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Ed. (passionately). I’ll have the law of you, you villain!

H. P. You will, eh! Then I must give you your pay in advance.

(He continues to shake him a moment. Then making a low, mocking bow, he goes out.)

Ed. (furiously). I won’t stand this. I’ll leave a note for Clark, and go home this moment. There’s no knowing what may come next. It is as much as one’s life is worth to be an editor.

(Exit hurriedly.)

(Curtain falls.)

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Mrs. Jones, Keeper of a Boarding-House. Amanda, Her Daughter. Mrs. Simperton, ⎫ Applicants for Board Isadora Malvina, ⎪ Count Henri de Fripon, ⎪ Abigail Trist, ⎬ Zachary Winfield Taylor Scott, ⎪ Jethro Burbank, ⎪ Mrs. Westwood, ⎭ Sheriff. Mr. Randall. Bridget.

Scene I.—A room in the house of Mrs. Jones. Mrs. J., R., and her daughter, L., present, both seated.

Mrs. Jones. Well, Amanda, now that we have taken a large house and prepared it for boarders, the next thing will be to fill it.

Amanda. Advertise in the “Herald,” mamma.