Cupid's Capers (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Cupid's Capers<br><br>Scene I - Drawing room in third grooves. Sofa L.2 - Mrs. D. reading at table R.-Mirror R. C. - Knock L. - Enter Katrina L.3 E.<br><br>Katrina. Vas it you who haf ring for me, Mrs. Dusenberry<br><br>Mrs. D. Yes, Katrina, I wanted to tell you that you might take that half holiday this afternoon, that you were asking for only -<br><br>Katrina. Oh, tank you, ma'am. I vas so happy now as never vas. Now I can go down und see fadder Stein und all der leedle Steins. I vas so tickled I vas laugh all over mit myself.<br><br>Mrs. D. Never mind about your father and the young ones, but wait until I have finished talking. What I was about to say is that you may have the half holiday, but I want you to take Nan along with you, as I am expecting callers this afternoon and the dear sweet thing would be so much embarrassed among strangers, as she is so very timid. You may go now.<br><br>Katrina. All right. I vas go right away queck. (aside) I vas haf a nice dimes mit all dot Ieedle kid along. (exit L.3 E.<br><br>Mrs. D. There is no use in talking, Mr. Duller has been coming long enough to have made up his mind, one way or the other, and I will not have him fooling around any longer unless he means business. If I don't bring him to the point this time then my name isn't Arabella Dusenberry, wife of the late Ichabod Dusenberry, J. P. If old Duffer only had the snap about him that my dear lamented Ichabod used to have, he could have married half a dozen times before this.<br><br>Goes to mirror, R. C. Nan enters, L.1 E., holding doll by one leg.<br><br>Mrs. Dusenberry strikes position in front of mirror and Nan imitates her.<br><br>Nan. (aside) Ain't she a corker! (business with doll<br><br>Mrs. D. Well, this is what call remarkably well preserved after fifty years of the up's and down's of this life, and I must remark that -<br><br>Nan. (goes up stage) Say, ma! you're all fixed up, ain't you Say, who's coming Is Chawley coming Oh-oo-o is he, ma<br><br>Mrs. D. Why, Nannie, I'm really surprised at you. You must not speak of Mr. Duffer in that manner.<br><br>Nan. Well, he said I might call him "Chawley", and I'm goin' to call him "Chawley," so I be.<br><br>Mrs. D. But why haven't you gone with Katrina I supposed that you were off before this time.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.