iv. Captain Kidd and his Victim.
“Ladies and Gentlemen,—Permit me to call your attention to this beautiful group, which has lately been added at an enormous expense to my collection. You here behold the first privateer and the first victim of his murderous propensities. Captain Kidd, the robber of the main, is supposed to have originated somewhere down east. His whole life being spent upon the stormy deep, he amassed an immense fortune, and buried it in the sand along the flower-clad banks of Cape Cod, by which course he invented the Savings Banks, now so common along shore. Having hidden away so much property, which, like so many modern investments, never can be unearthed, he was known as a great sea-cretur. Before him kneels his lovely and innocent victim, the Lady Blousabella Infantina, who was several times taken and murdered by this bloodthirsty tyrant, which accounts for the calm look of resignation depicted upon her lovely countenance.
“Wind ’em up, John.”
Costumes.—Captain Kidd—White pantaloons, blue shirt, sailor hat, pistol, and sword.
Victim.—Lady with flowing hair, white dress.
Movement.—The Captain’s sword moves up and down, and the victim’s arms go in unison.