New Orleans, Feb. 8, 1884.
Mrs. Mary Miller: Dear madam, I take great pleasure in forwarding to you a captain’s license, for a Mississippi steamboat, granted according to the decision of Secretary Folger, under Section 4439 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
Very Respectfully,
Daniel Dumont.
Supervising Inspector-General.
(Mary bursts into tears, and sits down.)
Phus. Is it, mis’? Is it de licens’?
Mary (rising proudly, and holding it out). Yes, it is my license; and I am Captain Mary Miller! (Hands paper to Capt. G.)
Hank. Hurrah! Three cheers for Captain Mary Miller!
J. Q. A. And a Tiger-r-r-rrr!
(Patsy looks in, then enters and listens).
Capt. G. I thought Charles J. Folger ’d hev the rights on’t.