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Miss -Calcium’s attempt at tragedy scares Rubber-Neck and Susan. -“This is a quiet hotel.” She shows them how to do it. -“You are tied to the track.” “Hold on, maybe dat train -don’t stop here.” The thrilling rescue scene. Rubber-Neck’s -train of cars. “You’re both real actors. We’ll do -a sister act in vaudeville.” “All right; it’s better than -keeping a quiet hotel.”</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_4">[4]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak">COSTUMES</h2> - - - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss Calcium.</span> Traveling suit and hat, very pronounced -and dashing in style. She may be anywhere from twenty -to forty in age.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Smart chambermaid’s costume, with rather short -skirt, and a neat little apron. Age, twenty to thirty.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber-Neck.</span> Black face (or white, if preferred). May -be of any age. Wears dark trousers, gingham shirt, and a -uniform cap with word “Porter” on front. Costume may -be made comic as desired.</p> - - - - - -<h2 class="nobreak">PROPERTIES</h2> - - - -<p>For Miss Calcium, dress-suit case and umbrella. For -Rubber-Neck, child’s train of cars, dinner-bell, whistle. -For Susan, call-bell.</p> - -<p>The noise of an approaching train is easily imitated behind -scenes with a piece of sheet-iron which is struck with -two beaters similar to egg beaters. This effect may, however, -be omitted if preferred, as the action does not absolutely -depend on it.</p> - - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_5">[5]</span> - -<h2 class="nobreak"><span class="large">The Quiet Hotel</span></h2> -</div> - -<div class="hangingindent"> - -<p>SCENE.—<i>Any plain interior will serve. Entrances</i> <span class="allsmcap">R.</span> -<i>and</i> <span class="allsmcap">L.</span> <i>Table up</i> <span class="allsmcap">C.</span> <i>May be furnished, if preferred, as -a country hotel office, with table</i> <span class="allsmcap">C.</span>, <i>counter up</i> <span class="allsmcap">L.</span>, <i>with -ink-bottle and pen, and bell. Posters on walls advertising -county fairs and circuses, sales of stock, etc. A few old -wooden armchairs scattered about.</i></p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Curtain rises on empty stage. After a slight pause enter</i> -<span class="smcap">Miss Calcium</span>, <span class="allsmcap">R.</span>)</p> - -</div> - - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Well, this place is well named. It’s the Quiet -Hotel, all right. It ought to be a fine rest cure for my -tired nerves. (<i>Calls musically.</i>) Hello! (<i>Listens.</i>) My, -just hear that echo! (<i>Calls again.</i>) Hello! Hello! No -answer. I never before saw a house so completely full of -emptiness. (<i>Calls.</i>) Landlord! Clerk! Bell-boy! Telephone -operator! Waiter! Chambermaid!</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Each time she calls she raps on counter or floor with -umbrella.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Susan</span>, <span class="allsmcap">L.</span>, <i>leisurely, with hands in apron pockets</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Oh, good-morning! Er—were you looking for -any one?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>loudly</i>). Looking for—— Say, is this really -a hotel?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Certainly. A little less noise, please. We’re -not used to it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Oh, indeed. And who are you, please?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Who, me? Oh, I’m it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> It?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Sure. The main squeeze, the high guy, the -whole works; in fact, I’m the hotel.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> I don’t understand. You——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Why, I’m understudy for the landlord, that’s<span class="pagenum" id="Page_6">[6]</span> -all, and incidentally I’m clerk, bookkeeper, chambermaid, -manicure, stenographer, head cook and bottle washer. In -fact, I’m the whole force, except the porter.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>dazed</i>). Oh, except the porter. I see. So -you are in full charge of the hotel?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Am I! If I quit the place it will have to close -up and move to (<i>name near-by town</i>).</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> You must be a very important person in this -hotel.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>calmly</i>). I am. I own it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>surprised</i>). You own it?</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber-Neck</span>, <span class="allsmcap">R.</span> <i>He sneaks with exaggerated -quietness toward the suit-case which is behind</i> <span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> -<i>She does not see him. As he is about to snatch it</i> <span class="smcap">Susan</span> -<i>frowns and shakes her head at him, and he hastily retreats -to door</i> <span class="allsmcap">R.</span> <i>His head, however, remains in sight, -and he keeps his eye on the suit-case.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Yes. You see they owed me so much in wages -it was cheaper to just give me the hotel than to pay up in -cash.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Well, you’re lucky. (<i>Looks about</i>.) It looks -like a fine place.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Best in the country. You get three meals a day -here, and at each meal four kinds of meat—ram, lamb, -sheep and mutton.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> But I don’t like mutton.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>firmly</i>). Now don’t tell me what you like or -what you don’t like. You like meals, don’t you?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Certainly, but——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Well, that’s what you get here—meals, just -plain meals.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> I don’t think I’ll like it here. When is the -next train?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> The next train just left.</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <i>makes another quiet dive for the bag, but</i> <span class="smcap">Susan</span> -<i>shakes her head and he scrambles back to door</i> <span class="allsmcap">R.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> What were you doing when I came in?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Oh, just sweeping down the halls and stairs, -making the beds, checking up the accounts, doing up my -hair, shifting two bureaus, setting the dining-room tables, -and making an apple pie.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_7">[7]</span><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Oh, is that all?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Yep—nothing to do till to-morrow. This is a -very quiet, restful place.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Well, I guess I’ll try it. The doctor has -ordered me to take a rest for a week.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> A week, eh? I suppose you have lots of -money?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Well, no. You see, I’m an actress, and I’ve -just closed one engagement and am waiting now for another.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Humph! Then you’re out of a job?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Er—yes, temporarily. What are your rates? -Won’t you call the porter and have him take my bag to a -room?</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <i>starts toward bag again hopefully, but</i> <span class="smcap">Susan</span> -<i>checks him with a gesture</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Well, I—— What have you got in the bag?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> That bag contains my wardrobe.</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <i>disappears</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Well, I guess you can stay one day on that -baggage if you pay in advance. (<i>Taps bell and calls off</i> -<span class="allsmcap">R.</span> <i>and</i> <span class="allsmcap">L.</span>) Porter! Porter! Ain’t the help something -awful nowadays? You can’t never depend on them. -Porter!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>rushing in</i> <span class="allsmcap">R.</span> <i>all out of breath</i>). Yas’m, yas’m. -Here I is.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>severely</i>). Where were you? What do you -mean by keeping this lady waiting?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Well, I was jest out to the gay-rage, fixin’ up -the limousine, an’——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>loftily</i>). Well, you know I prefer the electric -runabout in the afternoons. Show the lady up to Room 948.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Yas’m. (<i>Scratches head doubtfully.</i>) You -said Room 948?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Yes, and be quick about it.</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <i>starts</i> <span class="allsmcap">L.</span> <i>with bag, but returns</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Yas’m. Excuse me—but is that de back room -or de front room?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Oh, any room will suit me. We actresses have -to get used to all sorts of accommodations.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_8">[8]</span><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>setting bag down</i> <span class="allsmcap">L.</span>) Oh, is you an actress?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Certainly she’s an actress. She’s played in -Uncle Tom’s Cabin, haven’t you, Miss—Miss——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Miss Calcium. I’d better sign the register. -(<i>Goes to counter and writes in book.</i>) Yes, I’ve played -Topsy and Little Eva. And I’ve supported John Drew.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Oh, my, oh, my, she supported John Drew. -I’m goin’ to tell his wife.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> She means on the stage, stupid. You’re a -blockhead.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Guess I is. Every time I brush my hair I gets -my fingers full of splinters. So you is an actress?</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Walks around her admiringly.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Certainly.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Well, I’m certainly pleased to meet you. I -was on the stage once.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Oh, were you? Then we are fellow Thespians.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>uncertainly</i>). Yas’m, I guess so. What secret -society is dat?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Thespians—actors, you know. How long were -you on the stage?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> About twelve hours a day.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Twelve hours a day! You ought to belong to -the Actors’ Union. Where was it?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Oh, right heah, right heah. I drove the stage -from heah to (<i>name small town</i>).</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>laughing</i>). Oh, I see.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> My, it’s certainly been de dream of my life to -meet an actress. (<i>Poses.</i>) I’ve always thought I’d be an -actor.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> You’d be a bad actor. You couldn’t do it. -You need talent to be an actor.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> No, all you need is cheek. I got lots of -cheek. And then, look at my shape. (<i>Poses.</i>) I’m goin’ -to join a show de first chance I get.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> No you don’t, Rubber; no you don’t. I need -you right here in the hotel.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Well, I made up my mind I’m goin’ to do it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Well, then, I’ll have to confess. I’m an actress -myself. I’ve been taking a course in the Theatrical Correspondence -School.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_9">[9]</span><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>laughing</i>). Oh, dear! What could you do -on the stage?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Walk on and make a bluff at it—the way I see -lots of them do at (<i>name local theatre</i>).</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> And put on lots of paint.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> I never paint.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Neither do I. I belong to the Kalsominers’ -Union. If you paint you can’t fool a woman for half a -minute, but you can fool almost any man for nearly two -minutes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Well, I’m thankful to say there’s nothing false -about me.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Is that your own hair?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Yes, every curl and puff.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> How much did you pay for it?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Nature gave it to me. I have only to pull out -a few hairpins and it falls down to my knees.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> If you’d pull ’em all out it would fall down to -the floor.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> You’re a rude person. But we actresses have -to meet all kinds.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Oh, my! I guess I better apologize. If I said -anything I should be sorry for I’m glad of it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> You must excuse him. He never had any -bringing up. Where was your father born?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> In San Francisco.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> And your mother?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> In Boston.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Well, that accounts for it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> For what?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Your Chicago accent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Now, don’t go springing jokes like that -on me.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Oh, you’ll hear jokes a good deal worse than -that when you get on the stage. So you both want to act, -do you?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> I’m crazy about it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>strutting around</i>). Just try me, dat’s all. I’m -willin’ to play anythin’ from Hamlet to pinochle.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>thoughtfully</i>). Well, I have been thinking lately -of forming a little vaudeville company.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>edging up close to her, ecstatically</i>). Yes, yes—go -on.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_10">[10]</span><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>edging up on the other side</i>). Uh-huh! Go -on, gal, I’m a-listenin’.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> And you’re sure you’d like acting?</p> - -<table class="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="table"> - -<tr><td><span class="smcap">Susan.</span><br /><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span></td><td valign="middle" rowspan="2"><span class="xxlarge">}</span></td><td valign="middle"> Yes, yes.</td></tr> - -</table> - -<p> </p> -<p> </p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Slight pause</i>. <span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> <i>slowly walks</i> <span class="allsmcap">R.</span> <i>The others -stand</i> <span class="allsmcap">L.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>suddenly</i>). Ah, ha! There he stands—(<i>pointing -to</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span>) the man who murdered my father——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>scared</i>). Go ’way, woman, I don’t know your -father.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>continuing rapidly and tragically</i>). Then forced -open the safe and took the jewels and the money.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>dodging behind table badly scared</i>). Now listen -at dat woman lyin’ about me. You can’t prove it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>turning on</i> <span class="smcap">Susan</span>). And you—you helped him -in his dastardly work. (<i>Goes</i> <span class="allsmcap">L.</span>) You poisoned the child—muh—muh -poor little che-ild.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>She weeps</i>. <span class="smcap">Susan</span> <i>retreats around table, but</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span> -<i>pushes her away</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Go on away. Don’t you touch me. You -poisoned a kid. I always knew you was that kind of a -woman. My, ain’t you ashamed of yourself?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>to both</i>). Then you destroyed the will and set -fire to the house.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> The woman’s crazy!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Oh, let me out of here! Police! Fire! -Murder!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>making a sudden movement toward</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span>). -Villain! Your time has come. Scoundrel—you cannot escape me.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Makes a rush for the table</i>. <span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Susan</span> <i>both dive -under it</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>under table</i>). Oh, dear, I’m sorry I let her -stay.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>under table</i>). She’s crazy as a June-bug—that’s -what she is. She’s sufferin’ with the heat.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>laughing silently—then continuing in tragic -tone</i>). I have tracked you at last. I am that old man’s -daughter.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_11">[11]</span><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Say, lady, all the money I got’s in the pocket -of my other pants out in the stable. Won’t you take it and -leave here?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Money! What do I care for money now! -The law could not reach you—but I will.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>She seizes</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <i>and drags him from under the table, -and throws him</i> <span class="allsmcap">L.</span>; <i>then pulls out</i> <span class="smcap">Susan</span>, <i>crying, “You, -too,” and throws her</i> <span class="allsmcap">R.</span> <i>They sit on floor, frightened</i>. -<span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> <i>sits on table</i> <span class="allsmcap">C.</span>, <i>fanning herself</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Honest, lady, I never done it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>crying</i>). Oh, please go—please go.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>laughing</i>). Well, how do you like acting -now?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>rising</i>). Was that acting?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>rising</i>). You don’t mean it?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Certainly. That is a scene from my great part -in “A Woman’s Secret; or, Foiled by Fate.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> And people paid real money to see that?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Of course. We played to capacity houses for -weeks.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Gee! (<i>He picks up suit-case and runs out</i> <span class="allsmcap">R.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Well, if people are as easy as that I guess I can -get their money. What do you have to learn first?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Well, the first thing is the voice. You must -have a good, strong voice to be an actor.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span>, <span class="allsmcap">R.</span>, <i>swinging a lantern</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>in a loud singsong voice mostly in one note</i>). -Train—goin’ west! Buffalo—Cleveland—Chicago—Omaha—Denver—Salt Lake—Yellowstone -Park—Seattle—Tacoma—Alaska—and -all way stations!—Train—goin’—west! -Al-l-l-l aboard!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>putting hands over ears</i>). Mercy, his voice is -strong enough.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> I can do it louder. (<i>Begins again, more -loudly</i>.) Train goin’—east—Chicago——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>hands over ears</i>). That will do! I thought -this was a quiet hotel.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>grabbing</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <i>and stopping him</i>). Cut it -out. We know you can do it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> So you liked that acting, did you?</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_12">[12]</span><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Show us how to do it and you can board here -for nothing.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Well, that’s very bad acting. I’m not going to -do any more of it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Not on me, you won’t.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> But I’ll show you how to do the real thing. -When you’ve once begun, stick to it, and you’ll win. Persistent -effort—that’s the key to success.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> That’s me. Hard work’s my middle name. -Yas’m, I kin stick to it all right.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Very well. I see—I see you both have talent, -and can stand hard knocks. (<i>To</i> <span class="smcap">Susan</span>.) We’ll go into -vaudeville. You and I will do a sister act.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Oh, won’t you let me be a sister to you?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> I’ll think about it. I’ll arrange a part for you -in a melodramatic sketch I have written. I call it “The -Special Train.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>starting across stage calling as before</i>). Train—goin’—north! -Nottingham—Newbury—Newport—Noblestown—Norwood—Nux -Vomica, and New York! All-l-l -aboard!</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="smcap">Susan</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> <i>try to stop him</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Don’t do that again; do you hear?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Yes’m. Tell me about dis “Special Train.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> All the managers are crazy about it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> If you stay here much longer I’ll be as crazy -as they are.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Now this sketch is very simple and easily rehearsed. -Here are the railroad tracks.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Points to floor</i>. <span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <i>peers at floor, then taps his head</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> She’s seeing things again!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> There is the ticket office! (<i>Points</i> <span class="allsmcap">R.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> That’s the barber shop.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> And I am—the villain!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> We know that.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>to</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span>). I take you and tie you to the -railroad track.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Good-night! (<i>Starts</i> <span class="allsmcap">R.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Wait a moment!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> No, ma’am! You are too dangerous for me.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_13">[13]</span><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> But no harm comes to you; for as the special -train comes dashing along——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>interrupting</i>). Wait a minute! Wait a minute! -Maybe dat train don’t stop at dis station—then it’s -good-bye nigger for me!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span>. Don’t be a coward! You can die but once.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Well—once is enough for me! I don’t know -how to die. I ain’t had no practice.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Then I will not call upon you to lie upon the -track—I will lie there myself.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>heroically</i>). And I will save you.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> And I’ll get the reward.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Now, then, to business. I am tied to the track. -(<i>To</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span>.) You’ll be the train. You go and get a -locomotive!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Say! I done told you that woman ain’t -right. Where am I going to steal a locomotive?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Oh, get a train of cars! Now don’t stand -there talking. Do as I tell you. Get the train! Get the -special train!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>imitating</i>). Get the train—get the special train. -Ask Willie for a train of cars.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>pushing</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <span class="allsmcap">L.</span>). Go on. Get the train. -Get the special train!</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="smcap">Susan</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> <i>push</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <i>off</i> <span class="allsmcap">L. 2 E.</span>, <i>as he protests</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>laughing</i>). The idea! He doesn’t know where -to steal a little thing like a locomotive!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Now to business! I lie here upon the tracks. -(<i>Lies with head toward footlights.</i>) When I scream for -help, you come and pull me off the tracks. Remember your -cue.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> All right! (<i>Runs up</i> <span class="allsmcap">R. C.</span>) What’s my cue?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Save me—some one—save me!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span>. All right. Save me—some one—save me!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Ah! The train is coming at the rate of sixty -miles a second.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan</span> (<i>shouting</i>). Save me—some one—save me!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>sitting up</i>). Wait until I say it. The special -train is coming at the rate of sixty miles a second. (<i>Music -hurry. Whistle of train is heard in distance with noise of -train. See properties. The noise grows louder and nearer.</i> -<span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> <i>screams</i>.) Save me! Save me! Who will save<span class="pagenum" id="Page_14">[14]</span> -me? (<span class="smcap">Susan</span> <i>is hopping about, not knowing what to do, -and</i> <span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> <i>repeats the cue several times, and then shouts -over the din</i>.) Come on and save me! That’s your cue! -(<i>Just as</i> <span class="smcap">Susan</span> <i>is about to drag</i> <span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> <i>from the supposed -tracks</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <i>prances on from</i> <span class="allsmcap">L. 2 E.</span>, <i>with a small tin or -toy locomotive and cars to which a string is attached. He -is ringing a dinner-bell and blowing a whistle, which he -holds between his teeth. He goes across the stage making a -detour to avoid running over the others. At</i> <span class="allsmcap">R.</span> <i>he pauses -and looks back at them, still ringing bell</i>. <span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> <i>rises</i>.) -Oh, dramatic art! What crimes are committed in thy -name! (<i>To</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span>.) Stop ringing that bell. (<i>She stands</i> -<span class="allsmcap">C.</span>, <span class="smcap">Susan</span> <span class="allsmcap">L.</span> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span> <i>stops ringing and begins to blow -whistle</i>.) Stop that whistling!</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> <i>snatches whistle from</i> <span class="smcap">Rubber</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>grieved and surprised</i>). Didn’t you done tole -me to stick to it, when I once begun?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Susan.</span> Certainly she did.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> (<i>laughing</i>). Yes, I did, but——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber.</span> Well, I’m a-stickin’. (<i>Rings bell.</i>) And you -said this is the special train, didn’t you?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss C.</span> Yes, but this is a quiet hotel, and——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rubber</span> (<i>firmly</i>). It’s goin’ to be still quieter. If you’re -goin’ you better git on. 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