Only once since the store-keeper had given him the two dollars had Tim thought of what he had said regarding Captain Babbige's having money of his, and then he put it out of his mind as an impossibility, for surely he would not have scolded so about what the boy and his dog ate if Tim had any property of his own.
"I guess we shall have to sleep in the woods, Tip," said Tim, disconsolately, as the trees appeared to be less thick together, but yet no signs of a house; "but it won't be much worse than what Aunt Betsey calls a bed good enough for boys like me."
Just at that instant Tim was frightened out of nearly all his senses, and Tip was started on a barking match that threatened to shake his poor apology of a tail from his thin body, by hearing a shrill voice cry out:
"Look here, feller, where are you goin' this time of night?"
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY T. B. ALDRICH. DRAMATIZED BY O. G. L.
The Countess. Mother Michel, _her maid and companion_. Father Lustucru, _steward to the Countess_. An Apothecary, _friend of Lustucru_. Moumouth, _the Countess's pet, and Michel's charge_.
_Countess_.--A yellow silk petticoat, with gay over-dress. Hair high and powdered. Jewels and fan.
_Michel_.--Black silk. Long silk mittens. A cap with lace strings. Apron, reticule, and knitting or fancy work.
_Lustucru_.--French small-clothes, dark colored. Hair in queue, and powdered. Also a cowl for Act II.
_Duo_.--Countess and Michel. "For a maid there is no denying." Cavatina (Zerlina), _Fra Diavolo_. Auber.
_Solo_.--Michel. "Vagabond." J. T. Molloy.
_Duo_.--Countess and Michel. "Silence" quartette.
_Duo_.--Lustucru and Michel. "A dairy-maid am I." No. 21, _Haymakers_. George Root.
_Solo_.--Michel. "I can not dance to-night." Old ballad. Music by Mrs. T. H. Bayly.
_Duo_.--Lustucru and Michel. "Lucy Long."
_Duo_.--Lustucru and Apothecary. Conspirators' chorus from _La Fille de Madame Augot_.
_Duo_.--Lustucru and Michel. "A dairy-maid am I." No. 21, _Haymakers_. George Root.
_Solo_.--Lustucru. "Then you'll remember me." Balfe.
_Solo_.--Michel. "Serenade to Ida." Weingand.
_Duo_.--Michel and Lustucru. "On yonder rock reclining." _Fra Diavolo_. Auber.
SCENE.--_Discovers_ Mother Michel _and_ Countess. Mother Michel _is serving_ Countess, _sitting before a mirror, admiring her hair_.