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Pondkk.-— Reallyj Mr. Ditto, I am not accustomed to be treated ill
this most extraordinary, most vituperative, most ungentlemanly------
E qt)k:ik.%— Peace, gentlemen i Let everything be harmonious, I
beg you, on this occasion. We have met informally to consider the
means of preventing the spread in Kettleville of these wild hcrctioal
notions concerning wo men's rights, now so prevalent. Miss Haver-
way shall not lecture in Ketldevilie, Are we all agreed upon that?
D itto.-— A re we all agreed?

Hnler Tommy, a bill-poster. Tincture takes one of the bills. Tommy
prepares to paste up another.
Tincture.— Ha! What have we here? A poster ! An announce­
ment of the lecture. {Reads!) "The celebrated Miss Haverway,
lecturer on woman’s rights— 11 (To Tommy.) Youth, forbear!
Tommy,— T!m not a youthf and I'll not forbear. Touch me, and
I'l\ daub you with paste,
T3oi>kins.— Boy, stop that, or you'll rue the day. We shall tear
down that bill.
T i n c t u r e .— S ave your paste, youth, and vanish.

Tpmmv threatens the}}?, -imth his brush; they retreat.

D it t o .— Punch him, jam him, clown with him! H chs nothing hut
an orphan, and there’s no one to help him.
M o f e r .— I think I may safel}' hit him with my cane.

As he drains near to strike, enter Miss H av er way with a cylindrical roll
of papers in her hand. MOPER, UopKIN? and TimctL'RE show great
alarm as. she points it at than.

Mi'SS H,— What's all this? Tommy, what's the matter?
Tommv,— These fellows talk of pitching into me. I should like to
see them do it; that's all.
Miss II.— So would L
T ommy.— T hey threaten to tear down your poster­
ities H ,— Do they? W e’ll see.