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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: A Christmas Carol - The Miser's Warning - -Author: C. Z. Barnett - Charles Dickens - -Release Date: December 30, 2012 [EBook #41739] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A CHRISTMAS CAROL *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Paul Clark and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - - Transcriber's Note: - - Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as - possible, including non-standard spelling and punctuation. Some - changes have been made. They are listed at the end of the text. - - Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. - - - - - THE MINOR DRAMA. - No. CCCCI. - - A - CHRISTMAS CAROL; - OR, THE - MISER'S WARNING! - - (ADAPTED FROM CHARLES DICKENS' CELEBRATED WORK.) - - BY - C. Z. BARNETT, - - _Author of Fair Rosamond, Farinelli, The Dream of Fate, - Oliver Twist, Linda, The Pearl of Savoy, Victorine of - Paris, Dominique, Bohemians of Paris, &c._ - - +-------+ - Samuel French (Canada) Limited | PRICE | - 480-486 University Avenue | | - TORONTO - CANADA | | - +-------+ - - NEW YORK | LONDON - SAMUEL FRENCH | SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. - PUBLISHER | 26 SOUTHAMPTON STREET - 25 WEST 45TH STREET | STRAND - - -_THE MIDDLE WATCH_ - -A farcical comedy in 3 acts. By Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall. Produced -originally at the Times Square Theatre, New York. 9 males, 6 females. -Modern costumes and naval uniforms. 2 interior scenes. - - During a reception on board H. M. S. "Falcon," a cruiser on the - China Station, Captain Randall of the Marines has become engaged to - Fay Eaton, and in his enthusiasm induces her to stay and have - dinner in his cabin. This is met with stern disapproval by Fay's - chaperon, Charlotte Hopkinson, who insists that they leave at once. - Charlotte, however, gets shut up in the compass room, and a gay - young American widow accepts the offer to take her place, both - girls intending to go back to shore in the late evening. Of course, - things go wrong, and they have to remain aboard all night. By this - time the Captain has to be told, because his cabin contains the - only possible accommodations, and he enters into the conspiracy - without signalling the Admiral's flagship. Then the "Falcon" is - suddenly ordered to sea, and the Admiral decides to sail with her. - This also makes necessary the turning over to him of the Captain's - quarters. The presence of the ladies now becomes positively - embarrassing. The girls are bundled into one cabin just opposite - that occupied by the Admiral. The game of "general-post" with a - marine sentry in stockinged feet is very funny, and so are the - attempts to explain matters to the "Old Man" next morning. After - this everything ends both romantically and happily. - - (Royalty, twenty-five dollars.) PRICE 75 CENTS. - - -_NANCY'S PRIVATE AFFAIR_ - -A comedy in 3 acts. By Myron C. Fagan. Produced originally at the -Vanderbilt Theatre, New York. 4 males, 5 females., 2 interior scenes. -Modern costumes. - - Nothing is really private any more--not even pajamas and bedtime - stories. No one will object to Nancy's private affair being made - public, and it would be impossible to interest the theatre public - in a more ingenious plot. Nancy is one of those smart, - sophisticated society women who wants to win back her husband from - a baby vamp. Just how this is accomplished makes for an - exceptionally pleasant evening. Laying aside her horn-rimmed - spectacles, she pretends indifference and affects a mysterious - interest in other men. Nancy baits her rival with a bogus diamond - ring, makes love to her former husband's best friend, and finally - tricks the dastardly rival into a marriage with someone else. - - Mr. Fagan has studded his story with jokes and retorts that will - keep any audience in a constant uproar. - - (Royalty, twenty-five dollars.) PRICE 75 CENTS. - - - - - A - CHRISTMAS CAROL; - OR, THE - MISER'S WARNING! - - (ADAPTED FROM CHARLES DICKENS'S CELEBRATED WORK.) - - BY - C. Z. BARNETT, - - _Author of Fair Rosamond, Farinelli, The Dream of Fate, - Oliver Twist, Linda, The Pearl of Savoy, Victorine of - Paris, Dominique, Bohemians of Paris, &c._ - - NEW YORK | LONDON - SAMUEL FRENCH | SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. - PUBLISHER | 26 SOUTHAMPTON STREET - 25 WEST 45TH STREET | STRAND - - - - -DRAMATIS PERSONAE. - - - Ebenezer Scrooge, the Miser Mr. R. Honner - Frank Freeheart, his Nephew Mr. J. T. Johnson - Mr. Cheerly Mr. Hawkins - Mr. Heartly Mr. Green - Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's Clerk Mr. Vale - Dark Sam Mr. Stilt - - -CHARACTERS IN THE DREAM. - - Euston, a ruined Gentleman Mr. Lawler - Mr. Fezziwig Mr. Dixie - Old Joe, a Fence Mr. Goldsmith - Ghost of Jacob Marley Mr. Morrison - Ghost of Christmas Past Mr. Lewis - Ghost of Christmas Present Mr. Heslop - Ghost of Christmas to Come * * * - Dark Sam Mr. Stilt - Peter, Bob's Eldest Son Miss Daly - Tiny Tim Master Brady - Mrs. Freeheart Mrs. Hicks - Ellen, Scrooge's former love Mrs. H. Hughes - Mrs. Cratchit Mrs. Daly - -First produced at the Royal Surrey Theatre, Feb. 5th, 1844. - - -COSTUME. - -SCROOGE--Brown old-fashioned coat, tea colour breeches, double-breasted -white waistcoat. 2nd.--Dressing gown and slippers. - -FRANK--Private dress. - -MR. CHEERLY--Blue coat, cord breeches, and gaiters. - -MR. HEARTLY--Green coat, black breeches, top boots. - -BOB CRATCHIT--Black old-fashioned coat, black trousers. - -DARK SAM--Dark green shooting coat and breeches, ragged. Second -dress--Shabby black coat. - -EUSTON--Shabby private clothes. - -MR. FEZZIWIG--Black coat, black breeches, double-breasted waistcoat, and -striped stockings. - -MARLEY'S GHOST--Slate coloured coat, waistcoat, and pantaloons, black -boots, white frill, white band. - -CHRISTMAS PAST--White dress trimmed with summer flowers, rich belt, -fleshings and sandals. - -CHRISTMAS PRESENT--Long green robe, trimmed with ermine, flesh body and -legs, wreath round head. - -CHRISTMAS TO COME--Very long black gown. - -TINY TIM--Blue jacket and trousers. - -ALL THE LADIES--Modern dresses. - - - - -A CHRISTMAS CAROL. - - - - -ACT I. - - - SCENE I.--_Chambers of SCROOGE, the Miser. One side of it is filled up - with a desk and high stool, the other is a fireplace, fire lighted. - Easy chair table, with candlestick upon it, etc., etc._ - - _SCROOGE, the Miser, discovered near fire. BOB CRATCHIT, writing near - desk, L. H. As the Curtain rises he descends from stool--approaches - fire to stir it._ - -SCROOGE. Bob--Bob, we shall be obliged to part. You'll ruin me in coals! - -BOB. Ruin you--with such a fire in such weather! I've been trying to -warm myself by the candle for the last half hour, but not being a man -of strong imagination, failed. - -SCR. Hark! I think I hear some one in the office. Go--see who it is. - -BOB. (_Aside._) Marley's dead--his late partner is dead as a door nail! -If he was to follow him, it wouldn't matter much. - - (_Exit 2 E. L. H._ - -SCR. Marley has been dead seven years, and has left me his sole -executor--his sole administrator--his sole residuary legatee--his sole -friend--his sole mourner! My poor old partner! I was sorely grieved at -his death, and shall never forget his funeral. Coming from it, I -made one of the best bargains I ever made. Ha, ha. Folks say I'm -tight-fisted--that I'm a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, clutching -miser. What of that? It saves me from being annoyed by needy men and -beggars. So, this is Christmas eve--and cold, bleak, biting weather it -is, and folks are preparing to be merry. Bah! what's Christmas eve to -me? what should it be to them? - - _Enter FRANK and BOB, 2 E. L. H._ - -BOB. There's your uncle, sir. (_Aside._) Old covetous! He's worse than -the rain and snow. They often come down, and handsomely too, but Scrooge -never does! - - (_Exit 2 E. L. H._ - -SCR. Who's that? - -FRANK. A merry Christmas, uncle! - -SCR. Bah! humbug! - -FRANK. Uncle, you don't mean that, I'm sure. - -SCR. I do. Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? You're poor -enough. - -FRANK. (_Gaily._) Come, then, what right have you to be dismal! What -reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough. - -SCR. Bah! humbug! - -FRANK. Don't be cross, uncle. - -SCR. What else can I be, when I live in such a world of fools as this? -Merry Christmas! Out upon Merry Christmas. What's Christmas time to you -but a time for paying bills without money--a time for finding yourself a -year older, and not an hour richer. If I could work my will, every idiot -who goes about with merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with -his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart--he -should! - -FRANK. Uncle! - -SCR. Nephew, keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine. - -FRANK. Keep it! But you don't keep it. - -SCR. Let me leave it alone, then. Much good may it do you. Much good it -has ever done you. - -FRANK. There are many things from which I might have derived good by -which I have not profited, I dare say, Christmas among the rest, but I -am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, -as a good time--a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only -time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women -seem by one consent to open their shut up hearts freely, and to think of -people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, -and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys, and, -therefore, uncle, though it has not put a scrap of gold or silver in my -pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good, and I -say, Heaven bless it! - -BOB. (_Looking in._) Beautiful--beautiful! - -SCR. Let me hear another sound from you--(_To BOB._)--And you'll keep -your Christmas by losing your situation. - -BOB. (_Aside._) He growls like a bear with a sore head! (_Disappears._) - -SCR. You're quite a powerful speaker. I wonder you don't go into -Parliament. - -FRANK. Don't be angry. Come--dine with me to-morrow. - -SCR. No, no---- - -FRANK. But why not? - -SCR. Why did you get married? - -FRANK. Because I fell in love. - -SCR. Because you fell in love! Bah! good evening. - -FRANK. I want nothing--I ask nothing of you. Well, I'm sorry to find you -so resolute--we have never had any quarrel--I have made the trial in -homage to Christmas, and I'll keep my Christmas humour to the last--so, -a merry Christmas, uncle. - -SCR. Good evening! - -FRANK. And a happy new year! - -SCR. Good evening! - - _Enter BOB, 2 E. L. H._ - -FRANK. And a happy Christmas, and a merry new year to you, Bob Cratchit. -(_Shaking him by the hand._) - -BOB. The same to you, sir, and many of 'em, and to your wife, and to -your darling children, and to all your friends, and to all you know, and -to every one, to all the world. (_Exit FRANK, 2 E. L. H._) - -SCR. (_Aside._) There's another fellow, my clerk, with fifteen shillings -a week, and a wife and family, talking about a merry Christmas. I'll -retire to Bedlam. - -BOB. Two gentlemen want you, sir, as fat as prize beef--shall I call 'em -in? (_Goes to side._) Walk this way if you please, gentlemen. - - _Enter MR. CHEERLY and MR. HEARTLY, 2 E. L. H., - with books and papers._ - -CHEER. Scrooge and Marley's--I believe I have the pleasure of addressing -Mr. Marley! - -SCR. Mr. Marley has been dead these seven years. - -CHEER. At this festive season of the year, it is more than usually -desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and -destitute--many thousands are in want of common necessaries--hundreds of -thousands are in want of common comfort, sir. - -SCR. Are there no prisons? and the union workhouses, are they still in -operation? - -CHEER. They are still--I wish I could say they were not. - -SCR. The treadmill and the poor law are in full vigour then? - -CHEER. Both very busy, sir. - -SCR. Oh! I was afraid from what you said at first, that something had -occurred to stop them in their useful course. I'm very glad to hear it! - -CHEER. Under the impression that they scarcely furnish Christian cheer -of mind or body to the multitude, a few of us are endeavouring to raise -a fund to buy the poor some meat and drink, and means of warmth. We -choose this time because it is a time of all others, when want is keenly -felt and abundances rejoice. What shall we put you down for? - -SCR. Nothing! - -CHEER. You wish to be anonymous? - -SCR. I wish to be left alone. I don't make merry myself at Christmas, -and I can't afford to make idle people merry--I help to support the -establishments I have named--they cost enough--those who are badly off -must go there. - -CHEER. Many can't go there--many would rather die! - -SCR. If they'd rather die, they'd better do it, and decrease the surplus -population. However, it's not my business, so good evening, gentlemen. - -CHEER. I am sorry we disturbed you. (_As they are about to exeunt, BOB -approaches them--SCROOGE retires up._) - -BOB. Beg pardon, gentlemen, I've got an odd eighteen-pence here that I -was going to buy a new pair of gloves with in honour of Christmas day, -but my heart would feel warmer though my hands were colder, if it helped -to put a dinner and a garment on a poor creature who might need. There -take it. - -CHEER. Such acts as these from such men as you sooner or later, will be -well rewarded. - -BOB. This way, gentlemen. I feel as light as my four-and-ninepenny -gossamer! (_Exeunt 2 E. L. H._) - -SCR. (_Coming down._) Give money--humbug! Who'd give me anything, I -should like to know? - - _Re-enter BOB, 2 E. L. H._ - -BOB. A letter, sir. (_Gives it and retires up._) - -SCR. (_Opens it--reads._) Ah! what do I see? the Mary Jane lost off the -coast of Africa. Then Frank is utterly ruined! his all was embarked on -board that vessel. Frank knows not of this--he will apply to me -doubtless--but no, no. Why should I part with my hard gained store to -assist him, his wife and children--he chooses to make a fool of himself, -and marry a smooth-faced chit, and get a family--he must bear the -consequences--I will not avert his ruin, no, not by a single penny. - -BOB. (_Coming down._) Please, sir, it's nine o'clock. - -SCR. Already! You'll want all day to-morrow, I suppose. - -BOB. If quite convenient, sir. - -SCR. It's not convenient, and it's not fair. If I was to stop -half-a-crown for it, you'd think yourself ill-used, I'll be bound, and -yet you don't think me ill used when I pay a day's wages for no work. - -BOB. Christmas comes but once a year. - -SCR. A poor excuse for picking a man's pockets every twenty-fifth of -December! Well, I suppose you must have the whole day. Be here all the -earlier next morning. Here's your week's money, fifteen shillings--I -ought to stop half-a-crown--never mind! - -BOB. Thank you, sir! I'll be here before daylight, sir, you may depend -upon it. Good night, sir. Oh, what a glorious dinner Mrs. C. shall -provide. Good night, sir. A merry Christmas and a happy new year, sir. - -SCR. Bah! humbug! (_Exit BOB, 2 E. L. H._) So--alone once more. It's a -rough night! I will go to bed soon--that will save supper. (_Takes off -his coat, boots, etc., and puts on morning gown and slippers, talking -all the time._) 'Tis strange now the idea of Marley is haunting me -to-night--everywhere I turn his face seems before me. Delusion--humbug! -I'll sit down by the fire and forget him. (_Takes basin of gruel from -hob._) Here's my gruel! (_Sits in easy chair by fire--puts on night cap, -and presently appears to dose. Suddenly a clanking of chains and ringing -of bells is heard--he's aroused, and looks up terrified._) That noise! -It's humbug! I won't believe it! (_The door slowly opens, and the GHOST -OF MARLEY glides in. A chain is round his body, and cash boxes, ledgers, -padlocks, purses, etc., are attached to it._) How now! What do you want -with me? - -GHOST. Much. - -SCR. Who are you? - -GHOST. Ask me who I was. - -SCR. Who were you, then. You're particular for a shade--I mean to a -shade. - -GHOST. In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley. You don't believe in -me! Why do you doubt your senses? - -SCR. Because a little thing affects them. A slight disorder of the -stomach makes them cheats. You may be an undigested bit of beef--a -fragment of an underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave -about you, whatever you are. - -GHOST. (_Unfastening the bandage round its head._) Man of the worldly -mind, do you believe me or not? - -SCR. I do--I must! But why do spirits walk the earth? Why do they come -to me? - -GHOST. It is required of every man that the spirit within him should -walk abroad among his fellow men, and travel far and wide--if not in -life, it is condemned to do so after death. It is doomed to wander -through the world, oh, woe is me!--and witness what it cannot share, but -might have shared on earth, and turned to happiness. - -SCR. You are fettered! - -GHOST. I wear the chain I forged in life--I made it link by link. Is its -pattern strange to you? Oh, no space of regret can make amends for one -life's opportunities misused. - -SCR. But you were always a man of business---- - -GHOST. Business! Mankind was my business--charity, mercy, were all my -business. At this time of the year I suffered most, for I neglected -most. Hear me! I am here to-night to warn you that you have a chance and -a hope of escaping my fate. You will be haunted by three spirits---- - -SCR. I--I'd rather be excused! - -GHOST. Without their visits you cannot hope to shun the path I tread. -Expect the first when the clock strikes one. Look to see me no more. For -your own sake, remember what has passed between us. (_Binds wrapper -round its head once more--slowly approaches the door and disappears. -SCROOGE follows the phantom towards the door._) - -SCR. It is gone. The air seems filled with phantoms--shades of many I -knew when living--they all wear chains like Marley--they strive to -assist the poor and stricken, but in vain--they seek to interfere for -good in human nature, but have lost the power forever. (_The clock -strikes one--SCROOGE staggers to a chair--the room is filled with a -blaze of light--the GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST rises through trap--As -described in WORK, page 43._) Are you the spirit whose coming was -foretold to me? - -1ST SPIRIT. I am! - -SCR. Who and what are you? - -1ST SPIRIT. I am the Ghost of Christmas Past. Your welfare--your -reclamation brings me here. Turn, and behold! (_The Stage, becomes -dark--a strong light is seen behind--the wall of the Miser's chamber -fades away and discovers a school-room--a child is seated reading by a -fire._) All have departed but this poor boy. - -SCR. My poor forgotten self--and as I used to be! - -1ST SPIRIT. Look again! (_A figure of ALI BABA is shown beyond the -CHILD._) - -SCR. Why it's dear old honest Ali Baba! Yes, one Christmas time, when -yonder poor child was left alone, he _did_ come just like that! (_The -figures of VALENTINE and ORSON appear._) Ha! and Valentine and his wild -brother Orson, too! (_ROBINSON CRUSOE and FRIDAY appear._) Ha! and -Robinson Crusoe, and his man Friday! Poor boy! he was left alone, while -all the rest were making holiday. (_The figures of ALI BABA, etc., -disappear. As he speaks, a little GIRL enters the school-room, and -approaches the BOY._) - -GIRL. I am come to bring you home, dear brother--we are to be together -this Christmas, and be so merry! (_She leads him out. Scene fades -away._) - -SCR. My sister! poor little Fanny! - -1ST SPIRIT. A delicate creature, whom a breath might have withered. She -died a woman, and had, as I think, children. - -SCR. One child! - -1ST SPIRIT. True--your nephew. Know you this place? (_The Scene at back -is again lighted up, and discovers Fezziwig's warehouse. FEZZIWIG and -CHARACTERS grouped as in FRONTISPIECE of WORK. SCROOGE, as a young -man._) - -SCR. Why, 'tis old Fezziwig, to whom I was apprenticed--he is alive -again! My fellow-apprentice, Dick Wilkins, too--myself, as I was _then_. -'Tis Christmas eve there. The happiness he gave at so small a price was -quite as much as though it cost a fortune. (_The tableau fades away. The -Stage becomes dark. Enter ELLEN in mourning. During the fading of the -tableau SCROOGE puts a cloak around him, etc., and seems a younger -man._) I feel as if my years of life were less. Ha! who is this beside -me? - -1ST SPIRIT. Have you forgotten your early love? - -SCR. Ellen! - -ELLEN. Ebenezer, I come to say farewell forever! It matters little to -you--very little--another idol has displaced me, and if I can cheer and -comfort you in time to come, as I would have tried to do, I have no just -cause to grieve. - -SCR. What idol has displaced you? - -ELLEN. A golden one--the master passion. Gain alone engrosses you. - -SCR. I have not changed towards you. - -ELLEN. Our contract is an old one--it was made when we were both poor. -You are changed--I am not. That which promised happiness when we were -one in heart, is fraught with misery now we are two. How often and how -keenly I have thought of this I will not say. I _have_ thought of it, -and can release you. - -SCR. Have I ever sought release? - -ELLEN. In word--no, never! - -SCR. In what, then? - -ELLEN. In a changed nature--in an altered spirit--in every thing that -made my love of any worth or value in your sight. If this had never been -between us, tell me, would you seek me out, and try to win me now? Ah, -no! - -SCR. You think not---- - -ELLEN. I would think otherwise if I could--but if you were free to-day, -can even I believe that you would choose a dowerless girl--you who weigh -everything by gain? Or did you so, do I not know your repentance and -regret would surely follow. I do--and I release you, with a full heart, -for the love of him you once were. You will forget all this--may you be -happy in the life you have chosen! (_She slowly exits R. H. SCROOGE -throws aside his cloak, and appears as before._) - -SCR. Spirit, show me no more! Why do you delight to torture me? - -1ST SPIRIT. One shadow more. She whom you resigned for gold--for -gain--for sordid ore--she you shall now behold as the tender wife of a -good and upright man--as the happy mother of smiling children. You shall -see them in their joyous home. Come, thou lonely man of gold--come! - -SCR. No, no! - -1ST SPIRIT. I told you these were the shadows of the things that have -been--that they are what they are do not blame me. Come---- - -SCR. No, no--I've seen enough--haunt me no longer! (_The Spirit seizes -him--he seizes the cap presses it upon the Spirit's head, who sinks -under it, and disappears in a flood of light while SCROOGE sinks -exhausted on the floor._) - - - SCENE II.--_A Street. Houses covered with snow._ - - _Enter DARK SAM, L. H._ - -SAM. It's very odd! I an't nimmed nothing to-night. Christmas eve, -too--when people's got sich lots of tin! But they takes precious good -care of it, 'cos I s'pose they thinks if they loses it, they shan't be -able to get no Christmas dinner. If I can't prig nothin', I'm sure I -shan't be able to get none. Unless this trade mends soon, I must turn -undertaker's man again. There is a chance, in that honourable calling of -a stray thing or two. Somebody comes! I wonder if I shall have any luck -now. - - _Enter BOB, R. H._ - -BOB. I shall soon be home! Won't my Martha be glad to see me--and what a -pleasant happy Christmas Day we shall spend. What a dinner we shall -have! I've got fifteen shillings--my week's wages--and I'm determined to -spend every farthing of it. Won't we have a prime goose, and a -magnificent pudding! And then the gin and water--and oranges--and -the--oh, how jolly we shall be! And Tiny Tim, too--he never tasted goose -before--how he will lick his dear little chops at the sage and onions! -And as for Martha--my dear Martha, who is a dress-maker, and can only -come to see us once in about four months--she shall have the parson's -nose. Let me see--a goose will cost seven shillings--pudding -five--that's twelve. Oranges, sage and onions, potatoes, and gin, at -least three shillings more. Oh, there will be quite enough money, and -some to spare. (_During this speech SAM advances cautiously and picks -his pocket._) - -SAM. (_Aside._) Some to spare! It can't fall into better hands than -mine, then! - - (_Exit R. H._ - -BOB. I've a good mind to buy the goose going home; but then if it should -turn out fusty--I think I had better leave it for Mrs. C. The moment I -get home, I'll pop the money into her hands, and--(_Feeling in his -pockets._)--Eh?--what--what's this? Somebody has been having a joke at -my expense. Eh? my week's salary--my fifteen shillings--it's gone! I'm -ruined--lost----undone! My pocket has been picked! I've lost my -Christmas dinner before I've got it! Oh, how can I face Mrs. C., and -Bob, and Martha, and Tiny Tim! Oh, what can I do? - - _Enter FRANK, L. H._ - -FRANK. What my worthy friend Bob Cratchit--how is this, man? you look -sorrowful, and on Christmas eve, too! - -BOB. Some of those boys whom I was sliding with on the ice in Cornhill -must have done it. - -FRANK. Done it! Done what, man? - -BOB. Stole my Christmas dinner--my--salary--I mean my fifteen shillings, -that your uncle paid me not an hour ago. - -FRANK. That's unfortunate! - -BOB. Unfortunate! Think of Tiny Tim's disappointment--no goose--no -pudding--no nothing! - -FRANK. Tiny Tim shall not go without his Christmas dinner notwithstanding -your loss--no, nor you either--nor any of your family, Bob Cratchit. -At such a time as this, no one should be unhappy--not even my -hard-hearted uncle, much less a worthy fellow like you. Here, Bob, -here's a sovereign--you can return it when my uncle raises your -wages--no thanks, but go and be as happy as you deserve to be--once -more, a merry Christmas to you! - - (_Exit R. H._ - -BOB. He's a regular trump! I wanted to thank him, and couldn't find the -words! I should like to laugh, and I feel as if I could cry. If Tiny Tim -don't bless you for this my name's not Bob Cratchit! I've lost fifteen -shillings, and I've found a sovereign! (_Dances._) Tol lol li do! Oh, -Mrs. Cratchit! Oh, my little Cratchit! what a happy Christmas Day we -shall spend, surely! What a pity Christmas don't last all the year -round! (_Exit L. H._) - - - SCENE III.--_SCROOGE'S chamber, as before._ - - _SCROOGE discovered, sleeping in a chair. The Stage becomes suddenly - quite light, and the GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT discovered, as in - WORK, page 78, the wall at back covered with ivy, holly, and - mistletoe--heaped upon the floor, almost to form a throne, are - turkeys, geese, plum puddings, twelfth cake, etc._ (_See PAGE 78._) - -2ND SPIRIT. Know me, man? I am the ghost of Christmas Present. Look upon -me. (_SCROOGE rises, approaches, and gazes at the figure._) You have -never seen the like of me before? - -SCR. Never! - -2ND SPIRIT. Have never walked forth with the younger members of my -family, meaning, for I am very young, my elder brothers born in these -latter years. - -SCR. I'm afraid I have not. Have you had many brothers, Spirit? - -2ND SPIRIT. More than eighteen hundred! - -SCR. A tremendous family to provide for! (_The SPIRIT rises._) Spirit, -conduct me where you will--if you have ought to teach me, let me profit -by it. Why do you carry that torch? - -2ND SPIRIT. To sprinkle the light and incense of happiness every -where--to poor dwellings most. - -SCR. Why to poor ones most? - -2ND SPIRIT. Because they need it most. But come--touch my robe--we have -much to see. (_As SCROOGE approaches nearer to him, the Scene changes._) - - - SCENE IV.--_A Bleak and Barren Moor. A poor mud cabin._ (_Painted in - the flat._) - - _The SECOND SPIRIT and SCROOGE enter._ - -SCR. What place is this? - -2ND SPIRIT. A place where miners live, who labour in the bowels of the -earth--they know me. See! (_As he speaks, the window is lighted from -within. The SPIRIT draws SCROOGE to window._) What seest thou? - -SCR. A cheerful company assembled round a glowing fire--an old man and -woman, with their children, and children's children all decked gaily out -in their holiday attire. I hear the old man's voice above the howling of -the wind upon the barren waste; singing a Christmas song, while all -swell out the chorus. - -2ND SPIRIT. Come, we must not tarry--we will to sea--your ear shall be -deafened by the roaring waters. - -SCR. To sea? no, good Spirit! - -2ND SPIRIT. See yonder solitary lighthouse built on a dismal reef of -sunken rocks. Here we men who watch the light, have made a fire that -sheds a ray of brightness on the awful sea, joining their horny hands -over the rough table where they sit, they wish each other a merry -Christmas in can of grog and sing a rude lay in honour of the time. All -men on this day have a kinder word for one another--on such a day--but -come--on--on! (_As he speaks the Scene changes._) - - - SCENE V.--_Drawing-room in FRANK FREEHEART'S house._ - - _FRANK, CAROLINE his wife, MR. CHEERLY, and male and female Guests - discovered--some are seated on a sofa on one side, others surround a - table on the other side. SCROOGE and the SPIRIT remain on one side._ - (_At opening of Scene all laugh._) - -FRANK. Yes, friends, my uncle said that Christmas was a humbug, as I -live! He believed it, too! - -OMNES. More shame for him. - -FRANK. He's a comical old fellow! However, his offences carry their own -punishment. - -CHEER. He's very rich! - -FRANK. But his wealth is of no use to him. He don't do any good with it. -He don't make himself comfortable with it. He hasn't the satisfaction of -thinking--ha, ha, ha!--that he is ever going to benefit us with it! - -LADIES. We have no patience with him! - -FRANK. But I have! I'm sorry for him! I couldn't be angry with him if I -tried. Who suffers by his ill whims? Himself! He loves a good -dinner--pleasant moments, and pleasanter companions than he can find in -his own thoughts, or in his mouldy chambers. He may rail at Christmas -till he dies, but he can't help thinking better of it, I defy him! If he -finds me going there, year after year and saying, Uncle Scrooge, how are -you? If it only puts him in the vein to leave his poor clerk fifty -pounds, that's something, and I think I shook him yesterday! (_All -laugh._) Well, he has given us plenty of merriment so here's his health. -Uncle Scrooge! - -OMNES. (_Drinks._) Uncle Scrooge! - -FRANK. A merry Christmas and a happy new year to him wherever he is! - -SCR. Spirit, their merriment has made me so bright and gay, that I could -almost pledge them in return, and join in all their innocent mirth! - - _A servant enters, L. H. and gives a letter to FRANK, - then exits._ - -FRANK. (_Opens it and reads. Aside._) Ah! what do I see, the vessel lost -at sea that bore my entire wealth within her! Then I'm a lost and ruined -man! (_His wife approaches him._) - -CHEER. No ill news, I hope, Mr. Freeheart. - -FRANK. (_Aside._) The stroke is sudden and severe but I will bear it -like a man! Why should I damp the enjoyment of those around by such ill -tiding? No, it is Christmas time--I will not broach such bad news -now--no--at least to-night. All shall be happy--nor word of mine shall -make any otherwise. (_To his friends._) Come, friends, let's have a -merry dance, shall we not? - -OMNES. A dance! a dance! (_Short, Country Dance, in which SCROOGE joins -without being observed by the rest. Towards the conclusion of it the -SPIRIT advances--draws SCROOGE back from the group--a bright glow lights -up the Scene, as the SPIRIT and SCROOGE sink through the Stage unnoticed -by the groups._) - - END OF ACT I. - - - - -ACT II. - - - SCENE I.--_Humble Apartment in BOB CRATCHIT'S House. Table, chairs, - etc., on._ - - _MRS. CRATCHIT and BELINDA CRATCHIT discovered laying the cloth. PETER - CRATCHIT is by fire. SCROOGE and the SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT - rise through the Stage, and stand aside and observe them._ - -SCR. So, this is my clerk's dwelling, Spirit--Bob Cratchit's. You -blessed it with the sprinkling of your torch as we passed the threshold. -Bob had but fifteen _Bob_ a week. He pockets on Saturdays but fifteen -copies of his Christian name, and yet the Ghost of Christmas Present -blessed his four-roomed house. (_Two of CRATCHIT'S younger children, BOY -and GIRL, run in._) - -BOY. Oh, mother--outside the baker's we smell such a goose! It must have -been ours--no one has got such a goose. Oh, gemini! (_They dance round -the table in childish glee._) - -MRS. C. Whatever has got your precious father, Bob, and Tiny Tim. And -Martha warn't as late this Christmas Day by half an hour! - - _Enter MARTHA, L. H._ - -MART. Here's Martha, mother! - -CHILDREN. Here's Martha, mother--hurrah! There's such a goose, Martha! - -MRS. C. (_Kissing MARTHA, and assisting her off with her bonnet, etc._) -Why bless your heart alive, my dear, how late you are! - -MART. We'd a deal of work to finish up last night, and had to clear away -this morning, mother. - -MRS. C. Well, never mind, so long as you are come. Sit ye down before -the fire, my dear, and have a warm. Lord bless ye! - -CHILDREN. (_Looking off._) Father's coming! Hide, Martha, hide! (_MARTHA -runs behind closet door in F. BOB CRATCHIT enters with TINY TIM upon his -shoulder, L. H._) - -BOB. (_Looking round._) Why, where's our Martha? - -MRS. C. Not coming. - -BOB. Not coming upon Christmas Day! - -MARTHA. (_Running towards him._) Yes, dear father, yes. (_They -embrace._) - -CHILDREN. Come, Tiny Tim, into the washhouse, to hear the pudding -singing in the copper! (_They carry TIM out--PETER exits L. H._) - -MRS. C. And how did little Tim behave? - -BOB. As good as gold. Somehow he gets thoughtful sitting by himself so -much, and thinks the sweetest things you ever heard! (_The CHILDREN -re-enter with TIM._) - -CHILDREN. The goose! the goose! (_PETER re-enters carrying the goose--it -is placed on the table, etc. All seat themselves at table._) - -SCR. Bob's happier than his master! How his blessed urchins, mounting -guard upon their posts, cram their spoons into their mouths, lest they -should shriek for goose before their turn arrives to be helped! And now, -as Mrs. Cratchit plunges her knife in its breast, a murmur of delight -arises round the board, and even Tiny Tim beats the table with the -handle of his knife, and feebly cries hurrah! - -BOB. Beautiful! There never was such a goose. It's tender as a lamb, and -cheap as dirt. The apple sauce and mashed potatoes are delicious--and -now, love, for the pudding. The thought of it makes you nervous. - -MRS. C. Too nervous for witnesses. I must leave the room alone to take -the pudding up and bring it in. - - (_Exit L. H._ - -BOB. Awful moment! Suppose it should not be done enough? Suppose it -should break in turning out? Suppose somebody should have got over the -wall of the back yard and stolen it? (_Gets up, and walks about, -disturbed._) I could suppose all sorts of horrors. Ah! there's a great -deal of steam--the pudding's out of the copper! A smell like a washing -day--that's the cloth! A smell like an eating-house and a pastry cook's -door to each other, with a laundress's next door to that--that's the -pudding. (_MRS. CRATCHIT re-enters with pudding, which she places on -table. BOB sits._) - -CHILDREN. Hurrah! - -SCR. Mrs. Cratchit looks flushed, but smiles proudly, like one who has -achieved a triumph. - -BOB. Mrs. Cratchit, I regard this pudding as the greatest success you -have achieved since our marriage. - -MRS. C. Now that the weight's off my mind, I confess I had my doubts -about it, and I don't think it at all a small pudding for so large a -family. - -BOB. It would be flat heresy to say so. A Cratchit would blush to hint -at such a thing! - -SCR. Their merry, cheerful dinner's ended, but not their sweet, -enjoyment of the day. (_MRS. CRATCHIT, etc., clears the table. A jug and -a glass or two are placed on it. BOB fills the glasses._) - -BOB. A merry Christmas to us all, my dear--heaven bless us! (_They drink -and echo him--TINY TIM is near his father, who presses his hand._) - -SCR. Spirit tell me if Tiny Tim will live? - -2ND SPIRIT. If the shadows I see remain unaltered by the future, the -child will die. - -SCR. No, no--say he will be spared. - -2ND SPIRIT. If he be like to die--what then? He had better do it, and -decrease the surplus population. - -SCR. My own words! - -2ND SPIRIT. Man--if man you be in heart, and not adamant--forbear that -wicked cant until you have discovered what the surplus is, and where it -is. Will you decide what men shall live--what men shall die? To hear the -insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry -brothers in the dust. - -BOB. My dear, I'll give you, "Mr. Scrooge, the founder of the feast!" - -MRS. C. The founder of the feast indeed! I wish I had him here--I'd -give him a piece of my mind to feast upon! - -BOB. My dear--the children--Christmas Day---- - -MRS. C. It should be Christmas Day, I'm sure, on which one drinks the -health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge. -You know what he is, Robert--no one better. - -BOB. My dear--Christmas Day---- - -MRS. C. I'll drink his health for your sake not for his. Long life to -him! A merry Christmas and a happy new year! He'll be very merry and -very happy, no doubt! (_All drink._) - -2ND SPIRIT. Your name alone has cast a gloom upon them. But they are -happy--grateful--pleased with one another. - -SCR. And they look happier yet in the bright sprinkling of thy torch, -Spirit. (_As he speaks the Stage becomes quite dark. A medium descends, -which hides the group at table. SCROOGE and the SPIRIT remaining in -front._) We have seen much to-night, and visited many homes. Thou hast -stood beside sick beds, and they were cheerful--by struggling men, and -they were patient in their greater hope--by poverty, and it was rich. In -almshouse, hospital and jail--in misery's every refuge, thou hast left -thy blessing, and taught me thy precepts. - -2ND SPIRIT. My life upon this globe is very brief--it ends to-night--at -midnight--the time draws near. - -SCR. Is that a claw protruding from your skirts? - -2ND SPIRIT. Behold! (_Two Children, wretched in appearance, appear from -the foldings of his robe--they kneel, and cling to him._) Oh, man--look -here! - -SCR. Spirit, are they yours? (_See PLATE in WORK, page 119._) - -2ND SPIRIT. They are man's--and they cling to me, appealing from their -fathers. This boy is Ignorance--this girl is Want. Beware all of their -degree--but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow is written -that which is doom, unless the writing be erased. Admit it for your -factious purposes, and bide the end. - -SCR. Have they no regular refuge or resource? (_SCROOGE shrinks -abashed._) - -2ND SPIRIT. Are there no prisons--no workhouses? Hark, 'tis midnight! I -am of the past! (_The CHILDREN exeunt--the SPIRIT disappears through -trap--at the same moment the GHOST OF CHRISTMAS TO COME, shrouded in a -deep black garment rises behind medium, which is worked off, -discovering_---- - - - SCENE II.--_A Street. Night._ - - _The SPIRIT advances slowly. SCROOGE kneels on - beholding it._ - -SCR. This Spirit's mysterious presence fills me with a solemn dread! I -am in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas yet to come! (_The SPIRIT -points onward._) You are about to show me shadows of things that have -not happened, but will happen in the time before us? (_The SPIRIT -slightly inclines its head._) Though well used to ghostly company by -this time. I fear this silent shape more than I did all the rest. Ghost -of the future, will you not speak to me? (_The SPIRIT'S hand is still -pointing onward._) Lead on, Spirit! (_The SPIRIT moves a few steps on, -then pauses. SCROOGE follows. The Stage becomes light._) - - _Enter CHEERLY and HEARTLY._ - -HEART. He's dead, you say? When did he die? - -CHEER. Last night, I believe. - -HEART. What has he done with his money? - -CHEER. I haven't heard, he hasn't left it to me. It's likely to be a -very cheap funeral, for I don't know of any one likely to go to it. - -HEART. Well, I don't mind going to it if lunch is provided. I'm not at -all sure I was not one of his most particular friends. - -CHEER. Yes--you used to stop, and say "How d'ye do?" whenever you met. -But, come--we must to 'Change. - - (_Exit R. H._ - -SCR. A moral in their words, too! Quiet and dark beside me stands yet -the phantom, with its outstretched hand. It still points onward and I -must follow it! (_The SPIRIT exits slowly followed by SCROOGE._) - - - SCENE III.--_Interior of a Marine Store Shop. Old iron, phials, etc., - seen. A screen extends from R. H. to C. separating fireplace, etc., - from shop. Chair and table near the fire._ - - OLD JOE _seated near the fire, smoking. A light burns on the table. The - SPIRIT enters, followed by SCROOGE._ - -SCR. What foul and obscure place is this? What place of bad repute--of -houses wretched--of people half naked--drunken and ill-favoured? The -whole quarter reeks with crime--with filth and misery. (_Shop door -opens, and MRS. DIBLER enters. She has hardly time to close the door -when it opens again, and DARK SAM enters closely followed by MRS. -MILDEW. Upon perceiving each other they at first start, but presently -burst into a laugh. JOE joins them._) - -SAM. Let the charwoman alone to be the first--let the laundress alone to -be second--and let the undertaker's man alone to be the third. Look here -old Joe, here's a chance! If we all three haven't met here without -meaning it. - -JOE. You couldn't have met in a better place. Come into the -parlour--you're none of you strangers. Stop till I shut the door of the -shop. Ah! how it shrieks! There an't such a rusty bit of metal here as -its own hinges--and I'm sure there's no such old bones here as mine. Ha, -ha! we're all suitable to our calling. We're well matched. Come into -the parlour. (_They come forward by screen._) - -MRS. M. (_Throwing down bundle._) What odds, then, Mrs. Dibler? Every -person has a right to take care of themselves. He always did. - -SAM. No man more so, so don't stand staring as if you was afraid, -woman--who's the wiser? We're not going to pick holes in each other's -coats, I suppose? - -OMNES. No, indeed! we should hope not! - -MRS. M. Who's the worse for the loss of a few things like these? Not a -dead man, I suppose? - -OMNES. (_Laughing._) No, indeed! - -SAM. If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a wicked old screw, why -wasn't he natural in his life time? - -MRS. M. If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after him when he -was struck with death, instead of lying, gasping out his last, alone -there by himself--it's a judgment upon him! Open that bundle, old Joe, -and let me know the value of it. - -SAM. Stop! I'll be served first, to spare your blushes, though we pretty -well knew we were helping ourselves, and no sin neither! (_Gives -trinkets to JOE._) - -JOE. Two seals, pencil case, brooch, sleeve buttons! (_Chalking figures -on wall._) Five bob! Wouldn't give more, if you was to boil me! Who's -next? (_MRS. DIBLER offers bundle which he examines._) There's your -money! (_Chalks on wall._) I always give too much to ladies--it's my -weakness, and so I ruin myself. If you asked for another penny, and made -it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal, and knock off half -a-crown! (_Examines MRS. MILDEW'S bundle upon his knees._) What do you -call this? bed curtains? You don't mean to say you took 'em down, rings -and all, with him lying there? - -MRS. M. Yes. I do! Why not? - -JOE. You were born to make your fortune, and you'll certainly do it! -Blankets! his blankets? - -MRS. M. Whose else's? He won't take cold without 'em! - -JOE. I hope he didn't die of anything catching! - -MRS. M. No, no! or I'd not have waited on such as he! There, Joe, that's -the best shirt he had--they'd ha' wasted it, but for me! - -JOE. What do you call wasting it? - -MRS. M. Putting it on him to be buried, to be sure! Somebody was fool -enough to do it, but I took it off again! If calico ain't good enough -for such a purpose, it ain't good enough for anybody! It's quite as -becoming to the body! He can't look uglier than he did in that one! - -SCR. I listen to their words in horror! - -JOE. There is what I will give you! (_Chalks on wall, then takes out a -small bag, and tells them out their money._) - -MRS. M. Ha, ha! This is the end of it, you see--he frightened every one -away from him when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead--ha, ha, -ha! (_All laugh._) - -SCR. (_Shuddering._) Spirit, I see--I see! The case of this unhappy man -might be my own--my life tends that way now. Let us be gone. (_The -SPIRIT points onward. The Scene changes._) - - - SCENE IV.--_A chamber. Curtain drawn over recess. The SPIRIT points to - it--then approaches it, followed by SCROOGE trembling. The curtain - is withdrawn--a bed is seen--a pale, light shows a figure, covered - with a sheet upon it._ - -SCR. (_Recoiling in terror._) Ah! a bare uncurtained bed, and something -there, which, though dumb, announces itself in awful language! Yes, -plundered and bereft, unwatched, unwept, uncared for, is the body of -this man! (_The SPIRIT points towards the bed._) It points towards the -face--the slightest movement of my hand would instantly reveal it--I -long yet dread to do it. Oh, could this man be raised up and see -himself! Avarice, hard dealing, griping cares! They have brought him to -a rich end, truly! He lays alone in a dark empty house, with not a man, -woman, or a child, to say--"He was kind to me--I will be kind to him!" -Spirit, this is a fearful place! in leaving it, I shall not leave its -lesson. Let us hence. If there is any person in the town who feels -emotion caused by this man's death, show that person to me, I beseech -you. (_As he speaks the Scene changes._) - - - SCENE V.--_A chamber. SCROOGE and SPIRIT on L. H._ - - _Enter ELLEN, R. H., second dress, followed by - EUSTON, L. H._ - -ELLEN. What news my love--is it good or bad? - -EUS. Bad! - -ELLEN. We are quite ruined! - -EUS. No! there is hope yet, Ellen! - -ELLEN. If he relents, there is--nothing is past hope if such a miracle -has happened. - -EUS. He is past relenting! He is dead! - -ELLEN. Dead! It is a crime but heaven forgive me, I almost feel thankful -for it! - -EUS. What the half drunken-woman told me last night, when I tried to see -him and obtain a week's delay, and which I thought a mere excuse to -avoid me, was true,--he was not only ill, but dying then! - -ELLEN. To whom will our debt be transferred! - -EUS. I don't know, but before that time we shall be ready with the -money, and were we not, we can hardly find so merciless a creditor in -his successor. We may sleep to-night with light hearts, Ellen. Come! -(_Exeunt R. H._) - -SCR. This is terrible! Let me see some tenderness connected with a death -in that dark chamber, which we left just now, Spirit--it will be for -ever present to me. (SPIRIT _points onward and slowly exits followed by -SCROOGE._) - - - SCENE VI.--_Apartment at BOB CRATCHIT'S._ - - (_MRS. CRATCHIT, PETER, and the two younger CRATCHIT'S discovered. - Candle lighted. The SPIRIT enters, followed by SCROOGE._) - -SCR. As through the old familiar streets we passed, I looked in vain to -find myself, but nowhere was I to be seen. - -MRS. C. (_Laying down her work. Mourning._) The colour hurts my eyes, -and I wouldn't show weak eyes to your father. It must be near his -time--he walks slower than he used, and yet I've known him walk, with -Tiny Tim upon his shoulder, very fast indeed--but he was very light to -carry, and his father loved him, so that it was no trouble--no -trouble---- - - _Enter BOB, L. H. MRS. C. advances to meet him--the - CHILDREN crowd around him._ - -BOB. There, wife, I've returned at last. Come, you have been industrious -in my absence--the things will be ready before Sunday. - -MRS. C. Sunday! You went to-day, then? - -BOB. Yes, my dear! I wish you could have gone--it would have done you -good to see how green a place it is. But you'll see it often--I promised -him I would walk there of a Sunday--my little--little child--(_With much -emotion._) - -MRS. C. Don't fret! - -BOB. Fret! I met Mr. Scrooge's nephew just now, who, seeing that I -looked a little down, asked me what had happened. Ah, he's the -pleasantest spoken gentleman you ever heard--he told me he was sorry for -me and for my good wife--but how he knew _that_ I don't know! - -MRS. C. Knew what? - -BOB. Why, that you were a good wife! and he was so kind--it was quite -delightful! He said he'd get Peter a better situation--and, mark me, -whenever we part from one another, I am sure we shall none of us forget -poor Tiny Tim, shall we, or this first parting that was among us? - -OMNES. Never! never! (_The CHILDREN crowd around their PARENTS, who kiss -them tenderly. A medium descends and hides the group._) - -SCR. Spectre, something informs me that our parting moment is at -hand--tell me, ere you quit me, what man that was whom we saw lying -dead? (_The SPIRIT points onward slowly traverses the stage._) Still he -beckons me onward--there seems no order in these latter visions, save -they are in the future. Through yonder gloom I can see my own -dwelling--let me behold what I shall be in days to come--the house is -yonder--why do you point away? Ah! that house is no longer mine--another -occupies it. Ah! why is this? (_The medium is worked off, and -discovers._) - - - SCENE VII.--_A Churchyard. On slab centre, is engraved "EBENEZER - SCROOGE."_ - -SCR. A churchyard! Here, then, the wretched man who's name I have now to -learn, lays underneath the ground! (_The SPIRIT points to centre slab. -SCROOGE advances, trembling, towards it._) Before I draw nearer to the -stone to which you point, answer me one question. Are these the things -of the shadows that will be, or are they the shadows of the things that -may be only? (_The SPIRIT still points downward to the grave._) Men's -courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in they -must lead--but if the courses be departed from the ends will change--say -is it thus with what you show me? Still as immovable as ever! (_Draws -nearer to grave._) "Ebenezer Scrooge!" My own name! (_Sinks on his -knees._) Am I that man who lay upon the bed? (_The SPIRIT points from -the grave to him, and back again._) No, Spirit! Oh, no, no! (_See PLATE, -page 150. The FIGURE remains immovable._) Spirit! (_Clutching its -robe._) Hear me! I am not the man I was--I will not be the man I must -have been but for this intercourse! why show me this if I am past all -hope? (_The hand trembles. SCROOGE sinks on his knees._) Good Spirit, -your nature intercedes for me--assure me that I yet may change these -shadows you have shown me, by an altered life! (_The hand trembles -still._) I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the -year--I will live the past, the present, and the future--the spirits of -all three shall strive within me--I will not shut out the lessons that -they teach--oh tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone! (_In -his agony he catches the SPECTRE'S hand--it seeks to free itself--his -struggles become stronger in his despair--the SPIRIT repulses him--he -sinks prostrate to the earth--the SPIRIT disappears, as the medium is -worked on. Clouds roll over the stage--they are worked off, and -discovers._) - - - SCENE VIII.--_SCROOGE'S Chamber. Same as Scene I, Act I. It is broad - day--the fire is nearly extinguished--the candle nearly burnt down - to the socket. The stage arrangement in other respects, precisely - the same as at end of Scene I, Act I._ - - SCROOGE _discovered, sleeping in his chair. He appears restless and - uneasy, then starts up, exclaiming._ - -SCR. Pity me! I will not be the man I have been! Oh, no, no! (_Pauses, -and looks around him._) Ah! here! Could it all have been a dream! A -dream--ha, ha, ha! A dream! Yes! this table's my own--this chair's my -own--this room's my own--and happier still, the time before me is my own -to make amends in! I will live the past, the present, and the future! -Heaven and the Christmas time be praised for this! I say it on my -knees--on my knees! My cheek is wet with tears, but they are tears of -penitence! (_Busies himself in pulling on his coat, throwing off his -cap, etc., and speaking all the time._) I don't know what to do--I'm as -light as a feather--I'm as happy as an angel--I'm as merry as a -school-boy--I'm as giddy as a drunken man! A merry Christmas to every -body--a happy new year to all the world! Hallo, there! Whoop! Hallo! -there's the jug that my gruel was in--there's the door where the ghost -of Jacob Marley entered. It's all right--it's all true--it all -happened--ha, ha, ha! I don't know what day of the month it is--I don't -know how long I've been among the spirits--I don't know anything--I'm -quite a baby--never mind, I don't care--I'd rather be a baby! Hallo! -Whoop! Hallo, here! (_Runs to window--opens it._) Here, you boy! what's -to-day? - -BOY. (_Without._) Why, Christmas Day! - -SCR. Ah! I haven't missed it! Glorious! I say--go to the poulterer's -round the corner, and buy the prize turkey for me! - -BOY. (_Without._) Wal-ker! - -SCR. Tell 'em to send it, and I'll give you half a crown. He's off like -a shot! I'll send it to Bob Cratchit's. How astonished he'll be. -(_Coming down._) I'll write a cheque for that society that they called -on me about yesterday. Oh, I'll make every one happy, and myself, too! -(_Knocks heard without._) That must be the turkey! (_Opens door._) As I -live, it's Bob Cratchit! - - _Enter BOB CRATCHIT, 2 E. L. H._ - -BOB. Excuse my calling, sir, but the fact is, I couldn't help it. That -worthy gentleman, your nephew, is ruined. I said, ruined, sir---- - -SCR. I'm glad of it! - -BOB. Glad of it! There's an unnatural cannibal! - - _Enter FRANK, 2 E. L. H._ - -FRANK. Oh uncle, you know all! I come not to ask your assistance--that -would be madness--but I come to bid you farewell. In three days' time, -with my unfortunate family, I shall quit England. - -SCR. No, you shan't. You shall stay where you are! - -FRANK. You mock me! - -SCR. I say you shall stay where you are! (_Writes at table._) There's a -cheque for present use--to-morrow I will see how I can make up your -losses, and at my death you shall inherit all my wealth--but I don't -mean to die yet, you dog! - -FRANK. This generosity---- - -SCR. No thanks. I'll dine with you to-day, Frank--and as for you, Bob, -Tiny Tim shall be my care, and your salary's trebled from this hour. - -BOB. Oh, this can't be my master! Oh, I'm quite sure it must be somebody -else. Yes--it is him, too! He must have gone mad! I've a great mind to -knock him down with the ruler, and get Mr. Frank to help me to fit him -on a strait waistcoat! Well, I never! - -SCR. A merry Christmas, Frank--a merry Christmas, Bob--and it _shall_ be -a merry one. I have awoke a better man than I fell asleep. So may it be -with all of us! Oh, may my day dreams prove as happy as my night ones? -(_As he speaks, the gauze medium is lit up behind, and the GHOST OF -CHRISTMAS PAST, the GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT, and the GHOST OF -CHRISTMAS TO COME, with the other characters in the Miser's dream, are -seen in separate groups._) Their remembrance haunts me still. Oh, my -friends--forgive but my past, you will make happy my present, and -inspire me with hope for the future! - - THE CURTAIN FALLS. - - -_THE BAT_ - - -A mystery play in 3 acts. By Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. -Produced originally at the Morosco Theatre, New York. 7 males, 3 -females. 2 interior scenes. Modern costumes. - - Miss Cornelia Van Gorder, a maiden lady of sixty, has leased as a - restorative for frayed nerves, a Long Island country house. It had - been the property of a New York financier who had disappeared - coincidentally with the looting of his bank. His cashier, who is - secretly engaged to marry Miss Van Gorder's niece, is suspected of - the defalcation and is a fugitive. The new occupants believe the - place to be haunted. Strange sounds and manifestations first - strengthen this conviction but presently lead them to suspect that - the happenings are mysteriously connected with the bank robbery. - Any sensible woman would have moved to the nearest neighbors for - the night and returned to the city next day. But Miss Van Gorder - decided to remain and solve the mystery. She sends for detectives - and then things begin to happen. At one time or another every - member of the household is suspected of the theft. The audience is - kept running up blind alleys, falling into hidden pitfalls, and - darting around treacherous corners. A genuine thriller guaranteed - to divert any audience. - - (Royalty, twenty-five dollars.) PRICE 75 CENTS. - - -_THE HAUNTED HOUSE_ - -Comedy in 3 acts. By Owen Davis. Produced originally at the George M. -Cohan Theatre, New York. 8 males, 3 females. 1 interior. Modern -costumes. - - A newly married couple arrive to spend their honeymoon in a summer - cottage owned by the girl's father, who has begged them not to go - there, because he claims the house is haunted. Almost immediately - after their arrival, strange sounds are heard in the house. The - bride leaves the room for a few moments and when she returns, her - husband is talking very confidentially to a young woman, who he - claims has had trouble with her automobile down the road, and he - goes out to assist her. But when he comes back, his wife's - suspicions force him to confess that the girl is an old sweetheart - of his. The girl is subsequently reported murdered, and the bride - believes her husband has committed the crime. A neighbor, who is an - author of detective stories, attempts to solve the murder, meantime - calling in a prominent New York detective who is vacationing in the - town. As they proceed, everyone in the action becomes involved. But - the whole thing terminates in a laugh, with the most uproarious and - unexpected conclusion imaginable. - - (Royalty, twenty-five dollars.) PRICE 75 CENTS. - - -_LOUDER, PLEASE_ - -A comedy in 3 acts. By Norman Krasna. Produced originally at the Masque -Theatre, New York. 12 males, 3 females. 1 interior scene. Modern -costumes. - - The breathless and amusing comedy has to do with the efforts of - Criterion Pictures to keep one of its stars, Polly Madison, before - the public gaze, and Press Agent Herbert White is called in to - promote the necessary ballyhoo. He conceives the brilliant but - ancient idea of having Polly get "lost at sea" in a motor boat. - There is a law making it a punishable crime to fake a false news - report to the press, but what is a law to Herbert if he can get - over the necessary publicity? He broadcasts the news that Polly has - strangely disappeared and is lost at sea. Consequently the forces - of the law get busy, the Coast Guard sends out a fleet of airplanes - to rescue the lost film star, with the result that the front pages - of the papers are loaded with stories of the frantic search for the - actress, and the world at large is on its ear. Detective Bailey - becomes suspicious of the fake and puts the Criterion staff through - a stiff third degree. A prison cell looms up for Herbert White and - he has to resort to the most desperate measures to make the fake - story appear true. - - (Royalty, twenty-five dollars.) PRICE 75 CENTS. - - -_SKIDDING_ - -Comedy in 3 acts. By Aurania Rouverol. Produced originally at the Bijou -Theatre, New York. 5 males, 5 females. 1 interior. Modern costumes. - - A fresh, sincere picture of American family life, showing Marion - Hardy, a modern college girl who falls ecstatically in love with - Wayne Trenton just as a career is opening up to her, and the - difficulties she has in adjusting her romance. Then there are the - two pretty young daughters who chose to marry before they finished - their education and want to "come home to Mother" at the first sign - of trouble. Mother Hardy is so upset at the modern tendencies of - her daughters, that she goes on strike in order to straighten out - her family. Young Andy Hardy is an adorable adolescent lad with his - first "case"--a typical Booth Tarkington part. He keeps the - audience in a gale of merriment with his humorous observances. - Grandpa Hardy touches the heart with his absent-mindedness and his - reminiscences about Grandma; and the white satin slippers he makes - for Marion to be married in, have a great deal to do with - straightening out her love affair. Humor is blended with pathos and - a deliciously garnished philosophy makes "Skidding" more - significant than the average comedy. It is life. "Skidding" is one - of our most popular plays for High School production. - - (Royalty, twenty-five dollars.) PRICE 75 CENTS. - - - - - Transcriber's notes: - - The line - "happy as my night ones? (_As he speaks, the gauze_" - was duplicated in the original. - - The following is a list of changes made to the original. - The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one. - - _Author of Fair Rosamond, Fairinelli, The Dream of Fate,_ - _Author of Fair Rosamond, Farinelli, The Dream of Fate,_ - - CHRISTAMAS CAROL. - A CHRISTMAS CAROL. - - _Easy chair Table with candlestick upon it, etc., etc._ - _Easy chair, table with candlestick upon it, etc., etc._ - - (_Binds wrappr round its head once more--slowly_ - (_Binds wrapper round its head once more--slowly_ - - either--nor ony of your family, Bob Cratchit. At - either--nor any of your family, Bob Cratchit. At - - MRS. C. Sunday! You went to day, then? - MRS. C. Sunday! You went to-day, then? - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Christmas Carol, by -C. Z. 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