Time: 1899.
[Act. I]: The drug-store of the prison hospital.
[Act. II]: The same.
[Act. III]: The postoffice of the prison.
[Act. IV]: The drug-store again.
CHARACTERS.
| Biggins | pickpocket |
| Bill Porter | night drug-clerk of the prison hospital |
| Purzon | swindler |
| Joe | Negro trusty |
| Margaret | Porter’s little daughter |
| Athol | Porter’s deceased wife |
| Espiritu de la Vina | Porter’s temptation |
| Dr. Walters | night physician of the prison |
| Al Jennings | train-bandit |
| The Judge | of “Bankers’ Row” |
| Delacour | of the same |
| Jimmie Valentine | cracksman |
| Raidler | the Oklahoma terror |
| General Dingo | of the Salvador revolution |
| Dulcie | the little shop-girl |
BILL PORTER