Chapter 4

(Jubecreeps on fromR. 2 E.)

Jerden(seizes her wrist). Silence, or—(Puts his hand round to his hip.Jubecreeps close to him, and, as his hand comes round, pulls pistol out ofJerden'spocket, and puts it over his shoulder, pointing to his nose.)

Jube.Was you lookin' fer dis yer, boss?

Jerden(backing toC.). Fool! give me that pistol.

Jube.Yas, indeed, when Gabriel blows his trumpet in de mornin', but not dis year morning. (Shouts) Dandy Dick, dandy Dick, now's yer chance: hoof it, hoof it!

(EnterDickfrom cabin, followed byMoselle.)

Dick.What's the matter, Jube?

Jube.Got de bead on de detect. Now's yer chance: hoof it—

Dick(crosses toJube, and takes the pistol). Enough of this. I go with Jerden. (Gives pistol toJerden.) Take your pistol. I might change my mind, and then you would need it.

Jube.Dat's jes' fool business. Put your mouf right into der lion's head.

Jerden.'Tis time we were moving.

Dick.All right! I'll be ready in a moment. (Crosses toL.) Good-by, Moselle.

Moselle(throwing her arms about his neck). No, no: you must not. Where's daddy? where's Tom? Call the boys, Jube.

(EnterVermontR. 2 E.)

Vermont.What's the trouble, little one?

Moselle(crossing to him). O daddy! you will not let Dick be carried to prison?

Vermont.How am I to help it?

Moselle.The money, daddy!

Vermont.What! twenty thou—No. No: I'd willingly chip in.

Jube.Yas, indeed, we'll all chip in.

Vermont.But we can't raise that amount of dust.

(Tomcomes down run with a rusty old pickaxe on his shoulder, and a piece of canvas grasped by four corners in his right hand.)

Tom.Then, call on me. (Stops on platform)

Moselle.Tom!

Tom.Dick, you're free. Look there! (Throws canvas down on stage: it opens, showing a mass of dirt, and nuggets of gold.)

Dick.Gold!

Jube(runs up, and picks up a nugget). Look at dar, look at dar!

Vermont.What have you struck, Tom?

Tom.What for ten long years has been to us a legend,—the lost mine of Nevada. See! here's the very pick he left in the hole. Detective, I cover your offer, and take your man.

Jerden.Not with stolen gold.

Tom(comes downL.). Stolen?

Jerden.Ay, stolen. You have jumped another man's claim. For proof, you bring his pick left in the mine. Its owner still lives.

Tom.Yes; and here he is (Nevadacomes down run slowly), the richest miner in all Nevada.

Nevada(on platform). That's me, boys, that's me; but it's all locked up. Ah! if I could only find the key. You should dig no more, boys. You should live in palaces, dine off gold. Ah, gold, gold! Shall I—(Sees gold on stage.) What's that?

Tom.That's fruit,—golden fruit, dug right out of your garden, Nevada. Your mine is found.

Nevada.No, no: I've been up the ravine three miles—

Tom.So have I.

Vermont.Then climbed the bowlders—

Tom.To where the giant lies across the stream—

Nevada.Over it to the gorge a mile beyond; then to the right—to the left, and, and—

Tom.There's where you missed it. Had you turned back five rods, you would have found a clump of bushes hiding the gorge below; and there lifting your eyes, you would have seen on a bowlder high up, a sign—

(Enter on run,Silas.)

Silas.Busted's Balm, you bet!

Tom.Right, stranger. You gave me the clew. Where you fell, there is the old mine. Do you hear, Nevada? your mine.

Nevada.My mine, my—Now, Tom, don't trifle with the old man. You could not have found what I all these years have sought in vain. No, no.

Tom.Nevada, do you know this? (Showing pick.)

Nevada(takes pick). Why, Tom, Tom, this is mine,—my old pick! Where did you find it?

Tom.Where you left it. Old man, look at me. Did I ever deceive you?

Nevada.Itismy old pick (hugs it), and that's my gold. (Comes down.) Let me touch it. (Tomtakes up a nugget, and hands it to him.) Ah, I feel it now, the gold for which I slaved! Ah! you have embittered my life, rich as you are. You might have blessed me had you come sooner; but now, now (throws down the gold), O Tom, Tom! I'd give it all for one sight of the wife and little one. (Sobs, and falls onTom'sneck.)

Tom.Ah, tears! that's good: he's all right. Take him in, Mosey. (MoselleleadsNevadainto cabin.) Now, you wait, Jerden, and you'll find the old man ready to treat with you for Dick's freedom.

Jerden.I decline to treat with him or you. I shall take my prisoner, Richard Fairlee.

Silas(comes down). What name?

Jerden.Richard Fairlee, forger.

Silas.Ah, forger! I thought I knew something about him.

Jerden.Well, what do you know?

Silas.That he is innocent. For further particulars—Where's my paint?

Win-Kye(outside). Heap gone uppee. (Enters down run, handle of pail in his hand, paint on his face and on his dress.) Paintee lock, grizzley stick um head out, wantee paint too, snatchee pail, me scootee. (Holds up handle.) Savem piecee.

Silas.Ah! (Snatches handle.) You've saved enough. (Tears paper from handle.) Here it is.

All.What?

Silas.The latest add of the balm—(All groan.) I'll give you a dose. Listen! (Reads.) "Wonderful discovery. The firm of Gorden, Green, & Co. have obtained convincing proof that the forgery perpetrated a year ago was not the act of their clerk, Richard Fairlee, but was a shrewd plot concocted by one Stephen Corliss, for the ruin of that young man."

Dick.The truth at last!

Agnes(takes his hand). Good news, brother!

Jerden(aside). Discovered.

Silas.Hold on: there's something more. (Reads.) "Remarkable as this is, it is nothing compared to the wonderful discovery, Busted's Balm." (General groan.) "For further particulars see"—

Win-Kye.Topside locks, all ligh', John.

Silas.Mr. Fairlee, you've had a close shave.

Win-Kye.Catchee man close shabe too. No lazor, no soapee: see! (With a quick movement snatches beard fromJerden.)

Dick.Stephen Corliss!

Agnes.That man!

Jerden.Yes, that man. Agnes Fairlee, to win you I have plotted. I have failed, and now await my sentence.

Tom.I told you miner law was swift and sure. (Jubecreeps up run, and crouches behind masking rocks.)

Jerden.I understand,—a rope, a tree, and murder. (Draws pistol.) Not for me. (Dashes up run.Juberises before him.)

Jube(wrests pistol from him). Dis is a private way, dangerous passing.

Jerden.Curse the luck! (Turns, and runs offL.behind cabin.)

Vermont.Not that way, man.

Tom.The ledge! the ledge!

Jube.Don't you do it. Ah! he's gone ober de ledge, down three hundred feet. Good-by, detect! (Comes down.)

Agnes.What a horrible fate!

Tom.Better that than the tree.

Vermont(comesC., and takes up pick). This is the pick that opened Nevada's bonanza. Why, it's little better than—What's this? a name cut into it? (Looks at it closely.) Ah (drops it agitated), widder, widder! (EnterMotherfrom cabin.)

Mother.What is it, Vermont?

Vermont(seizes her by wrist, and leads herR.). Widder, it's come, it's come. My old head couldn't strike it, but Tom has,—the name.

Widow.What name?

Vermont.A name long forgotten, but now brought to light,—John Murdock.

(EnterNevadafrom cabin followed byMoselle.)

Nevada.Who called my name?

Vermont.Your wife.

Nevada.My wife?

Vermont.Yes: at the door of my ranch in Goblin Gulch ten years ago, searching for you, with her child in her arms.

Nevada.My wife? where is she?

Vermont(takes off his hat). In heaven.

Nevada(covers his face). My poor wife.

Vermont.She couldn't find her husband, so she went home to her father. But the child—

Nevada.Ah, the child! my little Lisa.

Vermont(aside). Lisa! Now, there's a name; and I went and called her Moses.

Moselle.Lisa, Lisa! Why, somebody called me by that name long, long ago.

Nevada.No: that was my child's name.

Vermont.Right, Nevada: your child left in my arms; your child that has been tenderly cared for, who is the luck of this camp. (Crosses, and takesMoselle'shand.)

TomandJube. Our Mosey!

Vermont.Is—

Nevada.My child!

Vermont.Lisa Murdock. (Passes her toC.)

Moselle.My father, you—

Nevada(clasping her in his arms). Mine, mine at last.

Vermont(crosses toMother). Widder!

Mother.Vermont! (They fall into each other's arms.)

Silas(astonished). Deacon Steele! (Vermont, in confusion, drops theWidow;Tom,Dick,Agnes,Jube, andWin-KyegoC., and shake hands withNevadaandMoselle.SilasbeckonsVermontdownC.)

Silas.Ain't you rather going it with the widow?

Vermont.What do you mean?

Silas.Well, you see, I'm not used to the customs of this part of the country; and I don't know how to break it to mother.

Vermont.Break what?

Silas.This new departure of yours. By the way, how many have you?

Vermont.How many what?

Silas.Well, it's rather a delicate question for a son to ask his father; but how many wives have you?

Vermont.Silas Steele, are you mad? One,—your mother.

Silas.Oh! then the widow and Abigail and the boys and the kid—

Vermont.Well, what of them?

Silas.Are they relatives of yours?

Vermont.I have but one relative in this part of the country, and he seems to be little better than a fool.

Silas.Mother says he takes after his dad. (Aside.) I guess the old gent's all right, after all.

Vermont.Look here, Silas. (Leads him downC.) Where did you learn that trip by which you threw me last night?

Silas.Oh! from Parson Bunker. Remember the parson, don't you?

Vermont(aside). I thought so,—the wrestling angel.

Silas.Cold day for him when he gave that away, for I threw him every time after that.

Vermont(excited). What! you threw the parson?

Silas.Just as easy as I laid you.

Vermont(excitedly shakes his hand). Silas, I'm proud of you. Look here, widder, Nevada, Tom, everybody, this is my son from Vermont. Look at him: he can throw the parson, the wrestling angel. Look at him.

Mother.Your son? then, you are married?

Vermont.Well, I hope so. I'm going home to see Hannah, and make up with the parson, after I've had a shy at his shins with the angel trip.

Moselle.And leave me, daddy?

Vermont.Ah, little one, that will be hard! but Nevada has jumped my claim with a prior claim. In you he's found his child.

Nevada.Yours and mine, Vermont. You must never forget, that, when I deserted her for love of gold, you took her to your heart.

Vermont.I couldn't help it. Blamed if the little thing didn't crawl right in, and nestle, as if she belonged there.

Moselle.And it was such a warm nest, I hope I shall never be turned out of it.

Vermont.Never, you bet.

Nevada.You shall go home well fixed. The old mine shall be made to give up its treasures. Henceforth it shall be known as the Carew and Murdock mine.

Tom.No, no, Nevada: I have no right—

Nevada(takes his hand). We must be partners; for what I lost, you found. In our good fortune all shall share.

Dick(takesMoselle'shand). Then, I'll take mine here.

Nevada.And rob me of the jewel I prize the most?

Moselle.Not rob, father, only give it a new setting.

Dick.In my heart.

Tom.You can trust him, Nevada; and he's had such bad luck, he deserves a nugget.

Moselle.Thank you, Tom. One of these days I'll speak a good word for you with his sister.

Tom.Do I need it, Agnes?

Agnes(gives her hand). Not with me, Tom.

Jube(R.). Golly! see 'em parin' off. Nex' couple, slaminade. Say, tender hoof, whar's your pardner?

Silas(R.). There don't seem enough to go round; but I'm on the lookout—

Win-Kye.Lookee out for paint. See small billies. All ligh'.

Vermont(points to gold). Nevada, shall I gather up the dust for you?

Nevada.No: scatter it among the boys. It is dust, indeed, no longer to be prized by me, but for the richer treasure it has disclosed (toMoselle),—you, my darling. (Puts arm aboutMoselle.)

Moselle.O father, the clouds are lifting! You are coming out of the darkness.

Nevada.Yes, little one; and in the new light of your eyes, I see tokens of the wealth I abandoned for a phantom. In you I find—

Vermont(takesNevada'shand). A nugget, you bet!

Nevada.Yes, the jewel of my lost mine.

SITUATIONS.

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Author of "Amateur Dramas," "The Mimic Stage," "The Social Stage," "Stage," "The Drawing Room Stage," "Handy Dramas," "The Exhibition Drama," "A Baker's Dozen," etc.

Titles in this Type are New Plays.Titles in this Type are Temperance Plays.

DRAMAS.In Four Acts.Better Than Gold.7 male, 4 female char.25In Three Acts.Our Folks.6 male, 5 female char.15The Flower of the Family.5 male, 3 female char.15Enlisted for the War.7 male, 3 female characters15My Brother's Keeper.5 male, 3 female char.15The Little Brown Jug.5 male, 3 female char.15In Two Acts.Above the Clouds.7 male, 3 female characters.15One Hundred Years Ago.7 male, 4 female char.15Among the Breakers.6 male, 4 female char.15Bread on the Waters.5 male, 3 female char.15Down by the Sea.6 male, 3 female char.15Once on a Time.4 male, 2 female char.15The Last Loaf.5 male, 3 female char.15In One Act.Stand by the Flag.5 male char.15The Tempter.3 male, 1 female char.15COMEDIES AND FARCES.A Mysterious Disappearance.4 male, 3 female char.15Paddle Your Own Canoe.7 male, 3 female char.15A Drop too Much.4 male, 2 female characters15A Little More Cider.5 male, 3 female char.15A Thorn Among the Roses.2 male, 6 female char.15Never Say Die.3 male, 3 female char.15Seeing the Elephant.6 male, 3 female char.15The Boston Dip.4 male, 3 female char.15The Duchess of Dublin.6 male, 4 female char.15Thirty Minutes for Refreshments.4 male, 3 female char.15We're all Teetotalers.4 male, 2 female char.15Male Characters Only.A Close Shave.6 char.15A Public Benefactor.6 char.15A Sea of Troubles.8 char.15COMEDIES, &c continued.Male Characters Only.A Tender Attachment.7 char.15Coals of Fire.6 char.15Freedom of the Press.8 char.15Shall Our Mothers Vote?11 char.15Gentlemen of the Jury.12 char.15Humors of the Strike.8 char.15My Uncle the Captain.6 char.15New Brooms Sweep Clean.6 char.15The Great Elixir.9 char.15The Hypochondriac.5 char.15The Man with the Demijohn.4 char.15The Runaways.4 char.15The Thief of Time.6 char.15Wanted, a Male Cook.4 char.15Female Characters Only.A Love of a Bonnet.5 char.15A Precious Pickle.6 char.15No Cure no Pay.7 char.15The Champion of Her Sex.8 char.15The Greatest Plague in Life.8 char.15The Grecian Bend.7 char.15The Red Chignon.6 char.15Using the Weed.7 char.15ALLEGORIES.Arranged for Music and Tableaux.Lightheart's Pilgrimage.8 female char.15The Revolt of the Bees.9 female char.15The Sculptor's Triumph.1 male, 4 female char.15The Tournament of Idylcourt.10 female char.15The War of the Roses.8 female char.15MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.An Original Idea.1 male, 1 female char.15Bonbons; or, the Paint King.6 male, 1 female char.25Capuletta; or, Romeo and Juliet Restored.3 male, 1 female char.15Santa Claus' Frolics.15Snow-bound; or, Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene.3 male, 1 female char.25The Merry Christmas of the Old Woman who lived in a Shoe.15The Pedler of Very Nice.7 male char.15The Seven Ages.A Tableau Entertainment. Numerous male and female char.15Too Late for the Train.2 male char.15The Visions of Freedom.11 female char.15

COMEDIES, &c continued.Male Characters Only.A Tender Attachment.7 char.15Coals of Fire.6 char.15Freedom of the Press.8 char.15Shall Our Mothers Vote?11 char.15Gentlemen of the Jury.12 char.15Humors of the Strike.8 char.15My Uncle the Captain.6 char.15New Brooms Sweep Clean.6 char.15The Great Elixir.9 char.15The Hypochondriac.5 char.15The Man with the Demijohn.4 char.15The Runaways.4 char.15The Thief of Time.6 char.15Wanted, a Male Cook.4 char.15Female Characters Only.A Love of a Bonnet.5 char.15A Precious Pickle.6 char.15No Cure no Pay.7 char.15The Champion of Her Sex.8 char.15The Greatest Plague in Life.8 char.15The Grecian Bend.7 char.15The Red Chignon.6 char.15Using the Weed.7 char.15ALLEGORIES.Arranged for Music and Tableaux.Lightheart's Pilgrimage.8 female char.15The Revolt of the Bees.9 female char.15The Sculptor's Triumph.1 male, 4 female char.15The Tournament of Idylcourt.10 female char.15The War of the Roses.8 female char.15MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.An Original Idea.1 male, 1 female char.15Bonbons; or, the Paint King.6 male, 1 female char.25Capuletta; or, Romeo and Juliet Restored.3 male, 1 female char.15Santa Claus' Frolics.15Snow-bound; or, Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene.3 male, 1 female char.25The Merry Christmas of the Old Woman who lived in a Shoe.15The Pedler of Very Nice.7 male char.15The Seven Ages.A Tableau Entertainment. Numerous male and female char.15Too Late for the Train.2 male char.15The Visions of Freedom.11 female char.15

Geo. M. Baker & Co., 47 Franklin St., Boston.

Baker's Humorous Dialogues.Male characters only. 25 cents.Baker's Humorous Dialogues.Female characters only. 25 cents.

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