•PATIENCE•
(Respectfully dedicated to the Conductors of the Chicago & Alton Railroad.)
(By D. Dalziel, Editor of the Chicago News Letter.)
Scene—The Exterior of a Railroad Depot.
(Enter Angela, Ella and Saphir, and a number of æsthetic young women.)
ANGELA—There is a strange magic in this love of ours. Rivals, as we all are, in the affections of our Reginald, the very hopelessness of our love is a bond that binds us to one another. (All sigh.)
JANE—Fools, yes, fools. Know ye not that this man never can be yours? He loves another, and that other is Patience. (General misery.)