Leo Ware
Published: 2015-09-27
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Excerpt from Taggs, the Waif or Uncle Seth: A Drama in Five Acts Scene. Mikes saloon, near the levee in New Orleans fall depth bar set c.to l.card table up R., chairs to table and cards on same bottles, glasses, etc., on bar a newspaper for Taggs a telephone at end of bar, c.Taggs discovered behind bar ivith her doll in her arms Frenchy standing c.of bar, front, looking at Taggs. Frenchy. Whar sMike ? Taggs. Up on de levee. Frenchy. Whats he doin ? Taggs. Nothin thats honest, I guess. Frenchy. Say Taggs, just to kill time, while we ns are waiten fer Mike, spose you sing a song fera feller. Taggs. Nary! Frenchy. Why ? Taggs. Cos! I dont wanter. Frdnchy. If Mike was here, I guess youd sing. Taggs. But he aint here, and I wont sing fer you. Frenchy. May be you ns dont like me? Taggs. Mavbe i Frenchy. Well, if you wont sing, I guess Ill just play a -ame of solitaire till Mike comes, (seated at table, Taggs behind bo voices offL. calling Taggs! Taggs! Taggs listens; voices of l.laughing and calling Taggs, - Taggs starts l., 2 e., pause c, burst of laughter, l., Taggs run off l., 2 e., Frenchy looking after her) Shes an imp, and siie ll ketch it if Mike or Hanner lcnowed she went oil with them kids. Shes a sly oie burst up de whole gang some of dese days, give we ns away ter the cops and then good bye, Mike and Frenchy and all de rest of dem. 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.