Clerk. Yes, but what I wanted to ask you for was not the hand of your daughter, but a raise of salary.
Mr. P. Oh! that was it, eh? Well, sir, that is an entirely different matter, and it requires time for serious thought and earnest deliberation. Return to your work. I’ll think about it, and some time next fall I’ll see about giving you a raise of a dollar or so a week. Seven times eight are fifty-six and three are fifty-nine—
THE GOSSIPS.
- Characters.—Mrs. Pry, Mrs. Quick, Mrs. Search, Mrs. Gossip.
Scene.—The Street. Mrs. Pry, Mrs. Search and Mrs. Quick, meeting.
Mrs. Pry.
Have you heard any news, neighbor Search?
Mrs. Search. News? no. I am dying to hear some. I have not heard a word since last night, and it is now almost noon.
Mrs. Quick. I have heard a piece of news as I came along, and you will hardly believe it, though I received it from a person of veracity, who was knowing to the fact, and therefore could not mistake.