Well, sir, I give them cards all back afore dinner time. I expect there.’ll be a row. I’ve laughed myself almost to fits thinkin’ of the feller wot I give the “Portrait of a Donkey” to. He looked so cress-fallen. I do believe he cried.
Wen I got home they wuz teazin’ ma to let ’em give a party next week. I don’t believe one o’ them young men ’ll come to it; the girls have give ’em dead away. I don’t care, worth a cent. Wot for makes ’em box my ears ’f they want me to be good to ’em?
TABLEAUX.
[1]. Boy’s room. Geordie in an arm-chair wrapped in a quilt.
[2]. Girls’ room. Geordie, fixed up as described, stands in center of foreground--grinning self-consciously.
[3]. Parlor. Miss Watson and Geordie in foreground, side face to audience; sisters scattered in rear and at sides.
[4]. Clothing store; counters, shelves, etc., may be simulated by tables, boxes and what-nots, on which clothing may be piled. Clerk and Geordie in front, clerk scowling--Geordie as innocent as it is possible to look.
[5]. Grocery store. Boxes and barrels standing around, Geordie sitting on one and just in the act of handing the picture to Peters.
[6]. Lawyer’s office. Desk and chairs in rear and side of room. Table with books at opposite side. Lawyer at right and Geordie at left of center, the former in the act of administering a kick, which Geordie wards off with his hand.