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Show THE WILLING DAUGHTER BUT ANGRY FATHER. Were it not for these two elements of romance there could be no fiction, writers, and society would miss many a choice chapter of gossip. These traditional personages formed tow central figures in a lively little drama, recently enacted in Millville and it seems that the angry father had devoted the most study to his part. At least he played it in the most lively manner. The drama may be thus synopsized: Act I. Mr. John Doe of Millville has an attractive daughter of whom a youth named (by us) Richard Roe is enamored. On a recent occasion Richard took Miss Doe out sleigh riding. The young lady's father saw them in the sleigh, and made a vigorous attack on Roe, pulling him backwards over the back of the seat, and pounding him with cordial earnestness. Curtain, with red lights and lively music. Act II. Scene, justice's court. The father on trial for assault and battery. Prosecuting witness relates the occurrence. Judgement, guilty. Penalty, $15 and costs. Curtain with pathetic music. Act III. Scene the dining room. Table spread with a wedding supper. Bride and groom very happy. Tableau, Roe love triumphant. Curtain with moonlight and a wedding march. Sixty day are supposed to elapse between the second and third acts. By the way, the Third act has'nt [hasn't] come to pass yet, but such dramas always end the same way, and it would be a pity to publish part of the drama and not the whole. |