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The Dime dialogues no. 31 : twenty minor dramas, extravaganzas, burlesques, farces, dress and humorous pieces, for the amateur stage, parlors, schools and exhibitions / all original and by favorite authors, professors, teachers and amateurs.
Date Added
9 January 2014
Format
Book
Language
English
Publish Date
1884
Publisher
New York : M.J. Ivers & Co., publishers, 379 Pearl Street
Series
Beadle's dime dialogues > no. 31
Source
Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
Beadle's dime dialogues, no. thirty one Beadle's dime dialogues, no. 31 Sloman's angel.
Topic
Popular literature > Specimens. Dime novels > Specimens. Dialogues.
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BARR’S BOARDERS, 18
Scene II:—Same as before. CLEMENTINA and Krrry. dis: ’
covered,
(Enter Mrs. BARR.)
Mrs. B. Oh, girls! girls! girls! 1’m all in a quiver of ex:
citement! Yes, he’s coming! going to take the third-floor
back, which he went up to see, an’ come down again very well ~
pleased. [ think we have got the right man in the right place
ut last! The very one l’ve been looking for these ages! Te’s ~
a widower, an’ he’s got the dearest, swectest little girl—a per
fect angel, about five years old, dressed like a doll, and long
-golden curls with big blue eyes, not over thirty—the father
1 mean—with a white slip over blue silk—
-K. The father?
Mrs. B.. The sweetest thing! Evidently wealthy—didn’t
say a word when I mentioned sixteen dollars as my price for
tiie two—looks at you so cunning from under long lashes—
CLteM. The widower?
Mrs. B. It quite won my heart. Of course, as a usual
thing, I object to children, but a widower, so helpless, so
necessary to have a woman’s care—I unaffectedly consented -
to have him without a single objection ;—and it’s settled they’re ;”
-tocome at four this afternoon. He asked quite particular
about the table we set, so I showed him the carte for to-night.
It seemed to satisfy him. .
Crem. It ought to. What shadows we are, and what
shadows we pursue! ,
Mrs. B. I told him I had two young lady daughters, the
delight of whose life it would be to be like elder sisters to his
poor motherless darling; an’ I myself would be a mother to her,
Ife said he was afraid she’d been a little spoiled since her dear
mamma’s death. They had boarded at.a hotel, and he felt
obliged to find a quieter place for her, where the waiters
wouldn’t kill her with kindness, nor the boarders quite spoil
her with flattery. If I only would be kind an’ yet judicious,
I should have proof of his gratitude. Proof of his gratitude
Girls! 1 have the highest hopes! He'll begin by givin’ me g
rich black silk, an’ he'll end by asking one of you to aid him
it ‘aici care of his little daughter the remainder of your
ife .
K. Thanks, ma. No widower for me!
Mrs. B. I hav’n’t felt so flustered in a good while! Kitty!
Tknow it will be you! I feel it in my bones! Yes, he’s to
send her crib, an’ it’s to be set up in his room. Just imagine -
him buttoning her frocks, and brushing her long curls!_ You
‘can take that off his hands in a few days. Of course he'll feel
gratefull I believe her name is Maude, and Vd like to know
Kitty why you weren't in the hall when he weat out. as ! told
you? . ‘ -
‘yt. ameeererty woe