. St. Nicholas book of plays & operettas . HER SHRIEKS NO MERCY WIN ! Methinks I hear the area-bell; Oh, father, quickly speed ! T is but a pesky book-agent; Thou hast no time to read ! THE BALLAD OF MARY JANE The fatal knife descends, descends! Her shrieks no mercy win!When lo, a shout!—the door gives way! In rushes Benjamin!. I NOW RETURN, A TRILLIONAIRE. Full many a year, a pirate bold,1>ve sailed the Spanish Main; I now return, a trillionaire,To claim thee, Mary Jane ! Out spake her happy sire then: Can I my eyes believe ? Upon your knees, my children dear,My blessing to receive ! Alas
. St. Nicholas book of plays & operettas . HER SHRIEKS NO MERCY WIN ! Methinks I hear the area-bell; Oh, father, quickly speed ! T is but a pesky book-agent; Thou hast no time to read ! THE BALLAD OF MARY JANE The fatal knife descends, descends! Her shrieks no mercy win!When lo, a shout!—the door gives way! In rushes Benjamin!. I NOW RETURN, A TRILLIONAIRE. Full many a year, a pirate bold,1>ve sailed the Spanish Main; I now return, a trillionaire,To claim thee, Mary Jane ! Out spake her happy sire then: Can I my eyes believe ? Upon your knees, my children dear,My blessing to receive ! Alas for luckless Mortimer,Of love the hopeless dupe ! He gave up all his title-deeds,And joined a circus troupe. 14 ST. NICHOLAS PLAYS AND OPERETTAS But merrily the bells did ring. Loud was the cannons din,Upon the day when Mary Jane Was wed to Benjamin ! [A low step-ladder, or table covered with acloth, may be used for the wall. Mary Janesbonnet can be made of a newspaper. Herfather may wear a waterproof cloak, beltedin, if a dressing-gown is not obtainable. ACTING BALLADSBY AMY LOVELL IN the long winter evenings, when lessons are alllearned, supper eaten, and while bedtime is still agood way off, there comes a pause which is (or shouldbe) known as the childrens hour. Everybody is alittle tired. Boys and girls stretch them
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