SIGHS - .^^^^^4^ OR, HE DAUGHTER; $ COMEDT, ^ — . FIVE ACTS; CO ^ c1 ^ Js^lfTf^Ii^^fORMED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL^ HAY-MARKET. :en from the German drama of KOTZEBUE ; WITH ALTERATIONS, Br PRINCE HOARE, I' ho pien di fofpir queft' aer tutto . JLei, che' 1 ciel ne mcftro, terra n'afconde, yeggio, ed odo, ed intendo ; ch' ancor viva Di li lonuno a' fofpir miei rifponde. Petraro. CHARLESrOWN : VRINTED BY SAMUEL ETHERIDGE, FOR E. LARKIN, No. 47, Cornhill, BOSTON^ i8oo. PROLOGUE, Sfj^ WMTTEN BY JOHN TAYLORj'^'^Sv^/F.T^^^ THE title of our play, at leaft Is new—- *Tis hard to make the fubjed nov<\ too. All fcenes of paffmg life the theme fupply, For where's the heart without its fecret figh ? And, hence, our Bard an arduous tafk has try'd, Since judges muft abound on ev'ry fide. The fcenic Mufe has drawn, from age to age, The fighing race on her impartial page ; And while the motley tribe her thoughts review. She fighs herfelf in vain for fomething new. The Mifer, as fhe Ihews you o*er and o*er, Amid exhauftlefs heaps, will figh for more ; And, could he drain the fprings of fortune dry. Still, ftill for more his felfiih foal would llgL The Lover, drooping in the filent fhade. Is an old dealer in the fighing trade ; But let the nymph in wedlock eafe his moan, He'H figh again, per chance, to figh alone ; Or, if with tender cares he ftill fhould pine, His fighs are wafted to another Ihrine, The Hero's fwelling bofom llghs for fame? To grant his wifli is but to fpur his aim : 0*er earth if his victorious banners fly. For other world's to conquer ftill he'll ligh. The Poet fighs to lift his laurel'd head Triumphant o'er the living and the dead [ iv J At laft he fighs for wreaths to deck his tomb. And flourifh round it in eternal bloom. The Critic hunts for faults with eager eyes, And only o'er an author's beauty figlis ; vVhile you with lib'ral zeal thefe beauties pralfe, And figh if Envy's breath fhould blaft his bays. In fhort, through wife and weak, and great and fmalU The ftage has fhewn that fighs intrude on all ; And, let poor mortals gain whate'er they will> A figh for fomething muil polfefs them ftilL To-night, pur author, too, with fighs appears. The panting progeny of flutt'ring fears ; He fears, alas ! the weaknefs of his caufe, And fighs moft anxioufly for your applaufe ; S^et, Ihould you give it, 'twill but raife new fighs Tor merit to deferve lo rich a prize. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. x^^k'vz^ Von Snarl, a rich merchant^ - Mr. Suett. / ^ TiLMAN ToTUM, bis Book-keeper^ Mr* Fawcett.^ Af*>^f^ ■ ^y^? Adelbeit, a Poland^r, lodging\ ^ Remble. ^ ^ m yon Snarl s houje, y ^^fUvC Leopold, Brother to Von Snarly Mr. Barry more. 'f'/^/ii/' Nicholas, Servant to Van Snarl, Mr. Chippendale. C-^^M. i^ANs Wii.LiAM,ayoung Dutch-'J ^ man, a Suiter to Von SnarPs \ Mr. Palmer. daughter,. j /T^^pf/' ]osEVHi}iE, Von SnarPs Daughter, Mi/sDe Cauv, /^,^ Mrs. Gibbs. ^ Snarl, J ^/A^^ Mrs. Rose, Houfekeeper to Venl ^^^^ Datenport. ^ onarl, J $jyrv^^ ^Illen, a Villager^ Mrs. Bland. SCENE- A Sea-port in Germany- » 3 SIGHS ; OR, rUE DJUGHTER. AQT I. SCENE I. j4 parlor : at the hack are doors *with glafs f annelid through luhich h difcovered a large Compting houfcy *where fever al clerks are nx>ritiyig. NicftOLAS laying the hreakfafi on the table* How plaguy crofs my mafter is before breakfaft ! not a good word comes from his mouth till he has put a roll down his throat — (piles up rolls on a plate) — It is no little matter that brings him in- to temper. He will make as much havoc among thefe rolls, as a ftage-coach would with lix infides. Oh, here he comes — ^now I fhall get my trimmings, becaufe I afked for a bit of lace to my coat. " My mailer opens his eyes and his mouth at the fame mo- ment in a morning ; and between hunger and ill tem- per, fnaps at every thing he fees." Enter Von Snarl. V. Sn. And fo you muft have lace "to your coat \ you impertinent puppy ! to give me your opinions ! Nic. I did not mean any thing, Sir. J^. Sn, And what do you fpeak for, if you don't mean any thing ? hold your tongue at once j that's the fhorteft way of faying nothing. s SIGHS ; OR, Nic, I did not look on it as how you'd be angry. V on. Sn, Who fays I am angry ? Rafcal, if you did not know the fw-eetnefs of my temper, you would not dare to open your lips : always trying to vex me, and fpoil my temper ! But I ^u;/// be quite happy and »;afy, Vm determined, in fpite of you all. V\\ be placid—I'll be ferene— I'll be meek— Pll be ( turns to the table and /peaks hi a pajfwn ) — plague on you ! — what do you bring me this heap of dry rolls for ? Fetch a muffin. Nic. Yes, Sir, (ajjde) I wifK he would begin to eat, nothing cures his ill humor like plenty of roll's and muffins. F. Sn. (pours out tea) If a man can lay up an hun- dred thouiand poundsj_ and not have a right to his own way of thinking at leart, there's an end to every thing at once. If I had not the fweeteft temper in the world — (Nicholas returns ivithfeveral muffins ) — \Vhere*s the muffins I — Puppy ! you don't think my liveries handfome enough ! D'ye call thefe muffins I Butter a roll or two. Don't let me lee you open your ( begins eating 7?iuffins ) mouth again, firrah. iV/c. (aftde) I don't dare anfwer till he has fwal- ■ lowed- V. Sn. {^having fivallo'wed his morfcl) Do you ftarve ? Nic. (obferving that he had eat ) No — we know bet- ter how to follow our mafter's exiample. We be main well as to the infide lining. " But — lud I Sir — there's our neighbor's fervants be as fine as fo many puppets at the wax work. " V, Sn, Yes, and Hve on the fame diet as puppets at the wax work. Go do\\'n into the kitchen, you rafcal, and flop your mouth." Nic. What anfwer be I to give to the Polandiih gentleman, that lodges up flairs ? V, Sn. What ! now you want to plague me again ! Nic. He have been waiting this hall' hour to know if you be at leifure. THE DAUGHTER. F. Sn, Well, I cannot hurry my breakfaft for him. Zounds ! you don't let me fwallow my vi Rent in hand — ftrid to your word, eh ? I'm glad to fee it. It's not always the cafe with gentler- men of fmall fortune. ^dd. With gmtknmi of tvery fortunes They profefs an obligation, over which wealth has no in* fluence, F, Sn, Aye ! what's that ? jIdeL Honor. F, Sn, I fhould not like my rent in that coin s Honor makes a good cabinet medal, but won't pafs on 'Change. yideL In my country, in Poland, it will — I have feen it too in England, at the call of friendlhip or humanity, accepted and endorfed for a man's whole eftate. F, Sn. Pfha ! why d'ye plague me about Eng- land ? People love to praife every country but the country they live in. j^del. I am afraid I difturb you. F. Sn, No, no, fit down ; a pundtual tenant is ncfrer any difturhance. Only that rafcal Nicholas has been trying to fpoil the fweetnefs of my temper. — Puppy ! w^ants a livery 'with a bit of iace (imitates Nicholas^ as if he could eat lace ! (forced laugh ) ha — ha— as if he could eat lace, eh, Mr. Adelbert ! Now, you're a fenfible man — you prefer the plain drefs of your coun- try — ^you're economical. vifhly) for, before I have done Ipeaking-? f Nicholas Io^js and eicito to SIGHS ; OK}- Mel. Neceffity impofes that duty on me. V. Sfi. Aye, aye, I know you're not fo rich as T am. I have been laying up money thefe twenty years. You'd hardly believe, Mr. Adelbert, how in* tereft upon intereft, once fet a rolling, gathers like a fnowbaD. And you fee (points to the compthig-houfe) there they are at it — there's my mill going, eh ? look — there it goes. ^del. You are a happy man, Mr. Von Snarl. y. Sfj, Happy ! to be fure I am, Why (hould not we all be happy ? Come, now to bufmefs. Adel. (Jits donun) Well then, I have. Sir, already a. debt to you ; I come to alk your permifllon to en- creafe it. F, Sn, Eh ! Adel. It is with the utmoft relud^ance I venture on this freedom ; but you would greatly oblige me by honoring my draft for twenty pounds. Sn, (flaring at him) What ! Adel. If from riches you derive happinefs, you have affuredly learn'd their real value, that of imparting happinefs to others ; and I am confident you will not turn your back on one, who entrufts you with his diftrefs. V. Sn, {turns away from Adelbert) Thank'ye for the compliment. AdeL My little revenue is fecure, but my remit* tances are not arrived. If in the mean time— V. Sn. Well, well, I hope they'll arrive foon. Adel, Were I not fatisfied on that head, \ would not — V* Sn, Shall ! pour you out a difhof tea ? AdeL You will indulge me then ? y, Srt, You have feen the papers I fuppofe — no news — AdeL (piqued) Mr. Von Snarl, you arc a rich man, and accuftomed to fpeculations. y. Sn, Speculations ! well, what of that ? AdeL Did you ever fpeculate on the face of an honcft man ? THE DAUGHTER. 11 y, Sn, Did I ever fee one (farcaflically) AdeU It is true I can give little fecurity. This miniature, (drawing a miniature from his bofG?n) is the only one I am able to offer. It is fet with a few bril- liants, of no great value, and I am forry to part with it. But if you would accept it as a pledge — F, Sn. A pledge ! — why, the devil ! d'ye take me ibr a pawnbroker f jidel. I beg pardon. V, Sn, What I give, I give without pledge, hond^ or note. jideL Even to a ftranger ? V, Sn. Stranger or no ftranger, Twe arc bound to affift diftrefs without intereft. Adel. Generous ! V, Sn, D'ye obferve ? when we can— but my purfe won't bear a loan at prefent. ytdel. Only twenty pounds. V, Sn. Twenty pounds ! twenty devils. I had yefterday two bankruptcies in my books ; one of my fhips from Africa loft, with a cargo of 400 blacks on board, befides the parfon's widow, Mrs. Rofe, and her daughter, whom I maintain, as you know, in-the houfe. I won't fay what they coft mc, becaufe that's charity— but I know I have a tender heart and a fweet temper, that would be my ruin, if I did not watch my purfe at both ends. But come — if I can't lend you my money, I'll give you my advice. Go to Levi, the great Jew, and he'll lend you on the pic- ture nearly its full ^alue. j^deL To a Jew ! ^. Sn. A Jew ! well, what of that ! I would as foon do bufmefs with a Jew as a Chriftiail. He'll deal with you as a man and a friend. yide/. And not as you have done, I beg pardon for the trouble of this vifit. (going) V. Sn, Hark'ye, Mr. Adelbert, (Adelbert re- turns) I expe^^ to fee my fon in-law every hour, and I (hall want a room for him. I don't mean to be un- xivil to you, becaufe you have not got twenty pounds. STGHS ; OR, Jdel. I underftand you — I fhall provide myfell wt-th another lodging. V . Sn. V/ ell, well, as you like for that ; I don't mean to turn you out of the 'houfe. You'll dine with me before you go away to day ? jidel. Dine wit}i you ! you do me too much hon- • or. ( contemptuoujly ) V, Sn. Nay, I infift on it. You muft take leave of t}ie girls this afternoon. jidel. That's true. I owe the young ladies every attention. I fnall wait on you. {^Exit. AdelberTo V, Sti. Now that's what I call plaguy dry. Owes the young ladies ! — He doefn't owe the young ladies half fo much as he owes me. And then he'd borrow ! an infolent rafcal ] — ^borrow I Talk to me as he would to a pawnbroker ! If I hadn't the fweeteft temper in the world — Nicholas ! Enter Nicholas. Afk Totum, if there are any letters by tlie mail to day, and tell Mrs. Homily to come hither. Nic, Mrs. Rofe, Sir > V, Sn. Mrs. Rofe, firrah yes, Mrs. Rofe. Ntc. Yes, Sir. Exit Nicholas. V. Sn. May I not call her Mrs. Homily if I choofe it ? Plague on it, I muft not have my jokes now in my own houfe. Nicholas returns. Nic. Mr. Totum fays he will bring you the letters himfelf. Sir. F^. Sn. In how many hours, minutes, and feconds, has he calculated he (hall come ? Nic. He faid he would come prefently, Sir — ^Mrs. Rofe is here. Sir. Exit Nicholas. JSntfr Mrs. Rose. y. Sn. Well, Mrs. Homily, whither in fuch 4t hurry? THE DAUGHTER. ^3 Mrs. R. Oh, lud, Sir ! here is every thing wanted It the fame inft.int. In the compting-houfe they want their coffee : The cook wants rice and currants ; the footman wants his breakfaft, and Mifs Jofcphine wants honey water for her hair. F. Sn, Well, and I want to fpe;ik to you. I ex- pc(ft company to dinner. Mrs, R. Company ! No, I hope not. V. Sn. I have two Burgomaflers to dine' with me, ajid — Mri.. R. Oh, Gemini ■ I mufl: go to the larder directly. The kitchen is not prepared for two Burge- on afters. V. Stj. {pettifdy) What's the kitchen to me, pro- vided there be plenty on the table ? Next, I fuppofe I muft not have BuTgomal^ers to dine 'vnth me ? Mrs. R. Pretty talking ! It would be a fine thing, mdeed, if one could blow good things on the table, forfootli, as they do in the Rambling Night's Enter- tainments. That's all finful witchcraft, and I am aire you cannot e^cpe^t a clergyman's widovv", as I am, to meddle with any fucli devilifn pra<51ices. V» Sn. No ; but I expect my hcufekeeper to pro- "vlde me a good . dinner. Mrs. R. Well, well — I'll go to the larder, and fee what there is for you. Yonder's Mr. Totum with your letters. By the time you have read them, I fhall know more about it. [E^it Mrs. Rose„ ToTirM, 'ujith&ut. Three bales of goods to Von Cormack & Co. right. F. Sn. Totum 1 Tot. [without) Ready, Mr. Von Snarl — Item, nu- mero four — rcargo of Spanifli wares — right — poft Don Candimorez — ^right — .place four hundred marks to ac- count of Louis Vancaper & Co. — right — call in—- V. Sn. Totum 1 Tot, (ivithout) Ready,'Mr. Von Snarl — call in bills on Carpo & Co. No time to note, 2 SIGHS ; OR J Enter Totum. Vix. Von Snarl, your very obedient fervant. V, Sn. Well, Totum, is the mail arrived ? Tot. Received letters read ^fpeak contents, names, fignatures — ^fay if right— no time to note — {givef a parcel of letters to Von Snarl.) Imprimis — a letter bearing royal fignet— parcel annexed — [goes to the door of the cotnpting-heufe. ) Clever door ! conveni- ent — hear clerks with left ear — letters with, right — credit time ( places himfelf hi the mid nvay of the door, fomethnes ivatching the clerks ^vithwy and fomefimes at- tending Von Snarl.) V, Sn. {^opening the parcel) How lon^ has the mail been arrived ? Tot. (looking hafiily at a clock, nvhich is feen ivithin) Thirteen minutes, nine feconds, and a fradlion. V. Sn. Eh ! the deuce ! a letter from our Prime Minifter ! {reads) " greeting whereas it appears from the report of our Secretary for the Naval De- partment, that you have procured an expeditious de- livery of the article required of 5'ou ; We, therefore, to tefliify our good will towards you, fend you the in- clofed fnufF-box. Your afFedlionate friend, Richten- ftein." Tot. (advances) Congratulate — this is a day — this is an hour — day fourteen — month April — -hour ten in forenoon — fifty-three minutes, feven feconds and a iraftion. Ha ! {looks at the box nxihich Von Snarl holds in his hand) brilliants— I underwrite. V. Sn. Doubtlefs. Tot. Worth, more or lefs, twelve hundred and nine- ty-nine dollars, three guldens, eighteen (livers, one ^root, and three pfennings. V. Sn. I'll value it at two thoufand dollars. Tot. Right — fecondly, a letter from correfpondent at Amfterdam {gives a fecond letter , and goes again to his pojl at the door of the compting-hotfe.) V, Sn. Vander Houfen {opens the letter and reads) " Sir, this is to inform you, that, under date of feven- THfi DAUGHTER. teenth ultimo, we have fent to your diredion a fon, viz. Hans William — hope you will fafely receive the fame, and beg you will confign him forthwith to your daughter.** Tot, Not arrived as per advice — hope they book'd him. V, Sn. {reads) " Tho* young folks are of late much fallen in value, we can aifure you, faid Hans William is of extra good quality, and will, we dare fay, give fatisfadion. Remain, errors exceptedi Sir, your moft faithful fervant and friend to command, Vander Houfen & Co.** Tt)t. Congratulate — ha, ha ! you'll have a wedding f you muft give a ball- — V, Sn. I will give a dinner.' Tot, A fire-work in your garden. V, Sn, With all my heart. Tot, Your own figure all in a blaze. F, Sn. Ah I Tot, Like a flying mercury {imitates the attitude of a mercury) with a fnuff-box in your handi Sfi. Zounds ! d*ye confider what all this will coft? Tot, Total, feventeen dollars, eight guldens, nine ftivers, three pfennings and a fradion — ha ! Oh, it will cut a dafh ! we'll go halves. F. Sn. Halves ! Totum ! Why, Totum, you're out of your fenfes, Totum. Tot. One expence ferve for two v/eddings. V, Sn. Two weddings ! who is the other bride- groom ? (Totum dra'ws himfelf up conceitedly) What! yourfelf ? Tot. Received this morning — hour nine in the fore- noon, forty-three minutes, feventeen feconds, a letter; note the contents — poor dear father deceafed. ( V, Sn. Your father dead ! Tot. Died twenty-fifth inftant, four in the morning, fifty-nine minutes, and three feconds, aged feventy- eight years, four months, two weeks, five days, four- teen hours, and a quarter — left to Tilman Totum^ fole heir, eighty thoufand marks. SIGHS ; OK, V. S.v. Totum, take a chair* ive, in the hands of Van Creeper 6c Co^ one thoufaiiti bales of Panama dowlas — V» -S;/. Dear Totum, pray fit down. Tot. Six cliefts of filver plate {fakes a chair) — twenty-four cai;goes of Nankin mufilns — V. S;;. Let me wipe the cufliion. Tot. And one hundred and eighty jars of fine Smyr* r^a oil — V. S;/. Mr. Totum, I infift on yoirr being featcd. \Tot, Befides a box of uncounted livres, ftivers, groots, pfennings, guilders, fchellings, florins, dollars, ducats, doublons, milreas, fequins, and dtiros, all brand new, never been yet in circulation. V. S/?. Deareil Mr. Totum, . do me the favor to fit down, {they both Jt.) Tot. Father deceafcd — enter on trade' — engage capi- tal — enfure on my own lifk — build wareho^=tf^ — ^fettle jorrefpondsnce — marry. V. iiti. And Who is the bnde ? Tot. Louifa llofe — a good girl. V. Good ! why, you're mad— — all I have is yours — I received it all from your mother — Refemble her ! Adieu, my dear, dear child ! Love your father, v.'ho has no other joy in this world than you !*' — Then he nsver will fee me ! what have I done to dcferve this ! (^vjeeps.) Mrs. R. Dear child, truft to Providence ! We muft none of us dcfpair— things may change for the better in a moment. Oh ! if you had heard my huf- band's difcourfe about poverty and want ! Poor dear Dr. Olearius ! LiKii. Povcrxy ! Oh, that's a word the heart knov/s nothing about. Mrs. R. Becaufe the heart knows nothing about hunger and thirll. Want is a very bad companion ; and you may thank your father for never letting you know it. See how much tlie note is for, that he has fent you. Loui, It*s for much more than I want. Mrs. R. Well, well, if you don't want it to-day, you may to-morrow — ^but I warrant you'll give it away before to-morrow, to fome poor perfcn or other : (Louisa appears fuddenly thoughtful.) Well-— v/hat will you do with it ? Loni. Oh, I muft not tell you. What I intend to do would be of no value, if it were told — (looks at the note) three hundred crowns I I wifh they were three thoufand with all my heart. Mrs. R, Oh, you extravagant child I three hun- dred crowns ! you won't furely give that fum away ! SIGHS ; OR, Lout. No — I'll lay it out at intereft — I'll be an ufurer. Mrs. R, An ufurer, forfooth I Ah ! child, child ! you learn to cypher and call: accounts, to be fure ; but how many pence there are in a dollar, you'll never learn to reckon as long as you live. Mrs. Rose. Lout. That, now may be very true ; — and fome- how or other, I always thought charity much eafier than arithmetic. I know Mr. Von Snarl takes a deal of pleafure in counting up his dollars ; but for my part, I think there is more pleafure, by half, in giving money to the diftreffed, and letting them count it for me. END OF THE FIRST ACT. ACT 11. SCENE I. jIn apartment in Vo*i SnarlV houfe. Enter Von Snarl and Leopold. V. Sw. Nay, brother) it's very ftrange you won't let me tell you the news. Leop. I have no relifh for news — Few old things of the world are worth much, and the new ones are worth lefs. V. S;/. There, now you are out of temper — It's a flrange thing a man cannot be always eafy and hap« py as I am. I w/// tell you for all that ; LouiiU Rofe is. going to be married. Leop. Louifa 1 — ^to whom ? V. S«. Guefs. Leop. I cannot rack my brain with conjedlure. V. S«. To my book-keeper, Tilman Totum. Leop. (appears furprtfed) I am forry for it. V. S;;. His father has juft left him eighty thoi?. fand marks. THE DAUGHTER. 23 Leop. I am heartily forry for it. v. S«. Why, that's droll. I think it's a devilifii neat thing — He means to fet up in trade for himfelf, and he thinks Louifa will make him a very fuitable wife. Leop. Fie, fie ! V. S/?. Brother Leopold, you are a queer fellow : why ftiould Ihe not f Leop. A girl like an angel, and a fellow like a monkey. V. ^n. Yes — but the angel is as poor as the devil, and the monkey is as rich as a Jew. Leop^ She may ftarve with Totum, in fpite of his riches. V. S«. X'with a faeer) Nay, how can that happen ? Leop. If the fool does not know that money is not wealth. V. S/?. Money not wealth ? — ^What nonfenfe you talk ! — Pray what is wealth then ? Leop. The free and liberal ufe we make of it. Wealth, brother, is like a fword, placed in various hands. Fools are laughed at for their ignorance in ufmg it ; knaves, who grafp it, hurt their neighbors w^ith it ; wife and benevolent men, alone, know how to guard themfelves with it, while they protelive i>c£>^. Nay, then, you compel mc to leave you. {€>:it hajlily) V. S.v. There he goes -again. Was ever any man lo uncivily treated in hk own houfe as I am 1 a filly iellow, making fuch a perpetual whimpering for tlie lofs of one v«fe ! I have buried three, one after the other, without breaking my heart. That's the differ- ence between Leopold and me ; he carries his remem- brance of his wife about in his mind, and I carry mine in my pockets. \_Ey.it. ■SCENE IL Jnothsr ApaHjrimt, Enter Totom and Mrs. Rose. Mrs, R, Let me go, Mr. Totum ; I have no time for talking : My mafter has two Burgomafters to dine with him j and, thank heaven ! there's plenty THE DAUGHTER. 2; for them !— A firloin of beef, roaft fillet of veal, feci- lop'd oyftcrs, coUar'd eel, anchovies, and a furmenty pudding. Tot. No time for talking ! forty-feven words, four articles, and five ftops. Liften! do you knov^', Mrs. Rofe, — .fweet Mrs. Rofe, — ^that to day is a day — a day — a — I cannot tell you what a day it is Mrs. R, Well, and if it be a day, I warrant I can provide for it — Tot. Brief reply — credit words. Mrs. R, I always add a difh for every frefh gueft, and for every bit of good news. Tot. Good news — right. Attend, note contents — Imprimis, Mr. Von Snarl has received "a fnaff-box from the Minifter — Airs. R. VvTiat — the Minifter of the Parifn ? Tot. Poh ! pftia ! No, no, Prime Minifter — Head- Clerk to the King. Mrs. R. From his Majefty's Minifter ! Oh ! then I muft provide a dilh of Plaice. Tot. In fecundo, Mifs Jofephine's bridegroom is on the road. Mrs. R. The bridegroom ! I muft l]ave pigeons and a cake. Tot. And, thirdly — Mrs. Rofe — fweet Mrs. Rofe — you may take into account a fecond wedding. Mrs. R. A fecond wedding ? 7*!?^. Yes, note a ditto. Mrs. R. Ohy then I muft order a goofe for the fecond courfe — mercy on me ! there will be hardly time. Tot. Dine at three — time in hand five hours twen- ty -feven minutes — no fear of deficit-^Enter items — — provide plaice, pluck pigeons, gut goofe, one hour, fifteen minutes ; drefs, ftew, and roaft ditto, two hours, one half quarter, and three feconds. Balance, two hours, four minutes, twenty-feven feconds, and a frac- tion ; poft credit fide ; therefore liften, Mrs. Rofe — - fweet Mrs. Rofe, Hften. Mrs. R. I tell you, Mr. Totum, fmce there is to be. a fecond wedding 26 SIGHS ; OR, Tot. The fecond weddmg, Mrs. Rofc, depends on you. Mrs. R. The fecond courfe does, Mr. Totum : fo rilgive another look into the hrder—fgohig) Tot. Liften, Mrs. Rofe— fweet Mrs. Rofe, liften— I have placed a large fum in your hands — — Mrs. R. In mine ! Tot. The fum of my happinefs : I muft difclofe to you the ftate of my books — ray father being deceafed. Mrs, R. Poor man ! Tot. Died fourteenth of laft; month, at fifty-nine minutes, three feconds, after fcur in the morning ; aged fevcnty-eight years, four months', two weeks, tiiree days, fourteen hours, twelve minutes and a quar- ter, ha ! M/'s. R. Bating the odd hours, minutes, and quar- ter, jufi: the very age of my late Imfband, poor dear Dr. Olearius. Tot. Left Tilman Totum, fole heir, eighty thoufand marks. Mrs. R. Indeed ! I am truly happy to hear it — Nov/ I've juft thought that we have got in the larder — Tot. Piha ! clofe the larder, open your ears and liften — I fay, Mrs. Rofe — fweet Mrs. Rofe, liften. Having now ftock in trade, I mean to open an account of matrimony. 3Irs. R. (bridljpgandfaiHing) Matrimony ? Tot. Yes ; open a new firm, raife a new head. Mrs. R. Was that the fubjedt you wanted to fpeak on ? Ohr Mr. Totum, you do me too much honor. Tot. I do you no honor at all ; I only want yori to liilen, Mrs. Rofe ; fweet Mrs. Rofe, liften ; I fear, above all things, to caft up wrong ; that, you know, to a man in bufmefs — fay no more— hate a blot — there- fore, without your confent, reckon nought. Mrs. R. Dear Mr. Totum — to be fure — ^but you know the world is rather ill-natured : there are fomc circumftances, that fhould be taken into confideration. Tct. Allow dedu(5lions— ft ate faiily what head;? Mrs. R. Firft— !r4i*. Imprimis — rwE DAUGHTER. 2-7 Mrs. R. Difference of age. Tot. Repairs payable by the owner ; according to Beft of knov.'ledge and belief, difference not great. Mrs. R. True, when one has met with hardfhips, one looks older than one really is. But, dear Mr. Totum, marriage is a ferious ftep ; when I loft poor dear Dr. Olearius— Heaven grant him reft ! 1 made a vow never to marry again. Tot. Well, well, I dont care for your vow- ; that is an account balanced — credit by lofs — but, fweet Mrs. Rofe, my' new head is yjbt a blank ; fuffer me Mrs. R. Ah ! dear Mr. Totum, we are poor peo- ple, who have many wants to be fupphed. Tot. You allow the demand then ? Note confent ? ■ Mrs. R. ('With affeaed fatisfaami) Deareft Mr. Totum, you may command me. Tot. (adjtiflhig himfelf) Your daughter, I -con- clude Mrs. R. My daughter ! T ?t. Yes, Mrs. Totum, that will be— Happy, happy pair r None but the rich deferve the fair. Mrs. R. Miftrefs Totum ! Oh! ycu v/ant to marry my daughter Louifa, do you ? T ot. Whom elfe, the dickens ! d*ye think I want to marry ? Mrs. R. Oh, oh ! Aye, aye ! Well, that is nothing to me ; you muft fpeak to Louifa herfelf about that. Tot. Exprefs. But if I may debit my head with the daughter, and credit by the mother's confent, that will be a pretty clear account. Mrs. R. A mother ! Oh ! to be fure — well, I have a deal to fay on that fubjedt ; but I am in hafte now — Well, Mr. Totum, fpeak to Louifa yourfelf ; you have my confent, if you can gain Louifa's, f afide ) which I am fure you never will. Tot. Enough ! you endorfe the bill ; Ihe will anfwer it ; therefore I remain, errors excepted, your obedient, faithful fervant, fhortly fon-in-law, Tilman Totum, fole heir to eighty thoufand m.arks, fix chefts of .8 SIGHS ; OR, filver plate, one box of uncounted ilvres, ftivers, &c. &c. ^ lExit ToTUM. Mrs, R. Dear heart ! What will Mr. Leopold fay to this ? Well, well, as Heaven pleafes : Mr. Totum is a pretty man, and a good man ; he never fails at a fer-- fiion, and it is quits edifying to hear him chant. lUxit Mrs. Rose, SCENE HI. A?! Apartment in Von Snarl's Honfe. Lovi^A Jitting at h&r Wcrkf finLEn wiV i f i ti nin' i ! A to HA^D C ^-mid-nil )unc MBF.RLAND, Efn. It hour, he laying dorjn, i s taking leave if Louisa \LGui. Thank ye, Ellen ; but did not tell m '.hai^Mr. Leopold heard you fmging or^ EU^n. Yes, I did fo. LoiiL And defired you to fmg the iong again ? E/ien. \Yqs ; twice. Lcui. Ti^n pray let me hear /^j/fong before yoi 0. I am mi'e 1 fhall like it, if lie di^ Ellen, 'Tis bee of our village balHds. \ AIJl*. "Written by Rt^ 'Twas in the folem vVhen all was dark When planets flrike, fpeUs have pow'r, I And mandrakes cleav&^rab, The bell then tfjeayfig on€ ; " Adieu," it cri^ " I meet my cH^ra, " My life's lal^nd is run." ^ 'Twas Willi's voice, 'twas William^form, "Wet fronynis wat'ry grave ; \ I finkyrhe cried, " amid the ftorm, *' I fleeip beneath the wave :" Starting I rife, and fnatch my gown, Aiyfhaften to the fhore ; I ftc the gallant fiiip go down, — ut fee my love no more, "^v.^ lExiTt (After the Air ^ Louisa remains fenfive.') i The Muilc of this Air^io defervedlv ajij ^^j^'-'^-d. was compofed THE DAUGHTER, 29 Enter Josephine and Adelbert. yof. Pray walk in, Mr. Adelbert ; there is no one here who will not be glad to fee you — is there, Louifa ? (Louisa appears e??iharraj'edy and rifes from ker chair) uidel. (to Josephine) Your friend's generous heart is ever ready to welcome the unfortunate. Jof. Make a curtfy, Louifa. Mr. Adelbert is come to dine with us. J del. By your father's invitation. Jof. That was very well done. You fhall fit by one of us. Now, the queftion is, whether you m.ean to eat much or little, or to talk much or little ? Jdel. Why fo ? Jof. I'll tell you. If you have a mind to eat very little, and not to fpeak at all, you fhall fit by Louifa. u^del. I proteft, I am at a lofs to underfland you. Loui. Dear ! She doefn't knew what fhe means her- felf. Jcf, But indeed Jhe does know what fhe means. Have not I feen him fit by you for hours together, without opening his lips ? Loui. Nay, now I'm fure you are miftaken ; Mr. Adelbert has always entertained me exceedingly. Jof. Oh ! 1 never doubted that, Enter Totvm, more fprucely drejfed than before, and Mrs. Rose. (Josephine, Louisa, and Adelbert, converfe in dumb f>eiv ; Totum appears to be ivhifperifjg to Mrs. Rose) Tot. (in a lon.0 voice ) Have you dropt a word for me ? Mrs. R. Speak to the girl yourfelf, I tell you, Mr. Totum. T ot. There's that curfed tall Pole ! When he is gone — Mrs. R. He dines here. Tot. Dine? ! choke him. Mrs* R. Heaven forbid ! STCHS ; OR, J of. (advances to Totum) Mr. Totum ! I proteft you have put on a new wig to day. Tot. Yes ; Pve ralfed a new head. D*ye like it ?— - Put it on in hade — fpirits in great fluctuation high, low — up, down — from fifty to feventy. Loui. Ha, ha ! Why really— Tc?/. Don't laugh ; a laugh fmks me. This day, Mifs Jofephine, is the mod awful day of my life ; I am going to file off bachelor's account, and begin a new head in the ledger of matrimony. Jof. Then you are going to be married ? Tot. Going to be m.arried— right. Oh, my Louifa^ if I may fpeak the wiihes of my heart ! Jof What, have ycu got a heart ? Tot. Only by debit — wants credit by ditto ; I come to afk Mifs Louifa, whether fhe will run the rifk of partnerfhip with me in a new branch of trade ? Jof, Why, Louifa knows nothing of book-keep- ing. Tot. I beg you'll not interrupt me, Mifs, while I am fumming up my articles. Speak, Mifs Louifa^ without lofs of time, may I flatter myfelf — Lout. With what, Mr. Totum ? Tot. Transfer — heart and hand — hand and heart — pleafe to accept a barter. 'Jof. Why, I really begin to think you want to marry Louifa Add. faJdeJ Hc^LVcns I (Josephine afid Louisa laugh) Tot. What means this pretty fmile on my Louifa's cheek ? Jof. Pure joy. Tot. Pure joy \ right. A laugh— briefs-credit words, [to Louisa) Note confent. Loid. Indeed, Mr. Totum, you are very good ; but I am not my own miflrefs, you know. Toi. Oh ! I have got your mother's confent ported already. Loui. Yes ; but my mother knows, that — jfof. (malicioujly to A-D'E-L-&Y.Kr) She is already prom- ifed. (Adelbert appears alarmed) ^ THE ©AUGHTIR. Lout. Indeed Mr. Totum, I can never be your wife. Tot. Never ! Error m addition. Why ? ^of. Hold, Sir ! Girls muft never be alked ivBy. Tot. Account ftands open, (looking a/kance at Adelbert) To be fure, I am not the youngeft in the room, but neither am I the pooreft ; I fancy eighty thoufand marks. Oh ! here comes Mr. Leopold ; he will fum up better for me — Enter Leopold. Your fervant, Sir ; pleafe to check accoimt between tliefe ladles and me, Leop. What is the matter ? Tot. The matter, Sir, is that — Jof. Mr. Totum wifhes to marry — T'ot. Hufh, Mifs, do not interrupt me while I am drawing up my articles. The matter, Sir, is that, whereas — Jof. What, is it a bankruptcy in the Gazette ? Tot. Whereas, Sir, it has jsleafed Providence to clofe my father's account, and to make me fole heir to eighty thoufand marks, I intend inftantly, and without lofs of time, to open account per matrimony— to take a wife. Leop. Right. Jof. His choice is fixed on Louifa. Leop. Right. Tot. But Mifs Louifa— Jof. Won't have him. Tot. Don't interrupt my articles, Mifs Jofephine. Mifs Louifa, Sir, draws balance by refufal — won't flrike a barter— but rather choofes to ftrike me clear out of her books. Leop. Very right. Tot. Right ! no, I fay flie is wrong ; her mother's confent ftands to credit — (Leopold Jlartsy and is affeO- ed) — Mrs. Rofe here — Mrs. R. To be fure. Fortune leads to comfort. Leop. (recollecting himfelf) Very true. Jof. But love, not fortune, fhould lead to the altar* 52 SIGHS ; OR, Leop» Very true, likewife. 7ot, So we are all in the right then ? Leap. AIL Tot, And I get no wife. Jof Take me. Enter Von Snarl. V, Sn. Come, come along, girls : come, gentlemen, the dinner is going in. Come. Mr. Totum, you mufl: dine with us to-day. Totum and I are partners to-day in good fortune. Here, girls, I have not fhewn you the handfome fnuff-box I have received from the min- ifter. Look at it, brother : Totum fays it is worth two thoufand dollars, f Gives the fnuff-kox to Leopold, fwho looks at it nuith indifference.) Leop. I wifh you joy. 'Jof, Dear Uncle, let me look at it. (Leopold-^/W/ the box to Josephine, ivkom it is handed to others, till it comes round again to Von Snarl, 'who during the enfa- ing dialogue, puts it in his pocket without attending to it.) V. Sn. Totum ! why, how now ? You look as fad as if your father was come to life again. What's the matter with you. Jof. Cannot you guefs, Papa ? V. Sn. What, has Louifa refufed him ? (Totum fhrugs his Jhoulders.) I fuppofed as much. Methinks a girl that has nothing but a fmooth face to recommend her, and her feet under a ftrange table, might give her- felf fewer airs. If I had not tlie fweeteft temper in the world — Leop. You would on fuch an occafion remind her of her dependence on you. Fie, brother ! for fname ! V. Sn. What, Louifa behaves like a fool, and I am to be aOiamed ! Mr. Totum, I'd have you know, broth- er, with eighty thoufand marks in his bureau, has only to hold out his hand, and on every finger hangs a bride. Jof. Aye, fuch brides. Papa, as deferve hanging. V. Sn. Well, a good dinner wriil put a filly girl out of his head. Come along, children \ where is my fnuff-box I THE DAUGJITER, 33 Leop. I gave it to Jofephine. Jof. And I handed it round to the company. jLguz. And I. MeL and T ot. And I. Sn, But nobody handed it to me again, (feds in all his pockets.) Jof. No matter, now ; Mrs. Rofe, I fee, is grown impatient. The box will be found again, I dare fay. V, Sn. It 7?mji be found again. Leop. Well, after dinner. Come, your guefts are waiting. Mrs. R. x^nd the foup will be ftone cold. V, Sn. Soup be d — d \ If all the foup in the town fhonld freeze, 1 won't llir, I tell you. I have never had my box again ; here — here are my pockets ; here is nothing, and here is nothing, {turns out both hir pockets. ) Tot. Here are mine, to command, (turns his pockets $ut J they contain only a letter, njohich he opens and reads) ** Sir, this brings advice that your father departed this life yeiierday, the twenty-fifth inllant, at four A. M. fifty-nine minutes, three feconds,'* &c. &c. V. Sn. (turns to Adelbert) Now, Sir, it's your turn. jidel. (appearing dijiurhed at the propofal) Sir I F. Sn. I fuppofe, you'll confent to what all the company muft agree upon — only for form's fake, you know (going to hi7ti) Adsl. Stand efr ! You cannot be in eameft. V. Sn. Joke or earneft, as you like. Gentlemen do not carry fmuggled goods, I fuppofe, in their pockets, Adel. ( nettled) If that is meant as a joke. Sir, it is> without under-rating it, a very clumfy one ; but, if you are in earneft, I muft inform you, that both my birth and character place me fo far beyond this low fuf- picion, that I will fooner die than confent to give you the grofs proof you require of your abfurdity. I ut- terly defpife the meannefs of your conduct ; and leave you, left, by perfifting in it, you fhould roufe me to convert the contempt \ feel for you> into chaftifement. 34 SIGHS ; OR, V. Sn. The devil ! we muft not let him go — ffoi' foivhig him. ) Leop. Hold ! do you know what it is to charge a gentleman thus, brother ? V. Sn. What do I care for a gentleman, when he hops o£F with my fnufF-box ? Loit'i. (nvith nvarmth) He has not got it — it is im- poffible — - Leop. [obferving Louisa) Ha ! Louifa the defender of Adelbert ! Lout, Mr. Adelbert, I am fure, knows nothing of iti; You may fee that plain enough in his face. V. Sn. His face ! why, zounds ! you don't expedl to fee the fnufF-box in his forehead, do you ? What do you fay, Totum ? Tot. Set down circumftances — call up fairly— -fum total — the Pole muft have the box — P^, Sn. Aye, that he has — but come — ^let us go to dinner ; he is not out of the town : Plague on him, he has fpoiit my ftomach for to-day, T fhall not be able to touch a morfel for vexation — Come — oh I plague on that Pole ! Leop. We follow you^ brother, \_EMunt V. Snarl, Mrs. Rose, Leopold, and ToTUM.] jfof. Louifa, what fay you to this ? Is Mr. Adelbert — Loiii. Guilty of a bafenefs ? Ha ! Oh, Jofephine I my heart is ready to burft. (^O'i"^) Jof. Why you feem very much interefted about Mr. Adelbert, Louifa ? LouL Who, I ?- — dear, no I — it's only bccaufe — * becaufe J of. Becaufe you can't bear to fee innocence fuf- pedled. Loui. Yes, that's what I was juft going to fay— that's it exadly. J of. Oh, nothing elfe to be fure. (arckfy) Loui. No, indeed, it was nothing eHe. Nothing but — Heigho ! — come, Jofephine, we muft follow the company^ Come. {Hurries off Any bociy^fays lie^ again Odzooks> here he is fol- lowing me. Enter Hans William, ^.valks acrofs the Jlage^ Jinging and 'whijlling, Nic. Be pleafed.to be feated here a while^ Sir ; and I'll go on without a7iy hody^ to fee if afiy body is at home. [-£".v// Nii^^fOLAS, laughing to hinifelf. H. IVil, So Hans^Willlam, here you are.— My fatlier has an odd way of thinking ;— I (hall be more inclined to follow my own. Eh ! yonder's a nice girl— I wilh that miiy be Jofepkine. Enter Josephine* Good morning, young lady. Jof. It is rather afternoon than morning. H. WiL Not where the day breaks fo brightly. Jof, Very gallant truly. May I take the liberty to alk — H. IVil. Who I am ? — I am a queer fellow. Jof. Well, but queer fellov/s have names. H. IVil. Mine is Timothy Trifle, at your fcrvice ; plain Timothy with the men,— dear Timothy wilh the v/omen." " Jof. With all of them V H. IVil. With all who wifa to pleafe me.''— And now, what is your name ? Jof. My---name is Louifti Rofe. I am a poor cler- gyman's orphan, who live in this houfe. Perhaps you liave bufmefs with Mr. Von Snarl ? //. IVil. No — but I have with his daughter. Jof. Vfixh his daughter ? //. V/il. They fay fne has a great fortune ; and, 2bout fix weeks ago, fays my mother, one evening, to mie — Dear Timothy, you are a poor fellow, and muft make your fortune by marriage. Jof Very vrifely. H. IVil. Very motherly, you mean. There's Mr, Von Snarl, fays llie, your father's old fchool-fellow, has a mod charmir.g daughter— I dare fay you muft know her. Jof Oh, to be fure I know Jofephine as well as I know myfelf. U. IVil, Is (he handfome ? THE DAUGHTEt. 43 Jof, When (he confults her looking glafs, Ihe think? H. mi. Is (he like you > jfof. She is not handfomer than I am. H. JVil. I like that— Ihe has no need. Has £he good fenfe ? jof. Not enough to prevent her from talking. //. mi. Well, I like that.-Is Ihe kind-he-arted, good to the poor ? Jcf. Oh, lord ! the poor get nothing in this houfe, if I do not give it them. H. mi. I don't like that. Is (lie grave or lively ? ^of. As wild as a young devil . H. mi. Aye ! tlien fhe'il juft do for me. Jo/. But there's one thing, Mr. Queerfellow, with your — I like that, and I don't like, that, that's againft you : Jofephine's hand is promifed. N. mi. To whom ? j^o/. To a young man at Arafterdam— one Hans William. B. mi. Oh, I know him. I'll rid her of that bcoby. Jof. What fort of a man is he ? H. Wil. He ? A ftupid pedantic fellow, with a fuU- bottom'd wig. Jof. Oh, lord ! i7. Wil. A Ihrill voice, and bandy legs. Jof. Oh, lord ! / don't like that. H. Wil. You don't like it ? How does it concern you then ? jfof. Oh, it's nothing at all to me, to be fure — only for my friend's fake. (/Jfide) So I had nearly betray- ed myfelf. Do you wilh to fee my father, Sir ? h! Wil. Your father ! yof. My friend's father, I mean. (Going.) H. Wil. Hold, hold, a moment (looks Jtedfhjily in her face.) ' Your name is Louifa Rofe. '* It may be ; " there's not a rofe-bed in Chriftendom, that would re- " fufe to own you ; but" deuce take me if I believe you. Shall I tell you your real name ? Jof. Well, what is it >. H. JVil. Jofephine. Jof And what makes you fuppofe fo ? 44 SIGHS ; OR, ^ H, WtL I don't fuppofe — I am certain. You dlico- vered the hufband in my features at firft fight, and you thought it your duty to impofe upon me inltantly. IRum off, Jcf. You are a devil. H, IViL Bravo, Hans William ! That's juft the girl for you. Oh, here comes old Von Snarl, I fup- pofe : Egad, Pll have nothing to fay to him, till I know whether that be Jofephine or not. E7iter Von Snarl. V. $72, Your fervant. Sir. (H. Will, nijhijiles) Here's a pretty fellow ! My daughter tells me you de- fire to fpeak with me. H. Wil, Oh, that is your daughter, is fhe ? V. Sn. Why whofe fhouid Ihe be ? Next I'm not to be father of my own children. She tells me your name is Trifle. H. IVil. You recollect the name well enough, I fup- pofe ? V. Sn. Never heard it in my^ life. i7. Wil. When you were at fchool, with the old Do<5tor with a red ncfe, and ufcd to fteal peaches in company with Tom Trifle. V, Sn. Tom Trifle ! Who is he ? B. IVil. My father, Sir, your poor fchool-fellow. V. S«. Poor! Zounds, Sir, I do not know any thing of him. If you have nothing particular to fay to me — H. Wil, I have a letter to you from my father — The deuce ! I have left that plaguy letter at the inn. V, Sn, There you may leave it then. B. Wil, I'll run and fetch it in a moment. F, Sn. You may break ycur neck by the way if you chufe. I deflre you'll never ftep your foot over ray threfliold again. H. Wil Stay,, old gentleman ; flay till I return with the letter : I'll make you remember Tom Trifle, depend on it. [Exit H. Wil. F. Sn, Puppy ! Thefe young fello\7s, now-a-days, have no more refpe windpipe, prove a running account in his ribs, and ^ carried over into the heart ; I think he's a fafe n:an. Mrs. R, Oh, mercy ! let us go and inquire about him. Oh, that he had read my hufband's laft fermon on duels ! {^Exeunt Mrs. Rose and Servants. Tot. Ha I Louifa will now be miftrefs Totum ; Ha ! no rival now ; The Pole's done for. Ha ! Scratch out the Pole, Ha ! [^.v/V. SCENE n. Adelbert'/ Aparttnenty ivith an Inner rcr.m and clofct ; and a »i(rii It io yciirr prrifinrt i )a '^ You ovrned you put it in:o my trunk. Tot, Yes — but I iwcar I found it in your box. Adel. That is impoilible. Iliave not fo much wealth in the vroi ld. If it do not come from you — Totf From me ! I protell before this gentleman, I have notliing to do with it. Adel. Then I muft entreat you, at leafl, to carry it back to the,perfon from whom it came. Tot, (afide) That perfon is the deviL I beg to be < excufed, Sir. I don't keep cafh there. I don't know the parties. ^ , , Add. Sir, I infift on it. Tot, I cannot indeed, Sir. Adel. You ciTenvi me. Tot. I. am ferry fcr it. Sir ; cut — Adel. I beg— Tot, I can by no means — I — I — (fees the doer open J I -w'ilh you a good afternoon, Sir. I fee the door's open, and fo, — egad, here's a blot for it. (runj out.) H. IVil. Do you really think fuch a fellow that ',apable of an act of generofity ? Adel. No — but the generous Leopold— THE DAUGHTER. 55 H. Wll. Be who he may, has chofea, a vile deputy. But let that pafs— one thing is clear — from what I have now witnefs'd — you are polleiled of every thing that a brave man fliould have, except money. My purfe is at your command — you have open'd my heart already, and I fliould think myfelf a mean wretch Indeed, if, when the firings of my heart iirc touch'd, thofe of my purfe did not inftantly follov/. AdeL The debt that lies on your heart, pay in the heart's coin, when you pleafe. At prefent I am in no want of money. . H. IV:/. I heartily wifh you v/ere for m.y own fake. Do you know you have brought me into a houfe where I am no ftranger ? -f^aW. As a merchant, the houfe of Von Snarl cannot be unknown to you. H. Will. Thai's not all : I have a dole fpeculation here on the perfon of one Louifa Rofe. Jdel. (jUrts) Louifa Rofe ! . H. Wll. Do you know her ? Add. ( STiibarraJJedi but recolle^iing kimfelf) Yes. H. WH. You do ! then there is really fuch a perfon \ Add. There is only one Louifa Rofe in the world. H. WH. I comprehend — Hans William, you are come here a day too late. Is fhe rich ? Adel. Unfortunately Ihe is. H. WH. Unfortunately ! for whom ? Adel. What have I faid ! " pardon me my friend." You have an honeft open countenance, and it led me half way to a confeffion, which — H. WH. You may very fafely entruft to me — Go on. Add. A confidence fo rafbly ventured — , H. WH. Is, 1 own, as rare as the generous adion, by which you have made me your friend for life. Add. I cannot refill you- — yes, I love Louifa — the agitation in which you fee me, will tell you how much I love her. While I believed her the crph;m of a poor and humble clergyman, I flattered myfelf I might have obtained her — but, alas ! //. WH. What ! did not Von Snarl acknowledge her for his daughter ? Add. Louifa his daughter ! H. WHI. He told me fo himfelf juil now— 56 SIGHS ; OR, y^deL She faid her father was rich ! [ [Louisa goes to the fide of the JlagSy Hans William ters and fe'tzes her hand. ] H. Wtl. Oh ! are you found by the true name ? eh ! who is this r I beg a thoufand pardons, madam — Jof. Ha, ha ! fairly caught ! Give me leave, Sir, to introduce you to this young lady— 'This is Mifs Jofe- phine — My dear Jofephine, this is Mr. Timothy Trifle— Loui. Sir, my name, is Louifii RoTe— ^ TH£ DAUGHTER. 59 J7. Wil. Another Louifa Rofe ? And yet I heard a perfon in this houfe fay jufl: now, that there is but one Louifa Rofe in the world — (Josephine fmiles^ Louisa blufljcf) Well, my dear Louifa Rofes, inform me where I may find the real, genuinej^/zz^/t" Joiephine. Jcf What is your pleafure, Sir, with her ? B. IViL Exactly this. If you are both Louifa Rofe, I have no bufniefs with either of you — but if you arc both Jofephine, I am refolved I'll marry you both. Loui. Is not this the gentleman you expected to-day ? Jof. What, my lover, Hans William ? Oh, no, he wears a faU bottom'd wig, has a ihriil voice, and is ban- dy-leg'd. B. IViL He is very like me, for all thar. Jof. No. I have been expeding liim this whole morn- ing, and in the mean time comes this faucy — H, Wil, Take care what your are going to call me — (Louisa is gcirig) Jof. Stay, Louifa, don't go — not that I am afraid of being left alone with Mr. TriHe, but that — Loui. I mud go, now, to the perfon I told you of — when I come back, I'll meet you in your room. , . \_Exit Louisa. jof. And now, Sir, I defire to know whether you are Hans William, or Trifle ? H. Wit. Which do you wifii I Jof. Neither — Can you fpeak the truth ? B. Wil. Certainly. Jof Do it, then, this moment- B. WiL I am in love with you. Jof. Pfa ! who afked you that ? //. Wil. Have you fettled, what day will be convenient for our wedding I Jof. What, then, vou are determined to marry me ? . B. Wil. Pcfitlvely. Jof And have you ipoken to my father. B. Wil. Yes. Jof And what faid he ? B. Wil. He requeued me never to put my foot over his threfhold again. Jof Indeed I and what induces you to refufe Lira fuch a trifling requell ? 6o SIGK5 ; OR, H. Wil. I do not — I mean to take him at his word, only I defign to take you with me. ,Jof Are voii quite fare of that ? //. WIL Quite— jfof. Without letting me know who you are ! When a man intends to rob an honcft girl of her name, he fiiould at lead provide her with another. H. JVil. Nay, I give you your choice of two. Jof. Well, then, your name is not Trifle. H. Wil. No more than your's is Louifa Rofe. Jof, Why did you wiih to impofe on me ? H. Wil I'll tell you. Your father and mine have treated our love a little too much in a mercantile manner. Jof, Our love ! H. V/il. I did not wifh to contradict my father, and as ■ my heart was free. I neither promifed or refufed, but I was determined frrft to take a look at you.- " If I'had " not liked you, I Ihould have been off again in a "mo- ^- ment ; bat — here I am ftill ; and, to own the truth at once — I do like you. " Jof. You're very flattering. ** H. Wil. i\nd therefore, meaning to be a dutiful fori — {^advances to-war ds Jos.) J'J. Hold! hold ! not in fuch hafle" perhaps I may. have a mind firft to look at you too. H. Wil. Witli all my heart — (turns round.') Jcf. The outfide is well enough ; but who will anfwer for the infide ? H. Wil. That you'll find out after the wedding. jfof. A clear bargain, my father fays, prevents quarrels — ^fuppoie we agree to tell our own faults to one another, and then try if we can be friends. If. Wil. With all my heart. J^of. Well, do you begin. I/. Wil. Firll, I am hotheaded and paflionate. ■ yof. That may be cured by good temper on my parto H. Wil. I'm.carelefs. yof. That v/ill be cured, when you have a wife to look after. H. Wil. I am vain. yof. That you mull only be of me. H. Wil, I ihall be vainer than ever, if I win you for my wife. THE DAUGHTER. Jof, Well, that ril forgive — proceed. H, WiL That is all. ^ Jof. Oh, then you may be endured. H. Wil. I hope fo ; and now it's your turn to tell ^ your faults. Jcf. I have none, k //. Wil. None at all ! L 7^f' Girls have no faults before marriage. F. H. Wil. And after marriage \ Ik . ^of. Have none but in the eyes of their hufbands. B Wil, So, we have fettled our accounts already. E ' jfof. Hold, hold ! there are a few other things to be di/cufs'd. Have you no bad habits ? M. Wil. None that I knov/ of. , yof How do you pafs the day, when you are at II. WiL I have a fooliOi cuftom of my country ; I like a pipe for an hour or two. y^f. I cannot endure it ; you muft give up the pipe. H. W/7. I (hall find that difficult, perhaps. yof. As you pleafe ; I can play with my lap-dog, while you are fmoking. H. W/7. Your lap-dog ! yof. I can leave him when you leave your pipe, H. W/7. I give up the pipe. ' Jof. I give up tlie lap-dog. Well, proceed with the ; day. H, Wil. I love to dine at two. yof, I hate to dine *til four. ; H. W/7. For your fake I can dine an hour later. I yof. To oblige you, I would dine an hour eaflier, I H. W/7. Then at three. ; Agreed. I H. W/7. After dinner I take a nap. ' jfof. And I take an airing. H. W/7. Without me ! i yof. I cannot take your bed in my carriage. H. W/7. But fuppofe I don't fleep. yof. Then I don't go out. H» W/7. In the evening I go to the club. yof And I invite company. H. Wil. Whom I don't knov/ ! 62 SIGHS ; oa, Jof. I cannot aik your club into my apartment. H. W//. Then I lhall ftay at home. Jof. And I IKall have no company but thofe whomj you invite. H. W/7. Well — fo far we proceed cordially ; but IJ have one bad habit, I own, not fo eafy to be got rid of ;1 you will overlook it, I dare fay ; I cannot help falling iii love with every pretty woman I fee. Jof. Oh, that's of no importance at all.. H. W;/. Indeed ! v/ell, that's very gpod-natured. {Nettled.) Jof. I cannot be otherwife than good-natured on head, becaufe I have exatflly the fame fault. H. W;V. Eh ! Jof. I cannot help Unking every handfome man that comes in my way. H. W/7. What » Jof I like to hear men pay me compliments. H. W//. Do you ? Jof Make proteftatlons to me — ■ ift H. W//. Do you ? 4r^-- fof Swear folemn vows to me — = . H. W/7. Do you? \ . ]of To, be furc ; what is, the matter with you ? Yoiit dillike \U do ym ? \ H. Wi/. Suppofe we both leave off this lad trick ? ^ lof How is that to be managed ? H. W//. Suppofe I have no eyes but for you ? Jo/I To that I confent. H. W/7. Suppofe you have none but for me ? lof That will be tie confequence of the other. H. W/7. Say you fo ? then give me your hand in earned:. lof Yes ; but you mud firfl obtain my fa,ther's leave to ftep over the threfhold. H. W/7. [fnatches her hand and kijes it. ) Come along, my charming girl, I'll obtain your father's leave to de every thing that you bid me, as lon^ as we live- [^Exeunt THE DAXTGHTER. 63 SCENE II. fiLE&POLD'j- apartment i hung round uoith Hack ; at the hack of the Jiage the door of a Cabinet ^ or fmall inner rooviy clofed, andftlk curtains dranvn before it. Furniture fuited to the melancholy of the apartment >~\ Enter Leopold, niufnig. An hour has neatly pafTed, ^nd Louifa will prefently be here. For the firft time, fmce fifteen years have elap- fed, the foot of a ftranger will tread the fanduary of ray forrows ; for the firft time my heart will open itfelf to fympathy, and the tears of another being will be mixed with mine. I feel myfelf unaccountably attra<5t€d towards that good girl. Hark ! fhe is come. luQxsi^R. opens the door ^ and enters timoroufy. l.eop. You are true to your appointment, Louifa. 'Loui. I have counted the minutes ever fmce I left you. What a dark and difmal room this is ! lieop. It v/ears the color of mourning ■; "..Tn ihr ?\r^^ hnur' i ff j ;; rirf the r y r firde vrirh pi i f iii f ti thefe coni y genial hues ; but a real and lading >gr^-^ ^y^ij.r^ if thr irrry i'vySv tVi^r;-. y^iyi ^i:ftiy|A:r.-r.r jj^ -p^y fight thefe walls are now a mere blank. So alfo to me is life, —-mournful and void. Lout. You faid your life was not always fo fad. "Leop, I enjoyed it's morning, but it's noon was ftormy ; and, now it's clofmg eve, fhade deepening over lhade, wraps me, bewildered and perplexed, in cheerlefs darknefs. "Loui. But indeed, indeed, I am fure your evening may ht brighter, if you choofe. ^ I ^Xf i choofc I C a tt I command; tkp'"g -"^'^ Imrr ymi Oh ! Since llie has been ■id enough to learn what happinefs means, the wilh to known to you has been the dcarefi cf h?r heart. Her tears have often fallen upon my bofom. 8he h^B, many ^tid many a time, felt bitter anguilh, while Ihe fut alone^- J iighing out — <* My father does not love me !" > .iect. She fliall return to" me — Lra;. Shall fhe ? lhall liie indeed !^ Leop. Yes ! Let her come ! And*,'when clafping hec in my arms, joy fhall overjiower my fenfes, and tears ftiall be my only utterance, then — then Ihe will be alfured that I love her. Lo:i/. [tre7?ib['i}i7y and grafping Leopold'/ hand^ I—- 1 hope I may believe you. demn me, girl, if I have appeared cold and unc cerned for one, v/hofe welfare is fo deai to me ; fuc as, for thefe few months pall, rca have fe en me — fuel have I been for feventeen years. ; durjjug that period have fometimes lived for men, but no one has lived foi me. You, my good girl, are the firll who, have re kindled in my heart the defire to fee my daughter. " Lorn. Then ^^ V^--^^-^" ^]^jj ^ rv..,rv.^^^ \\Y^-}- T rrit^'^ ed this houfe ! r.^y. y MrA Hear me, Loulla, cenfure me, but pity and excufs me,. I was once rich, for I poifelfed, THE DAUGHTER. 6 m a virtuous wife, the only true riches of this- v/orlJ, Content and Cheerfulnefs. "V\1ien the Creator -finlfhed his glorious -work of nature, he added its laft bright orna- ment, Woman ! I loved one alone among all beings. — I had chofen her from a world, and from a world I would ftiU choofc her." The years of our firR love fled fwiftly into that eternity where fhe now refides. The birth of a daughter- was the deareft and lad moment of my happinefs. Scarcely had Ihe beheld the light, whcuy her mother died — ['Lovi^a appears affeded) her infant cries were the dirge of all my joys oH earth. Poor innocent ! Leap. While yet Emilia's grave was frefh, I clafpM Iiet infant to my bofom, and flying from the world, re- folved to live for my child alone. She was the only treafure left to me on earth. LciiL And why did you forfake that child ? Leop. Maik me. As I convey'd miy little one to the fofterlng refuge I had provided for her, methought her mothers fpirit beamed in her features. Oh ! vrhat did that look elteft ! *' The keen remembrance of my lofs pierced anev/;/(?rj hafnly.~\ • yldel. Pardon, generous' man, pardon this intrufion. i ■r?uifi have leave to fpeak ; you have given me fo lingular a proof of your benevolence. Leop. You furpiife me ! I, Sir ? Jld'.'l. Was it not by your order that this note was con- veyed into my room ?. Leop. No, not by m-inc ; [looks at Louisa, nvho cajlr donjon her eyes) but I gucfs by whom it was beftowed^ That glowing cheek, that down-caft look, diiclofe the truth — the perfon, to whom you are indebted, (lands be- fore you. .AdcL I^ouifa ! THE DAUGHTLK. Leop» Give me the note. Come, my chiidren, let us haften to meet my brother — he has long borne with my ^, difcontcnt — he fliall be the firll witnefs of my returning joy- SCENE nr. r be Hall, Enter Totum, in great bujky and Nicholas. Tot. Well, Nicholas — are the conftables polled ? Nic. They are ready, down at the door. Tot. Down at the door — right* Let no one take his head out of the houfe ; if I call, be ready, at a moment's notice ; away ; no blunders ; good Nicholas. [_Exeunt Totum Nicholas on oppofite Jides* Enter Von Snarl, Josephine and Hans William, V. Sn. Fine doings, indeed ! Did not I tell you never to come into my houfe again ? H. Will. And did not I tell you that I would come in- to it again ? This is the letter from my father F, S». Pfha ! I fuppofe it's all about the red nofe and the peaches. H. W//. Read it. y. Sn. What fliould I read it for P I have told you already to get out of my houfe. H. W/V. I'll go, as foon as you have read the letter. y V. Sn. Well, you lhall not fpoil the fweetnefs of my temper. I have read many ufelefs letters in my life be- fore this : [opens the letter and reads) " The bearer of this, ^< my lawful fon and heir, Hans William, (furprifed) whom I fend in good condition," //. Wil. Yes, I'm in pretty good cafe — '• V. Sn. " By this day's mail" — hem—" Vander Hou- fen & Co." — the devil ! you have taken me in, (forces a iat^gk) ha — ha — I thought you had too honeft a face for a cheat. Did n. t I tell you, Jofephine, he was of prime , quality ; but Huns mull. not come near you — {to H. W.) give me your hand — you are a rogue and a wit ; but if you had not been a rich rogue, like myfelf — Jof. (to H. Wil.) You would be a rogue and a thief— //. Wii. And mull never more have put my foot over the threlhold — . 6S V, S?u Well, well, why d'ye put me in mind of that ? 4 If I had not the fweeteft' temper — \ Enter Leopold. | Lcop. Brother, give me joy ; Louifa Rofe ihall be mar- , ried to-day, as you faid. V. Sn. Oh, (he confents at laft to take eighty thoufand : marks, does llie ? ' Leop. She will give her hand, as it fliould always be , given, where the heart guides it." -^i^, V, Sn. And why did fne plague me this morning with ; all that nonfenfe Only to put me in a paffion ! Enter ToTVVi ajidyix^. Rose. «9| Tot. Now, Sir, the conftables are at the door — he can^ not have negociated the bill already ; Oh, yonder he comes ; now, Sir — Leop. (looks toivards the fide fcene) Adelbert ! a bill ! •? what is aU this ? V. Sn. Why, what fhould it be ? Totum has a charge againft my lodger for a note, purporting to be draivn by. you, for three hundred zrov^nz. H. Wil. A'gainft my friend ! V. Sn. Your friend I Do you know any thing more of him ? H. Wil. Yes, I know him for one who thinks every, ftranger entitled to his regard, and who v/ill rather riik his life, than fuffer an honeft man to become the dupe of a knave. Perhaps I may find {looks at Totum it-///; /corn) ' an opportunity of doing as much for him. Leop. Here is the note, -^iVTltten by myfelf ; you found it in the hands of a mxan of integrity, and, as a proof of my ejfteem for him, I mean to make him heir to my whole fortune. V. Sn. You do \ and pray what becomes of your daughter ? Enter Adelbert and Louisa. Leop. Behold her (Von Snarl and Totum e: