MISS D. That is very true, and then had

him, Lizzie, and-

MISS T. [sharply.]—That I would have never done; do you know there was always something disagreeable about him to me?

Miss D.-And to me; I could never endure him.

MISS T.-Now, Clara, you forget you once said to me you thought him perfectly splendid.

MISS D.--Did I? well that must have been when he was new--but isn't it splendid to think your cousin is intimate with Jennie Allen?

MISS T.--Yes, indeed, I am so glad; we shall secure her attendance at our party.

MISS D.-Oh, Lizzie, I forgot to tell you, Papa gave me a new set of pearls yesterday. They were selected from a new case at Preston's. There was but one other set like them, and they would be very becoming worn with your white dress.

Miss T.-I must have them then; but here comes Papa. I must talk to him about them. [Aside.] Don't say any thing to him about this morning.

[Enter Mr. Twist. Salutes Miss D.]

MISS T.-Oh, Papa, Clara has just been telling me that her Pa has given her a new set of pearls for my party. There is only one more set like them. You will get them for me, won't you?

MR. T.--Ah, ha! that party's getting talked over. How many hundred have you voted out of my purse to supply demands? Will one thousand or fifteen hundred be sulli cient? I expect you two will charter Cupid's bow for your own individual use. No doubt the poor fellows' hearts will be terribly shattered.

MISS T.-Pshaw, l'apa, you said I should have two thousand if I needed that much; but say, that's a good l'apa, shall I have the pearls?

MR. T.-Well, well, we'll see; but did that Yankee Count give you a call this morning? I met him down the street looking very forlorn and wo-begone. I supposed some lady had sent him off in disgrace. How is it, have you given his Royal Highness an invitation to your party? MISS T.-No, indeed. I have not. Oh, Papa! you couldn't guess who is here?

MR. T. looking around.]-Queen Victoria? Lady Adelaide? Emperor Napoleon and his bride?

Miss T.-Oh! papa!

MR. T.--Well, you told me I couldn't guess. Who is it? MISS T.-Cousin Kate Carlton.

MR. T.-Indeed, I am really glad; she is quite lady-like, I hope. Did she come directly here when she arrived in the city? Where is she now?

Miss T.-Yes--no-I believe so; she is dressing for dinner. I will go see if she is ready to come down.

[Exit Miss T]

MR. T.-Did I understand that Count D'Estange was here this morning?

MISS D.-He was here. I believe he is going to leave the city.

MR. T.-I am glad of it; he is some New England adA wooden peg manufacturer, or something of

venturer.

the kind

Miss D.-Or a Lowell factory man. I heard Miss Carlton say that you once resided in New England.

MR. T.--Hem-m-m, yes, but it has been many years ago; I have not much recollection of the place. While on a visit to Washington last winter I was introduced to a Mr. Carlton, a representative from Vermont, and was surprised on discovering him to be the husband of my sister, whom I had not heard from for many years; but here comes his daughter.

[Enter Miss T. and Kate in full dinner-dress.]

MR. T.—I am very happy to welcome my sister's daughter to New York and I hope we shall be able to make her visit a pleasant one.

KATE. Thank you.

MR. T.-I suppose you have never visited the city

before.

KATE. Oh, yes; I spent a year in the vicinity of New York at school.

MR. T.-Indeed, and we never knew it! When did you arrive in the city?

KATE. I arrived in the midnight train.

MR. T.-Why did you not inform us of your arrival, or intention of visiting us, so we could have met you at the station? You should have come here directly.

KATE. How should I know that you would recognize me? Besides, I had other reasons.

MISS T.-And only think, papa, I could not at first realize that she was my cousin. It seems so strange that our family should have remained strangers so long, and she visits at Professor Allen's.

MR. T.-Indeed! ha! there's the dinner-bell; that's what I wanted to hear. After we have dinner I suppose we will have to drive round and look at those pearls. MISS T.-Oh! thank you, papa. Then we can take Cousin Kate sight-seeing.

[Mr. T. offers his arm to Kate.]

KATE [to Miss T]--Had I better wear grandmarm' wedding-gound?

DRAMATIC SUPPLEMENT

-TO

One Hundred Choice Selections, No. 22.*

RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.

CHARACTERS.

PELEG PIPPIN, independent candidate for Congress.
MARK DOOLITTLE, Pippin's confidential agent.

MR. BULL, of the free trade league.

MR. SELFISH, a protective tariff man.

MR. ROOT, an advocate of manhood suffrage.
MR HIDEBOUND, conservative.

MR. CARPENTER, workingmen's union.
MR. BALLOON, for inflation of currency.
MR. BULLION, a hard-money man.

MR. SUMPIUARY, for pronibitory liquor law.
MR. FOGY, conservative.

GEN. BLATHERSKITE, A. I. R.
HERR GAMBRINUS, free lager.

MRS. STRONGBOW, female suffrage advocate.
CITIZENS AND LOAFERS.

SCENE I.-Public House-Sitting Room.

DOOLITTLE.-Well, there is but one thing to be done. We did our best, you very well know, to secure the regular nomination for you. All that money could do was done; and at one stage I would have bet a hundred to one that the game was in our own hands. So it would have been, if that knave of a Riley hadn't played double and sold us out. Never mind, we haven't played our hands out yet. [Shouts outside-"Three cheers for Pippin -hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!"] Do you hear that? I tell you the boys are with you, every one of them! I never saw so mad a crowd in my life as they were when they found that Sappy was nominated. They would have strung him up along with Riley, if the precious pair

*This Supplement is composed of Specimen Pages take direct from "EXCELSIOR DIALOGUES," by special permission. The complete book contains thirty one Original School Dramas and Dialogues, for advanced speakers. 376 pages, $1.00. Price of Supplement, furnished separately, 10 cents.

hadn't taken pains to show a clean pair of heels each of them. You're bound to win yet, if you follow my advice. It is high time this wholesale cheating at primary elections and nominating conventions was stopped, or it will ruin our party or any other. The only way to break the slate is to run an independent ticket. Now is as good a time as we will ever have to pitch in, and you're just the man to lead off. Don't mince matters one whit. You've been cheated outrageously. Say the word and we'll make an open fight, and no favors asked of Sappy or anybody else. Just hark to the boys! [Shouts as before.] We'll organize an independent meeting right on the spotnominate you at once-you give the boys a talk-and the ball is opened. Do that-manage the campaign as I tell you-and I'll stake my head you'll whip Sappy two to one. Come, my boy [slapping him on the back heartily], is it a go?

PIPPIN. You really think I can beat him, Mark? DOOLITTLE.Not a shadow of doubt of it. Just wait till we let the crowd in, and you'll see whether you're popular or not. You go into the parlor, and I'll start the meeting here, and get every thing in ship-shape for you. [Going.]

PIPPIN -Wait a bit, Mark; what will the thing cost? I'm willing to risk a fair amount; but we've sunk confoundedly already, you know, and have got nothing, or next to nothing, to show for it.

DOOLITTLE.This time I'll attend to the disbursements myself. I won't let a penny go till I know where it lands. We can figure up after the nomination. Don't let a thousand or two stand in your way. We'll invest now to save what we've already got in. Face the music, and we'll bring Sappy to his bearings before we are through with it. [Shouts outside.] Leave now, and I'll set the machine going. Think over your speech quick-give it to them right and left-don't be mealy-mouthed. War to the knife, remember!

PIPPIN. I'm in for it, then, Mark. You ought to know the ground. You are sure I can win?

DOOLITTLE.-I know it. Hurry up. [Exit Pippin.] There he's fixed-and if he don't get well plucked by the time the race is over, then set Mark Doolittle down