(I would say to the young man who objects to carpenter scenes, that he can go out during this act and indulge in his favorite beverage--gin and milk.)
ACT III.
Scene.--Lawn in front of Continental Hotel at Long Branch. Enter JENKINS, disguised in a second-hand silk hat, and a claw-hammer coat, with a hand-organ on his back. He stops before one of the windows, grinds the hand-organ, and sings:
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Gaily the troubadour Touched his or-gan, As he came staggering Home with a can-- |
(Numerous heads put out of numerous windows.)
[As all the following are said at the same moment, the reader is here requested to take a long breath.]
1st Window. Stop that howling!
2d " Dry up, you idiot!
3d " Cork that organ!
4th " Bust that music-box!