietta, 1 act 3 
 
 Orange Girl, drama. 4 acts.18 
 
 Othello, tragedy, 5 acts.16 
 
 Ours, comedy, 3 acts. 6 
 
 Our Clerks, farce, 1 act .. 7 5 
 
 Our Domestics, comedy-farce, 2 acts 6 6 
 Our Heroes, military play, 5 acts.. .24 5 
 Out at Sea, drama, 5 acts... 17 5 
 
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DE WITT’S ACTING- PLATS,-Continued. 
 
 
 M. F. 
 
 147. Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts_11 5 
 
 305. Pair of Shoes (A), farce, 1 act.4 3 
 
 285. Partners for Life, comedy, 3 acts_7 4 
 
 155. Peace at any Price, farce, 1 act.1 1 
 
 82. Peep o’ Lay, drama, 4 acts.12 4 
 
 127. Peggy Green, farce, 1 act.3 10 
 
 23. Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 
 
 1 act.15 24 
 
 293. Philomel, romantic drama, 3 acts... 0 4 
 
 G2. Photographic Fix, farce, 1 act. 3 2 
 
 61. Plot and l^assion, drama, 3 acts. ... 7 2 
 138. Poll aud Partner Joe, burlesqe, la..10 3 
 
 217. Poor Pillicoddy, farce, 1 act. 2 3 
 
 110. Poppleton’s Predicaments, farce, la. 3 6 
 
 50. Porter’s Knot, drama, 2 acts. 8 2 
 
 59. Post Boy, drama. 2 acts. 5 3 
 
 95. Pretty Horse-Breaker, farce . 3 10 
 
 280. Pretty Piece of Business (A), come¬ 
 dy, 1 act. 2 3 
 
 181. 182. Queen Mary, drama, 4 acts_37 9 
 
 196. Queerest Courtship (The), comic 
 
 operetta, 1 act. 1 1 
 
 255. Quiet Family, farce, 1 act.4 4 
 
 157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act... 5 2 
 
 132. Race for a Dinner, farce, 1 act.10 
 
 237. Regular Fix (A), farce; 1 act. 6 4 
 
 183. Richelieu, play, 5 acts.12 2 
 
 38. Rightful Heir - , drama, 5 acts.10 2 
 
 77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts_ 8 4 
 
 316. Romeo on the Gridiron (Al, mono¬ 
 logue, for a lady. 1 
 
 195. Rosemi Shell, burlesque, 4 scenes.. 6 3 
 247. Rough Diamond (The), farce, 1 act. 6 3 
 
 194. Rum, drama, 3 acts. 7 4 
 
 13. Ruy Bias, drama, 4 acts...12 4 
 
 229. Sarah's Young Man, farce, 1 act_3 3 
 
 158. School, comedy, 4 acts. 6 6 
 
 201. School for Scandal, comedy, 5 acts..13 4 
 264. Scrap of Paper (A), comic drama, 3a. 6 6 
 
 79. Sheep inWolf’s Clothing, drama, la. 7 5 
 
 203. She Stoops to Conquer, comedy, 5a.l5 4 
 
 37. Silent Protector, farce. 1 act,.... 3 2 
 
 35. Sileut Woman, farce, 1 act. 2 1 
 
 213. Single Married Man (A), comic ope¬ 
 retta, 1 act..6 2 
 
 43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act.. 7 2 
 6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act.. 2 1 
 221. Slasher and Crasher, farce. 1 act... 5 2 
 10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act...1 1 
 
 26. Society, comedy, 3 acts.16 5 
 
 2n7. Sold Again, comic operetta, 1 act... 3 1 
 
 894. Sparking, comedietta, 1 act. 1 2 
 
 78. Special Performances, farce, 1 act.. 7 3 
 215. Still Waters Run Deep, comedy, 3a. 9 2 
 *256. Sweethearts, dramatic contrast, 2a.. 2 2 
 232. Tail (Tale) of a Shark, musical mon¬ 
 ologue, 1 scene. 1 
 
 31. Taming a Tiger, farce, 1 act. 3 
 
 150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta. 1 act.. 1 2 
 
 120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act 2 1 
 
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 257. Ten Nights in a Bar Room, drama, 
 
 5 acts. 8 2 
 
 146. There’s no Smoke without Fire, 
 
 comedietta, 1 act. 1 2 
 
 83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 
 
 1 act.6 1 
 
 245. Thumping Legacy (A), 1 act...... .. 7 1 
 
 251. Ticket of Leave Man, drama, 4 acts. 9 3 
 42. Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts. 7 3 
 27. Time and Tide, drama, 4 acts. 7 5 
 
 133. Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act 4 2 
 153. 'Tis Better to Live than to Die, 
 
 farce, 1 act. 2 1 
 
 134. Tompkins the Troubadour, farce. 1. 3 2 
 
 272 . Toodles (The), drama, 2 acts.10 2 
 
 235. To Oblige Benson, comedietta, 1 act 3 2 
 
 238 . Trying It On, farce, 1 act. 3 3 
 
 29. Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act. ..5 3 
 
 214. Turn Him Out, farce. 1 act. 3 2 
 
 168. Tweedie’s Rights, comedy, 2 acts.. 4 2 
 
 126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act. 6 3 
 
 234. ’Twixt Axe and Crown, play, 5 acts.24 13 
 198. Twin Sisters, comic operetta. 1 act. 2 2 
 
 265. Two Bounycastles, farce, 1 act. 3 3 
 
 220 . Two Buzzards (The), farce, 1 act_3 2 
 
 56. Two Gay Deceivers, face, 1 act. 3 
 
 123 . Two Polts, farce. 1 act. 4 4 
 
 288 . Two Roses (The), comedy, 3 acts... 7 4 
 292 . Two Thorns (The), comedy, 4 acts.. 9 4 
 294 . Uncle Dick’s Darling, drama, 3 acts 6 5 
 
 162. Uncle’s Will, comedietta, 1 act. 2 '? 
 
 106. Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act 6 2 
 
 81. Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act. 3 3 
 
 317. Veteran of 1812 (The), romantic mil¬ 
 itary drama, 5 acts.12 2 
 
 124. Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act. 6/6 
 
 91. Walpole, comedy in rhyme. 7 f 2 
 
 118. Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 2 1 
 231. Wanted. One Thousand Spirited 
 Young Milliners for the Gold Re¬ 
 gions, farce, 1 act.3 7 
 
 44. War to to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts 5 4 
 
 311. What Tears can do, comedietta, la.. 3 2 
 105. Which of the Two? comedietta, la.. 2 10 
 266. Who Killed Cock Robin? farce, 2a.. 2 2 
 
 98. Who is Who? farce.3 2 
 
 12. Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts. 4 4 
 
 213. Widow* (The), comedy, 3 acts. 7 6 
 
 5. William Tell v*ith a Vengeance, bur¬ 
 lesque .8 2 
 
 | Window Curtain, monologue.... 1 
 
 * I Circumstantial Evidence “ _ 1 
 
 136. Woman in Red, drama, 4 acts. 6 8 
 
 161. Woman’s Vows and Masous’ Oaths. 
 
 drama, 4 acts..10 4 
 
 11. Woodcock’s Little Game, farce. 2a.. 4 4 
 290. Wrong Man iu the Right Place (A), 
 
 farce, 1 act. . 2 3 
 
 54. Young Collegian, farce, 1 act. 3 J 
 
 A COMPLETE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF DE WITT’S ACT' 
 ING PLAYS AND DE V/ITT’S ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMAS, 
 
 containing Plot, Costume, Scenery, Time of Representation, and all other informa¬ 
 tion, mailed free and post paid on application. Address 
 
 I>E WITT, 33 Bose Street., IVew York. 
 
 
DE WITT’S ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DiUMA.—Continued. 
 
 
 M. F. 
 
 M. F. 
 
 33. Jealous Husbaud, sketch. 2 1 
 
 94. Juirns the Snoozer. burlesque, 3 sc. 6 1 
 ! 103. Katrina’s Little Game, Dutch act, 
 
 1 scene. 1 1 
 
 1. Last of the Mohicans, sketch. 3 1 
 
 36 . Laughing Gas, sketch, 1 scene. 6 1 
 
 18. Live Injun, sketch, 4 scenes. 4 1 
 
 1 60. Lost Will, sketch... 4 
 
 37. Lucky Job, farce, 2 scenes. 3 2 
 
 90. Lunatic (The), farce, 1 scene. 3 
 
 109. Making a Hit, farce, 2 scenes. 4 
 
 19. Malicious Trespass, sketch, 1 scene. 3 
 149. ’Meriky, Ethiopian farce, 1 scene... 3 1 
 151. Micky Free, Irish sketch, 1 scene.. 5 
 96. Midnight Intruder, farce, 1 scene . 6 1 
 
 147. Milliner’s Shop (The), Ethiopian 
 
 sketch, 1 scene. 2 2 
 
 129. Moko Marionettes, Ethiopian eccen¬ 
 tricity, 2 scenes. 4 5 
 
 101. Molly Moriarty, Irish musical 
 
 sketch, 1 scene. 1 1 
 
 117. Motor Bellows, comedy, 1 act. 4 
 
 44. Musical Servant, sketch. 1 scene— 3 
 8. Mutton Trial, sketch, 2 scenes .... 4 
 119. My Wife’sVisitors, comic drama,lsc. 6 1 
 si 49. Night in a Strange Hotel,sketch,lsc. 2 
 132. Noble Savage, Ethi’n sketch, 1 sc... 4 
 l| 145. No Pay No Cure, Ethi’n sketch, 1 sc. 6 
 22. Obeying Orders, sketch, 1 scene.... 2 1 
 
 27. 100th Night of Hamlet, sketch. 7 1 
 
 125. Oh, Hush! operatic olio. 4 1 
 
 30. One Night in a Bar Room, sketch.. 7 
 
 114. One Night in a Medical College, 
 
 ^ Ethiopian sketch, 1 scene. 7 1 
 
 76. One, Two, Three, sketch, 1 scene.. 7 
 
 91. Painter’s Apprentice, farce, 1 scene. 5 
 87. Pete and the Peddler, Negro and 
 
 Irish sketch, 1 scene. 2 1 
 
 135. Pleasant Companions, Ethiopian 
 
 sketch, 1 scene.5 1 
 
 92. Polar Bear (The), fai’ce, 1 scene. ... 4 1 
 
 9. Policy Players, sketch, 1 scene. 7 
 
 57. Pompey’s Patients, interlude, 2 sc.* 6 
 
 65. Porter’s Troubles, sketch, 1 scene.. 6 1 
 
 66. Port Wine vs. Jealousy, sketch. 2 1 
 
 115. Private Boarding, comedy, 1 scene. 2 3 
 
 14. Recruiting Office, sketch, 1 act. 5 
 
 105. Rehearsal (The), Irish farce, 2 sc... 3 1 
 45. Remittance from Home,sketch, 1 sc. 6 
 55. Rigging a Purchase, sketch, 1 sc... 3 
 
 81. Rival Artists, sketch, 1 scene. 4 
 
 26. Rival Tenants, sketch. 4 
 
 138. Rival Barbers’ Shops (The). Ethio¬ 
 pian farce, 1 scene. 6 
 
 15. Sam’s Courtship, farce, 1 act... 2 
 
 59. Sausage Makers, sketch, 2 scenes.. 5 
 
 21. Scampiui, pantomime, 2 scenes_3 
 
 80. Scenes on the Mississippi, sketch, 
 
 2 scenes... 6 
 
 84. Serenade (The), sketch, 2 scenes_ 7 
 
 38. Siamese Twins, sketch, 2 scenes.... 5 
 74. Sleep Walker, sketch, 2 scenes. 3 
 
 46. Slippery Day, sketch, 1 scene. 6 
 
 69. Squire lor a Day, sketch. 5 
 
 56. Stage-struck Couple, interlude, 1 sc. 2 
 
 72. Stranger, burlesque, 1 scene . 1 
 
 13. Streets of New York, sketch, 1 sc... 6 
 
 16. Storming the Fort, sketch, 1 scene. 5 
 
 7. Stupid Servant, sketch, 1 scene_ 2 
 
 121. Stocks Up! Stocks Down! Negro 
 
 duologue, 1 scene. 2 
 
 47. Take It, Don’t Take It, sketch, 1 sc. 2 
 
 54. Them Papers, sketch, 1 scene. 3 
 
 100. Three Chiefs (The), sketch, 1 scene. 6 
 
 102. Three A. M., sketch, 2 scenes.3 
 
 34. Three Strings to one Bow, sketch, 
 
 1 scene ... 4 
 
 122. Ticket Taker, Ethi’ii farce, 1 scene. 3 
 
 2. Tricks, sketch. 5 
 
 104. Two Awfuls (The), sketch, 1 scene.. 5 
 5. Two Black Roses, sketch. 4 
 
 28. Uncle Eph’s Dream, sketch, 2 sc. .. 3 
 134. Unlimited Cheek, sketch, 1 scene.. 4 
 
 62. Vinegar Bitters, sketch, 1 sceue_ 6 
 
 32. Wake up, William Henry, sketch... 3 
 39. Wanted, a Nurse, sketch, 1 scene... 4 
 75. Weston, the Walkist, Dutch sketch, 
 
 1 scene.. 7 
 
 93. What shall I Take? sketch, 1 scene. 7 
 
 29. Who Died First? sketch, 1 scene.. . 3 
 
 97. Who's the Actor? farce, 1 scene_4 
 
 137. Whose Baby is it ? Ethiopian sketch, 
 
 1 scene. 2 
 
 143. Wonderful Telephone (The), Ethio¬ 
 pian sketch, 1 scene...4 
 
 99. Wrong Woman in the Right Place, 
 
 sketch, 2 scenes . 2 
 
 85. Young Scamp, sketch, 1 scene.._ 3 
 
 116. Zacharias’ Funeral, farce, 1 scene.. 5 
 
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