J. J. Thank you, sir.

(Exit, L.)

Printer’s Devil (entering, R.). More copy, sir.

Ed. Here it is (handing him a paper).

(Exit P. D.)

(A knock is heard at the door, L.)

Ed. Come in.

(Enter young lady, L.)

Young Lady. Please, sir, I am Araminta Ellis, the authoress of “Lines on a Faded Buttercup.”

Ed. I am delighted to see you, Miss Ellis. Did the—the poem you speak of appear in the “Post”?