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J. We kin git board up to Beanville for two dollars a week.
H. Beanville and Boston are two different places, and differ greatly in some important respects. If you will wait here a few moments, I’ll go out and speak to my friend about this place that you want.
(Exit R.)
J. (solus). Well, I wouldn’t ’a’ thought that Jenkins was such a tricky feller. I’d like to jist git hold of him once, and ef I wouldn’t give him a kick that would land him in the middle of next week, it’s because I’d lost the use of my foot, that’s all.
(Curtain falls.)
ONE WEEK AN EDITOR.
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CHARACTERS.
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Fernando Clapp, Editor pro tem. Ephraim Simpson, a Country Farmer. Dr. John Jenkins, Vender of Salve. Eugene Snow, Printer’s “Devil.” Araminta Ellis, a Sentimental Young Lady. Geo. Crane, a Mechanic. Dr. Wm. Randall, Proprietor of Anti-Dyspepsia Pills. Henry Perkins, a Fierce-looking Individual.Scene I.—A country printing office. Editor pro tem. sitting R. before a table C. covered with MSS. Piles of newspapers upon the floor on either side of him. A pair of scissors in one hand and a pen in the other. Enter Ephraim Simpson, L.