We've had enough of you tramps who change your
coats and cannot find your pennies. You step off--and
step off mighty quick.
Mr. Starr declines; when they come to Maverick Square
he will report the man to the superintendent, who knows
him well. Slight scuffle. Mr. Starr resists. Conductor
calls driver. Mr. Starr is ejected. Coat torn badly and
hat thrown into mud. Car departs.
TABLEAU.
SCENE II
UP
(MUDDY STREET IN EAST BOSTON. Mr. STARR, WIPING
HIS HAT WITH HIS HANDKERCHIEF, SOLUS.)
MR. STARR. If only Clara had not been so anxious
about the Board meeting! (EYES FIVE-CENT PIECE.)
Where can that penny be? (SEARCHES IN POCKETS, IS
SEARCHING WHEN--)
(ENTER R. H. U. E. SPAN OF WILD HORSES, SWIFTLY
DRAGGING A CARRYALL. IN THE CARRYALL TWO CHILDREN
SCREAMING. SPEED OF HORSES, 2.41.)
MR. STARR. Under the present circumstances life
is worthless, or nearly so. Let me bravely throw it
away!
(RUSHES UPON THE SPAN. CATCHES EACH HORSE BY THE BIT,
AND BY SHEER WEIGHT CONTROLS THEM. HORSES ON THEIR
METTLE; Mr. Starr ON HIS. ENTER, RUNNING, JOHN
CRADOCK.)
JOHN CRADOCK. Whoa, whoa! Ha! they stop. How
can I thank you, my man? You have saved my children's
lives.
MR. STARR (STILL HOLDING BITS). You had better
take the reins.
John Cradock mounts the seat, seizes reins, but is
eager to reward the poor, tattered wretch at their heads.
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