Excerpt from Captain Mary Miller: A Drama Nathan Gandy's house, near the wharf in Annisport. Living-room. Fireftlace, R. Doors, R. and L. and back. Table, R. C., on which is a braided-rag mat, partly done. Chairs, pictures of ships. a mourning piece (weeping willow hanging over a tomb) Mrs. Gandy with a broom. She sweeps carefully away from the middle of the room. Mrs. G. There! there's that plaguy money for me to sweep raound agin! I'm tired to death on it, I be; an' that's a fac', I can't half sweep my floor! But, I snum, I won't pick it up! I told Nathan I wouldn't, an' I won't! (Enter Captain Gandy, L., singing.) "On Springflcld's maountins there did dwell A lovelye youth, an' known full well, Leftenant Carter's onlie son, A galliant youth, nigh twenty-one." (Sees his wife, who does not look up.) Capt. G. Hullo, Lorany! didn't know yer was thar. What makes yer so glum? (Aside) Oh, the caarf, I bet! Say, Lorany, I'm plaguy sorry I sold the caarf. I'd buy her back, but the fellers 'd laf at me. I told some on 'em haow bad yer felt, daown to the store. And old Pete Rosson, he was a-sittin' on a kintle o' salt fish; he said: "Wimmin's rights! I s'pose Mis' Gandy went ter the meetin' and heerd the lectur'-woman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.