The Duke of Sacramento (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Baer, Warren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331054702 ISBN 13: 9781331054702

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Operator. Sir, it adds to my pleasure that I am invited to spend an evening shortly with their highnesses, at Echo Hall, on the banks of the Sacramento river.

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Excerpt from The Duke of Sacramento

Scene - A Dining Room. Mr. Operator seated at table with the members of his Staff, and Major Kilfardy, an invited guest.

Operator. So you have never been married.

Major. No, please your honor; yet, do you see, I've had lots of fun in my time.

Operator. But would you not like to try marriage? There mus be something good in it, else so many men would not engage in the speculation.

Major. There, do you see, you stumble on the word - speculation.

Tunnel. i don't know about that.

Major. I'll prove it. do you see, it's for better or worse; if it's for better, you again; if for worse, you lose. Heads I win, tails you lose; same chance in marriage - it's all a spec.

Operator. Mr. Tunnel you are beat; I call for a song.

All. A song! A song from Tunnel.

Operator. Hear! Hear! A song from Mr. Tunnel. (Tunnel sings.)

We come from Old England to purchase a lode
Of gold-bearing quartz on a mountain;
Tho' half of the money we've spent on the road,
Still more of it flows from the fountain.

With rollers and stamps we'll knock out the gold,
And grind up the rock to a powder,
And when in Old Britain the stock is all sold,
Why, then we can spree it the louder.

Let the parties at home but keep up the noise
By sharp pricking the Bulls and the Bears,
While we will amuse them with specimen toys,
And thus aid them in selling their shares.

Let all the good people,who fortunes would make,
All their money in quartz put secure.
And may the Gold fountain be changed to a lake,
That shall last while the world shall endure.

Miner. Here's to the everlasting flowing of the Golden

Fountain. (They drink.)

Major. Here's to the company's quartz and to our pints.

Several. Capital! Good! Excellent! (They drink.)

Operator. order, gentlemen, order. (Enter Servant with a letter.)

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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.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331054702
• ISBN 13: 9781331054702
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 46