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Scene. - Living-room at Aunt Nancy's. Doors down R., Up L., and D. R. C. of rear flat. Couch Up C. Table C. Piece of iron ore and newspapers on table. Chairs and other furnishings suitable for a living-room in an ordinary farm house. Discovered Tom asleep on couch, snoring loudly.
Enter D. R. Betty, with a broom.
Betty. My land! Such a treat! A nasal solo by a high grade artist. Here! Wake up, and shut up, before we lose our audience. (Shakes Tom)
Tom (opens his eyes and yawns). Was I asleep?
Betty. Were you asleep! Just hear the innocent. Why, you were snoring beautifully.
Tom. Snoring! Me! Not much! I never snore. 'Twas groans of weariness you heard. I'm dead tired, you know.
Betty. Then stop prowling 'round nights like a tramp cat. What were you after last night?
Tom. I didn't catch it to find out.
Betty. Then it was a spook from Spook Mine. They'll catch you, if you don't watch out.
Tom. I hope they will. Then I'll find out what stuff they're made of.
Betty. Well, if you must sleep you'll have to go somewhere else. You can't sleep here.
Tom. Why not? I'm quite comfortable.
Betty. Because I have to tidy up this room and you're in the way; so get up and move out. (Tom does not move) Do you hear? Move, I tell you! (Shakes Tom roughly)
Tom. Easy! Easy, Miss Snappy. Don't be so strenuous. You'll dislocate some of your bones.
Betty. Will I? Well, it's a wonder they don't break, trying to move you. Oh, these men! Deliver me from them - College men of all others.
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