the programme, gen-til-mun and lay-deeze, we have Verman, the savage
tattooed wild boy, that can't speak only his native foreign languages.
Talk some, Verman."

Verman obliged and made an instantaneous hit. He was encored
rapturously, again and again; and, thrilling with the unique pleasure of
being appreciated and misunderstood at the same time, would have talked
all day but too gladly. Sam Williams, however, with a true showman's
foresight, whispered to Penrod, who rang down on the monologue.

"GEN-til-mun and LAY-deeze, this closes our pufformance. Pray pass out
quietly and with as little jostling as possible. As soon as you are all
out there's goin' to be a new pufformance, and each and all are welcome
at the same and simple price of admission. Pray pass out quietly and
with as little jostling as possible. RE-MEM-BUR the price is only one
cent, the tenth part of a dime, or twenty pins, no bent ones taken. Pray
pass out quietly and with as little jostling as possible. The Schofield
and Williams Military Band will play before each pufformance, and each
and all are welcome for the same and simple price of admission. Pray
pass out quietly and with as little jostling as possible."

Forthwith, the Schofield and Williams Military Band began a second
overture, in which something vaguely like a tune was at times
distinguishable; and all of the first audience returned, most of them
having occupied the interval in hasty excursions for more pins; Miss
Rennsdale and governess, however, again paying coin of the Republic and
receiving deference and the best seats accordingly. And when a third
performance found all of the same inveterate patrons once more crowding
the auditorium, and seven recruits added, the pleasurable excitement of
the partners in their venture will be understood by any one who has seen