{"1": {"fulltext": "fo6", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "PS 3503\\nU6085 yf. yf. yf.^\\n09\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0sL- -\u00e2\u0096\u00a0X^ *sj,* *J^ sL -sL y \u00e2\u0080\u00a2vL- sl^ ^i^ si si ^?._\\nl^pT .^T^ fv Jv^^ .^-Ts. *-|s. ^s. J Tv i^N. iTfv;\\ntCbe\\n\u00c2\u00aewl Club*\\na Comc^lp Drama\\nHn Ilbrce Hcts.\\n:B3^ Cbas. lb. 36urc;cjra(.\\nf\\\\i/\u00c2\u00bb \u00c2\u00bb\\\\\u00c2\u00b1y\u00c2\u00bb *s L* nL^ \u00e2\u0080\u00a2sl^ \\\\i^ vX^ sjx *vL^ vL^ sj/^ vj^ sX sL^\\nSMILEY, THE PRINTER. ALBANY, OR.", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3074", "width": "1599", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "THE OVA/L CLUB\\nA Comedy Drama\\nIN THREE ACTS,\\nSMMll SECRET SOCIETIES\\nBy CHAS. H. BURQQRAF.\\nrerms:==-Six Copies and the Right to Give a Performance, $5.00\\nExtra Copies, 50 Cents.\\nCopyright IQOO By Chas. H. Burggraf.", "height": "3074", "width": "1599", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "48G99 Offtceoffiie r 3\\nAC., SEP1719C0 .^v ^^O^\\na, i^i Cast of Characters. ^qj\\nOA/w^ Cs fTvTi^cA^ c6tvtAi ^\u00c2\u00bb-j OCT 10 lyuu\\nIsaac Monasses, Editor of the Martyr and author of the opera Bab}-\\nElephant (Eccentric, should be small man).\\nOld Soger, War and Political Editor, a relic of many wars (Eccen-\\ntric, supposed to have a wooden leg).\\nErastus Dangerfield Rats for short Office Boy and Assistant Editor i\\nfond of hash.\\nTimothy Hay, Custodian of Correspondence of Owl Club, a relic of 73\\n(Jay or farmer, very deaf, use tin horn for ear trumpet).\\nMilson, a Millionaire (genteel).\\nCash, a Collector (a careworn character).\\nNightingale, artist (dressed very flashy\\nSusie, Dramatic Critic and Society Editor (Soubrette).\\nColonel Snort, Politician (fire-eater).\\nMrs. Gruffy, a Subscriber (fire-eater).\\nNOTE. Milson can double to Illustrious Hooter and Snort can\\ntake All-Wise Pontiff or Heroic Herculess.\\nReceived of\\nthe sum of FIVE DOLLARS for Six Copies of ihe OWL\\nI\\nCLUB and ihe prinlege of (jiviug ft. performance oj\\nsame\\nSiijned\\nDaie 190", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "stage Plot, Act I.\\n(lor r\\ntype case\\nSojer\\nRats Table Mon. Susie Table\\nFRONT OF STAGK.", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "THE OW/L CLUB\\nACT I, SCENE I.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Newspaper office of the Martyr.\\nRats (sweeping, picks up book and reads, Gilbert and\\nSullvan, how to write comic opera). Old Monasses has gone\\ncrazy on comic opera; gone and wrote one called Baby Ele-\\nphant and got the whole push in it. When I wants my\\nsalary he says: Wait until I produce my opera. See\\nhere, Mr. Monasses; if them there four dollars haint forthcom-\\ning pretty soon, Rome will howl and Imperial Caesar will turn\\nto Clay. (Exit R.)\\nEnter Milson, C. D.\\nMil. This must certainl}- be the place. Ketchum, the de-\\ntective, said my grand-child was employed in a newspaper\\noffice and was cared for by a vagabond called Soldier. I\\nhave searched all the other newspaper offices, but in vain.\\n(Re-enter Rats.) I ll just pump the office boy. Are you the\\neditor\\nRats Nope; I m the devil.\\nMil\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The what\\nRats The devil. I sweeps out, sets type, goes errands,\\ncarries papers, interviews statesmen, empires ball games and\\ngets cursed and jawed for four dollars a week. Then don t\\nget it\\nMil I want to see the editor. As he is not in, I will wait.\\nRats This is the boss place for that. We ve all been\\nwaiting here for our salaries.\\nMil You appear to be a worthy and industrious youth.\\nRats -Yep; you re right there. I sat for a picture of in-\\ndustry jes last week.\\nMil Here s a dollar for you.\\nRats (Takes money. Aside: A dollar! Gee whiz! Here s\\nbeefsteak, pork chops, liver smothered in onions and HASH!\\nI wonder what he s up to!)", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "4 TIIK (nVL CLUB.\\nMil Do we prosper? Business booming?\\nRats Booming? Just look here; the Governor\\nMil The Governor?\\nRats Yes, the Khedive, the Czar, the Sultan, the Emper-\\nor, the Editor, Mr. Manasses, has all he can do (aside, to\\ndodge his creditors) they are after him night and day [for\\nmoney.]\\nMil Big bank account, eh?\\nRats Bank account? The bank just sent word over here,\\nthat if we didnt quit sending over such big accounts they\\nwould have to build a new vault.\\nMil Do you know a man by the name Soldier, and a\\nyoung lady by the name of of\\nRats Susie?\\nMil Yes, yes. [Rats describes Soldier and Susie. Mil-\\nson gets excited and says, yes, j^es. Rats says, keep your\\nseat.\\nRats This girl Susie about i6 or 17, rather good looking.\\nMil Yes.\\nRats (States color of hair and eyes.)\\nMil (Excited and rises.) Yes, yes.\\nRats Keep your seat. The fellows vSojer, a queer sort of a\\nfellow about 45\\nMil Yes, yes.\\nRats A red nose, a good sort of a fellow and looks as\\ntliough he had seen better days.\\nMil Yes, that s them, that s them tell where they are.\\nRats I don t know them. Never saw them.\\nMil (Aside.) Nothing gained here, that bo}^ is too sharp\\nfor me. (Aloud.) Give my regards to the editor and tell\\nhim I will call again. (Exit C. D.) (Cornet call and hur-\\nrahs outside music, .some march.)\\nRats I wasn t born yesterday. Here comes the regular\\narm} (Enter Sojer.)\\nSoj Corporal, 1 salute you. Good morning.\\nRats\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (xood morning, vSojer you re a little late this\\nmorning.\\nSoj I met the enemy last night and I was their s. How\\nmy hair pulls.\\nRats Where were you last night?\\nSoj Lodge.\\nRats What did they have for lunch?\\nSoj Ice cream and hard tack.", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "THE OWL CLUB. 5\\nRats Sojer, were you ever in the war?\\nSoj I answer yes.\\nRats Ever been in battle?\\nSoj In battle? I guess yes you should have seen me at\\nthe battle of Bull Run a beautiful morning just at the break\\nof day it was a terrible fight, a man fell here and a horse\\nfell there, but on they came like demons I braced myself for\\nthe final charge when zip bang a bullet struck me there,\\n(strikes his army leg) and here is my discharge; am I an old\\nSojer oh no!\\nRats Sojer, will you do me a favor?\\nSoj Certainly, Seargent, what is it?\\nRats Loan me your face.\\nSoj Face? What do you want with it?\\nRats My sister is making a crazy quilt and wants it for a\\ncenter piece. (Rats exit R.)\\n(Sojer reads paper). For sale a bull-dog will eat any-\\nthing, very fond of children. Notice The Bachelors sew-\\ning society will meet at next Saturday night; bring your\\nchewing gum and cork screws. (Knock CD.) Come\\nin. (Enter Cash, the bill collector.)\\nCash Is the proprietor in?\\nSoj No sir; he waited for you, but got a telegram from\\nFrisco, large fortune left him, a million dollars.\\nCash When will he be back?\\nSoj Three weeks from Tuesday forenoon, right after\\nbreakfast in the evening.\\nCash I ll wait.\\nSoj\u00e2\u0080\u0094 WHAT\\nCash I said I would wait.\\nSoj What, wait three weeks, fifteen days, two months,\\nforty-five seconds and a j-ear?\\nCash That s my business.\\nSoj We ve got the small pox in the next room.\\nCash I have just got over it.\\nSoj The sewer is stopped and 3 ou will get the grip.\\nCash Grip? That s just what I want, a grip on him.\\n(Sojer busy with gun.) Here s one hundred and forty-three\\ndollars in forty-six lots and I ll sell the whole for twenty cents\\non the dollar. (Sees Sojer with gun.) My friend, what are\\nyou going to do?\\nSoj That s my business. Just got up, and haven t been to\\nbreakfast yet; I have a man for breakfast every morning, a", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "6 THK OWL CLUB.\\nhabit I acquired when I was Captain of the Texas Rangers.\\nCash (Jumps up to door.) Good day, sir; good da}-, I ll\\ncall again. (Exit C. D.)\\nSoj (Goes to the window with gun.) I could lick him\\nwith both hands tied behind me. Shall I shoot him? If I do\\nthat will make an item. Good thing the boss wasn t here.\\nMonasses and that Bill Collector must not meet, for if they do,\\nthere will be a spontaneous combustion. Suffering cornmeal!\\nHere he comes now. He thinks the coast is clear and will\\nmeet that collector. He must be stopped. Rats! (Enter R.)\\nQuick, the signal. (Busy waving coats, etc.) He walks\\ncalmly to his fate.\\nRats No; he observes, he takes the alarm.\\nSoj He disappears down the alley.\\nRats He has fallen over McCarty s fence, and now he\\nclimbs a telephone pole.\\nSoj He seizes the wire. Great scott! It s breaking.\\nRats Oh no; he s safe on the wood-shed roof.\\nSoj He escapes. (Mon. rushes in exhausted). We three\\nhave met again, as I told McKinley and Bryan at the Tam-\\nmany banquet.\\nMon Sheriff?\\nSport No; bill collector.\\nMon Any money come in\\nRats The usual amount.\\nMon Did 3 ou enter it on the book\\nRats It is recorded.\\nMon Retire at once and write an article on Sound Money,\\nand you, Sojer, write up Henry Clew s Views, also Brad-\\nstreets Report; it will please the toiling masses. (Sojer and\\nRats at work at tables. Enter Susie, C.\\nSusie Miss Rhymes has sent in a poem entitled Beautiful\\nSnow.\\nMon Put in large type that the idiotical poem sent in by\\nsome feeble minded personage has been used to .stop up a rat\\nhole, so we won t be bothered with snow any more.\\nSusie Then I wont send her the one hundred and fifty\\ncopies she ordered to be sent to her friends\\nMoN I told you to print the poem on the front page and\\nsay editorially that the budding genius of the gifted contributor\\nis a source of pride and gratification to the entire community.\\nMrs. Blower wants an obituary for her little Willie. He was\\nkicked bv a mule and fatally killed. Remember thev are sub-", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "THK OWL CIvUB. 7\\nscribers. (Susie to work). For Sale An influential newspa-\\nper in a prosperous community. Circulation nominal; good\\nreason for selling. Wanted A literary faker, who aspires to\\nbe an editor. A man who can discount Job for patience,\\nMoses on meekness and Lazarus for poverty. A rare oppor-\\ntunity to stroll through the rosy path of literature to high hon-\\nors, or elsewhere. Personals Bill Smith has stopped the leak\\nin his woodshed. Jim White has whitewashed his pig pen.\\nSusie How s this? (Reads). Little Willie had a mule,\\nits name was pinafore he tickled him on the foot with a straw\\npoor little Willie is no more.\\nMoN Rats, set that in large type. (Ratsatcase. Mon. takes\\nshears and papers to Susie). As our original humor editor is\\nin jail, you will have to take his place. Our jokes are served\\nin the hot column. When you see a joke slaughter it with\\nthis steel; though it be palsied with age, spare neither sex,\\nage nor political part)^ If you find an}^ not quite ripe, put\\nthem in the chestnut roaster.\\nSoj Did it ever occur to you that it is necessar} for me\\nto eat once every twenty-four hours\\nMon I am grieved to hear that you have that terrible\\nhabit. However, after I produce my opera you may eat.\\nEnter Miss Nightingale down to Susie.\\nNight Are you the editor\\nSusie I am one of them. I m dramatic, critic and society\\neditor. Are 3 ou going to get married If you are, I will\\ngive you a good write-up.\\nNight Oh, dear, no. (To Rats). Are you the editor\\nRats Nope, I m the devil.\\nNight Oh, you wicked young man.\\nRats Say, haint she a peach\\nNight [To Sojer]. Are you the editor?\\nSoj I m the war and sporting editor.\\nNight\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Your duties are\\nSoj Report fights between the other editors and politicians\\nI was war editor on the New York World in 73, the time\\nGeneral Sherman marched from Atlanta to the seaside.\\nNight Were you ever in battle\\nSoj Madame, I answer, Yes. You should have seen me\\nat the battle of Waterloo, one beatiful morning just at the\\nbreak of day. It was a terrible fight. A man fell here and a\\nhorse fell there, but on they came like demons. I braced my-\\nself for the final charge when zip bang a 3-inch ball struck", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "8 THE OWL CLUB.\\nme there [strikes his arm}- leg], and here is my discharge.\\nAm I an old Sojer? oh, no!\\nNight I want to see the editor-in-chief. [Soj. points to\\nMon.] Are you the editor\\nMoN If you have come to subscribe, I am the editor; if\\nyou come to collect a bill, the editor is out.\\nNight I want to publish the history of my life.\\nMon The editor just died of convulsions.\\nNight\u00e2\u0080\u0094 And what caused them?\\nMon A man paid his subscription in advance.\\nNight (Slowly.) That-was-too-bad. I-would-pay-liber-\\nally-for-the-notice. I-would-]iay-cash.\\nSojer, Mon. and Susie, together CASH\\nRats\u00e2\u0080\u0094 HASH\\nMon Did you say cash? The editor is born again and is\\nbefore you. Would you like it in poetry, blank verse, or in\\nthe prose column, long metre, short metre, gas metre, or\\nelectric metre.\\nNight I am not particular.\\nMon (Arises.) Come into the press-room. (Exit Mon.\\nand Night. R.\\nRats Press-room? He wants to make a mash.\\nvSusiE Sojer, just think of it, cash, we won t have to wait\\nfor the opera now.\\nSoj We shall all eat.\\nRats Hash?\\nSoj You are under arrest, retire to the guard house.\\n[Rats Exit R. j\\nSusie Guard house what is that?\\nSoj A military prison.\\nSusie Were you ever in war\\nSoj In battle I guess yes. You should have seen me at\\nthe battle of New Orleans, one beautiful morning just at the\\nbreak of day. It was a terrible fight. A man fell here and a\\nhorse fell ttiere, but on they came like demons. I braced my-\\nself for the final charge, when zip bang a 6-inch shell struck\\nme there [strikes his army leg], and here is my discharge.\\nAm I an old Sojer? oh, no!\\nSusie I v^dll be so glad when the boss gives his opera. He\\npromised me a new dress and a pair of shoes and I want to\\ngo on the stage and be a great actress. Say, Sojer, were you\\never on the stage\\nSoj On the stage? Well, I should say! In 73 I drove a", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "THE OWL CLUB. 9\\nstage from Frisco to New Orleans.\\nSusie I don t mean that kind. I mean, were you ever\\non the boards?\\nSoj Oh, yes; in 67, when I was commander of Fort\\nSumpter I got drunk one night and slept in a lumber yard.\\nSusie You don t understand me yet. I mean the drama,\\nthe theatre.\\nSoj I used to be with Uncle Tom s Cabin.\\nSusie What part did you play\\nSoj Ivittle Eva, because I made such a lovely corpse.\\nSusie I will try you and see how much 3 ou remember.\\nSoj\u00e2\u0080\u0094 What shall it be\\nSusie Scene between Parthenia and Polydor, the Miser, in\\nthe first act of Ingomar. [Can use a five-minute sketch or\\nscene here from any piece]\\nScene from Ingomar.\\nSoj\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tis thou shalt be that wife, and thou shalt make me\\nstrong; young again; thy love, my pretty rosebud\\nSusie Away, and listen now to me:\\nThou know st my father tills the fields by day,\\nAnd at the anvil works by night, and then\\nUpon his shoulders carries to a distance\\nHis wares for sale; that he is now in years\\nAnd wants repose: say, then, when I am thine\\nSay, wilt thou think of my poor father?\\nSoj Ay, certainly I will; how could I do otherwise?\\nYes, yes, I will; I will think of thy father.\\nSusie And do? what wilt thou do for him?\\nSoj Oh, he shall be advanced, for he will be\\nMy father-in-law, the father-in-law of Polydor,\\nOf the rich Polydor; and from the gods\\nMy lineage springs:\\nThink what an honor; from the gods, ni} child.\\nSusie But honor gives not food; what wilt thou do?\\nSoj Well, in the first place, buy, as hitherto.\\nHis wares at a good price.\\nSusie At a good price! That is, good for thyself.\\nWell, and what more?\\nSoj What more! Why, then again, then will I---\\nObserve me now, and bear in mind, girl---know\\nI will take thee without dowry, yes, entirely\\nWithout a dowry; true as thou rt alive.\\nSusie No more?", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "lO THE OWL CLUB.\\nSoj No more; almost too much.\\nSusie By all the gods, yes, it is quite too much.\\nAnd so good evening. [Going].\\nSoj No, stay; thou shalt not go without an answer.\\nSusie An answer thou shalt have, and mark it well:\\nProcure your children, sir, a schoolmaster\\nAt any price, and whence you please; a slave\\nTo guard your house, attend to bolts and bars.\\nShouldst thou fall sick, there at the corner yonder.\\nGo, bid the huckster sell thee wholesome herbs;\\nMix for th^^self thy medicine and thy drink.\\nBut know, for me there grows no bitterer herb\\nOn earth than sight of thee! Now, mark it well:\\nThis is my answer, thou poor, heartless miser;\\nSo fare thee well, descendant of the gods!\\nSoj What s that? Did I hear aright? She turns me out!\\nMe, the rich Polydor! The armorer s child\\nvScorns me, the rich descendant of the gods,\\nAs though I were her father s fellow-workman!\\nDisdains me! Mocks me! There s no bitterer herb\\nOn earth than sight of me! Yes, and it shall\\nBe bitter to thee, and to others, too.\\nI ll have revenge!\\nSusie What willst thou do?\\nSoj\u00e2\u0080\u0094 What shall I do? I ll take\\nNo more swords of him; I ll buy up the rights\\nOf all his creditors; summon him to justice,\\nI will. I ll drive him from his house and home.\\nAy, from the cit3% him and his saucy child.\\nThat will I Yes; I ll force out his last drachma.\\nOh, I will not rest until I ve had revenge! [While\\nviolently agitated he walks up and down]. Exit Sojer\\nenter Mon. R.\\nMoN Susie, what is all this fuss about\\nSusie Thefe is no fuss. Sojer and I have just been amus-\\ning ourselves.\\nMoN He is an odd genius. Tell me something about your-\\nself and him.\\nSusie Well, I don t know much about myself. He don t\\nlike to talk about it. He was a great friend of my father.\\nBoth were in the employ of a wealthy man, and my father\\nmarried this rich man s daughter against his will. He was", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "THE OWL CLUB. II\\nangrj and cast her off, and drove father and Sojer from his\\noffice and caused them no end of trouble. Sojer took to drink\\nto drown his sorrows. Then father and mother died. I was\\nsix years old then and Sojer kind of adopted me. We man-\\naged to make a living b}- selling soap and cheap jewelry at\\nfairs, or Sojer, being a good old doctor, pouring our famous\\nmedical discovery down the throats of the suffering humanity.\\nMoN But your mother s father, who is rich? Who and\\nwhere is he?\\nSusie I don t know. When I ask Sojer, he gets mad and\\n\u00c2\u00abays no one shall take me away.\\nMoN Tis a sad story. I hope, Susie, you and Sojer will\\nsee better days, and I believe you will. Go, now, and see if\\nthe people are ready for rehearsal. [Exit Susie C. U.] Poor\\ngirl; I wish I could do more for them, but poverty stands over\\nme with a gattling gun. This is a queer, foolish, wicked old\\nworld. We can get along without it, but it can t get along\\nwithout our valuable assistance. It owes us a living. As\\nsoon as I produce ray opera, I will do a handsome thing by\\nSusie and Sojer.\\nEnter Timothy Hay, C. D.\\nHay Be you the editor?\\nMoN I am that distinguished gentleman.\\nHay Hey? (Use ear trumpet, and every question repeat-\\ned to Hay.)\\nMoN I am that distinguished gentleman.\\nHay Want to hire a reporter?\\nMoN No.\\nHay\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nMoN No.\\nHay I ll come for a dollar a week and find myself.\\nMoN No, no; times are too hard.\\nHay\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nMoN No, no; times are too hard.\\nHay I ll come for fifty cents a week and find both of us.\\nMoN No; not today.\\nHay\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nMoN No; not today.\\nHay I ll come for nothing a week and find fifty cents.\\nMoN ^^Who are you, and what are your recommendations?\\n[Repeat each time].\\nHay\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hev?", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12 THE OWL CLUB.\\nMoN Who are you, and what are your recommendations?\\nHay I m Timothy Hay, Custodian of Correspondence of\\nThe Owl Ckib.\\nMoN I know nothing about The Owl Club. What is it?\\nWho is it? Where is it?\\nHay The greatest secret order in existence. It does more\\nfor its members than any other order. If you want an office,\\nthen join The Owls and you get it? Their influence is some-\\nthing wonderful.\\nMoN Well, I ll hire you, and pay you when I produce my\\nopera.\\nHay I m an opera feller myself.\\nMoN We wnll have a rehearsal in a few minutes, and then\\nI will give you atrial. [Noise outside.] Ah, here they come.\\n[Enter company and then the rehearsal. Introduce here a\\nchorus by entire company. The Handicap, by Geo. Rosey,\\nis good; then about three single. specialties. All exit except\\nSojer and Monasses.]\\nSoj\u00e2\u0080\u0094The fateful hour has arrived---the hour big with des-\\ntinv! As I said to the starving Cubans\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Friends, Country-\\nmen, Arouse! No compromise with Spanish tyrants!\\nMoN [Surprised.] What do you want?\\nSoj My last week s pay.\\nMoN Pay! Pay! What do I give you a week?\\nSoj The promise of four dollars.\\nMoN Yes, yes; four dollars; four dollars a week. I scatter,\\nI waste, ravage and destroy four dollars a week on you. Who\\nam I; a Vanderbilt or Monte Christo?\\nSoj I can t get -my washing.\\nMoN Washing! You aesthetic viper, how dare you wash?\\nSoj (some local party) and I have a date tonight\\nand I must have a clean shirt. My soul yearns for a clean\\nshirt.\\nMoN And do you think I m going to let my note go to\\nprotest so that you can prance around in a clean shirt? Go to\\nyour lair, you mongrel, and write an article on Prosperity.\\nSoj [Dramatic] Gold-bug, grinding monopolist, beware!\\nMoN SLAVE! What would you do?\\nSoj I will organize a strike. I will remove the crank\\nfrom the press and conceal it. Together the office cat and my-\\nself will devour the paste, then I will pawn these shears.\\nMoN And is there no escape?\\nSoj Yes; let me have twenty cents now, the rest Christmas.", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "THE OWL CLUB. 1 3\\nMON If you could marry yourself to a clean shirt, would\\nyou be pacified until the present wave of prosperity has trans-\\nferred its deadly storm center to some other latitude?\\nSoj I would.\\nMoN Then listen. Concealed in a secret place I have a\\nclean shirt, thinking if business did pid pick up soon it would\\nmaterially assist me in presenting a respectable appearance at\\nmy funeral. But take it, and be happy.\\nSoj But what will you do if you should suddenly expire,\\nand there shouldn t be time enough to get it washed before\\n5 our mortal remains are laid away among the daisies?\\nMoN Array this form in this coat that buttons to the chin,\\nthus concealing the absence of a shirt.\\nSoj No, Pythias, no; sooner than to accept such a sacri-\\nfice I would roam the world a shirtless vagabond forever.\\nMoN [Sits.] After years of conscientious labor I have ac-\\ncumulated a large indebtedness, but I have no ill will against\\nmy creditors. They meant well--I freely forgive them. But\\nwhen I die, how will I dispose of the large sum I owe?\\nSoj-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Leave it for your friends and heirs to fight over. See\\nwhich one shall pay it first.\\nMoN--Spoken like a true philosopher. When I produce\\nray opera, a better day will dawn. There is but one thing\\nnow, and we are ready to produce it.\\nSoj And what is that?\\nMoN A baby elephant the star character. Do you think\\nyou could get me one? There must be one around here, for I\\nhave heard about seeing the elephant.\\nSoj You leave that with me I ll get you an elephant.\\nThe Owl Club has one, and I ll borrow it.\\nMoN What do you know about The Owl Club?\\nSoj I am a charter member; joined in Kentucky in 67,\\nand in less than three months their influence sent me to Con-\\ngress. Have you got your life insured?\\nMoN Yes, in the W. O. W. If I die, my family gets\\n$2,000.\\nSoj The Owls beat that. With them, if you die, you go\\nto Heaven and get $100 spending money.\\nMoN But what if I should die and not go to Heaven?\\nSoj Well, in that case you get your money back.\\nMoN They must be a power.\\nSoj They are. If you would join them your opera would\\nbe a fortune; vour name would resound from sea to sea.", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14 THE OWL CLUB.\\nMoN When do they meet?\\nSoj The} meet everj- night.\\nMoN Tonight? Then I will join them, if yon will lead me\\non to their citadel.\\nSoj I will do that. Now, I will go and see if I can find\\nthe elephant. [Exit C]\\nMoN If what they sa} is true about that order, fame is\\nmine.\\nEnter Colonel Snort.\\nSnort (Pulls off coat and puts hat and coat on table.)\\nAre you the editor?\\nMoN That depends. Who are you; anyone in particular?\\nSnort Yes, I m some one in particular. I m Colonel\\nSnort, candidate for Congress from this district, and the arti-\\ncle in this paper will jeopardize my chances very much. If\\nyou are the editor, I Lave an account to settle with you.\\nMoN Oh, yes; subscription due. The bookkeeper is out,\\nbut I can receipt for any amount you wish to leave.\\nSnort Subscription, No! I want to see the scoundrel\\nwho wrote this. (Reads.) It says: I beat my wife regularly\\nevery morning before breakfast to give her an appetite. That\\nI feed her children, bj- a former husband, on bean soup made\\nout of mouldy beans; that I give my children five cents each\\nnight to go to bed without their supper, and when they are\\nasleep 1 take the money out of their pockets. What do you\\nsay to that, sir?\\nMoN I say that the use of the appetizer alluded to is per-\\nhaps injudicious, especially its use so frequently. The econ-\\nomy of the bean soup is apparent and undeniable.\\nSnort (Excited.) You can t bulldoze me, like we do\\nvoters-, by talking economy. I ve been insulted, and propose\\nto whip the man who wrote this. I must know where the\\neditor is. or I ll thrash the whole office.\\nMoN That is very kind of you. Everything of a politcal\\nnature is left with our political and war editor. He is away\\nat present; couldn t you call again next week?\\nSnort No, sir; I m going to wait.\\nMoN Have a seat, sir. [Exit R.]\\nSnort Things have come to a fine pass, in this advanced\\nage, if a man can t regulate his own family without its getting\\ninto the papers. I ll give this contemptible reporter a lesson\\nhe will not forget soon. Perhaps it may have a wholesome\\ninfluence on these abominable newspapers that are determined", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THK OWL CLUB. 1 5\\nto print everj thing that goes on.\\n[Enter Monasses and Rats, with ax and club.]\\nMoN Just received a message that the gentleman you are\\nlooking for has gone to Klondike.\\nSnort What? Am I to be cheated out of revenge thus\\nOh, if I could swear. If it was not for this young man I\\nwould SWEAR!\\nRats Don t mind me.\\nMoN Will that make you feel better?\\nSnort Yes; I can give vent to my feelings; I can unloose\\nthe indignation that dwells within.\\nMoN Ratst please show the Colonel to the swearing room.\\n(Rats and Colonel start E; Monasses motions Rats back.)\\nYou lock him up in the refrigerator and diet him on snow\\nballs. (Exit Rats and Snort h-) That ought to cool him off.\\nEnter Mrs. GrufFy, C.\\nGruff V How do you do, Mr. Molasses?\\nMoN Monasses, madam.\\nGruffy I did not get my paper last week, sir, and de-\\nmand an explanation, sir.\\nMoN You go to the devil, madam,\\nGruffy Sir? Such language is shocking. I m surprised\\nthat a man of your standing should use such language to a\\nlady. But you can t scare me that waj-. I want my paper,\\nand will not leave until I get it.\\nMoN Madam, the individual just referred to is not his Sa-\\ntanic Majest} with horns and cloven feet; he is in the other\\nroom. He is my authorized agent when I am otherwise en-\\ngaged. He is perfectly harmless. His name is Rats/\\n(GrufFy screams, climbs on table.\\n[Enter Rats, L.]\\nRats Case of jimjams.\\nMoN Madam, this is the gentleman we have been talking of.\\nGruffy Oh, you gave me such a fright. I m so afraid of\\nthose pesky creatures. (Gets down.)\\nRats What s the row?\\nMoN The lady has not received her paper.\\nRats I left it at the postofiice for her.\\nGruffy You did? (Rats nods.) I ll go right down there\\nand have that postmaster discharged. (Exit C. Rats exit R.\\nMoN I see I ve got to hire a policeman, so people can tell\\ntheir troubles to him.", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "1 6 THE OWL CI.UB.\\nSoj (Outside.) Whoa! Forward, march! (Enters with\\nelephant.\\nNote. (To construct a baViy elephant make a cover of lead-colored\\nflannel to fit over two men in a stooping position, cover to come down\\nto the knees; on the legs wear large leggings of same material. To\\nmake a head use about -3 of a nail keg, or can make a tin frame and cover\\nand pad this into the shape of a head, and sew on a trunk stuffed with\\nstraw. The bottom should be left open so that the occupants can see.)\\nSoj (Introduces elephant to Mon.) Mr. Monasses, this is\\nBingo. (Both bow.) Now, Bingo, I want you to do a few\\ntricks to show Mr. Monasses what an intelligent animal you\\nare. (Has elephant walk over him crosswise and lengthwise;\\nhas him sit in a chair; then asks him: Do yol? like water?\\nElephant shakes head No. Do you like beer? Elephant\\nnods Yes. Do you like the boys? Elephant shakes head\\nNo. Do you like the girls? Nods Yes. Doyoti like music?\\nNods Yes. (Orchestra starts up jig. Mon. and Sojer pat\\nand elephatit dances.)\\nCurtain.\\nACT II.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Owls Retreat.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A Cave or Dungeon.\\nOfficers of the Lodge Most Illustrious Hooter (dignified)\\nAll-Wise Pontiff (white hair); Heroic Hercules (strong man);\\nAssassins (biitchers); Custodian of Correspondence (Hay);\\nAssiduous Herald (Sojer); Cautious Pursuivant (Rats).\\nCurtain rises on Hot Time Tonight.\\nHoot The hotir of twelve having arrived, I now declare\\nthis lodge opened and readj^ for any business. Assidtious\\nHerald and Cautious Pursuivant will search those present and\\nsee who are qualified to remain. (H. and P. search the mem-\\nbers and find two bottles.) Bring me the plunder. Where\\nthou findeth these?\\nA. H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 From All- wise Pontiff.\\nC. P From Heroic Herctiles.\\nHoot You Vv ill please explain.\\nA. W. P Most Illustrious Hooter, I had a serious case of\\nstmstroke and the lodge physician prescribed that as a remedy.\\nHoot The explanation is satisfactory, but let it be a warn-\\ning not to expose yourself to the fierce rays of the setting sun.\\nAnd you, brother, how came you with this?\\nH. H Most Illustrious Hooter, I am suffering from a snake\\nbite and the lodge physician prescribed that for me.\\nHoot My brother, you had a narrow escape. We sympa-", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "stage Plot, Act II\\nAssassin Hooter Assassin\\nC. P.\\nA. H.", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THR OWL CLUB. 1 7\\nthize with you. We, too, have seen snakes. (Members look\\nat him surprised.) I mean some of us have been snake-bitten.\\nAssiduous Herald and Cautious Pursuivant, you have cour-\\nageously and fearlessly performed your dangerous duty. I\\ncannot express ni}- admiration for you. I will recommend\\nyou, Assiduous Herald, for a generalship in the next war.\\nFrom your militar}- bearing I should judge that you had seen\\nservice.\\nA. H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I have.\\nHoot Ever in battle?\\nA. H I answer yes. You should have seen me on the\\nbattleship Oregon, at Santiago, one beautiful morning in De-\\ncember. It was a terrible fight. A man fell here, a horse fell\\nthere, a boat sank over yonder, but on they came like demons.\\nI braced myself for the final charge, when zip bang a 10-\\ninch shell struck me there [strikes his army leg], and here is\\nmy discharge. Am I an old Sojer? oh, no!\\nHoot Brother Custodian of Correspondence will read the\\nminutes of the last meeting.\\nC. C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nHoot Brother Custodian of Correspondence will read the\\nminutes of the last meeting.\\nC. C I loaned them to the newspaper, and they hain t re-\\nturned them.\\nHoot We will dispose of the reading of the minutes. We\\nwill now sing our invitation hymn.\\nAll sing chorus, We don t go home till morning, till day-\\nlight doth appear. [Repeat twice.]\\nA. H-[Sings.]\\nIf you want to join this order, you needn t go any farther.\\nHand your name to the recorder, he ll put you onto the\\nplan:\\nBut he is a bold, bad man I think he s from Japan,\\nOh, he s a terrible croaker, a most inveterate soaker.\\nHe ll plaj- all night at poker and rob you if he can.\\nChorus\\nCustodian of Correspondence sings\\nNow 3 ou mustn t mind that member,\\nWe bailed him out in November;\\nHe was put in jail in vSeptember\\nFor abusing his familee.\\nHe s a chimpanze and he hasn t the soul of a flea.\\nThe grirls all think h un a daisv,", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "1 8 TPIE OWL CLUB,\\nBut half the time he s crazy, as you can plainly see.\\nChorus.\\nHoot I see our chaplain is absent.\\nH. H Most Illustrious Hooter, I left him down at\\nhe said he would be up in about an hour.\\nHoot We will postpone his service for one hour. Next\\norder of business, receiving members. Brethren, are there\\nany wanting to join this influential order?\\nH. H Most Illustrious Hooter, I understand there is one\\napplication.\\nHoot Custodian of Correspondence, have you any appli-\\ncations for membership?\\nC. C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nHoot Have j^ou any applications for membership.\\nC. C Yes, yes; got one .some place. [Searches pockets.]\\nHere it is?\\nHoot You will read it.\\nC. C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nHoot You will read it.\\nC. C I, Isaac Monasses, being a real, live human being, de-\\nsire to become a member of the highlj influential order known\\nas The Owl Club. Age, fortv-five; occupation, editor and\\nopera- writer; weight character\\nHoot All very good but character.\\nA. W. P [With book.] Most Illustrious Hooter, accord-\\ning to Hou.se Bill One Hundred and Four, introduced by\\nin the last Legislature, editors do not need a character.\\nAll So we have heard.\\nHoot Thank you, brother. As such is the law, we will\\nadmit him. Brother Custodian of Correspondence, did the\\nrequisite fee accompany the application?\\nC. C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nHoot Did the requisite fee accompany the application?\\nC. C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Yes, yes.\\nHoot Where is it?\\nC. C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nHoot Where is it?\\nC. C I spent it.\\nHoot Brethren, I am satisfied our financial sj-stem is rad-\\nically wrong. Congress must do something. Brother Assid-\\nuous Herald, where is the candidate?\\nA. H We ve got him out there on ice.", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE OWL CLUB. 1 9\\nHoot Has he the rheumatism, St. Vitus dance, or any\\nother contagious disease?\\nA. H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 He has not.\\nHoot Is he bandaged, or padded, or soaked in strong\\nspirits.\\nA. H He is not. He comes humble and submissive.\\nHoot It is well. Go thou hence and return with the\\nlamb readv for the slaughter, dead or alive. [Exit A. H. and\\nC. P., L, i-E.]\\nH. H The heroes depart on a dangerous mission. Let us\\nhope no calamity will befall them. [Alarm at door.]\\nHoot There is an alarm at the south gate of the Temple.\\nHercules, j-ou will ascertain who dares disturb our grav^e de-\\nliberations.\\nH. H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 [At door, E, I-E.] Ah, there!\\nA. H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stay there!\\nH. H It is our Assiduous Herald and a neophyte, seeking\\nadmission.\\nHoot Is he securely bound?\\nH. H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 He is.\\nHoot Is he armed with any dangerous weapons?\\nH. H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 He is not.\\nHoot Admit them; we fear him not. [Enter Assiduous\\nHerald and Cautious Pursuivant, and Monasses in chains.\\nMusic and chorus Ratus on Parade, stops before All- Wise Pon-\\ntiff.]\\nA. H All-Wise Pontiff, we have before you an untried ne-\\nophyte named Monasses, seeker after the mysteries of this in-\\nfluential and social order.\\nA. W. P How are you, Mr. Molasses? [Monasses corrects\\nhim. Monasses, sir. According to the civil service rules\\nit is my dutj^ to have him conducted to Hercules.\\nA. H Aye, Aye, sir. [To Hercules.] Heroic Hercules,\\nby order of All- Wise Pontiff I bring this stranger to you.\\nH. H What is your name, sir?\\nMoN Isaac Monasses.\\nH. H Isaac Molasses a sweet name. [Monasses corrects\\nhim.] What is your desire?\\nMoN I desire to become a member of this lodge.\\nH. H Very good; I congratulate you. [Shakes hand, a\\nhard shake.] But I cannot grant that priceless boon. Our\\nIllustrious Hooter alone can bestow that unspeakable honor.\\nBut according to Judge s decision you must answer", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20 THE OWL CLUB.\\na question before proceeding further. Are you a candidate\\nfor .school clerk? [Or something local.]\\nMon I am not.\\nH. H Then I will unfold to you the secret how to reach\\nthe ear of our Illustrious Hooter. Take this vial; it contains\\na mysterious fluid, the only means by which you can obtain a\\nhearing. x\\\\ssiduous Herald, away with him.\\nA. H (To Hoot.) Illustrious Hooter, we have here a\\nstranger who desires an audience with you.\\nHoot A stranger?\\nA. H Yes, a neophyte.\\nHoot Away with him.\\nA. H I pra}^ 3-0U give ear to his petition. He is poor, but\\nvery, very honest.\\nHoot Away with him.\\nC. P He is a gentleman, a .scholar and a good judge of\\nwhisky.\\nHoot Away with him I say away\\nA. H But, Most Illustrious Hooter, he has that mystic\\nvial.\\nHoot The vial? Well, now, that s different; produce it.\\n(Monasses hands Hoot, bottle.) Well, .stranger, here s look-\\ning at you. (Drinks.) You are, indeed, a good judge of\\nspirits of fermenti. What is your wish?\\nMon I wish to join this lodge.\\nHoot Oh, yes; this is Mr. Mola.s.ses. (Monasses corrects\\nhim.) (To Assiduous Herald and Cautious Pursuivant.)\\nWhat do you know of this man?\\nA. H. and C. P~He s all right.\\nHoot No better recommendation does he need. The ob-\\njects of our organization are of the most noble and elevating.\\nOur aims are to promote sociability among the human rarce.\\nAnd as you go forth in this queer world it will be with a con-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sciousne-ss that you are linked to us, and nothing but nonpay-\\nment of dues or death can break asunder. My friend, have\\nyou a dollar about your clothes?\\nMon Alas! I have not.\\nHoot Your audacity is appalling. How dare you come\\nbefore this dignified assembly without a dollar in your clothes?\\nAll-Wise Pontiff, what is the penaltv for treason?\\nA. W. P\u00e2\u0080\u0094 DEATH\\nAll So we have heard.\\nHoot And .so be it. As.sa.ssins, vour duty. (Assa.ssins", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THK OWL CLUB. 21\\nstart to hang Monasses.)\\nA. W. P Most Illustrious Hooter, according to our city or-\\ndinance it is not a treasonable offense to be broke, therefore\\nthis hanging is illegal.\\nHoot Let the execution be stopped. We have great re-\\nspect for your opinion of the law. Mr. Molasses, (Monasses\\ncorrects) as you have no money, we demand a pound of flesh.\\nAssassins, seize him! Hercules, tear from his breast a pound\\nof flesh and feed it to our sacred dragon. (Throw Monasses\\non the floor, take a piece of raw meat and hold it up, then\\nthrow it into the mouth of some wierd head that shows itself\\nfrom behind the wings.) Is the candidate alive?\\nH. H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 He lives!\\nHoot (To Monasses.) You have shown 5-ourself worthy\\nto become one of us. Before proceeding further it will be nec-\\nessary for 5 ou to give us some evidence of your proficiency in\\nsome manly accomplishment. Brother All-Wise Pontiff will\\n5 ou read the law?\\nA. W. P According to the decision of our Supreme Court,\\nbefore a person can become a full-fledged member of any se-\\ncret order, he must prove himself an equestrian.\\nAll So we have heard.\\nHoot You have heard the law?\\nMoN Yes, sir.\\nHoot Can you comply with it?\\nMoN I think I can ride.\\nHoot He thinks he can ride.\\nAll laugh.\\nHoot Assiduous Herald, conduct him to the dressing-\\nroom and don him in a riding habit. (Monasses dresses like\\na jockey.) You, Cautious Pursuivant, will retire to the\\nstables and bring forth the fiery, untamed .steed. Away!\\n(Exit Monasses and Assiduous Herald L,. and Cautious Pur-\\nsuivant R.) (Note Monasses had better have jockej- suit on\\nunder his other clothes, as this is a quick change.)\\nHoot Are there anv reports?\\nC. C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nHoot Are there any reports?\\nC. C It is reported that Brother is going to be\\nmarried.\\nAll So we have heard.\\nHoot \u00e2\u0080\u0094His case will be referred to the committee on matri-\\nmonv.", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "22 THE OWL CLUB.\\nH. H Brother has the Klondituss lever.\\nHoot His case will be referred to the lodge physician.\\n[Alarm Hercules at door.]\\nA. H [Outside.] Hokus, Pokus, Mokus, Fillious.\\nHercules admits Monasses and Assiduous Herald. Monas-\\nses makes a nice bow. Cautious Pursuivant brings in ele-\\nphant. Monasses tries to ride, but fails, then undertakes the\\ntricks Sojer did with elephant. Elephant steps and sits on\\nhim; lots of trouble.\\nHoot Our confidence in j-ou is somewhat shaken, but we\\nwill give 3 ou another trial. Cautious Pursuivant, bring forth\\nanother steed! [Cautious Pursuivant exit with elephant and\\nbrings on a live goat. Monasses rides goat.] We are satis-\\nfied with your proficiency as a rider. Assiduous Herald, 3 ou\\nwill again retire with Mr. Molasses [Monasses corrects] for\\nthe next ordeal. [Exit Monasses and Assiduous Herald, E.]\\nH. H It is rumored that our Brother Custodian of Corres-\\npondence is a vocalist, so I will suggest that he sing for our\\nedification and amusement while the candidate is preparing\\nfor the next ordeal\\nHoot A happy suggestion. Brother Custodian of Corres-\\npondence, it has been reported by good authority that you can\\nsing; therefore, I command you to sing a song for the amuse-\\nment and edification of the members here assembled.\\nC. C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nHoot It has been reported by good authority that you can\\nsing; therefore, I command you to sing a song for the amuse-\\nment and edification of the members here assembled.\\nC. C I can t. I ve got a bad cold out late last night.\\nA. W. P The penalty of disobedience is death!\\nC. C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nA. W. P The penalty of disobedience is death!\\nC. C Yes, yes; all right, I ll try. [Sings.]\\nEnter Assiduous Herald and Monasses, Monasses white\\nshirt, black pants and coat.\\nA. H Most Illustrious Hooter, your orders have been\\nobeyed.\\nHoot Mr. Molasses [Monasses corrects] you are again in\\nour presence, a candidate for the honors, teachings and privi-\\nleges conferred upon those who can prove themselves worthy\\nof such high considerations. You have shown us your ability\\nas an equestrian, now you will be obliged to give an exhibi-\\ntion of the manlv art. You must meet our gladiator in mortal", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE OWL CLUB. 23\\ncombat. [Have about 3 rounds of a fake boxing contest be-\\ntween Monasses and a gladiator. Monasses knocks the glad-\\niator out in the 3rd round.] You have shown yourself worthy\\nto become one of us and follow the footsteps of those heroes\\nwho founded our venerable order. Assiduous Herald, con-\\nduct the candidate to Heroic Hercules for the secret work.\\nA. H [To Hercules.] Heroic Hercules, before you stands\\ncandidate Monasses, who has passed the ordeals.\\nH. H Mr. Molasses [Monasses corrects] allow me to con-\\ngratulate 3 ou. When you wish to gain admission to the lodge\\nyou will pound on the outside door. If it is not opened at\\nonce you will thrash the outer guard, then go to that door and\\npound again. Someone on this side will yell, Who s there?\\nYou will reply, None of your business! Then, come in!\\nIf you want to test anyone to see if the} belong to this order,\\nyou look them in the eye and say, Hokus, Pokus, Mokus,\\nFillious! The} will reply the same. We are down on aris-\\ntocracy. We teach our daughters to scorn English lords and\\nother foreign titles. A.ssiduous Herald, conduct the brother\\nto All-Wise Pontiff for the obligation and final ceremony.\\nA. H All- Wise Pontiff, by order of Heroic Hercules, I\\npresent to you this brother for the last vSad rites.\\nA. W. P Brother Molasses [Monasses corrects] take bromo\\nseltzer before digesting the Heroic Hercules remarks about\\nroyalty. You will need it. He is prejudiced against royalty\\nbecause royalty snubbed him. He proposed to Tootsy Ann\\nDowager of China, then again he lost $10 on three kings.\\nAre you prepared to take the obligation?\\nMoN I want to go home.\\nA. W. P Ah, my friend; I would gladly release you, but it\\nis against the law for members of the order to go home so\\nearly, especially on lodge nights.\\nAll So we have heard.\\nA. W. P Will you, or will you not, take the obligation?\\nMox [Desperate.] I am ready to take anything arsenic,\\nParis green, or an}- other old thing.\\nA. W. P Assiduous Herald and Cautious Pursuivant, place\\nthe candidate in position. (Hoot, raps, all stand; Monasses\\non both knees.) When I have finished, be prepared with\\nyour answer. I, Isaac Molasses, (Monasses corrects) having\\nsurvived the trials and tribulations imposed, do solemnly and\\nsincerely promise that I will accept as many more outrages, if", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "24 THE OWI. CLUB.\\ndesired, with christian fortitude, if it breaks mj- back or takes\\na leg.\\nMoN I think I ve had enough. (Assassins beat him with\\nstuffed clubs.) All right, I will.\\nA. W. P (Continues.) I further promise that I will ab-\\nstain from eating onions, ice cream, watermelons, or drinking\\nwater, as called upon by this lodge.\\nMoN Well, I like onions. I (Beat him) I promise. I\\npromise.\\nA. \\\\V. P I further promise that I will never sign a peti-\\ntion for a friend for a public office, when I am a candidate ni}--\\nself.\\nMoN But a whole lot of them do it. I (Beat him.) I\\npromise.\\nA. W. P And I further promise that, while I am an ardent\\nadmirer of the ladies, I will not fall in love with an}- other\\nwoman except my own wife.\\nMoN Never! Do you think I am a fool? (Scrap on floor;\\nHoot, calls to order.)\\nHoot Assiduous Herald and Cautious Pursuivant, con-\\nduct the brother to me. Explain your conduct, sir.\\nMoN Such a thing is absurd. No .sane man would take\\nsuch an obligation.\\nHoot We have all taken it.\\nMoN Then you are all crazy; I never shall!\\nHoOT Traitor! Do you dare defy us?\\nMoN Yes, I defy you all. I will never take that obliga-\\ntion.\\nHoot Brethren, what shall we do?\\nFirst member Throw him out the window.\\nSecond member Drop him into the river.\\nA. W. P The law in this ca.se is solitary confinement until\\nhe consents.\\nHoot Thank you, brother. Assiduous Herald and Cau-\\ntious Pursuivant, prepare the brother for the sweat box.\\nDress him as cool as possible. (Exit Mona.sses, A.ssiduous\\nHerald and Cautious Pursuivant, E-) Heroic Hercules, you\\nwill retire to the basement and put a cord of wood in the fur-\\nnace. A.ssassins, you will prepare the sweat box. (Enter\\nMonasses, Assiduous Herald and Cautious Pursuivant, Mo-\\nnasses in shirt sleeves, I.) Do j^ou still refuse?\\nMoN (Desperate.) Do your worst; I refuse.\\nHoot It is my decree that you be placed in the sweat box", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "stage Plot, Act III.\\nChair\\nChair", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "THR OWL CLUB. 25\\nfor meditation, and when you realize your folly and consent to\\ntake the obligation, you will be released. Assassins, your\\nduty! (Put Monasses in box.) The way of the transgressor\\nis hard.\\nMoN (Yells.) Say, it s too warm in here.\\nA. H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That s nothing. In 73, when me and\\njoined the they wanted us to take an obligation\\nnot to drink red lemonade on the 4th of July and circus days.\\nWe kicked so hard they sat us on a box of giant powder to\\nthink the matter over, and I believe a match was touched to it.\\nTalk about your balloon ascensions! We went up so high we\\ndid not come down for a week.\\nMoN (Yells.) Hey! let me out; it s too hot in here.\\nHoot Cautious Pursuivant, ask him if he will take the ob-\\nligation if we release him. (Cautious Pursuivant obeys.)\\nMoN\u00e2\u0080\u0094 [Yells.] No!\\nC. P You will stay there until you consent.\\nMoN [Yells.] This thing is going to blow up! [Explo-\\nsion. Curtain.\\nNote ;Have box with skull and cross bones on it; slide out in center\\nof stage, and in this have a dummy made up same as Monasses. Mo-\\nnasses fires pistol and dummy flies up in the air. Dummy can be oper-\\nated with small black rope and pulleys from back of scenes. As dum-\\nmy goes out of box, quick curtain.)\\nACT III. Monasses Home.\\nSusie [Cleaning room.] My! things are in an awful shape\\nthis morning! [Enter Rats. Susie takes up bottles on table.]\\nWizard Oil, Horse Einiment, Paregoric, Benzine, Alcohol,\\nRub Down! Rats, what s all this mean?\\nRats The boss has been using them.\\nSusie Is he sick?\\nRats ell, he ain t feeling very well this morning.\\nSusie What s the matter with him?\\nRats He joined the lodge last night, and must have fallen\\ndown stairs.\\nSusie The lodge didn t hurt him, did it?\\nRats Oh, no! They never do a thing to a fellow!\\nSusie What if he should die?\\nRats Then yoti will need a new boss no, I mean you\\nwill need a protector. I think you need one, anyway; can t I\\nbe that one? Not as a friend, but according to law?\\nSusie Well, let me see; you can t be my father, nor my", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "26 THE OWL CLUB.\\nmother, nor my grand-father; you re too young and giddy.\\nOh, you can be my guardian!\\nRats Nothing else I can be to you? [Susie shakes head.]\\nListen, then, while I conjure up from love s radiant recess thy\\nhome and mine. See [points off and puts arm around her]\\nthe soft, effulgent moon casts its benediction upon a cosy little\\ncottage embowered in hone3--suckles, so far removed from the\\nbus} haunts of men that the voice of nature is never silent; an\\nold moss-grown well, an orchard, a garden from which to\\ngather the favorite flowers; at a distance green fields and wind-\\ning lanes, and crystal ponds, and ragged hills; within, that\\nwhich wealth cannot buy peace, contentment and love.\\nSusie And you will put paper on the walls?\\nRats Yes; and have a beautiful stained-glass mortgage\\nthat shall reflect the rays of the setting sun.\\nSusie And stuffed furniture in the parlor?\\nRats Yes, dear; on the installment plan. We ll have\\nchamber sets, and testaments, and Boston rockers, too; mack-\\nintoshes, a cord of wood, a rubber over-shoe, a tin wash-bowl,\\na diamond pin and an eighteen carat dust-pan. Its praise\\nwe ll forever sing, the great installment plan.\\nSusie Oh, that s lovely! But what if we can t pay up?\\nRats The}- will take them away everything goes.\\nSusie I see.\\nThe great installment plan, it s a blessing.\\nThat s easy to be seen without guessing;\\nYou get the things without pay,\\nTill there conies a judgment da}\\nThen they cart them all away\\nAnd that will be distressing.\\nRats And now, Susie, no joke about it. Will you takeme\\nfor better or for worse?\\nSusie Do you mean it?\\nRats Every word of it.\\nSusie You don t want me! I wouldn t do for anybody;\\nI ain t civilized.\\nRats Uon t you know that civilization is the momental\\nfailure of the present age? Look at China! Say, Susie, how\\nwould you like for me to marry some other girl?\\nSusie Well, I I I would get mad at you.\\nRats That settles it; noughsaid! Now, hear my plans:\\nThe boss has joined the lodge and the opera is to be a go;\\nthen he will pay up back salaries and Ave will have enough to", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE OWL CLUB. 27\\ngo to school for a year a Seminary school.\\nSusie A regular cemetery?\\nRats Yes; then. we will come home full of dead languages.\\nAre 5 ^ou satisfied?\\nSusie Its s like a beautiful you know night-horse.\\nRats\u00e2\u0080\u0094 What?\\nSusie I mean beautiful dream. I am going to go and tell\\nSojer all about it. [Exit R.]\\nRats\u00e2\u0080\u0094 When we are married well, I wonder if she can\\ncook HASH? [Knock at door; Rats yells] Come in [Enter\\nMilson.]\\nMil [Aside, Where have I seen this young man before?\\nAh, the office boy!] You are the office boy at the Martyr\\noffice? No? Don t denj- it!\\nRats Who s denying it?\\nMil [Anxiously.] That man Sojer, as they call him, and\\nthe girl Susie, 1 must find. I desire to benefit them; are they\\nhere?\\nRats They might be here and they might be\\nMil Yes, yes.\\nRats Somewhere else.\\nMil Cease your impudence, you young rascal. Do you\\nknow me? I m Stephen Milson, and demand that you tell me\\nwhere they are.\\nRaTvS Yes, oh, yes; I know you. You re worth a million,\\nbut if you were worth fifty millions you couldn t make me tell\\nwhere they are; see? [Exit L.J\\nMil They were seen entering this house; and now, after all\\nthese 3^ears of searching and the money I have expended, am\\nI to be baffled when they are almost within my reach? [Enter\\nSojer and Susie, R.]\\nSoj [Recognizes Milson.] Stephen Milson, what are you\\ndoing here?\\nMil What! Is it possible? Truegold, my old manager?\\nSoj Aye, Truegold, whom you drove into the streets.\\nMil Truegold, you know that was in\\nSoj In 1873; and because I stood by that poor, but noble\\nand honest lad, who dared to love your daughter, and because\\nshe married him you cast her off and drove Harold and myself\\nwith curses from your office; and not content with that, you\\nhunted us down to misery and even death, all sacrifices to\\nyour hate all but one, and she was be5 ond your reach?\\nMil Mv grand-child?", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "28 THE OWL CLUB.\\nSoj Yes, your grand-child; and bej ond your reach, Ste-\\nphen Milson, bej^ond your reach!\\nMil Death! Beyond my reach! Speak, man, and tell me\\nwhat you know of her! Find her for me and 3^ou shall never\\nknow another want. I am alone in this world. Give me this\\nchild and wealth shall be yours. [Position Sojer down L.;\\nMilson D. R.; Susie up C.\\nSoj I do not want 3 our wealth. The love of one true\\nheart is worth it all, and that I ve had. Buy it with money\\nif you can, for here is your grand-child!\\nMil She? Impossible! This is an imposture: I ll not be-\\nlieve it!\\nSoj I m not particular whether you believe it or not; but\\ndo you know this locket? [Takes locket from Susie.]\\nMil Yes, yes; it was my daughter s. And inside\\nSoj The picture of your daughter, Nellie.\\nMil My grand-daughter! Yes, it is so; it must be so. She\\nshall go with me. [To Susie.] You are, I am sure, the grand-\\ndaughter for whom I have so long searched my daughter s\\ndaughter. Come with me, for I am a rich man. Horses, car-\\nriages, servants, the richest dresses, jewelry, all shall be yours.\\nCome with me. Leave this life with its vagabond associations.\\nSoj Vagabond! [Starts for him.] Yes; and who made\\nme such but you? Leave here at once, or I will [Susie stops\\nhim.]\\nSusie Stop, Sojer! I cannot accept. Grand-father you\\nmay be, and your claim upon me may be just, but there is\\none whose claim is greater than j-ours.\\nMil And that is\\nSusie My promised husband. [Enter Rats.]\\nMil Husband! Where is he?\\nRats Here!\\nMil\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Devil!\\nRats Nope; I ve been promoted. Allow me to present\\nmy card Erastus Dangerfield, Advance Agent for Baby El-\\nephant Opera Co.\\nSusie Yes; and I love Rats.\\nSoj You heathen Chinese! She will be eating bologna\\nnext.\\nMil If this young man loves you, he will not ask you to\\nmake the sacrifice. Think what I offer you education, station\\nand finally a brilliant match fitted to it all. What has he to\\noffer? Poverty, and that which may befall the life of a vaga-", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "THE OWI. CLUB. 29\\nbond I (Rats starts for him; Susie stops him.)\\nSoj Yes; he s right, Susie.\\nSusie And what would you have me do go with him?\\nSoj Do that which you think will be the best for your own\\ngood.\\nRats Tell his nibs to, skate.\\nSusie Then listen: Grand-father though you may be, not\\nfor all your gold would I exchange these true hearts. Here\\nis my home; these are my friends, so go your way and keep\\nyour gold. I ll stand by those who stood by me.\\nMil ^Just like your mother always loyal. I am old now\\nand want her child to brighten ni}- declining days. No one\\nknows what I have suffered all these years for my folly. Per-\\nhaps I may be mistaken in the character of your friends.\\nSusie You are; yes, you are. They have been my true\\nfriends; they have taught and protected me like a father and\\nbrother; they have given me food and money. What do j^ou\\nthink would have become of me but for them?\\nMil I shudder to think what might have been but for\\nthem. (To Rats.) Young man, I admire j-our pluck, and\\noffer you a position where I can test your merits; and, after a\\nyear, if you prove yourself worthy, I will oifer no objection to\\nyour marriage with my grand-daughter.\\nRats ^Just try me.\\nMil (To Sojer.) And I ask your forgiveness for all that I\\nhave wronged 3 ou. To prove my sincerity, I give you back\\nyour old position and a liberal cash compensation for what you\\nhave done for her. (Sojer hesitates.)\\nSusie Yes, he will; won t you, Sojer?\\nSoj Yes, I accept. In the future do not judge people by\\nthe clothes they wear.\\nMil I realize, now, that there is manj- a warm heart be-\\nneath a ragged coat.\\nSoj Yes, and many a ragged heart beneath a warm coat.\\nYou couldn t get me a job in the commissary department over\\nat Manila, could you?\\nMil Perhaps I can. Were you ever in service?\\nSoj Colonel, I answer yes.\\nMil Ever in battle?\\nSoj You should have seen me and Dewe} at Manila one\\nbeautiful morning in Jul} It was a terrible fight. A man\\nfell here, a horse fell there, a boat sank dver yonder, but on\\nthey came like demons. I braced myself for the final charge.", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "30 THE OWL CLUB.\\nwhen zip bang a 12-inch shell struck me there (strikes his\\narmy leg), and here is my discharge. Am I an old Sojer?\\noh, no!\\nSusie How about Mr. Monasses, our boss? He has been\\nvery kind to us all.\\nMil Your friends shall be welcome visitors at my house,\\nand as time goes on our prejudices may entirely disappear.\\nThen you will come?\\nSusie Yes, we will all come. But you must stay for the\\nbanquet.\\nMil What banquet?\\nvSoj The boss joined the Club last night, and it s been the\\ncustom for new members to give the lodge a banquet next da}-.\\nSusie We re going to have baked fish, small fish, large\\nfish, fish-balls, snow-balls and cannon-balls.\\nRats And sea bass, sea foam, soda crackers, firecrackers\\nand HASH\\nSoj For dessert, ice cream, cold cream, sour cream and\\nvaseline.\\nMil I shall be delighted to accept.\\nSusie Good. Come, Rats and Sojer, we will go get the\\nbanquet ready. (Exit three, L,.\\nMil They are an odd and yet contented lot. (Enter Mo-\\nnasses, bandaged and lame, D.) This must be the boss re-\\nferred to. Good morning, sir; Mr. Molasses, I believe?\\nMON No, sir; not a bit of it. Monasses, sir; Isaac Mo-\\nnasses.\\nMil Beg pardon; Mr. Monasses. I am Stephen Milson.\\nYou seem as though you had met with some accident?\\nMoN Yes.\\nMil Train wreck?\\nMoN No.\\nMil Been to war?\\nMon No.\\nMil Foot-ball game?\\nMon Worse.\\nMil Fall out of a balloon?\\nMon Worse than that.\\nMil Must have been something terrible! What was it?\\nMon Lodge.\\nMil Ah, I see; the gay and festive goat.\\nMon Goat didn t flo it; it was the infernal machine. Ho-\\nkus, Pokus, Mokus, Fillious.", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "thp: owl club. 31\\nMil Beg pardon, French quotation, I presume?\\nMoN Yes; means 3 ou will remain for the banquet.\\nMil Certainl} I have an engagement at ten o clock, but\\nwill return for the banquet. (Exit D.)\\nMoN I m going to get that bill collector to join the Club,\\nthen I ll get a bicycle pump and blow him up. (Enter Haj\\nHay Hokus, Pokus, Mokus, Fillious!\\nMoN You go to thunder I\\nHay\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nMoN I said you were a wonder.\\nHay Yes, yes; message came for 3 ou in care of The Owl\\nClub. (Hands message.) I m Custodian of Correspondence;\\nall communications come to me. Good news?\\nMoN You mav read it.\\nHay\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nMoN You may read it.\\nHa\\\\ (Reads telegram.) Opera recommended by The\\nOwl Club. Will give you five thousand dollars for exclusive\\nrights of same. Signer Vocalli. (Excited.) Five thousand\\ndollars; just think of it? We ll have a banquet everj night.\\nI told you so; I told you to join em! Why don t you get\\nexcited?\\nMoN I ve had enough excitement.\\nHay\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nMoN I ve had enough excitement.\\nHay Why don t you prance around? I prance\\nMoN I rather see vou; I like to hear vou buzz.\\nHay\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nMoN I rather see you; I like to hear you buzz.\\nHa\\\\ Shall I answer him that we accept?\\nMoN I will consider.\\nHay\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hey?\\nMoN I will consider.\\nHay Yes; yes; all right. (vStarts to go, then invites him-\\nself to dinner.) Good day, good day! Yes, I ll be back for\\ndinner; no, I ll not come late. (Exit door.)\\nMoN Five thousand dollars! Sojer was right; but I would\\nnot go through that initiation again for one hundred thou.sand\\ndollars. (Enter All-Wise Pontiff.)\\nA. W. P\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hokus, Pokus, Mokus, Fillious.\\nMoN Hokus, Pokus, Mokus, Fillious.\\nA. W. P Good morning, my dear brother! I am delight-\\ned to see vou alive. It is mv dutv as All-Wise Pontiff to call", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "32 THE OWL CLUB.\\non the new brother the next day after initiation, to console\\nhim he need it, also to answer any questions of law.\\nMoN Wh} did they order me to give them a banquet today?\\nA. W. P My dear brother, to prove our sociability. We\\nbelieve things substantial, not trifles nor signs. A man shakes\\nhands with you before election, but that is no sign he is your\\nfriend, nor that ou will vote for him. A lady may smile\\nsweetly on you, but that is no sign that you are the onlj^ peb-\\nble on the beach; there are others.\\nMoN You will remain for dinner?\\nA. W. P Certainly; it is a duty I owe 5 ou as a brother.\\nMoN \u00e2\u0080\u0094Step into the reception room. (Exit All-Wise Pon-\\ntiff. Enter Hercules, D.)\\nH. H Hokus, Pokus. Mokus, Fillious.\\nMoN Hokus, Pokus, Mokus, Fillious.\\nH. H I see you again among the land of the living, conclu-\\nded to return to earth; let me congratulate you.\\nMoN No, thank you; you did that last night. Come to\\nthe banquet?\\nH. H Yes; if there is one thing I like more than another\\nit is a banquet. It is also my duty and pleasure to call and\\nsee if you are in need of the services of our physician, coroner\\nor undertaker.\\nMoN No, thank you; I think I will get along without\\nthem now.\\nH. H That is gratifyiug. If there is anything you want\\nin a social or business way, just ask and you shall receive.\\nOur organization is the most powerful in the land. There is\\nnothing but what it can accomplish.\\nMoN I would like to have that bill collector join the lodge\\nand then you appoint me one of the assassins.\\nH. H All right, my brother; you get him to join, and I ll\\ndo the rest.\\n[Enter three guests, members of chorus, and collector, D.]\\nMoN ^Just step into the reception room. [Exit all except\\nCash and Mon., L].\\nCash Mr. Monasses, can you pay a small dividend on the\\naccounts I have?\\nMon I have an offer for my opera which I shall accept,\\nand as soon as the money is here, I will settle with you.\\nCash I have been waiting too long for that opera now, and\\ncan t wait anv longer.\\nMon Well, I ll tell you what I ll do: You join The Owl", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE OWL CLUB. 33\\nClub, and 30U shall have your money in one week.\\nCash Sure?\\nMoN Sure! What do you say?\\nCash I ll join them at once.\\nMoN Next Friday night you be on hand at the Temple.\\nYou will stay for the banguet?\\nCash Banquet? Well, now you strike me right where I\\nreside.\\nMoN ^Just step into the reception room. [Exit Cash, L,.]\\nI ll give him some roast pig stuffed with dynamite. [Enter\\nHay, D.]\\nHay I told them we would accept, and they telegraphed\\nback the money; it s in the bank for you now. [Enter Sojer.]\\nMon That was kind in you.\\nSoj I ve got good news. Susie s grand-father has turned\\nup; he is a rich man and says he will back us in anything we\\nwant. Gave me fifteen hundred as a starter, so I ll buy your\\npaper and run it in metropolitan order.\\nMon I ve got good news also. The lodge recommended\\nmy opera and I ve got five thousand dollars in bank now\\nfrom the sale of it, so I ll give you the paper and all its in-\\ndebtedness. I told you a better day would dawn for us all.\\nSoj And I told you so, just as I told General Grant\\nMon Were you ever in the army?\\nSoj I answer, Yes.\\nMon Ever been in battle?\\nSoj You should have seen me and (some local\\nfighterj at the battle of Chicago one beautiful morning in De-\\ncember. It was a terrible fight. A man fell here, ahorse fell\\nthere, but on they came like demons. I braced myself for the\\nfinal charge, when zip bang a 15-inch shell struck me here\\n(strikes his arm} leg), and here is my discharge. Am I an\\nold Sojer? oh, no!\\nMon Sojer, you are a good fellow, kind to a fault; a rapid\\nliar and a good judge of whisky, but you were never in the\\narmy, and the only powder 3 ou have ever smelled has been on\\nsome woman s face.\\nSoj (Aside He s onto me!) But, General, I can prove\\nby the records that in 73 (Hay cuts him off with He}-?\\nIn 1873\\nHay Yes, yes; in 1873; that s it, that s it; the crime of\\n73. I know I was there it was in Missouri. I was rais-", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "34 THE OWL CLUB.\\ning pumpkins and them cussed gold-bugs eat them all up,\\n[Enter Rats.]\\nRats Dinner is now read) in the dining car no, dining\\nroom. [All rush in, Rats on a chair.]\\nBill of fare: Baked fi.sh, small fish, large fish, fish-balls,\\nsnow-balls, cannon-balls, sea-bass, sea-foam, .soda crackers,\\nfire-crackers, ice cream, cold cream, .sour cream, vaseline and\\nHASH\\nMoN Ladies and Gentlemen: Before retiring to the ban-\\nquet hall, we will have a .selection from the opera, Bab\\nElephant. Are we all here? [Enter elephant.]\\nSoj All present.\\n[All sing Topedo and the Whale, selection from the open\\nOlivette.]\\nCurtain.", "height": "3074", "width": "1536", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3074", "width": "1536", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\nI mil II mil 11 III mil Hill iliil nil I\\n018 604 709 6", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3074", "width": "1536", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\niillllillilililllll -i\\n018 604 709 6 W]\\nHollinger Corp.\\npH 8.5", "height": "3074", "width": "1641", "jp2-path": "owlclubcomedydra00burg_0048.jp2"}}