By E. S. Brooks
CHARACTERS
Jenny, a girl of eight years.
Johnny Stout, a boy of sixteen or eighteen years.
Jimmy Bings, a Tramp.
The argument shows that wolves are just as designing, little girls just as heedless and helpful, and the chances of rescue just as possible to-day as at the time of the original Red Riding-hood.
SCENE
A neatly furnished parlor. Jenny discovered dusting furniture, arranging flowers, and making things look nice generally.
Jenny. [Surveying her work critically.]
There!—my mama's gone away,