FOR MY LONG LOST SON.
The old lady is crying.
Billy and Flossie clamor to have a look through the glass.
Curtain opens in the direction in which the spy glass is pointing, showing scene described (Scene III).
SCENE III
Interior of Home of Old Lady.
Discovered: Santa Claus and the Old Lady.
Santa Claus [who has just come down the chimney]. Ho! Ho! What’s this? Crying? At Christmas time?
Old Lady [sobs]. Oh, I didn’t think you were coming at all; it got so late. So I thought I would play Mrs. Santa Claus. But my only son is away. So what’s the use? I thought surely he would come home for Christmas.