Cato. Ah, dat’s de talk fer dis chile.

[Exit, M. D.

Scene 5.—The Niagara River—A Ferry.

Ferryman, fastening his small boat.

Ferryman, [advancing, takes out his watch.] I swan, if it ain’t one o’clock. I thought it was dinner time. Now there’s no one here, I’ll go to dinner, and if any body comes, they can wait until I return. I’ll go at once.

[Exit, L.

Enter Mr. White, R., with an umbrella.

Mr. White. I wonder where that ferryman is? I want to cross to Canada. It seems a little showery, or else the mist from the Falls is growing thicker.

[Takes out his sketch-book and pencils,—sketches.

Enter Cane Pedlar, R.