[Original]

HURRIEDLY unfolded the paper, to see what kind of a part I had got. I was anxious to begin studying it immediately. I had to form my conception of the character, learn the words and business, and get up gesture and expression all in one week. No time was therefore to be lost. I give the part in extenso:

JOE JUNKS.

Act I., scene I.

———— comes home.

It’s a rough night.

————- if he does.

Ay. Ay.