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{ a spendthrift wife, Miss,
So I’ll bid you { Sir, } good-day28.
{ Miss, }
(Motions—1, shake finger, coquettishly. 2, clasp hands. 3, wave hand toward place where tree is to stand. 4, beat time with right fist on left palm. 5, clap hands. 6, join right hands, trip around, stop, facing, on opposite side. 7, join left hands, and repeat 6. 8, nod. 9, shake head. 10, join both hands, and dance around. 11, put head to one side, and smirk. 12, both hands clasped on breast. 13, point with right forefinger. 14, measure with thumb and forefinger. 15, clap hand over hip pocket. 16, hang head bashfully, step nearer. 17, hold up left hand, and look at ring finger. 18, place hands on Jake’s shoulders. 19, shake her gently. 20, place hands against Jake’s breast, look up earnestly. 21, starts back. 22, slaps pocket. 23, steps back, head high. 24, nods emphatically. 25, turn backs toward each other, heads high. 26, look over shoulder. 27, face about. 28, bow elaborately. Rhoda dances to seat. Jake stalks glumly to his, hands in pockets.)
Aunt Hepsy—(clapping) Good, good enough! Ef you writ that ere song, Miss Peppergrass, you’re a genyus. It’s the truest and funniest thing I ever heerd. And the funniest part of it is, the men folks’ll never know how funny it reely is! It’s human natur, sure enough. ’Twas wuth comin’ in, jest to hear that one song. What’s next on the programmy?
Miss P.—“Santa Claus.” An original composition by Betsey Jones.
(Betsey comes out, unfolds her composition very deliberately, and reads her title with emphasis.)