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HORATIO ALGER, Jr.

New York, May 1, 1875.

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Dea. Elnathan Peters, a Farmer. Mrs. Almira Peters, his Wife. Jonathan Peters, his Son. Thomas Hampton, a Commission Merchant. Samuel Jenkins, his Clerk.

Scene I.—An old-fashioned kitchen. Mrs. P. is paring apples, R. Dea. P. nodding over a newspaper, L. Jonathan, a tall, countrified-looking specimen, sits moodily, C., with chair tipped back, and his hands in his pockets.

Jonathan. Well, marm, I’ve made up my mind I shan’t stay in Beanville any longer.

Mrs. Peters. Why, Jonathan, how you dew talk! What’s got into you?

J. I’ve got tired of Beanville, marm, that’s what’s the matter. I aint goin’ to stay here all my life, raisin’ cabbages, and hoin’ taters. I’m fit for somethin’ better.

Dea. Peters (rousing from his nap). What’s the boy talkin’ about, mother?

J. I might as well tell you fust as last, dad. I’m goin’ to Bostown.

Mrs. P. Massy sakes! Bostown’s a hundred miles off. What you goin’ there for?