[CAST OF CHARACTERS.]
MORRIS MAITLAND, A Stern Puritan, with unbending will, whose word is law.
REGINALD MAITLAND,—His Son; one of Nature’s noblemen.
HENRY LOWVILLE, True as Steel; a little soured against the female sex, and a hater of “fashionable society.”
RALPH MURDELL,—A polished, smooth tongued scoundrel.
COLONEL MORRELL, A True Soldier, with a keen sense of duty.
GEO. WASHINGTON DOLLERCLUTCH, An Eccentric Lawyer of the “Old School,” who possesses a large, sympathetic heart.
SAMMY DEWDROP, The Son of a Millionaire; fresh from college, full of romantic nonsense.
ADOLPHUS SOFTHEAD, His Chum, whose mental faculties have not kept pace with his physical.
CORIOLANUS WELLINGTON, Who never smiles, and who thinks he was born to fill a higher station in life than that of menial.