(Enter Punch.) Punch.—Ah, is that you Blindy. Where are you from last?
Blind Man.—From beyond the sea.
Punch.—Old man, you used to be good at jumping once, how is it now?
B. M.—I was something of a jumper in my day.
Punch.—(Leading him to an old well.) Now, here is a level place, let me see how far you can jump—there's a half a dollar for you.
(B. M. gets ready, makes a jump and lands at the bottom of the well.)
B. M.—Help—help, help me out, I am blind!
Punch.—Stick to it old fellow—keep the thing going and I will go for assistance. (He starts off, singing.)
"Down in the coalmines underneath the ground,
Where a gleam of sun-shine never can be found,
Digging dusty diamonds all the season round:
Down in the coalmines underneath the ground."
(Exit Punch. End of Act II.)