. Captain Lettarblair : a comedy in three acts. LittonSix hundred—going at six hundred! CAPTAIN LETTARBLAIR 99 PlNCKNEY Running forward. A thousand! LittonA thousand! PlNCKNEY If I could beg, borrow, or steal it! LittonA thousand I am bid! Going at a thousand— As Pinckney leaves the door Smithers stum-bles in with a jerk. Smithers it! Recovers balance and advances. Litton —At a thousand! Sees Smithers. Ah, Mr. Smithers ! What do you bid ?Smithers Angrily shaking his bid you pay this money, sir!•r C. ioo CAPTAIN LETTARBLAIR LittonHa, ha ! Look at the repartee of him! PlNCKNE
. Captain Lettarblair : a comedy in three acts. LittonSix hundred—going at six hundred! CAPTAIN LETTARBLAIR 99 PlNCKNEY Running forward. A thousand! LittonA thousand! PlNCKNEY If I could beg, borrow, or steal it! LittonA thousand I am bid! Going at a thousand— As Pinckney leaves the door Smithers stum-bles in with a jerk. Smithers it! Recovers balance and advances. Litton —At a thousand! Sees Smithers. Ah, Mr. Smithers ! What do you bid ?Smithers Angrily shaking his bid you pay this money, sir!•r C. ioo CAPTAIN LETTARBLAIR LittonHa, ha ! Look at the repartee of him! PlNCKNEY AND JORKINS Seize Smithers and run him. He blocks hisown exit with cane; accordingly they pullhim back a few steps. Ha, ha! Litton Three hundred to you, Willoughby, andSmithers thrown in! JORKINS AND PlNCKNEY They throw Smithers out and slam door, thenlean against it. And Smithers thrown out! LittonWell, then, make it two-sixty! JORKINS Two-sixty for a mare like that! Litton Come, now, you know youre getting her for asong! Well, then, make it two-sixty ! Page ioo CAPTAIN LETTARBLAIR 101 JORKINS A song! Why shes worth a whole bloominghopera! PlNCKNEY Aye! Including the chorus! WlLLOUGHBY Cant sing, dear boy! Litton Well, now, Willoughby, you shall have her fortwo hundred and fifty if youll refrain from re-fraining ! Two hundred and fifty pounds for thesweetest thing in the world, with her white stock-ings and her new shoes,—and a saddle that wouldcost you twenty guineas into the bargain! Jumps off saddle and holds it up at window. JORKINS In despair. Now hes going to sell the saddle! Litton The loveliest saddle! Manys the time it hasborne me on her back! 102 CAPTAIN LETTARBLAIR JORKINS Almost crying. She was born with that saddle! Litton Good-bye to your jibes, Kitty! Your flashes ofmerriment that were wont to set the stable in aroar! Going at two hundred— JorkinsTwo undred for a orse like that! Litton Think of her! A coat like sealskin! Think ofher sire
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