[LOVE AND POETRY.]

A Short Burlesque.

BY HARRY MINER.

CHARACTERS.

Hannis Yorick.
Lena Krause.
Byron Longfellow Smith.

Scene.—Interior. Tables, L. Two chairs, C. Door at rear.

[Enter Lena, R. 1. E.

Lena. Vell, at last the day’s vork vos done, the mistress has gone oud for the evening, an’ I haf the room to mineself. But I don’t better believe dot I vill haf it long, for there vos a leetle Dutch boy—vouldn’t he pe mad if he heard me call himself boy—who vos apt to drop in mit purpose by accident, to see me evenings, und I haf an idea dot he vill pe here right avay gwick pretty soon. I vonder vat he pring me—he alvays prings me sometings nice—de last dime it vos seven yards of sourkraut done up mit blue paper an’ a hay rope. I feel shust as light hearted as a rooster hen, an’ I guess dot I vill sing a leetle.

[Sings.

Air.—Pretty as a Picture.