KELLY: (To 'phone.) Send the hotel doctor here. Quick! Mr. Fallon's wounded. (To FALLON.) Are you badly hurt? (FALLON places his left hand on his left hip under the coat and removes it showing the fingers covered with blood.)
FALLON: Only scratched.
KELLY: (To 'phone.) Some crank tried to shoot him up. Mr. Fallon fired back and killed him. (Pause.) No! Mr. Fallon killed him! (Pause.) Of course, in self-defense, you fool, of course, in self-defense! (KELLY slams back the receiver, and rising quickly, turns to the right and stands with hands on his hips, and back to audience, gazing down at MOHUN. He does not once look at FALLON.)
FALLON: (On hearing the words "in self-defense" sighs, smiles and striking the match, lights the cigar as)
THE CURTAIN FALLS.
THE SYSTEM A ONE-ACT MELODRAMA
BY
TAYLOR GRANVILLE
Author, producer and star of "The Star Bout," "The
Futurity Winner," "The Yellow Streak," Etc., Etc.
IN COLLABORATION WITH
JUNIE MCCREE AND EDWARD CLARK
Author of "The Marital Author of "The Winning
Coach," "Neighbors," "Coon Widows," "When We Grow
Town Divorcons," Etc., Etc. Up," Etc., Etc.