BY MART W. HANLEY.
CHARACTERS.
Mr. Skidmore.
Mrs. Skidmore.
Billy Buttercup.
Scene.—Ordinary room. Table, chairs, lounges, etc. Curtain rises, disclosing Mr. and Mrs. Skidmore at table. Mr. S., reading, Mrs. S., sewing.
Mr. S. (Puts down the book.) So, Mattie, we have been married a whole week!
Mrs. S. Yes, George.
Mr. S. Are not you perfectly contented, darling, with your new life?
Mrs. S. Yes, George, but—[Sighs.]
Mr. S. What, Mattie?
Mrs. S. I sort of miss my old home, and I sigh for the green fields and the sparkling brook, and the old watch dog, and the cattle—there was my dear old cow, Ella, who was——