Mrs. G. (with motherly solicitude, and looking at the matter from a practical point of view). But young ladies who earn their own living are considered strong-minded, and never get married. I couldn’t bear to have you an old maid.
C. (calmly). Well, I don’t know as that would be a terrible fate. It would be a more independent life than marriage would give me. On the whole, I think I shall decide to live a single life. (Smiling.) Still, as an old lady of eighty once said: “I’ve made up my mind not to get married, and I don’t expect to; but if the Lord should see fit to send me a good husband, I should try to be resigned.”
(Curtain falls.)
THE GHOSTLY VISITATION.
CHARACTERS.
| Mrs. Flora Willis, | A Young Widow. |
| Mrs. Lawrence, | Her Mother. |
| Alfred Percival, | Flora’s Suitor. |
Scene I.—Mrs. Lawrence’s parlor. Mrs. L., R., Flora, C., and Mr. Percival, L., present.
Flora. Oh, yes, mother believes in ghosts, and haunted houses, and all those things, and I suppose that, as a dutiful daughter, I ought to do the same; but I haven’t very much faith in them.
Mr. Percival. Perhaps, if you had had any experience in that direction, you might feel differently about the matter. I never believed in haunted houses till I visited Charlie Baldwin, my former chum, last summer.
F. Do tell us all about it. I should like to hear a real nice ghost story.