Two, not three, are company—
This proverb pray remember.
Punch (strikes her down with a blow from his stick, and says). If that is uproar singing, we will have no more of that. (he counts the bodies up) One, two, three and four.
(Punch, suspecting there to be life in some of the bodies, carries them, one at a time, to the right-hand side of the stage. After he has arranged two bodies, and is going for the third, a Clown walks up from behind and carries back one of the bodies; he also lies down as if dead. Punch, missing the body, seems nonplussed. Makes some remark, then fetches another. The Clown, unperceived by Punch, repeats his fun. Punch is dismayed. Returns to the left of the stage and asks the bodies: “Are you all dead?” and, whilst Punch is looking towards the right, the Clown, jolting up his head, says: “Yes; all dead.” Punch, touching a body, says: “Was that you?” He goes down for his club. Clown shifts one to the centre of the stage. Punch, returning, belabors it with his club, says: “Oh! it is you, is it?”—hit, hit—“You will be dead this time, I think.” Hit, hit, and places it on the right of the stage. He now discovers the Clown at his antics. Punch makes for him; stands him up against the left pillar of the stage; makes thrusts at him with the end of his club, counting, “One, two, three—e—e;” but every time the three is pronounced the Clown falls flat down, causing Punch to miss his mark. Punch says, “I’ll fix you now.” He spits against the post of the stage, and rubs the Clown against it. He counts, “One, two, three—e—e.” This time pins the Clown to the post; but the moment the end of Punch’s club is removed, the Clown darts away, giving Punch a lively knock on the back of the head—makes after to run off with some of the bodies, and betwixt the Clown and Punch the stage is soon cleared.)
END OF PART II.
The performer, when engaged at Church Fairs to give his representations before successive audiences, holds up the negro to make the following announcement: “Ladies and Gentlemen: The last act concludes the show. Our next performance will take place in the course of fifteen minutes, during which we shall have the honor of introducing the famous act of
THE PERSECUTED DUTCHMAN,
IN
MRS. BARRISNOBE’S HOTEL.”
