W. B. So I s’pose we’re ingaged.
E. S. Undoubtedly.
W. B. We’re ingaged, and my tribbilation is at an end. [Her head drops on his shoulder.] O, Shadrack! what will Hugelina say when she hears on’t?
Francis M. Whitcher.
THE MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
- Characters.—Mary Cole; Grandmother Cole, who is very deaf; Jack Cole; Aunt Martha Gordon; Cyrus Gordon.
Scene I.—The sitting-room of the Cole family. Mary reading a newspaper. Grandmother Cole knitting. Aunt Martha crocheting. Jack playing with the balls in Aunt Martha’s work-basket.
Mary Cole.
Oh, Aunt Martha! only hear this! it’s in the Chronicle. What a splendid chance! I declare, I’ve a great mind to answer it myself!