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class="speaker">Precise. Would you murder us?
Strongfist. Blow us to pieces?
O’Rourke. Call in the judge.
Short. Let me go, I tell you. (Kicks O’Rourke, strikes Precise and Strongfist, and sends them to the floor.)
O’Rourke. I’m kilt intirely.
All. Help! Murder! Help!
Short (holding the match). Now, gentlemen of the jury, here is a convincing test. Shall I apply it, or are you ready with a verdict?
All. No. Yes. Verdict. Verdict.
Short. Gentlemen, what is your verdict, guilty or not guilty?
All. Guilty.
Short. All right. Mr. Foreman, make out your papers. (Blows out match. All resume seats.)
Timorous. Well, I never had such a scare in all my life.
O’Rourke. By me soul! I say a wake a comin’ for the last of the O’Rourkes.
Snowball. By golly, I’m all ob a hot chill in my backbone.
Precise (who has been writing). Gentlemen, listen to your verdict. “We find the defendant, Peleg Popgun, guilty.”
Jolly. “So say we, all of us.”
All. Ay. Ay.
Short. Then there’s no further use for this box of sawdust, I suppose.
All. Sawdust?
Short. Exactly. You thought ’twas gunpowder. No matter. I saw I could throw dust in your eyes with it. I can’t say much for your argument. You’re like all the rest of this universal Yankee nation——anxious to fasten your tongue tackle on to every question. There’s a very plain case here, which might have been a very knotty one but for the sawdust, which has brought you to terms, and thus proved a better medicine than Popgun’s celebrated Dead Shot.
CURTAIN.
Plays for Amateur Theatricals.
BY GEORGE M. BAKER.
Author of “Amateur Dramas,” “The Mimic Stage” “The Social Stage,” &c.
DRAMAS.
In Three Acts.
- My Brother’s Keeper. 5 male, 3 female characters. 15c.
In Two Acts.
- Among the Breakers. 6 male, 4 female characters. 15c.
- Sylvia’s Soldier. 3 male, 2 female characters. 15c.
- Once on a Time. 4 male, 2 female characters. 15c.
- Down by the Sea. 6 male, 3 female characters. 15c.
- Bread on the Waters. 5 male, 3 female characters. 15c.
- [*]The Last Loaf. 5 male, 3 female characters. 15c.
In One Act.
- Stand by the Flag. 5 male characters. 15c.
- [*]The Tempter. 3 male, 1 female character. 15c.
COMEDIES AND FARCES.
- The Boston Dip. 4 male, 3 female characters. 15c.
- The Duchess of Dublin. 6 male, 4 female characters. 15c.
- [*]We’re all Teetotallers. 4 male, 2 female characters. 15c.
- [*]A Drop too Much. 4 male, 2 female characters. 15c.
- Thirty Minutes for Refreshments. 4 male, 3 female characters. 15c.
- [*]A Little More Cider. 5 male, 3 female characters. 15c.
Male Characters Only.
- Gentlemen of the Jury. 12 characters. 15c.
- A Tender Attachment. 7 characters. 15c.
- The Thief of Time. 6 characters. 15c.
- The Hypochondriac. 5 characters. 15c.
- A Public Benefactor. 6 characters. 15c.
- The Runaways. 4 characters. 15c.
- Coals of Fire. 6 characters. 15c.
- Wanted, a Male Cook. 4 characters. 15c.
- A Sea of Troubles. 8 characters. 15c.
- Freedom of the Press. 8 characters. 15c.
- A Close Shave. 6 characters. 15c.
- The Great Elixir. 9 characters. 15c.
- [*]The Man with the Demijohn. 4 characters. 15c.
- Humors of the Strike. 8 characters. 15c.
- New Brooms Sweep Clean. 6 characters. 15c.
- My Uncle the Captain. 6 characters. 15c.