Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People by Constance D'Arcy Mackay
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(smacking his lips). I'd like to have that same turkey wing here before the fire! (Rises.) I'm with you, Talbot, for whatever a sportsman's luck may bring. And you, Washington? WASHINGTON. I'd best wait here to see if a message comes from Colonel Fairfax. If in one hour the message does not come, I'll join you. GENN (ready to start). Well, then, Talbot. [The three lads start. WASHINGTON (to Carey). I wish you luck! May you flush a grouse at every ten yards! [Lads laugh, and exeunt, background. Washington looks after them a moment, and then takes surveying paper from his pocket. WASHINGTON. Now for my wilderness chart! [Pores over it. From the distance comes the sound of a frontiersman's ax, which he is too absorbed to notice. Red Rowan enters from the right, a wild, picturesque young figure in a scarlet cloak. |
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