Lieutenant: Well, of course he may be telling the truth, because the woods are full of game, and I daresay the old fellow is a good shot.
(_Enter_ Private Dunn, _carrying a squirrel in one hand, a duck in the other, followed by_ Gerolomo _dragging a dead deer. They stop at center._ Lieutenant Dash _and_ Sergeant Free _run to them._)
Lieutenant: Well, really, you old redskin you have told the truth for once in your life.
Indian (_lifting his hands and eyes_): Me shoot for big paleface. Great Spirit tell Gerolomo where venison, where duck, where squirrel for big paleface. Great Spirit always take care of big paleface. (Captain Lincoln _enters at left and comes down slowly, unseen by_ Gerolomo. _The others salute._) Big paleface take care poor old Gerolomo.
Captain Lincoln (_goes to_ Indian _and lays hand on his shoulder_): You have obeyed my orders and kept your promise, the whitest soldier among us all could have done no better.
A PLAY IN TWO ACTS FOR FOUR GIRLS AND THREE BOYS
Mrs. Mortimer, _mother of the family_ Sally Caroline, _the daughter_ Albert, _the son_ Mr. Mortimer, _father_ (_this character has no lines_) Auntie Temp, _a negro slave_ George Washington Augustus, _her son_ Clementina Diana, _her daughter_
Neat home interior. Old-fashioned hair-cloth sofa at right of stage. Hair-cloth rocking-chair at left. Marble-topped table at center. Easel with large picture of Lincoln near center. Cane seat rocking-chair at left-front, also another at right-front. Crocheted tidies on sofa and all rocking-chairs, and any other minor accessories that will give to the room an old-fashioned appearance.
Mrs. Mortimer and Sally Caroline: For these two characters borrow dresses made during the '60's. If this is impossible, make gowns of some cheap yet good-looking material to represent such. Let the skirt be very full and worn over hoops; the waist plain and tight-fitting with wide flowing sleeves with white muslin undersleeves. Wear a broad, flat, embroidered collar. Mrs. Mortimer wears her hair parted in the middle, two curls on either side of her face, held in place by side-combs; the remainder fastened in a knot at the back. Sally Caroline's hair hangs in curls. Let these costumes be planned and overlooked by a skillful matron who is at least sixty years of age.