Bella. Yes, ma'am.
Georgiana. I'll be there in a minute—be quick, Lizzie.
Bella. [Lower voice.] Mr. Carley, have you seen the evening papers?
Steven. No!
Bella. I just bought one and it's got an article about the 91st regiment.
Steven. What about it?
[Looks to see if door is closed.
Bella. [Same voice.] They say it may 'a' been wiped out of existence: it's three weeks now since news of it was due, and the paper's afraid they've met with an ambyscade or something like that.
Steven. Oh, when the newspapers are hard up for news they get up something about the Philippines! It's the modern sea-serpent. When there's absolutely nothing else to print—no girl suicide in Brooklyn, or cyclone in Kansas, or jok
e on Chicago, then they give the Philippines a paragraph or an insurrection. Don't you worry, Miss Shindle.