Hannah. O, Heavens! My boy! my boy!
Douglas. Drew the money from the bank—
(Ned appears, C. Gives Jarius a telegram.)
Mary. Villain, you are killing her.—Mother, ’tis false! ’tis false!
Douglas. ’Tis true. I can prove it.
Jarius. (Coming down C., with telegram.) Jes’ so. (Snatches the check.) Phœnix Bank: two hundred dollars. Humbug! that’s no forgery.
Douglas. No forgery? Is not that my name?
Jarius. Jes’ so. But here’s a little telegram from the Phœnix Bank. (Reads.) “Have examined the books. Henry Douglas never had funds in our bank.”
Douglas. Fool! what business have you to meddle in this matter?