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 A MORAL PLAY IN SIX SCENES, 
 
 ENDING WITH A 
 
 GEAND TABLEAUX 
 
 SCENE OF ACTION: 
 
 NEW YORK CITY IN THE YEAR 1872. 
 
 By LOUIS LESAULNIER, Apothecary, 
 
 Red Bud, Randolph Co., Ills. 
 
 Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1872, by LOUIS LESAULNIER, 
 in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
 
 ALL EIGHTS RESERVED. 
 
JOHN PARK I Dr. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 A MORAL PLAY IN SIX SCENES, 
 
 ENDING WITH A 
 
 GRAND TABLEAUX 
 
 SCENE OF ACTION : 
 
 NEW YORK CITY IN THE YEAR 1872 
 
 By LOUIS LESAULNIER, Apothecary, 
 
 Red Bud, Randolph Co., Ills. 
 
 
 
 Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1872, by LOUIS LESAULNIER, in the Office 
 of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
 
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 CHARACTERS 
 
 Dr. Dott. 
 
 John Pakk, Dr. Dott's former servant. 
 
 Jac, Dr. Dott's office boy. 
 
 Miss Poe, a dyspeptic patient. 
 
 Mary Ark, John Park's beloved. 
 
 Mr. Tammany, proprietor of the New York Deuze, a daily newspaper, 
 
 Mr. Primm, chief manager of the Deuze. 
 
 Editors and employees of the Deuze. 
 
 Mr- Care, Dr. Dott's lawyer. 
 
 Mr. Home, Dr. Dott's friend. 
 
 Mr. Start, one of the Tammany ring 
 
 Mr* Hone, hotel proprietor. 
 
 Mr. Eal, Mr. Hone's chief clerk. 
 
 Mr. Paine, Mr. Hone's second clerk. 
 
 Mr. Case, architect. 
 
 Mr Owen, engineer. 
 
 Mr. Hand, a contractor. 
 
 Police captain and men. 
 
 Hotel employees, beggars and applicants for charity of all descriptions. 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 FIRST SCENE. 
 AT DR. DOTT'S OFFICE. 
 
 Present, Br. Bott — writing. 
 
 Jac, (his office boy) reading. A knock is 
 heard on the door. Jac opens and enters 
 
 Mr. John Park, who walks up to the 
 doctor, and offering his hand, says : 
 
 Good day, my good doctor, I am so 
 glad, to see you again. 
 
 Dr. Bott (who is much astonished) slowly 
 seems to recognize his friend, and then ex- 
 claims : John, is that you ? I hardly knew 
 you, you look so stout and hearty. Where 
 on earth have you been these many years, 
 that I did not hear from you? (He pulls 
 up a chair.) Now, set down there and tell 
 me all about your adventures; I know 
 you have a heap to tell; I always took 
 great interest in you, and still do. You 
 are the most welcome visitor I have had 
 in many a day. 
 
 John Park sits down in the offered chair, 
 draws a deep sigh of relief and says: I 
 am glad that I am here, and find such 
 welcome ; but, doctor, you are getting to 
 look rather old ; how is your family ? 
 
 Br. Bott. I have no family, John ; my 
 wife and children all died in the last chol- 
 era epidemic. 
 
 John Park. This is bad news to me. I 
 was already so glad in anticipation of 
 seeing them again. 
 
 Br. Bott. It is a hard stroke for me, 
 John ; I am now working all the harder to 
 keep from brooding so much over my loss. 
 Grief at times, when I think so much of 
 my dear lost ones, nearly drives me crazy ; 
 all seems so dreary since they are gone. 
 
 John Park. I sympathize with you 
 from the bottom of my heart. We will 
 talk about other matters, then. Since I 
 left you, doctor, things have changed 
 mueh with me : some for the better, others 
 for worse. I got rich, but with my riches 
 also came troubles, and since you are the 
 only man I ever met that I have full con- 
 fidence in, I came to you, hoping that as 
 
 3'ou had helped me through many scrapes 
 before, you would also help me through 
 my troubles. 
 
 Br. Bott. John, you always was an 
 honest man when with me, aud I hope 
 you got rich by honest means. I was 
 sorry when you left me, but with me you 
 could never have gotten rich. I hope you 
 did not throw aside all the good counsel 
 I gave you, that you got into trouble in 
 getting rich. However, I am the same 
 Dr. Dott. Do unto others as you would 
 like to be done by, is my motto now as 
 then ; so you may open your heart to me 
 in confidence. I shall do my best to cure 
 your troubles. 
 
 John Park. I assure you, doctor, that 
 my troubles are not of the kind that T 
 could help; but before I commence on 
 them, I will give you a little insight into 
 what happened since I left you ; and you 
 may as well prepare for a surprise at once. 
 After leaving your house on my way to 
 the California steamer, 1 felt very bad ; I 
 felt as though. I had left something be- 
 hind, without which I could not get along, 
 and I thought seriously about backing out 
 of the trip that I had determined on. Said 
 I to myself, I shall hardly find another 
 friend like the doctor has been to me. 
 Something irresistible drove me on. You 
 know I wanted to make a little money 
 right fast, to get married on. In due time 
 I landed in San Francisco, and straight- 
 way went to the gold fields. I arrived 
 there sick at heart, but determined to dig 
 for gold ; so that I might soon return with 
 sufficient to last all days, both for Mary 
 and me. I prospected for a while, watched 
 how others did that found plenty, and 
 finally determined, to try my luck on a 
 rough-looking place and went to work at 
 it all alone by myself. Almost in the first 
 panful I sighted the precious stuff. I soon 
 found small and large nuggets very plenty; 
 I got exited and worked until I could no 
 longer from exhaustion. I forgot all about 
 eating and drinking in the excitement of 
 the first day. I managed to keep my dis- 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 eovery secret; I knew it would not be 
 safe for me to let it be known in the rough 
 crowd about the diggings. There was no 
 Dr. Dott in that neighborhood that I could 
 trust to. I became more nervous with 
 every nugget I found, lest some one should 
 find my treasure and kill me to get it. 
 Whenever any straggler came near enough 
 to see my work, I would commence to dig 
 over the already washed ground, so as to 
 show no gold in their presence. I would 
 tell them that I thought I had seen a lump 
 of gold there, and they would generally 
 call me a big greenhorn and then leave, 
 which was what I wanted. I a few days 
 I thought I had as much as- a pack mule 
 could carry well along with my other 
 traps, and so I bought one, packed up my 
 treasure among my clothes, and started 
 back for San Francisco, taking care to let 
 the folks about the diggings know, that I 
 was disgusted with gold-diggings; this I 
 did to keep folks from trespassing on my 
 claim until I should return, for I wanted 
 to sell it to some rich speculators ; I ex- 
 pected to get a big sum for it and did not 
 care about working the claim myself, as I 
 wanted to get back to Mary as quickly as 
 possible. I arrived safely in San Fran- 
 cisco and deposited my gold in a bank 
 there ; I then got an introduction to some 
 rich speculators, showed them what I had 
 found, and offered to sell out my claim, if 
 it should prove as rich as I thought it 
 would. We started for the diggings im- 
 mediately ; I hired some hands, and it did 
 not take two hours to convince those 
 speculators that my claim was the richest 
 that had ever been found. I asked $500,000, 
 and they took me up at once. Here I was 
 now a rich man all at once. I went back 
 with some of them to San Francisco, and 
 there got my money. I was half sorry 
 that I had not held on to the claim, as it 
 might prove to be worth many millions ; 
 but I afterwards heard that they had taken 
 out about $250,000 worth in nuggets, which 
 seemed to be all in a heap, then the claim 
 gave out and in the end proved a loss to 
 the speculators. After my money was 
 safely deposited in a bank, I felt very much 
 as though I wanted to buy the best steam- 
 ship in port to take me back to New York 
 at once ; I could hardly wait for the re- 
 gular steamer, which would then leave in 
 two days. I wanted to see Mary so bad 
 to tell her of my good luck and make her 
 my wife ; for now, surely, I had the money 
 that I went after ; I felt very uneasy lest 
 something should happen to me or Mary, 
 
 and fretted away the first day, walking 
 about the landing and trying in vain to 
 banish my fears. I think I was terrible 
 homesick. During that same evening I 
 met at my hotel a person whom I had 
 known in New York; it was Kate, a 
 chambermaid in the hotel were I stayed. 
 She had heard tell of my big luck, and as 
 she knew my name, she hunted me up and 
 talked mighty nice to me ; but I did not 
 care for her nice talk. As I knew she was 
 acqainted with Mary, I asked her when she 
 had seen her last. She told me she had 
 only just landed from New York, and that 
 Mary had died with the cholera. These 
 words struck me like a thunderbolt ; they 
 blasted all my nice hopes at once, and 
 made me feel awful solemn. I did not have 
 another word to say to Kate, for I was 
 sick at heart; I went to my room and 
 wept myself to sleep like a boy. In place 
 of going to New York I joined a jolly com- 
 pany of diggers that were bound for the 
 newly discovered African diamond fields, 
 by way of England, hoping that I might 
 forget my grief among the excitements 
 arising there. I really cared but little for 
 a while what would become of me, I was 
 so down-hearted ; but it was not long be- 
 fore I was sorry that I had undertaken 
 this trip — the habits of the company I was 
 in, did not suit me. We arrived in due 
 time at the place of operations, and there 
 soon were not two of the old company 
 left together; it was good for me that no- 
 body knew what money I was worth; I 
 had it nearly all deposited in England, ex- 
 cept what ready cash I might need to go 
 and return. I lounged about for a few days, 
 looking at all that was to be seen. I saw 
 some very valuable diamonds, that were 
 found there, and the diamond-fever soon 
 rose on me, and I went to work again alone, 
 close to some water. This time it did not 
 take a mule to carry the treasure I lifted ; 
 my old carpet bag was large enough to 
 hold all. Luck was not so bulky ; but luck 
 it was. I let nobody see what I found, and 
 after I thought I had enough I quit digging, 
 as the work was getting too hard for me. 
 I imagined diamonds would get cheap now, 
 when they were so plenty, and I resolved 
 to try and dispose of what I had, the 
 sooner the better. A caravan was to start 
 back, I joined it, carrying'all I had in my 
 old carpet sack ; clothes and diamonds al- 
 together. When I arrived in London, I 
 found out that diamonds were in good price 
 yet, and I sold about one quarter of what 
 I had there. I thought I had better not 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 offer all I had in London, as I might there- 
 by glut the market; so I went to Amster- 
 dam, Paris, St. Petersburg and Berlin, and 
 in each place sold some until all were 
 turned into ready money. This made a 
 sum in total far beyond my expectations. 
 I went back to London and deposited 
 some, bought U. S. bonds, which were very 
 low then, with some more, and bought 
 drafts en New York banks with the bal- 
 lance of my money. Now, I believe, I 
 could buy up a good part of New York, 
 if money and bonds are any good ; but, 
 doctor, I tell you I am glad to be here 
 with you again, so that you may help me 
 out of my troubles ; I tell you there is a 
 load of them on me; I find that money 
 alone don't make happy. 
 
 Dr. JDott. Yery big troubles they must 
 be John. This story is very hard to be- 
 lieve — are you not joking a little? 
 
 John Park. Doctor, you know I never 
 joke. Just look here; may be this bundle 
 of bonds and certificates of deposit and 
 drafts on New York banks will convince 
 you ; [hands them to the astonished 
 doctor.] 
 
 Dr. Dott, (in perfect amazement). Yes, 
 John, I see; but where can be your troub- 
 les with such a pile of money and a sound 
 body too ? 
 
 John Park. The trouble is to know what 
 to do with all this. Wherever I go I am 
 sure to be followed by a pack of blood 
 hounds in human shape, that flood me with 
 propositions of all kinds, and try ever so 
 hard to get me in all sorts of scraps ; and 
 you know I used to get into them easy 
 enough, anyway. I am bothered by these 
 fellows day and night ; wherever I go they 
 are sure to follow. I am afraid to show 
 my face now ; I know they only want my 
 money, and sometimes I think would kill 
 me to get it, if they only had a good 
 chance; and then I have such terrible 
 dreams : no rest day or night. Since I have 
 been here in your office I have had more 
 real peace than I have had since I arrived 
 in London; even on board of ship they fol- 
 lowed me, and now they are here in New 
 York. They will soon make their ap- 
 pearance here, you may bet on that ; but 
 you will be better able to deal with them 
 than I. Now, doctor, just consider your- 
 self my guardian ; I know you will do right 
 by me; I am glad to be under your shel- 
 tering roof again, and with your permis- 
 sion, I mean to stay here. (A knock at 
 the door just here interrupts the conversa- 
 tion.) I expect the hounds have the scent 
 
 and are at the door now. Jac opens the 
 door and enters. 
 
 Miss Poe, saying : Good day, gentlemen. 
 
 Dr. Pott. I am glad to see you lookiDg 
 so well to-day. 
 
 Miss Poe. Thank you, doctor, I feel gay 
 to-day; the last pills act like a charm. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I am glad to hear this, Miss 
 Poe ; allow me to introduce to you my 
 friend John Park, the luckiest and richest, 
 but also the most troubled man in New 
 York ; however, with good care, I hope 
 soon to have him over his troubles, which 
 are mental ones, and I believe I can handle 
 them quite easy. 
 
 Miss Poe to Mr. Park. Dr. Dott is just 
 the doctor for troubles ; he knows how to 
 get everybody but himself out of them ; 
 but sometimes hi3 pills are rather bitter — 
 he does not sugar-coat them, but then they 
 are always accompanied by such souDd 
 advice, and such a pleasant face, that I 
 don't object .to take them. I hope to see 
 you well again right soon, Mr. Park. 
 
 John Park. Thank you, Miss Poe ; the 
 doctor is my only friend, and as to my 
 troubles, I count them as over, since the 
 minute I came into his presence. 
 
 Miss Poe (laughingly). If he is your 
 only friend, then I pitty you not a little, 
 for myself, I like a little gayer company, 
 at least sometimes ; but gayety is incom- 
 patible with Dr. Dott, who is so earnest 
 and thoughtful. — [to. Dr. Dott] — May I not 
 take two pills instead of one ? for I have 
 to go to a party to-night, and then I am 
 bound to go beyond your directions in the 
 eating and drinking line; may be those 
 pills will prevent bad effects. 
 
 Dr. Dott. You may take two instead of 
 one pill for a time or two, but you had bet- 
 ter stay away from that party ; I am afraid 
 you will never learn to forego a little good 
 eating for a little good sleeping and re- 
 freshed pleasant awaking; those parties 
 will kill you yet, Miss Poe — better not 
 throw yourself into temptation again, as 
 you are getting well. 
 
 Miss Poe. Excuse me, doctor, this time ; 
 I cannot miss that party to-night. But I 
 will take two pills to ward off danger. 
 Could not your friend, Mr. Park, attend 
 our party too ? I'm sure it would be the 
 best kind of an antidote to his '/troubles. 
 There will be gay times, and I'm sure I 
 would be happy to introduce him there ; 
 there will be so many attractions at the 
 party that he will forget his troubles. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Not this time; we have too 
 much work on hand. 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 Miss Poe. I'm sorry, but shall repeat 
 my invitation at some other time. Good 
 day, gentlemen j I expect I shall have to 
 call again in a day or two. [Leaves.] 
 
 John Park, to Dr. Dott. What a splen- 
 did woman Miss Poe is ! She is a perfect 
 charmer. Has she any beaus yet, wonder ? 
 
 Dr. Dott. She has plenty of beaus, but 
 also a dyspeptic stomach. 
 
 John Park. I am sorry for her stomach, 
 but a little of her gayety, I think, would 
 suit me. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Never mind gayety just yet, 
 John, we will have to do away with your 
 troubles in a better way. Now, I expect 
 to do with your money as if it all were 
 mine. [He takes down a manuscript.] 
 Happily I have good use for all, and 
 much more too. There are plans in here; 
 we only need to begin at the first, and it 
 will not be long before we have all this 
 money invested, and what is best, invested 
 in things of the greatest utility that bring 
 the best of interest; I mean the love and 
 respect of all good people. I had already 
 despaired of ever seeing my dreams rea- 
 lized, and got this manuscript ready to be 
 published in book form, so as to leave it 
 to the world as my legacy, in the hope that 
 it would fall into good hands and do some 
 good. Now, your good fortune will bring 
 about a big change. I hope to see in reality 
 what I have planned out on paper. We 
 shall soon see what money can do. Your 
 abilities to do good have been hidden long 
 enough; your inexperience and mistrust 
 in mankind generally have made you fid- 
 getty. Because you could not find a second 
 Dr. Dott or Mary Ark, you despaired; just 
 because you knew no better. You shall 
 have the greatest kind of an opportunity 
 to remedy all this, and to gather know- 
 ledge from the world, and wisdom, and 
 bring into good use the many abilities I 
 know you to have. You are, excepting 
 Mr. Home, the only man I know of who 
 judges Dr. Dott a little as Dr. Dott judges 
 himself. This pleases me, and I shall try 
 to please you in turn. 
 
 John Park (anxiously). What is the first 
 programme in that manuscript? I am get- 
 ting curious to know. (Here a knock at 
 the door interrupts the conversation.) Jac 
 opens and enters a gentleman. 
 
 John Park, aside to Dr. Dott. Now, doc- 
 tor, try your luck ; there is one of those 
 bloodhounds, I think. 
 
 Dr. Dott, walking up to the gentleman, 
 begs him to be seated. 
 
 Gentleman. I would like to see Mr. Park ; 
 
 I saw him last in London, and learned that 
 he was here to-day. I have some business 
 of a private nature with him. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Mr. Park has entrusted me 
 with all — even his private busir ess; there- 
 fore you may state your wishes to me. 
 
 Gentleman. I represent a large mining 
 company, and I would like to have Mr. 
 Park buy some of our stock ; I have with 
 me the most flattering reports from the 
 mines ; they are paying well and promise 
 to pay the very best of interest. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Who are the men composing 
 your company? 
 
 Gentleman. All very rich, responsible 
 men. There is Mr. Holt of New York, 
 the president, and Mr. Munce, the vice- 
 president, who lives at the mines. 
 
 Dr. Dott. And why do you want to sell 
 your stock if your officers are so rich. 
 
 Gentleman. We want to enlarge our 
 mines, which will then pay at least 50 per 
 cent, on the capital ; this is certainly the 
 very best investment that can be made. 
 [Produces a piece of ore.] This is a sample 
 of rich ore that is found at the mine, and 
 only awaits more capital to extract it in 
 immense quantities. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Be honest now, mister. Is 
 not your object rather to get some fools 
 to buy your worthless stock, so that the 
 officers may get the money ? If I remem- 
 ber right, the papers do not give a very 
 good report about the mining company of 
 which Mr. Holt is president, and warn all 
 to beware. What do you say to this ? 
 
 Gentleman takes the hint and wants to 
 leave. 
 
 Dr. Dott says to him : I hope you will not 
 try farther to cheat people by your misre- 
 presentations. I call this rascality which 
 deserves punishment. [Gentleman leaves 
 at once.] 
 
 John Park to Dr. Dott. The fellow has 
 a guilty conscience ; that is the way to fix 
 him ; but I would not have had the courage 
 to talk to him in that way. 
 
 Dr. Dott. He will not trouble you again. 
 He did not like to meet me quite so well 
 when he found out I was posted. The fel- 
 low seems to have followed you up from 
 London. 
 
 John Park. Now I remember having 
 seen him there ; but he had a woman with 
 him then, who tried to work on me, think- 
 ing I was easily taken in. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Never mind this now; we 
 will look over the manuscript. You see 
 at the head is my motto : Do unto others 
 as you would like to be done by. 
 
JOHN PABK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 John Park. Then I believe I will go to 
 Miss Poe's party ; I have an invitation 
 3^ou know. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I see that Miss Poe has a big 
 hold on you. I am afraid you have not 
 learned to weigh beauty with prudence. 
 Our duty is often contrary to the ways of 
 a beauty. 
 
 John Park. I am all ear and duty, which, 
 I hope, may bring a beauty ; that rymes, 
 don't it, doctor ? Now let us look over that 
 manuscript. 
 
 Dr. Dott. You shall soon see much real 
 beauty, and much hard duty. The first 
 thing I want you to do is to go and buy 
 out the Deuze ! 
 
 John Park. The Deuze ! Are you not 
 joking, doctor ? 
 
 Dr. Dott. I mean the New York Daily 
 Deuze, a newspaper, which I think does 
 much harm ; it is for sale right cheap now. 
 It wields a great influence, but a bad, 
 and shall do no more harm, if we get it. 
 
 John Park. The Deuze ! in the shape of 
 a newspaper ! Did I not hear you tell often 
 that newspapermen are always in trouble; 
 no end to it; and now you want to buy 
 one of these big troubles, and get me into 
 it too. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I will be your editor and take 
 all the trouble upon myself. We must have 
 a newspaper to make ourselves heard, and 
 it is best to get one out of the way which 
 does the most harm. We must proclaim 
 to all what is to come now. 
 
 John Park. All right, doctor ; so be it. 
 Show me the place; I am sure something 
 good and great is to come. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Jac here will show you the 
 owner; don't stand on a hundred thousand 
 or two; they are a little shaky now. Make 
 a quick bargain and get possession at once. 
 In a few days it may take more money 
 than we can spare to get the Deuze out 
 of the way. [Jac and John Park leave.] 
 Dr. Dott sits down at his desk saying : A 
 kind Providence seems to open the way for 
 the accomplishment of my wishes at )ast. 
 
 SECOND SCENE. 
 
 AT THE EDITOR'S ROOM OF 
 THE "DEUZE." 
 
 Present : Mr. Tammany, editors, etc. 
 
 Enter John Park and Jac. 
 
 John Park walks up to Tammany and 
 says : I wish to see the proprietor of the 
 Deuze. 
 
 Tammany. I am the man ; what can I 
 do for you, sir ? 
 
 John Park. My name is John Park. I 
 hear your establishment is for sale. What 
 is your price if you give possession at once. 
 
 Tammany. $250,000 cash; no less. 
 
 John Park. That is a big pile of money. 
 Is the title clear? 
 
 Tammany. Yes, sir. Do you wish to look 
 around a little and see all belongs to it ? 
 
 John Park. No, sir; I understand noth- 
 ing about such a business; but make out 
 the deeds, the money is ready. 
 
 Tammany. That's a quick trade ; what 
 party do you represent, sir ? 
 
 [Enters Dr. Dott and Mr. Care.] 
 
 John Park. Here is Dr. Dott, who will 
 take charge. Dr. Dott, the Deuze awaits 
 your orders. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I am glad to hear it. [To Mr. 
 Tammany.] I brought along Mr. Care to 
 write the necessary documents, if agree- 
 able to you. You will have no objection 
 if I take possession at once and go to work ? 
 
 Tammany. All right, doctor; I know 
 you are a working man. [To Mr. Care.] 
 Here are the old deeds. [Mr. Care goes 
 to writing.] 
 
 Tammany. Dr. Dott, let me introduce 
 you to my editorial staff. [Introduces Mr. 
 Park as the new proprietor, and Dr. Dott 
 as manager, and says :] In what interest, 
 gentlemen, do you propose to carry on the 
 paper ? I hope you will not work against us. 
 
 Dr. Dott. We will be entirely indepen- 
 dent of parties. You may read in our sup- 
 plement to-morrow what I have no time to 
 explain to-day. We shall certainly have 
 no use for writers that, for the sake of 
 money, disregard all truth. Mr. Tammany, 
 please call your foreman ; I wish to give 
 him some orders. 
 
 Tammany introduces Mr. Primm, the 
 foreman. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Mr. Primm, please call to- 
 gether all hands to partake of some refresh- 
 ments, and get acquainted with the new 
 boss. We will await them here. [Primm 
 leaves.] 
 
 Dr. Dott to Jac. Go to the restaurant 
 across the way and order a good, substan- 
 tial lunch, to be served right away, for all 
 hands of the Deuze, in our office here. 
 [Jac leaves. Enter type-setters, pressmen 
 and all hands of the Deuze. Dr. Dott 
 seats them. Mr. Primm enters last, say- 
 ing : All are in now.] 
 
 [Enter waiters, who serve up the lunch. 
 Tammany introduces John Park and Dr. 
 Dott to all hands.] 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 John Park. I hope you will continue to 
 discharge your duties faithfully. Dr. Dott 
 will have entire control now. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Our motto will be, "Do unto 
 others as you would like to be done by." 
 Our aim is the public good, irrespective of 
 parties. Nothing shall hereafter appear in 
 our paper but Truth and Justice. No wil- 
 ful lies, nor misrepresentations, can have 
 a place in our columns. I hope you will 
 all be guided by that motto as well as my- 
 self. I shall not expect any more from 
 you than I would be willing to do myself. 
 I will be ready at all times to help you 
 whenever you may need help, but I expect 
 from you that you work faithfully, and 
 help me make our enterprise a success. 
 Are you all willing : 
 
 Altogether. Yes, siree ! 
 
 Dr. Dott. Thank you for your promise. 
 Now let us refresh ourselves ; we have 
 hard work before us ; help yourselves to 
 your heart's content. 
 
 Mr. Primm. Three cheers for the new 
 boss. 
 
 Cheers are given with a will ; all hands 
 go eating and drinking, and then to their 
 work again. 
 
 Dr. Dott to Mr. Primm. This is a sup- 
 plement to be issued to-morrow; be guided 
 by its spirit in all arrangements about the 
 paper ; study it well and let me see the 
 proof soon as possible. 
 
 Mr. Primm leaves, saying: I will do 
 my best. 
 
 Enters Mr. Start and hands a communi- 
 cation to Tammany who hands it over to 
 Dr. Dott, saying : Dr. Dott, the new editor, 
 will attend to that now. 
 
 Dr. Dott reads the communication and 
 says, here ar>e grave charges against public 
 men ; do you know all this to be true ? 
 
 Mr. Start. Every word is true. I wish 
 you would insert it in next issue. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Before I will do that you have 
 to certify to its truth under oath, and be- 
 sides give a good bond, so as to be liable 
 for all damage suits that may arise out of 
 its insertion. 
 
 Mr. Start, Allow me to say, gentlemen, 
 that my veracity was never questioned in 
 this establishment before. 
 
 Dr. Dott. What I have said will be our 
 invariable rule with all communications 
 and advertisements of a doubtful nature. 
 If your charges are true, these men should 
 be brought to trial. If you will prove the 
 truth of your charges, we will aid you with 
 all our means ; but we want to be sure be- 
 fore we go ahead. We do not want to see 
 
 false statements made against anybody, 
 however great or humble he may be. 
 
 Mr. Start grows uneasy and says : I be- 
 lieve I will wait awhile, then. [Takes his 
 communication and departs. ] 
 
 Mr. Care hands the new deed to Tam- 
 many, who signs it. John Park counts 
 him over the money in $1,000 notes, and 
 the Deuze is now John Park's property. 
 
 Tammany to Dr. Dott. Did I under- 
 stand you to say that you would act inde- 
 pendent of all parties? 
 
 Dr. Dott. Yes, sir ; we mean to publish 
 plain facts and let the people draw their 
 own conclusions therefrom. We have no 
 selfish motives ! 
 
 Tammany. You must have a pile of 
 money at command then; greater than 
 any one I know of, or you will be bank- 
 rupt in six months. 
 
 Dott. What we lack in money, we in- 
 tend to make up with brains. We will not 
 fail while people want to hear the truth 
 and see justice triumph. 
 
 Tammany. That is just what a great 
 many don't want to hear or see. 
 
 Dr. Dott. We will set the example and 
 make our ways pleasant to follow, at the 
 same time we will watch and work for jus- 
 tice and our safety. 
 
 Tammany. It will be a wonder if you 
 succeed. I can honestly recommend to 
 you my editorial staff. They are without 
 exception able men. I must bid you 
 good-by. [He then leaves.] 
 
 Dr. Dott to the assistant editors. I 
 hope you will all pursue your duties as be- 
 fore, only make everything conform to 
 our motto, and above all, I want you to 
 be sincere in your writings, and you will 
 find us liberal to reward your labors. 
 
 All the old staff promise to continue 
 their work. 
 
 Dr. Dott to John. I expect Tammany and 
 Start think us very green. They will open 
 their eyes when they see our supplement. 
 Thanks to your good fortune the columns 
 of this paper are now closed to all attempts 
 of a Tammany and all other "rings," to 
 swindle and mislead the people. We may 
 make mistakes, others may honestly differ 
 with us, but we will be sincere and stick 
 to our motto. 
 
 John Park. You seem to be made for 
 this business. I begin to get a little in- 
 sight of your plans. I wonder what Mr. 
 Primm really thinks about the new ar- 
 rangement. Here he comes. 
 
 Mr. Primm. I have done as directed. 
 By a little extra work we can make 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 the supplement appear with the regular 
 edition. 
 
 Dr. JDott. Don't overwork your men ; I 
 would rather wait another day. 
 
 Mr. Primm. The men say they are wil- 
 ling to work all night, they like the new 
 arrangement so well. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I am glad to hear this. What 
 do you think about the supplement ? You 
 must criticize with sincerity. 
 
 Mr. Primm. I hardly know what to say. 
 That it will burst the establishment; that 
 people will believe us crazy, or (rubbing 
 his eyes) that I must be dreaming. It is 
 such an oddity, to say the least. I never 
 saw the like in all my life. I can hardly 
 believe that you can take it upon yourself 
 to tell all the world the truth, irrespective 
 of the consequences. You know that people 
 like to be humbuged a little, just so they 
 don't feel it to much. As for truth, most 
 people don't want to hear that any way. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I cannot look at things in that 
 light. We ought always to make our in- 
 terest come on the side of justice, for only 
 on that side is peace of mind ; only the bad 
 and corrupt are afraid of the truth being 
 told. I have worked my lifetime to have 
 this supplement issued some day. I weighed 
 well every word in it, and now I want to 
 see its success or failure. If people will 
 not approve of my sentiments ; if they hoot 
 at my suggestions; if I can find not even a 
 few good men to agree with me and help 
 me in my labors, then I want to leave at 
 once for a more suitable climate; but rest 
 assured that I will not be intimidated by 
 the frown of bad men. The good I mean 
 to sustain; the bad I will watch and try 
 to reform. I do not want to see any of 
 our employees in bad company. I shall 
 not set them a bad example. Tell those 
 of the men who doubt our success, that 
 Mr. Park has millions to back up our 
 honest convictions and to help us in doing 
 our duty, and that he is willing to sacrifice 
 all, if necessary, tojuphold truth and justice. 
 
 Mr. Primm. I see that a man is never 
 too old to learn. I will go and hurry up 
 the proof-sheets. 
 
 Dr. Dott to John Park. I have some 
 more work for you before you can read 
 that supplement. There are many people 
 in New York that suffer for the bare neces- 
 sities of life. Times are so to say hard, 
 and many cannot find employment, that 
 would otherwise get along pretty well. It 
 is true that there are many places of 
 charity, but there are also many worthy, 
 idle hands that want employment. With 
 2 
 
 your money we will set an example for 
 others to imitate. The earth is rich in 
 means, and willing hands are plenty ; why, 
 then, look on in idleness. -I wish you 
 would go up town and buy out Mr. Hone's 
 hotel. It will be a grand investment. Man- 
 age to get possession of it immediately, as 
 you did with the Deuce. Money is no ob- 
 ject, where the people are suffering amidst 
 plenty. Mr. Care will acccorapany you 
 and make out the necessary papers. I 
 know Mr. Hone is anxious to sell; pay 
 him his price at once, and bear in mind that 
 many poor people are waiting to partake 
 of your charities. 
 
 John Park. That is going into charity 
 by the wholesale, but I like the idea, and 
 I think the poor will like it too. I am be- 
 ginning to see, doctor, that your resources 
 for work are inexhaustible. Your old 
 maxim, "in work is pleasure, if we aim to 
 be useful," comes into full play now. 
 
 Dr. Dott to John Park and Mr. Care. 
 Gentlemen, loose no time and finish up this 
 job as quick as possible. In the meantime 
 I will overlook things a little, and see that 
 all works smoothly in the new order of 
 things. [Mr. Care and John Park leave.] 
 
 Dr. Dott to Jac. Tell Mr. Primm to 
 come to me. 
 
 Enters Mr. Primm. Dr. Dott says to 
 him : how are you getting along with the 
 supplement ? 
 
 Mr. Primm. A little slow ; those typos 
 have been thrown into such a state of ex- 
 citement, that they talk all the time, and 
 cannot work as well as usual. Then I had 
 to remodel the articles for the regular edi- 
 tion. I left out all political matter, and 
 filled up their space with extras from scien- 
 tific papers, and some reports on law and 
 important trials now going on at court. I 
 think we can have everything ready for 
 the regular edition in time. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I hope to get a sight of the 
 proof yet to-night ; but if I don't, for I have 
 other work on hand, you know what to 
 do. I shall go to see Mr. Park now. Leave 
 a few squares open in the form of the sup- 
 plement to give notice of several changes 
 that are to take place yet. I shall call 
 again in time to have all ready before the 
 regular time to go to press. [Mr. Primm 
 leaves.] 
 
 Enters Mr. Home. Good-day, doctor; 
 this is a rather queer place to find you, in 
 an editorial chair, and your office shut up ; 
 I would not have found you, had I not met 
 Jac accidently, who told me that you had 
 bought out this whole establishment. 
 
10 
 
 JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 Dr. Dntt. Yes, Mr. Home, and more to 
 come. T have great news for you. By 
 the arrival of my former servant, John 
 Park, wiio got immensely rich, I am en- 
 abled to see my dreams in regard to 
 that manuscript in a fair way to be rea- 
 lized. You know well what is contained 
 therein, for you read it so often, and we 
 talked it over so much, that you know 
 pretty well now what is to come. Mr, 
 Park has put his entire fortune at my dis- 
 posal. I sent him up town a few moments 
 ago to buy Mr. Hone's hotel, for the sup- 
 port and instruction of the poor. By the 
 way, we must also have your farm now. 
 I hope you are still willing to sell and help 
 me all you can. 
 
 Mr. Home. Certainly I am. But how 
 did Mr. Park get rich so soon ? Honestly, 
 I hope. 
 
 Dr. Dott. He hunted gold and diamonds 
 and found plenty. He has already turned 
 all into ready cash and securities, and 
 counts his money by the millions. But let 
 us go and see him at the hotel. I am a 
 little anxious to hurry up things. 
 
 Mr. Some. All right. I only came to 
 pay you a friendly visit, and will be glad 
 to make Mr. Park's acquaintance. [Both 
 leave.] 
 
 THIRD SCENE. 
 AT THE HOTEL OFFICE. 
 
 Present, Mr. Park, Mr. Hone, Mr. Care 
 and Mr. Eal. 
 
 Eater Dr. Dott and Home. Introduc- 
 tions follow to all present. 
 
 John Park to Dr. Dott. Doctor, the 
 hotel awaits your orders. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I am glad to hear it. You done 
 good work 5 but now for another job 
 as great or greater. Mr. Home here is an 
 old friend of mine, and the possessor of a 
 fine farm near the city. We need this 
 farm for those sick and poor that will do 
 better in the country, and for the erection 
 of factories, etc., to give employment to 
 those that may apply for it. It will also 
 be very handy to furnish the necessary 
 farm products in their purity for the use 
 of the hotel. It is a splendid place, very 
 suitable, and Mr. Home is acquainted with 
 all plans. As I can take charge here now, 
 you had better go with Mr. Home and look 
 at his place. I know you will be much 
 pleased with it, and purchase it at once. 
 Mr. Home will stay there and take charge 
 until we can find a suitable man to take his 
 
 place. He will also take good care of you 
 and make your visit agreeable. I think 
 you need a little rest after all this excite- 
 ment. I shall expect you in my office 
 early to-morrow morning. I know you 
 want to see that supplement bad, but it will 
 not be ready for some time, and it will likely 
 fall into your hands first by some of the 
 newsboys. I mean to go to work now mj- 
 self to feed, house, clothe and make comfort- 
 able as many of the poor of this neighbor- 
 hood as I can accommodate at the hotel. 
 I know I will have my hands full. 
 
 Mr. Home and John Park leave for the 
 farm. 
 
 Dr. Dott, to Mr. Eal, first clerk of the 
 hotel. How many people can you accom- 
 date with good plain food and a place to 
 sleep. 
 
 Mr. Eal. The hotel is nearly full of 
 guests, and as to food, I think we can feed 
 all that can find a place to stand, and can 
 soon be ready for most any number. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I want more room then, and in 
 order to get this, you may give notice to 
 enough of your most troublesome and aris- 
 tocratic guests to look for other quarters 
 as soon as possible, so that we may have 
 about one-halt of the hotel for the poor as 
 a place of charity. [Calls up Jac and says:] 
 You go and tell all the poor and needy 
 that you find begging in the streets to 
 come up here ; we will attend to all their 
 wants. Give each one a card of the 
 hotel, so that I may know that you sent 
 them here. You know what I want ; just 
 remember the teachings I gave you. 
 
 Jac leaves. Mr Eal goes about his er- 
 rand to make room for the coming guests, 
 saying: They will think us crazy, but that 
 is none of my business ; I rather like the 
 idea. 
 
 Enter several women with babies, blind 
 men, ragged children, etc., card in hand, 
 walking timidly towards the office. Dr. 
 Dott call£ to him some waiters and porters, 
 and says to the first: You take these poor 
 people to the servants dining-room and 
 offer them such of the plain eatables and 
 drinkables as are on hand, and tell the cook 
 to provide at once for many that are to 
 come. Get a sufficient number of waiters 
 to help you, and be kind to these people. 
 
 Dr. Dott, to a porter. You sir, take all 
 these people after they have been fed to 
 the bath-house and laundry rooms and tell 
 the attendants there to see that they are 
 all properly cleansed and kindly treated. 
 
 Porter goes off. Enters a whole string 
 of poor people of all sorts. Dr. Dott as- 
 
JOHN PARK AND Dft. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 II 
 
 signs them to the dining-room to be fed, 
 etc., then says to Mr. Eal, who just enters : ' 
 Please see that these people get comfort- 
 able clothes on them, and that they may 
 get everything they need to make them 
 comfortable. Let it be plain, but comfort- 
 able. Be not extravagant and confine your- 
 self to necessaries. Tell the merchants it 
 is all for charity and I hope they will sell 
 you cheap. 
 
 Mr. Eal. How am I to pay for all this ? 
 
 Dr. Dott. I never thought of that. Here, 
 take my pocket-book, and if it should give 
 out, Mr. Park is good for a few millions. 
 [Mr. Eal leaves.] 
 
 Enter a whole string of applicants for 
 charity. 
 
 Enter a waiter, who says to Dr. Dott : the 
 room is full, sir, all our cooked victuals 
 are eaten, except what is to go on the table 
 for the party this evening. The cooks are 
 busy getting more ready. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Then serve up those party 
 victuals at once. I think these poor hungry 
 people are better able to appreciate them 
 than those who go to parties.. 
 
 Dr. Dott to a waiter. Take these people 
 to the big dining-room and if you have 
 nothing else at hand give them bread, 
 crackers and coffee. [Waiter leaves fol- 
 lowed by the poor.] 
 
 Dr. Dott to another waiter. You help 
 to keep order in the dining-room and see 
 that all are treated kindly. [Waiter leaves.] 
 
 Enter Mr. Eal, saying : we are over 
 crowded, sir, there is no more room. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I must hunt Jac then and tell 
 him to stop for the present. 
 
 Enter Jac, saying: I came to see if you 
 had enough before I would send more. 
 
 Dr. Dott. You are a sensible boy. I was 
 about to look for you and tell you to stop. 
 Now Jac, go to the dining-room and watch 
 things a little, you know what I mean. 
 [Jac winks at the doctor and leaves.] 
 
 Mr. Eal to Dr. Dott. I sent my assis- 
 tant clerk to attend to clothing the poor. 
 He is a better hand at making bargains. 
 
 Dr. Dott. That is right. I need you 
 here anyway. You will now discharge as 
 many of the old servants as can easily be 
 replaced by some of these poor. Do not 
 allow any to stay, who refuse to help if 
 able. Many, no doubt, will make good 
 help; give them a chance to make them- 
 selves useful. Keep enough of the old ser- 
 vants to make things move along smoothly, 
 and to instruct the new hands. Tell all, 
 that those who will do well, will be admit- 
 ted free to lectures, musical and theatrical 
 
 entertainments which we will give from 
 time to time. The prospect of a little fun 
 will stimulate all to do their best. See 
 that all equally share in labor and allow 
 them as much liberty as is consistent with 
 prudence and safety. They shall have free 
 time enough to attend to those little wants 
 which most everybody has. In short, treat 
 everybody as you would like to be treated. 
 My boy Jac will stay with you ; he is a 
 noble boy, perfectly reliable and smart for 
 his age. Take good care of him. I am 
 about tired out. Here is my card, if you 
 need me bad, sent to my office. Early to- 
 morrow morning I will send you a copy 
 of our supplement. Study it carefully and 
 be guided by its teachings in all arrange- 
 ments about the hotel. 
 
 Enter a waiter, saying : A woman is very 
 sick in the hall. 
 
 Dr. Dott Then I will attend to her be- 
 fore I go home. Good-night Mr. Eal. 
 
 FOURTH SCENE. 
 
 AT DR. DOTT'S OFFICE. 
 
 Present Dr. Dott. Supplement in hand, 
 he says: wonder how John feels after all 
 the exitement of yesterday. He certainly 
 had no time to think of his troubles. He 
 reads : 
 
 TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. 
 
 The New York Deuze, formerly owned 
 by Tammany, has been bought and will be 
 continued by Mr. Park under the name : 
 New York Argument. Our aim will be 
 to publish a reliable newspaper full of use- 
 ful reading. All communications and ad- 
 vertisements must conform to Truth before 
 they can be inserted. We shall write and 
 work for the public good irrespective of 
 party or individual interests, and thus hope 
 to merit the support of all good people. 
 Mr. Park has also bought Hone's hotel, 
 which will now be known as Park's Co- 
 operative Hotel. Here we will furnish a 
 comfortable home to the laboring classes, 
 and at a price merely sufficient to cover 
 expenses. The work about this hotel will, 
 as far as practicable, be performed by 
 people that were out of employment and 
 needy. We will in a few days be ready 
 to instruct applicants in the different bran- 
 ches of housekeeping by the best teachers 
 obtainable. Dr. Dott will lecture occasion- 
 ally on the art of cooking and living, in re- 
 gard to health. We will try to teach all 
 
12 
 
 JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 needy appplicants these accomplishments 
 free of charge and thus make them more 
 able to help themselves. Sewing, mending, 
 washing, etc., will be done by these poor 
 people, under competent instructors and 
 free of charge for all needy people. We 
 have also opened at Park's co-operative ho- 
 tel a general exchange office for obtaining 
 labor and help, buying and selling by sam- 
 ple or advertisement, all arranged so, that 
 a person may get all necessary information 
 in the shortest possible time. John Park 
 and Dr. Dott themselves will attend to the 
 office of charity at the hotel. This office 
 is open day and night the year around. All 
 those in need of anything whatever, may 
 call on us in confidence and we will help 
 them to the best of our ability. We hope 
 to see no more suffering in the midst of 
 plenty. The degraded we will help to con- 
 quer that barrier of iniquity, which sur- 
 rounds them and is so hard to overcome, 
 that few attempt it more than once, but 
 sink deeper and deeper until they end in 
 utter despair. Arrangements will soon be 
 made to offer an asylum to all that are 
 overworked and oppressed. Let no false 
 pride keep any one from seeking assistance. 
 We recognize the principle that all good 
 people are entitled to share in the pleasures 
 of life as well as the toils, and that true 
 happiness is only to be found in doing good 
 and thereby earning the esteem of our 
 fellow-men. 
 
 ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 All persons willing to work, can be ac- 
 commodated at Dr. Dott's office. We pro- 
 mise to all a good home at Park's Co- 
 operative Hotel, where all their wants 
 will be attended to when sick or well. We 
 expect no one to work any harder than we 
 would, and make all labor as pleasant to 
 perform as possible; we propose to show 
 how the idle hands of the city can be em- 
 ployed to advantage, and mean to give all 
 a chance to help themselves. 
 
 ON GRIEF. 
 
 The worst grief to bear, is the loss of 
 those we love by death. We will not at- 
 tempt to picture the terrible anguish and 
 despondency so often seen around the 
 dead. The vacant chair, each little thing 
 that reminds us of our loved ones former 
 presence, adds new pangs to our trembling 
 heart, causes fresh tears to flow and more 
 words of anguish to escape our trembling 
 lips. Often we imagine to see them before 
 us, to hear their voice, or the well-known 
 sound of their footsteps, but we know they 
 are no more. Let not idle curiosity vio- 
 
 late the sanctity, of such real, maddening 
 grief. It is then we are made aware of 
 our weakness and dependence, it is then 
 that we look for true sympathy, if at no 
 other time. Some can bear grief easier 
 than others. Generally the nobler the 
 heart, the deeper the grief. It is not in 
 loudness and in tears that we can measure 
 the depth and sincerity of grief. Educa- 
 tion, associations and circumstances have a 
 powerful influence in this affliction. There 
 are many noble minds and shining lights 
 of human grandeur, which cannot bear up 
 with those more humble. Insanity here 
 calls for many victims. Whose heart would 
 not beat in sympathy, when witnessing 
 those terrible -agonies of a raving maniac, 
 who finds no peace until death closes the 
 scene ? and all this brought on by grief, 
 where, perhaps, a single act of friendship 
 in time, or better training in early life, 
 would have modified or averted this calami- 
 ty entirely. Agreeable society and pleasant 
 and useful labor are the best antidotes to 
 grief, and time, they cure all, soon exerts its 
 soothing influence and soon blunts the in- 
 tensity of grief. What was ever present 
 and hard to bear at first, in time occurs 
 more seldom and less severe, and is only 
 awakened by some memento of the loved 
 ones that are gone. In grief, pride arro- 
 gance and tyranny disappear like midst be- 
 fore the wind, passions are conquered then, 
 which we had not the will to conquer be- 
 fore, and grief may thus become a real 
 blessing. Some people in grief become 
 reckless and indifferent, others make a 
 halt in their wild and criminal carrier to 
 make an attempt at reform, and others 
 again, love in seclusion to cling to those 
 charms of memory which the loved ones 
 left behind them ; they seem to loose all 
 ambition and energy for a time. To genuine 
 grief, each noble heart will beat in sym- 
 pathy, but let there be reason in every- 
 thing. Eemember that we do not "stand 
 alone, there are others that share with us. 
 To the grieving father for a beloved wife 
 look up the depending children. Grief 
 does not relief us from our duties towards 
 the living. All seclusion, nor the loudest ex- 
 clamations of grief cannot recall the dead. 
 A calm resignation may cheer, where a 
 flood of tears will not. Eemember that 
 we can honor the dead most, by centering 
 all our energies on the duties towards those 
 that may be depending on us. To this we 
 are so often reminded by the last words 
 of the dying : "Weep not for me but take 
 care of the children." 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 13 
 
 ON CHARITY. 
 
 Charity begins at home and prudence 
 commands that it should do so. Necessi- 
 ties should be attended to first, then we 
 may safely go further. Man's abilities, and 
 energy are most highly developed under 
 difficulties; our aim should be to give all 
 in need of charity, an opportunity to help 
 themselves, whenever they can. They will 
 then learn to appreciate things better; their 
 manly pride is not wounded; their self-de- 
 pendence increased; they will then be 
 careful with things, where otherwise they 
 would be careless. Charity misapplied often 
 begets idleness, the mother of all vice. By 
 giving beggars what they want, they will 
 not learn how to help themselves and force 
 is often necessary to keep idlers from becom- 
 ing an injury to the community by the bad 
 example they set. To use our means to 
 the greatest advantage is a big study, and 
 requires much labor and constant care. 
 There is a class of people which, although 
 they do not suffer for the necessities of. 
 life, although they are not entirely igno- 
 rant, they are, so to say, not up to the 
 world's tricks; they are continually imposed 
 upon, they are so impracticable, that they 
 are always in danger of being brought to 
 poverty. It is a nice question to decide, 
 when charity is applicable to such cases. 
 With many people it is a rule to offer no 
 charity nor advice until asked for, and this 
 often proves the best way, because some 
 men's temper wants it so. But I question, 
 can a good man look on in silence, when his 
 good natured, but ignorant and simple min- 
 ded neighbor is imposed upon and, as is so 
 often the case cheated out of all his property 
 by the so-called sharpers? Are we not all 
 constantly in danger? should we then scorn 
 well meant advice ? would we not be thank- 
 ful if such advice proved to our own advan- 
 tage ? It is true that we may be mistaken, 
 our advice and charity may be scorned at, 
 we may wound pride, and make enemies, 
 but certainly no real good people will be 
 offended at us. A good man does not 
 fly into a passion, if we suspicion him 
 wrongfully; he will try to prove his in- 
 nocence. We cannot lay down a guide 
 to go by in all cases, each has to be deci- 
 ded on its merits. Some want no ad- 
 vise, because they think themselves smart 
 enough, forgetting, that they cannot know 
 all and that the lowest may sometimes teach 
 the wisest. A poor man's advice may of- 
 ten prove better than all our wisdom and 
 money and is as much an act of charity as 
 the rich man's millions. The richest may 
 
 be compelled to seek for help from the 
 lowest. No one is entirely independent. 
 We ought to help each other in charity, so 
 as to atone in a measure for the many 
 hours of pain and sorrows that our parents 
 and friends suffered for us. Everybody is 
 not strong enough to walk the path of truth 
 and justice through life alone, and especi- 
 ally in the face of the many temptations 
 that surround us on all sides. There are 
 many troubles in this life, which by proper 
 management might be made easier to bear 
 or entirely overcome. There is room for 
 charity almost everywhere. Much pain and 
 many valuable lifes might be saved, by 
 bringing our united efforts to bear against 
 the causes that bring suffering and trouble 
 among us. The horrors that we cannot 
 prevent altogether, we might often miti- 
 gate, for the earth is rich and willing bands 
 are plenty. Because we have better luck, 
 or because nature has endowed us with 
 more energy and ability, that does not 
 give us the right to be selfish and extra- 
 vagant, and to withhold what we have 
 to spare from doing good to others in need, 
 or to trample upon the rights and pro- 
 spects of our fellow-men. Every good man 
 will try to make himself useful, and impose 
 upon the time and good will of his neigh- 
 bor as little as possible. To make people 
 better able to help themselves and prosper, 
 they must be instructed and aided in the best 
 way to attain that end. Justice and cha- 
 rity with prudence to all, should be our 
 motto, if we want to attain that safety and 
 happiness which in a large measure de- 
 pends on the love of our fellow-men. 
 
 Those are some of my ideas, and now we 
 will continue to set more examples. He 
 looks out of the window and says : I see 
 there is a crowd waiting to be admitted. 
 [A knock at the door. Dr. Dott opens and 
 John Park enters, embrazing Dr. Dott he 
 says:] Good morning, doctor. That sup- 
 plement has cured all my troubles. I feel 
 splendid this morning. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I am glad to hear this. How 
 do you like the farm ? 
 
 John Park. It is a splendid place. I would 
 like to live there the balance of my days. 
 I bought it, of course, and Mr. Home will 
 stay until we can take charge. I wanted 
 to see how you were getting along. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Very well, John ; all goes nice 
 so far. You see there are plenty below 
 waiting for our attention. 
 
 Enter Police Captain and Policemen. 
 The captain says : Good morning, doctor ; 
 you see I am true to my word. 
 
14 
 
 JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 Dr. Doit. I am glad to see you. I told 
 you last night, when the supplement was 
 out once, it would not be long before I 
 had applicants. You see New York is full 
 of idle men at this time and it is not every 
 employer that promises the kind of treat- 
 ment I do. What is life without pleasures. 
 Now, captain, we will go to work at once. 
 First, I wish you would send a messenger 
 to Mr. Case, the architect, Mr. Owen, the 
 engineer, and Mr. Hand, the contractor, 
 let him hand to each one a copy of this 
 supplement and ask them to come to me on 
 business in their line as soon as possible. 
 [Captain sends a policeman with the mes- 
 sage as directed.] Now I wish you would 
 go yourself and see the mayor and street 
 commissioners and get their consent and 
 co-operation in my plan of cleaning the 
 streets, as I told you yesterday. Tell them, 
 that I propose to clean the streets free of 
 charge; all I ask is that they put the 
 necessary squad of police at my disposal 
 to superintend the men. You know all 
 these laborers can also act as assistants to 
 the police in time of need. Their presence 
 anywhere will, if people know that they 
 are under orders of policemen, have a 
 good influence, and by this new duty they 
 will loose nothing of their usefulness. 
 
 Captain. All right, doctor, I will go at 
 onGe. I had no idea that there would be 
 so many applicants. [Leaves.] 
 
 Dr. Dott to John Park. Now let as many 
 applicants come in, as can set at a time 
 and we will see what we can do for them. 
 
 John Park. Calls in a dozen men and 
 seats them. 
 
 Dr. Dott to first applicant. I suppose 
 you read the supplement and came to get 
 work. 
 
 Applicant. Yes, sir. A newsboy handed 
 me one free of charge and I read it all. 
 
 Dr. Dott. That was right. I gave or- 
 ders to some boys to distribute the supple- 
 ments free to any one that might not want 
 to buy it. Whar, do you think of it? 
 
 Applicant. I read it over and over again. 
 I think it is most too good to believe. I 
 should be very glad to find work on such 
 terms as you promise. 
 
 Dr. Dott. You shall find everything as 
 promised. You don't look very stout; 
 are you sick or hungry sir ? 
 
 Applicant. I have not eaten anything 
 since noon yesterday. I came in from the 
 country, expecting to find work plenty, but 
 did not find any yet. My money went all 
 to pay board and doctor bills in an attack 
 
 of fever, which is only just broken up. I 
 am a stranger here, and wherever I asked 
 and went, people seemed to have no time 
 to talk to me, or where afraid of me. 
 
 Dr. Dott. That comes because there 
 are so many rogues about, and we never 
 know whom to trust, especially strangers. 
 What do you generally work at ? 
 
 Applicant. Anything that I can get to 
 do. I can do farm work best. 
 
 Dr. Dott to a policeman. You take this 
 man to our Hotel and tell Mr. Eal to fur- 
 nish him breakfast. [Hands the policeman 
 a dollar.] After he has his breakfast, you 
 pay his fare as far as the street cars will 
 go, from there he can easily find his way 
 to the Home farm, it is only about a good 
 hours walk then. I will write Mr. Home a 
 little note which he may deliver. [Writes.] 
 
 Dear Mr. Home : 
 . Bearer I send to report for any kind of 
 work you may have to do for him. I shall 
 likely send a few others with him. Treat 
 them all in the spirit of the supplement, of 
 which I send you a copy. Bearer is sick 
 yet and wants your special attention,. If 
 I send you more than you can accommo- 
 date, discbarge such of your own hands as 
 can be spared well and are better able to 
 take care of themselves. Those I send are 
 engaged under the promises as contained 
 in the advertisement of the supplement. 
 Your friend, Dott. 
 
 Dr. Dott to the other applicants. Now 
 if any of you want to go along, now is 
 your chance* [Several join in.] 
 
 Dr. Dott to policeman aside. Get all of 
 them their breakfast and then pay their 
 fare on the street cars yourself and see 
 that they find their way. This will pre- 
 vent the money from falling into bad hands 
 and being used for whiskey or such things, 
 that would do them no good. Some are 
 rather hard looking, you see, and won't 
 do to trust. 
 
 Policeman. All that want to, come along 
 now. [Nine of them leave with him.]J 
 
 Dr. Dott to the three remaining ones. 
 Why do you not want to go to the farm ? 
 
 One. I have a family and would rather 
 get work nearer by. 
 
 Another. I never done farm work and 
 would rather clean streets. 
 
 Another. I am a waiter and would like 
 to get a berth at the hotel. 
 
 Dr. Dott. We will hear in a minute what 
 the street commissioners will do ; if they 
 will not approve of my plan, I will have 
 to buy tools and go to work on my own 
 hook. I suppose people will not object to 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 15 
 
 get the streets cleaned and repaired at our 
 expense. 
 
 One of the Men. I do not think they will 
 let you go to work. The dirt is worth as 
 much for manure as it costs them to clean 
 the streets and haul it away, and more, I 
 am an old hand at street cleaning. The 
 commissioners and contractors generally 
 go together. 
 
 Dr. Dott. We will let them have the 
 dirt. I only want to show the people how 
 the city could get its streets cleaned well 
 and at a small cost, at least at much less 
 than the usual contract price, but may be 
 we can get a part of the city to clean which 
 is not under contract. 
 
 Enter Captain. The mayor and street 
 commissioners promise all the aid they can 
 give, and I have orders to furnish a squad 
 of police to superintend the work. I also 
 had a part of the city assigned to me, whose 
 contractor failed to perform his work as 
 agreed. I know him well and think we 
 "can buy his outfit and be ready to go to 
 work at once. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I wish you would go to see 
 that contractor then and make a good bar- 
 gain with him for the whole outfit. [Cap- 
 tain leaves.] 
 
 Enter Messrs. Owen, Case and Hand, 
 supplement in hand. Dr. Dott introduces 
 them to John Park, and says : Gentlemen, 
 I am glad to see you so punctual to my 
 call. I suppose you think like me, that 
 the plan hinted at in the supplement ad- 
 mits of no delay. 
 
 Mr. Hand. I guessed that would be what 
 you wanted to see us for. This supple- 
 ment has struck me as something extra- 
 ordinary and has deeply interested me. I 
 see you have already done much. 
 
 Dr. Dott to John Park. Please figure 
 up how much money y ou will have to spare, 
 if you leave a round million as a reserve 
 fund, in case things should not go as they 
 ought to, and for unlooked for and extra- 
 ordinary expenses. 
 
 John Park figures up and then says : I 
 will have at least $22,200,000 to spare then. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Yery well, we will be limited 
 by that amount. Now, gentlemen, I will 
 only give you an outline of what I want 
 you to do. As I have full confidence in 
 your honesty and ability, I will leave all 
 arrangements to yourselves, for I will have 
 my hands too full to attend to all. We 
 want erected at the Home Farm a large 
 lecture hall, also suitable for other amuse- 
 ments, a model school house, a hotel and 
 about 100 cottages, each containing two 
 
 rooms and kitchen below, and garret room 
 above; a small cellar under each cottage. 
 Water you can conveniently get through 
 pipes from the large spring on the farm. 
 Then we want a suitable building for a 
 hospital, this is to befitted out with all the 
 . best improvements, and may also be used 
 as a boarding-house for our siugle popula- 
 tion, if there are no sick. Then we want 
 a smaller hospital for contagious diseases, 
 this you may built on the little hill in 
 the farther corner of the farm, as faraway 
 from the dwellings as possible. It is neces- 
 sary to have such a place now days, to 
 prevent the spreading of contagious dis- 
 eases, and a general stampede of the in- 
 habitants in such a time. Qhen we want 
 a large storehouse or wareroom, where 
 things generally may be protected from 
 heat, cold, vermin, thieves and weather, 
 the necessary out-houses, fences, etc., to 
 each cottage. We also need the necessary 
 buildings for such factories as you think 
 are necessary to make the place as near 
 self-supporting as possible, and to furnish 
 employment to the needy, especially when 
 no out-door work is admissible. The farm 
 is close to navigation and can be easily 
 supplied with all the raw material that may 
 be needed. Anything else that your in- 
 genuity can devise, and what will help to 
 make this farm the model place of its kind 
 on the earth, and which may stimulate 
 others to imitation, have it erected there, 
 but be not extravagant and be limited to 
 the amount mentioned. Build so that it 
 will last and be as near as possible proof 
 against all dangers of fire, water, weather 
 and not to forget vermin of all kinds. 
 Select your own help, but if fitness for the 
 work and general worth are equal, always 
 give the preference to the most needy 
 applicant. 
 
 Remember that you are engaged in a 
 work of lasting usefulness to all men, our- 
 selves included. Listen to advice from all 
 sides, employ the most reliable aid that 
 you can get to carry out all plans success- 
 fully ; center all your energies and abilities 
 in this work to make it a success, and hold 
 justice and charity in view above all. There 
 are many needy waiting to reap the bene- 
 fits of your labor and therefore loose no 
 time. All we require is your oath and bond 
 that you will perform the work entrusted 
 to you honestly and to the best of your 
 ability; Mr. Home being an intimate 
 friend of mine and knowing my views in 
 almost every respect, will be able to give 
 you much aid and information. Make the 
 
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 JOHN" PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 farm your own home, and as a reward for 
 your labors I promise each of you $100,000 
 after the work is completed, and in the 
 meantime you may draw for all your rea- 
 sonable personal expenses on our treasury. 
 Who knows but what the city authorities 
 and rich people generally, when they see 
 how nice your plans work, may aid to ex- 
 tend them, until we arrive as near to per- 
 fection as we can. Will you undertake 
 this work ? 
 
 Alltog ether. We will and go to work at 
 once. We will file our bonds directly. (All 
 three leave). 
 
 Enter Jac, saying, good morning, gentle- 
 men. [Hands Dr. Dott a letter.] 
 
 Dr. Dott. Good morning, my good boy. 
 How are you getting along at the hotel ? 
 
 Jac. I had to watch pretty close for some 
 of them new hands are not to be trusted 
 much, and lazy, that's no name for it, all 
 some care for, is to have their belly full, 
 no work for them. Mr. Eal will tell you 
 more in his letter. I like him. Here is 
 your empty purse which he sent with me. 
 
 Dr. Dott reads the letter. 
 Dear Sir: ■ 
 
 I enclose bills for clothing and other 
 necessaries for the poor already furnished. 
 Your purse did not go far, but I obtained 
 credit readily. The hotel is full to over- 
 flowing and 1 am all the time trying to send 
 those off, that can best take care of them- 
 selves. We have a perfect hospital here. 
 Oar house physcian volunteered his services 
 for the present, as I did not wish to inter- 
 rapt you. I have discharged over half the 
 old hands and found some very willing and 
 able help among the volunteers, who seem 
 quite comfortable and pleased with the 
 change. Many of the old guests have al- 
 ready left, and others are preparing to 
 leave. Several new guests have also ar- 
 rived having been attracted by the notice 
 in the supplement, which, by the way, I 
 think is a masterpiece. I find great trouble 
 to get the poor used to cleanliness. I had 
 to call in the police this morning to 
 straighten a rough fellow, who claimed the 
 right to lay in bed with his boots on and 
 spit tobacco juice all over the walls. He 
 would not listen to reason and thought he 
 had as much right as anyone. He inten- 
 ded to occupy that room and it was no- 
 body's business what he done. The police 
 took him off; they know him to be a hard 
 case. Most of our poor are willing to do 
 right. Jac is a first-rate hand at watching, 
 he spied several articles going off, that 
 were likely intended to be sold for whis- 
 
 key or tobacco. The guilty ones ran off. 
 Your patient of yesterday evening is get- 
 ting along quite well. Your prescription 
 had the desired effect. I have reserved 
 the best rooms for the paying guests, as by 
 the name co-operative. I understand that 
 the hotel shall, as near as possible, pay its 
 own expenses by the aid of the volunteer 
 help. I will limit myself to this in dealing 
 out charity hereafter. Please send me any 
 further instructions that you may have to 
 give. Yours truly, Eal, clerk. 
 
 Dr, Dott to John Park. A capital man, 
 that I believe. He seems to understand 
 his business. I will write him a few lines. 
 Dear Sir : 
 
 You are doing well, go on doing so. 
 Those bills are rather high, but I enclose 
 checks to pay them. Engage teachers to 
 instruct the poor to make themselves use- 
 ful at anything that can be done at the 
 hotel, and act on the notice that is given 
 in regard to cooking and housekeeping in 
 the supplement, where it speaks of the 
 hotel. Report again if I do not come soon. 
 Yours truly, Dott. 
 
 Dr. Dott to John Park. Please write 
 your checks to pay these bills. My pocket 
 book is used up already. If we do not look 
 out, we will soon run short. 
 
 John Dark. Never mind, doctor, I would 
 not give the farm now for all the money I 
 have, if I could not get another one like 
 it. Here you have a few blank checks. 
 My bankers have orders to honor any 
 check signed by you. Here are the bills 
 and checks to pay them. 
 
 Dr. Dott to Jac. Now, Jac, take this to 
 Mr. Eal. I will come to see you as soon as 
 possible. I hope things will run smoother 
 in a day or two. [Pats Jac on v the back.] 
 Brave boy, I need not remind you of your 
 duties. Take a lot of these supplements and 
 distribute them to every one about the hotel 
 that is able to read, so that all may learn 
 our views and plans and act accordingly. 
 
 Jac leaves, saying : I will keep my 
 eyes open. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Now let us attend to these 
 men here. The captain ought to be back 
 soon. 
 
 Enter Captain, to Dr. Dott. All right, 
 doctor, send on your men, I will show them 
 the way, and set them to work. There 
 shall be no more dirty streets as long as 
 there are willing hands to clean them. I 
 have hired all the contractors outfit for 
 one weeks trial. My friend York will take 
 care of the horses and earts at his livery 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 17 
 
 stable, and all is to be as cheap as can be 
 had anywhere in the city. 
 
 Dr. Dott. That is a sensible arrange 
 meat for the present. We will soon find 
 out what is best in this work, if we do 
 blunder a little in the start. Now call in 
 all the men. 
 
 Enter a large number of men. Dr. Doit 
 says : All those who are willing to work 
 cleaning the streets under the captains 
 directions here, and under the conditions 
 as promised in the supplement, which I 
 suppose you all read, may go with the 
 captain, who will issue to all that con- 
 duct themselves well, a ticket which en- 
 titles them to a good home at our hotel. 
 This is fully supplied with help and so I 
 cannot furnish any other work just now 
 than street cleaning. Join in all hands, 
 we want to close up here and open office 
 at the hotel. [To the captain :] Please 
 send me the number of men that you issue 
 tickets to, so that I may make prepara- 
 tions to board them at the hotel ) I shall 
 also order them the necessary things to 
 make them appear neat and clean when 
 off work, and make them comfortable. 
 
 Captain. I will, sir. Join in all hands. 
 [All leave together. ] 
 
 Enter Miss Poe, says to Dr. Dott, good- 
 day Mr. Argument, and to John Park, 
 good-day Mr. Troubles. If you gentlemen 
 have not upset all my nice calculations, 1 
 don't know. What on earth do you mean ? 
 
 Dr. Dott. What is the matter Miss Poe, 
 what has happened ? I don't understand 
 you. 
 
 Miss Poe. In the first place, our party 
 at the hotel was broken up by you, we 
 were made too busy packing up that night, 
 to have time for party, and the way you 
 disposed of all them nice things that were 
 intended for our supper, has indeed made 
 that question in regard to that double dose 
 of pills quite superfluous ; then the awk- 
 ward new servants, the crying of babies all 
 night, and the general excitement was 
 enough to bring one out of temper. Such 
 scenes I never witnessed. I am just on 
 my way to find new lodgings. I cannot 
 live with cripples, beggars and crying 
 babies. 
 
 John Park. Have they really hurt you 
 in any way, Miss Poe ? I would be very 
 sorry indeed. 
 
 Miss Poe. I do not mean that, but you 
 know it would not be genteel to stay at 
 such a place. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I am really sorry that you 
 want to leave us, Miss Poe. I think you 
 
 3 
 
 might aid us a good deal in our enterprise ; 
 and a little plainer fare and less waiting 
 on, would be good for you. All these poor 
 women will need instruction in sewing and 
 general housework, and you might do a 
 great deal of good in teaching them. You 
 have plenty of spare time I am sure. 
 
 John Park. I am of the same opinion, 
 indeed, I hope you will accept this pro- 
 position, Miss Poe. 
 
 Miss Poe. I do not understand cooking 
 nor housework. I never done the like and 
 you know it, Dr. Dott. I never had time 
 for such things, one has to learn so much 
 grammar, music, drawing, french, &c, that 
 there is really no time for cooking and 
 housework. That is what the servants 
 are for, and then the parties have to be 
 attended to, a person don't want to be 
 a house drudge all the time ; but aside of 
 all this, I am too fidgety among such a 
 crowd as you have at the hotel. Their 
 manners are too rough, and there are those 
 things that creep you know, and the cry- 
 ing babies and so on. 
 
 Dr. Dott. All this is being changed 
 fast. I hope you do not see them again, 
 dirty ragged and hungry as they came in. 
 Don't they look clean and comfortable, 
 after they have gone through the bath and 
 been comfortably clothed and generally 
 attended to ? This I ordered for all. 
 
 Miss Poe. That is all very well, but 
 their manners don't change in one day. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Remember that many a noble 
 heart and able mind dwells in poor people. 
 I am sure some of them will cut a better 
 figure, after they have nice clothes on them, 
 than many a one that has riches in plenty 
 but a worn out sickly body. 
 
 Miss Poe. That is so, but I shall have 
 to change my lodgings anyway; what 
 would my friends say if I stayed ? They 
 would not look at me any more. 
 
 Dr. Dott. You will soon win new and 
 better friends. 
 
 Mr. Park. I agree with the doctor there. 
 I know one friend you have won already. 
 
 Miss Poe. I am much interested in your 
 enterprise. I read the supplement over 
 and over again, just because I liked it, and 
 heartily wish you all success, but I can- 
 not help you any. Somehow I don't feel 
 so very gay to-day. Whom am I to go to 
 now for medicine, for Dr. Dott has so 
 much to do now, that he cannot attend to 
 any patients. I really hate all the other 
 doctors I know of, for they have nothing 
 but a lot of scientific talk and bitter mix- 
 tures, no sound advice and pleasant face 
 
18 
 
 JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 like T always found with you, doctor. In- 
 deed, I come to look on you now almost 
 as my grandpa, who certainly could not 
 mean any better with me than you do. 
 
 Dr. Doit. I shall always be willing to 
 give you my advice, whenever you will be 
 willing to obey it. There is no doctor any- 
 where, that can do you any good, unless 
 you avoid those fashionable parties, and 
 go at some more healthy exercise rather 
 than lace so tight and dress so fashionable, 
 but certainly not very comfortable or 
 suitable for health. 
 
 Miss Doe. I know those parties always 
 destroy all my good resolutions. One is 
 obliged to eat, drink and dress there, ac- 
 cording to fashion, if one don't want to be 
 looked down upon. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I will give you an invitation 
 to our party in a day or two. I am sure 
 it shall not disagree with you. You shall 
 there be at' ease to obey all rules that pru- 
 dence imposes upon us all, if we want our 
 health. Nobody shall press you to eat, 
 drink, or dress any more than you ought 
 to, and if things are not fancy, they shall 
 at least be good. 
 
 Miss Doe. That will be a genuine tem- 
 perance party, I know it. But I will come, 
 if only for the novelty of the thing. Good- 
 day, gentlemen, I shall likely call on you 
 again soon. [Leaves.] 
 
 John Dark. I am afraid, doctor, that we 
 will soon have no other boarders at the 
 hotel than the poor, if they all think like 
 Miss Poe. 
 
 Dr. Dott. We will not be long without 
 boarders. People will soon find out where 
 they get the best for their money. We 
 can furnish good accommodations for near- 
 ly half the price usually charged. You 
 see we can buy in large quantities for 
 cash, and then there is the farm produce, 
 which will all come useful. And then see 
 how far it will go to give employment and 
 to help the needy at the same time. Of 
 course we cannot expect the patronage of 
 the extravagant and fastidious, and we do 
 not want it, but there are plenty other 
 people that will patronize us. As we are 
 alone now, I have a nice chance to have a 
 little private talk with you. [Locks the 
 door] seriously. I really believe you are 
 in love with Miss Poe, be honest now, I 
 want to counsel a little with you, if your 
 love has not blinded you yet. 
 
 John Dark. I must own that I love to 
 look at her, she is such a splendid woman. 
 
 Dr. Dott. But I can tell you, that she 
 will never make a man like you happy for 
 
 any length of time. You don't want a 
 wife for a plaything alone, do you? The 
 honey-moon does not last forever, and her 
 beauty is more artificial than real. You 
 are only too inexperienced to see it. We 
 will not talk about her beauty now, there 
 are other things to look at. What is it 
 that nourishes and sustains that love and 
 esteem which we feel towards a wife, or 
 ought to at least ? It is real worth, her 
 utility, her ability to anticipate every one 
 of our wishes and watch and work for us 
 as only a loving wife can ; that is what 
 makes her indispensable to us, so that her 
 loss is enough to drive one to distraction. 
 We cannot expect such things from ser- 
 vants ) they do not feel that interest that 
 a wife has, their work may be good, they 
 may respect us and try to please us, but 
 they have other thoughts, they do not la- 
 bor for love, their love runs in another di- 
 rection. It often happens that a servant 
 steals the affections of the husband towards 
 the wife, simply because she may prove 
 herself more useful and better able to 
 please her master. Such spectacles are 
 plenty and very sorry ones ; then the ser- 
 vant soon becomes impudent and terrible 
 scenes generally follow. Miss Poe is used 
 to servants, you cannot expect much from 
 her, she is not healthy nor able, and be- 
 yond that age now where one loves to 
 learn. If we do not continually make our- 
 selves agreeable and useful, love soon turns 
 into indifference or worse. Of course you 
 do not want to make a slave of your wife; 
 but let me tell you, it takes a healthy, ro- 
 bust, able and willing woman to hold the 
 love of a man like you. Who can cook and 
 arrange your room and wardrobe, and 
 save you all these petty annoyances of 
 missing buttons, slippers, etc., so well as 
 a true wife? Without health there is no 
 lasting pleasure, even love and affection 
 die out in long and protracted disease 
 or continual ailing. Disease may strike 
 down the strongest, as was the case with 
 my wife ; such we cannot avoid, but we 
 can avoid to fasten ourselves to a sickly 
 woman from the start, which never can 
 expect to enjoy real health. I pity Miss 
 Poe from the bottom of my heart; and I 
 know you do too. The fault lays in her 
 education ; she might be a happy girl, fit 
 to make any man happy, but instead, she 
 is suffering the consequences of the bad 
 judgement of her parents and friends, and 
 has the weakness to give away to fashion, 
 when she should go according to prudence. 
 Miss Poe now only finds some relief from 
 
JOHN PAtfK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 19 
 
 her ailings in her natural gayety, and the 
 artificial excitement temporarily produced 
 by those so-called pleasures, but which 
 wear out both body and mind in a short 
 time and lead to an early grave. Her con- 
 stitution cannot be kept up long by such 
 means. She is past curing now and she 
 knows it, she is naturally a good hearted 
 girl, but fell into bad or foolish company. 
 Or do you want to marry her out of pity ? 
 
 John Park. I will have to give up Miss 
 Poe then, the same as I did Mary. 
 
 Dr. Dott. It will not be near so hard 
 for you now. You do not even know yet 
 whether she really likes you. You could 
 not help feeling the loss of Mary severely, 
 fur you knew she loved you, you had be- 
 come attached to her through a long court- 
 ship and were engaged ; but I hope you 
 will not take Miss Poe so much to heart. 
 There are plenty other women, that pos- 
 sess all those qualities necessary to make 
 you happy. Many bloom in silence ; we 
 can easily find one. What do you say if 
 we advertise again ? You know that you 
 got acquainted with Mary first by adver- 
 tising, and then found out afterwards that 
 it took more money to go to house-keeping 
 with, than both of you had, and to hunt 
 that you went to California. 
 
 John Park. All-right, doctor, I always 
 liked the idea of advertisting for a wife. 
 One gets acquainted quicker, and don't 
 need to find out first if they really want to 
 marry or not. You know I am not very 
 forward at talking, and we can put in all 
 the qualities that are required* Of course 
 I will have to give a fair description of my- 
 self also, so that they will not expect too 
 much or too little. I hope we will find 
 one as good as Mary was. 
 
 Dr. Dott. It is not likely that any will 
 call, who are not satisfied that they can 
 fill the bill. One that does not think well 
 of herself is not likely to be worth much ; 
 and then we can soon see what they can 
 do in the kitchen and household, if any 
 should want to try joking. It will not be 
 hard to find out their true character, when 
 one has the money to get information with 
 from detectives. 
 
 John Park. I mean to bear sifting also, 
 and in making a contract of that kind, it is 
 best to be careful, as you used to say. I 
 am here reminded most forcibly of the 
 happy days I passed at your home. Never 
 since have I seen such pure pleasure, and 
 such sincere affection in any other family. 
 It is true, I did not have many chances, 
 but I did see many unhappy marriages, 
 
 and I must submit to the force of your ai*- 
 guments in all particulars. The little song, 
 you used to sing, while rocking the baby 
 to sleep, comes to my mind at the thought 
 of your happy family. I have not forgot- 
 ten it yet. [Sings :] 
 
 Baby clear you look so bright, 
 
 Cheer your parents ;day and night; 
 
 For our duty, patience trying, 
 
 Baby pays for with his crying, 
 
 Alternating with a smile, 
 
 Baby, baby smiles so fine. 
 
 Alternating with a smile, 
 
 Baby, l>aby smiles so fine. 
 [Tears roll down Dr. Dott's cheeks, 
 awakened by this memento of his chil- 
 dren.] He says: let us go to business. 
 [He writes and reads :] 
 
 Wanted — A Wife. 
 
 A healthy, honest' young man, 28 years 
 old, with good common education, good 
 habits, pleasant appearance, good temper 
 and abundant means to support a wife in 
 comfort, wishes to make the acquaintance 
 of a lady of about 25 years, with a view to 
 matrimony. The lady applying must be 
 healthy, of a generous and amiable dispo- 
 sition, must have good common sense, be 
 honest, possess a good knowledge of house- 
 keeping generally and be willing to bring 
 her abilities into play. None but such 
 being able to answer the above description 
 fully, and conscious of being able to make 
 a good wife to a kind husband need ap- 
 ply. Dr. Dott of Park's Co-operative ho- 
 tel, will vouch for the sincerity of the ad- 
 vertiser, and introduce any that may an- 
 swer, to a private interview with the ad- 
 vertiser. 
 
 John Park. That is splendid, and I am 
 gladthat you take that responsibility your- 
 self. It will help wonderfully to inspire 
 confidence and to bring applicants. I shall 
 muster up all my courage to stand the 
 siege successfully. 
 
 Dr. Dott. It shall appear then in the 
 next issue, so as to bring you off of your 
 nettles as quick as possible ; now let us 
 go and open our office at the hotel. I ex- 
 pect there will be plenty of work there. 
 I shall give up this office here ; both of us 
 better make our home at the hotel, so as 
 to be handy to our place of business and to 
 overlook things better. [Both leave, clos- 
 ing the door behind them.] 
 
20 
 
 JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 FIFTH SCENE. 
 
 AT THE CHARITY OFFICE OF 
 THE HOTEL. 
 
 Time : Several days after the end of the 
 fourth scene. Present : Dr. Dott, John 
 Park and Jac. 
 
 Enter 1st Applicant, whom Dr. Dott 
 begs to be seated. Dr. Dott says : What 
 can we do for you, sir ? 
 
 1st Applicant says : Inspired with con- 
 fidence by reading your supplement and 
 the New York Argument, I call upon you 
 to help us carry on the Seminary for 
 christian young ladies and gentlemen, of 
 which I have the honor to be principal. 
 
 Dr. Dott. May I know why your semi- 
 nary is not self-sustaining ? 
 
 Applicant. The number of our paying 
 members is insufficient to pay all necessary 
 expenses, but we would like to continue 
 in raising the standard of education of our 
 sons and daughters. 
 
 Dr. Dott. A praiseworthy object; what 
 branches do you teach ? 
 
 Applicant. All the higher branches, in- 
 cluding old and modern languages, history, 
 music and many other accomplishments. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Is your seminary public or 
 sectarian ? 
 
 Applicant. Sectarian. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I consider it my duty to help 
 every needy child or adult to attend the 
 public schools with regularity and com- 
 fort, until they have acquired the essen- 
 tials of a good education. There are many 
 who cannot buy books and decent clothes, 
 and have not the time to go to school, for 
 they are compelled to labor for a living. 
 I will not rest until every sufficiently ad- 
 vanced scholar of our public schools is in- 
 structed in the laws of our land, and those 
 of nature and health, for can we require 
 from people the knowledge of our laws, 
 unless such an opportunity is provided 
 for ? Would not such reading be much 
 better than the many silly stories often 
 contained in school-books ? Poverty and 
 so-called misfortune often spring from ig- 
 norance of nature's laws, and in educating, 
 our aim should be to teach the most use- 
 ful before the ornamental. Whatever aid 
 I would give you, would leave that much 
 less for others much more needy. I shall 
 give and work wherever I can do the most 
 good. Your pupils are advanced scholars 
 and can get along much better without 
 their latin and music, than the many poor 
 without the rudiments of an education, and 
 
 these are often obtained under terrible dif- 
 ficulties. I have seen many a mother who 
 would do with less to eat and wear, and 
 overwork herself to give her child a 
 chance to go to school. Where could 
 time and money be better applied than to 
 furnish such noble mothers the means to 
 accomplish this sacred task, without giv- 
 ing away, as it were, their own lives. I 
 do not expect to furnish people the means 
 of an ornamental education, while so many 
 are in want of the essentials. 
 
 Good day, sir. [Applicant leaves.] 
 
 Dr. Dott. Next in order. 
 
 Enter 2d Applicant, saying: I am in 
 great trouble and came to see if you would 
 help me. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Let me hear your wishes and 
 be honest and frank. 
 
 Applicant. I am living with my wife 
 and two sick children in a large and 
 crowded tenement-house. I have been 
 working all along in a factory, and 
 barely earned enough to keep us alive. 
 My wife got worn out by long watching ; 
 our neighbors helped us as much as they 
 could ; they are all poor people. As the 
 children were much worse yesterday I 
 stayed one day from my work, to help my 
 wife take care of them, and when I came 
 this morning to the factory my place was 
 filled by another man. I am discharged ; 
 my poor children and wife are suffering, 
 and I have no money to buy even the 
 barest necessities. The landlord has been 
 after the rent and is inexorable. Last 
 month I sold what furniture we could 
 spare to pay the rent, and now I have no 
 more to sell, not even anything to live on. 
 I am willing to work at anything that I 
 can get, but I must beg for my sick chil- 
 dren, they are suffering and cannot live 
 much longer unless I get help. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Have you a physician attend- 
 ing them ? 
 
 Applicant. Not now, sir, he left when 
 I could pay him no longer. 
 
 Dr. Dott to Jac. You go with this man 
 to Dr. Moore and tell him to attend to this 
 man's children at our expense, and to leave 
 nothing undone that will help to make 
 them comfortable; but first go to the 
 kitchen and take along some provisions, 
 enough to last for a few days. And you, 
 my good man, don't be afraid to call again 
 for anything you may need. Stay at home 
 and help your wife take care of the chil- 
 dren ; and then, after they are sufficiently 
 well to spare you, come to me for work, 
 if you do not engage yourself otherwise. 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 21 
 
 In regard to the rent, you may send that 
 flinty landlord to me, I will pay him and 
 have a talk with him. 
 
 Applicant. I am so glad and thankful 
 that words will not express it. I had al- 
 ready tried to rent another place and 
 move, but, wherever I went, they wanted 
 the rent in advance, and so I expected to 
 be thrown on the street. [Leaves]. 
 
 3d Applicant [tipsy]. I would like a 
 few dimes, family is starving, awful starv- 
 ing. 
 
 Dr. Doit. You are too tipsy to know 
 what you are doing. [Calls a porter and 
 says to him] : Take this man to bed, and 
 see that he does himself no harm. If he 
 should become too troublesome turn him 
 over to the police. If he goes to sleep 
 bring him to me again when he is sober. 
 [Porter takes applicant along with him.] 
 
 John Park. That man looks as though 
 he had passed through a great deal of 
 trouble. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Maybe we can find out when 
 he is sober. He needs a good lecture and 
 a friend to help him out of the evil ways 
 he has entered upon. He looks intelligent 
 and may yield to good counsel. 
 
 4th Applicant I represent a Working- 
 men's Protective Association. All our 
 men have been on a strike for eight hours 
 labor for some time. On this account and 
 through sickness, mainly caused by un- 
 healthy dwellings and labor, our once flour- 
 ishing treasury is now bankrupt, and 
 many of our members suffer for the neces- 
 sities of life. Could you not help us in 
 some way, we are all willing to work at 
 anything rather than for the hard old 
 bosses. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I think it would have been 
 better if you had worked on, saved your 
 money and when you had enough, started 
 a co-operative establishment in opposition, 
 or bought out the boss, then you would 
 soon have found out how far you could 
 have suited your own ideas and if you 
 could compete successfully with labor at 
 other places. As long as there are other 
 people willing to work ten or more hours 
 for same wages, all other things being 
 equal, they will kill the eight hour estab- 
 lishments, or wages must be reduced. It is 
 best to exhaust all candid arguments before 
 risking such uncertain measures. If all 
 men believed like me there would be no 
 strikes. I believe in letting the laborer 
 have a share in the profits, and I would 
 consult him whenever practicable, and be 
 as indulgent as compatible with justice and 
 
 prudence. Man is apt to become proud, 
 selfish and oppressive, and then difficulties 
 arise which cannot be settled in peace. 
 Eeal intelligence and oppression are in- 
 compatible, and wisdom is always modest 
 and lenient, until forbearance ceases to be 
 a virtue. All of you may join our street 
 cleaning squad, and the sick and needy 
 may draw their rations from our hotel 
 store-room and shall be well provided for. 
 Y ou may call on me for anything else that 
 is needed. [Hands him some supplements, 
 saying] : Distribute them freely amongst 
 your men, so that all may undertand our 
 ideas. 
 
 Applicant. Thank you, sir. The supple- 
 ment has been read with great pleasure at 
 our society's hall, and these will be often 
 read and well preserved. Most of our 
 men are mechanics, and perhaps would 
 not like to clean streets; they could do 
 more profitable work. 
 
 Dr. Dott. We have nothing else to do 
 just now. Our factories which are in 
 course of erection will soon give you more 
 suitable employment, and perhaps teach 
 your bosses a lesson. Your men are al- 
 ways at liberty to go whenever they will. 
 I would not be ashamed to clean streets 
 myself, and they will not be expected to 
 do anything, which I would not do. We 
 want to attend to the most needy first and 
 encourage no idleness ; if we are imposed 
 upon in our works of charity, the needy 
 ones will be cheated out of what would go 
 to them. Our means, although large, are 
 limited. 
 
 Applicant. I shall make my report to 
 the society, and am much obliged to you 
 for your offer. We will give you no cause 
 to regret what you may do for us, but in 
 contrary, all our energies shall be directed 
 to aid you in your laudable enterprise. 
 [Leaves]. 
 
 John Park. I see there are plenty of 
 chances to use money. 
 
 Dr Dott. We will soon be ready to em- 
 ploy more laborers ; we must help these 
 people in some way; we cannot allow 
 them to suffer, because their bosses will 
 not do their duty ; as long as they are wil- 
 ling to work, there is no danger of our 
 supplies being exhausted. I will look out 
 for that. 
 
 5th Applicant [a lady deeply veiled, a 
 child on her arm, says] : I came to see 
 Mr. Park. 
 
 [John Park seems to know that voice 
 and looks at her in bewilderment.] 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Are you not the lady I pre- 
 scribed for a few nights ago ? 
 
 Lady. Yes sir; and I am very much 
 obliged to you. I recovered very quick. 
 I am Mary Ark. 
 
 John Park [jumps up and looking at her 
 exclaims] : O, Mary, is that really you ; I 
 know it is — there is the ring I gave you. 
 O, that I never had seen that Kate. Mary 
 you look pale; sit down here; I am so 
 glad you did not die with the cholera as 
 Kate told me. 
 
 Mary Ark. I am so glad that you still 
 know me. So Kate said that I was dead ; 
 she never was a good friend of mine and 
 likely wished I was dead. 
 
 John Park. I can see now why she said 
 so. But never mind, things are not so 
 bad yet as they might be. [looking at the 
 child] : Is that your child, Mary ? 
 
 Mary Ark. Yes, Mr. Park, I despaired 
 of ever seeing you again. Mr. Harsh, our 
 former hotel-clerk, is the father. He has 
 since deserted me and drank himself to 
 death. I supported myself and child with 
 washing and needlework, but lately my 
 eyes failed, and I have since subsisted on 
 charity. I have been at your hotel for 
 several days and am so thankful to you. 
 
 John Park. And why did you not call 
 on me at once ? O, had I but seen you, 
 but then I would not have known you, un- 
 less I had heard your voice, for I believed 
 you dead. 
 
 Mary Ark. I could hardly muster up 
 courage enough to make myself known to 
 you, now since you got so wealthy. But 
 the reading of the supplement inspired me 
 with confidence. I longed to speak to you 
 so much. 
 
 John Park. You must have suffered ter- 
 ribly and all through Kates fault. But 
 may be she really believed what she said. 
 In cholera time people die fast, and people 
 do not go so much to funerals and to look 
 at the dead. We will never part again, 
 Mary, will we ? [Mary nods assent]. But 
 you must have better care now, your eyes 
 want attending to. In the excitement I 
 had forgotten, that Dr. Dott is so near. 
 Doctor, what is the best to do with Mary's 
 eyes ? now do your very best. We must 
 have them eyes all-right again. 
 
 Dr. Dott [looks at Mary's eyes and then 
 says] : Eest is all them eyes need, I be- 
 lieve. They have been overtaxed, and 
 will soon regain their strength again. A 
 little cologne in the washwater frequently 
 applied, and a little fresh lard at night 
 may help materially to reduce the little 
 
 inflammation, provided she don't go to 
 crying now with joy, as I think we all 
 have reason to. I am really surprised at 
 this turn of things. ? 
 
 John Park [calls the matron of the hotel 
 and says to her] : Mary here wants good 
 nursing and I will be obliged to you if you 
 will see that she does not want for any- 
 thing ; her every wish shall 'be attended 
 to. [John Park takes the child from 
 Mary's lap and pets it, and then says] : It 
 looks just like its mother, and Mary will 
 soon be herself again, wont she, doctor ; 
 nothing the worse, but a few years older. 
 
 Dr. Dott. There is nothing to hinder 
 it. The matron will see that she is well 
 attended to. All she needs iff rest and 
 good care, and the color will soon return 
 to her pale cheeks. 
 
 John Park aside to the matron. Mary 
 is my betrothed. You see that she gets 
 some nice clothes. [Hands her his pocket- 
 book.] I want to have her look well 
 again right fast. Now be good to her, I 
 will not forget you. 
 
 John Park to Mary. Now, Mary, go 
 with the matron here and rest yourself 
 and take good care of that baby, for I love 
 it the same as its mother. [Mary and ma? 
 tron leave.] 
 
 John Park to Dr. Dott. We will make 
 up now with pleasures for past troubles. 
 How quick things will take a turn some- 
 times. 
 
 Dr. Dott I hardly know what to say 
 to all this. She is certainly the same 
 Mary. But what are we to do in regard 
 to that advertisement now, if any one 
 calls ? I suppose it is no use to talk to 
 you about anybody but Mary now. 
 
 [Here a lady enters and hands Dr. Dott 
 a little enveloped note.] 
 
 Dr. Dott reads : I come to answer your 
 marriage advertisement. Could I get an 
 introduction to the advertiser ? 
 
 Dr. Dott [looks perplexed at John, then 
 begs the lady to be seated, and says aside 
 to John] : This is an awful dilemma. 
 She could not come at a worse time. 
 
 John Park. You will either have to mar- 
 ry her yourself or find her another hus- 
 band, that is all you can do. I am out now. 
 [Leaves.] 
 
 Dr. Dott [takes a seat alongside the 
 lady and says] : Have you well weighed 
 all the different requirements, and think 
 that you can fill them all ? You must ex- 
 cuse my exaction, for I have to be par- 
 ticular. 
 
 Lady. I am not afraid to bear the 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 23 
 
 strictest inquiry in all, and as I am not 
 afraid to appear myself, I hope to get an 
 introduction to the gentleman, whose ad- 
 vertisement, I must confess, has really at- 
 tracted my fancy. There can be no harm 
 in that, I hope. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Not at all, but I better own 
 at once that our young man is supplied 
 already. He accidentally met his long 
 lost first love, not five minutes ago, and a 
 marriage, I think, is already decided on. 
 He had been wrongly informed of her 
 death ; in that way he became a candidate 
 again. 
 
 Lady. I am always glad, when true 
 hearts meet ; but a little disappointed, I 
 must acknowledge. 
 
 Dr. Dott. That is proof of a noble heart 
 in yourself. Had we not better reverse 
 that advertisement now ; with your per- 
 mission, I should be glad to advertise 
 for you free of charge. Perhaps we can 
 thereby make your call successful in its 
 object in the end. I hope you know Dr. 
 Dott to be strictly reliable. I want to 
 make good this disappointment, if I can. 
 
 Lady. I have read your supplement 
 with much pleasure, and am really glad 
 to have made the acquaintance of its 
 author. I can see no harm in accepting 
 your proposition. I suppose the young 
 man who just left was the advertiser. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Yes, ma'am, Mr. Park, the 
 owner of this hotel, and my intimate 
 friend. I am so glad that you accept my 
 proposition. It will help me out of this 
 dilemma. May I have the pleasure to know 
 your name ? 
 
 Lady. Mary Home of Home Farm. 
 
 Dr. Dott. The daughter of my friend 
 Home, that is quite a surprise to me ! 
 
 Mary Home. You seem to know father. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Indeed I do, we have been 
 strong friends for several years, and he 
 knows me like a book; but I did not 
 know his daughter Mary ; he told me that 
 she was in Illinois somewhere, helping her 
 uncle to take care of a large hotel. He 
 was here only a few days ago, and never 
 mentioned that his daughter had come 
 home. Have you no message from him 
 for me ? 
 
 Mary Home. Father does not know 
 yet that I am so near; for I never in- 
 formed him that I was coming. I took a 
 notion all at once to see my folks at home. 
 The supplement fell accidentally into my 
 hands, while in the cars this morning, and 
 also the advertisement, and as I imagined 
 to possibly find my ideal of a husband in 
 
 the advertiser, I resolved to try at once 
 before going home. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I am really glad you did so, 
 I have thus had the pleasure to make 
 your acquaintance. You will find a very 
 great change at your father's farm. He 
 has sold out to Mr. Park, and intends to 
 move to the city as soon as we can find a 
 suitable man to relieve him. 
 
 Mary Home. I am sorry he did so. He 
 will have hard work to find as comfortable 
 a home in the city as at the farm. He 
 never mentioned anything of the kind in 
 his last letter of about a week ago. 
 
 Dr. Dott. He did not know himself 
 then; but he wanted to sell for some time. 
 
 Miss Home. I must go to see him at 
 once ; I long to see all my folks again 
 after so long an absence, and I like to see 
 how astonished they will be at my arrival, 
 it will be a perfect surprise. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I am sure to have that ad- 
 vertisement appear to suit in the morning. 
 I will take all responsibility. I would 
 really like to make your visit successful 
 in its object if possible. 
 
 Mary Home. It can do no harm, as I 
 have not the pleasure to be acquainted 
 with any one that might possibly answer 
 for a husband, for I am very particular in 
 that respect. I am sure that as I have 
 been taking care of my uncle's hotel, I 
 can also take care of a smaller place. I 
 am getting to old now to joke any, and as 
 you have become my confident already 
 and are father's friend, I know that I may- 
 trust you in this matter. You may let me 
 know by letter, if anybody should apply 
 for an interview ; this is rather a secret, 
 you know. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I will do as you say. Please 
 tell your father to come to our party to- 
 morrow night. I shall expect him with his 
 whole family, and Miss Mary in par- 
 ticular. 
 
 Mary Home. Thank you, Doctor. I 
 will tell him, and you may count on me 
 sure. [Leaves.] 
 
 Enter John Dark. Who knows what will 
 come out of this advertisement yet. I 
 see you had quite a talk with the nice lady. 
 
 Dr. Dott. You must have been listen- 
 ing, you rascal, you. She is Mr. Home's 
 daughter Mary ; this is the first time I saw 
 her. Who knows ? She is a noble woman. 
 It is quite a surprise for me ;' my age is be- 
 ginning to be oppressive to me for the first 
 time. I wish it was to-morrow night, and 
 I were a little younger. 
 
 John Park [consolingly]. She is not so 
 
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 JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 very young herself. She can't be much 
 short of thirty. There is not too much 
 difference in years, and it seems to me 
 you look ten years younger since this 
 interview. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Tou flatterer, you. I remem- 
 ber now of hearing Mr. Home say, that his 
 Mary was thirty already about six months 
 ago. She would have been older than 
 you anyway. 
 
 John Park. Tou see how well I can 
 guess. There is a real good chance for 
 you, doctor. I know she likes you; a 
 woman don't talk to a man like she did, 
 unless she likes him. It would have been 
 a hard time for me to stand her inqui- 
 sition. She seems to be awful particular 
 and she says so. You will suit her better. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I am afraid she only admires 
 in me the supplement, but I must at- 
 tend to the next applicant. 
 
 Enter 6th Applicant. I wish to have 
 this advertisement inserted in your paper. 
 [Hands Dr. Dott copy.] Your manager 
 refused to insert it in this shape, and I 
 came to appeal to you ; this same adver- 
 tisement is in nearly every paper in the 
 whole state. 
 
 Dr. Dott reads the advertisement and 
 then says. I cannot put this in, because 
 others do so. You say here, that this cough 
 medicine which you recommend, is the 
 best that is made, and, in fact, the only 
 really good and scientifically prepared 
 cough medicine. Then you go on and say, 
 that others and imitations of your medi- 
 cine are sold, but call all such mere vile 
 decoctions intended to deceive people. 
 You say such are without any merit, yours 
 alone will cure every cough, no matter of 
 how long standing. Now mister, I would 
 like to know how you can swear to this, 
 and you have to do that before it can be 
 inserted. Don't you know that the same 
 cough medine will not cure all coughs if 
 ever so good. That what cures once, will 
 not cure always, that one cough is different 
 from another, and that one constitution 
 can bear, what another cannot. Don't 
 you know, that you cannot put up any 
 medicine so bad, that it may not prove 
 useful to some, nor so good that it will 
 suit all cases, and that many very valuable 
 proprietary cough mixtures are sold daily 
 besides yours. I call such words as are 
 in your advertisement malicious, selfish 
 falsehoods, and such cannot appear in our 
 columns. Our manager is right in refusing 
 it as it is. You will have to remodel it 
 and bring it down to reason. You may 
 
 recommend your medicine as much as you 
 can conscientiously under oath. Can you 
 do that in this shape ? 
 
 Applicant. Well, then I will throw out 
 all you object to. The columns of the 
 Argument are too valuable for advertising 
 to leave it out altogether. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Gro to our manager, he knows 
 our invariable rules, and will do all I 
 would. 
 
 [Applicant leaves looking very per- 
 plexed.] 
 
 John Park. That fellow cannot believe, 
 that money cannot buy us for anything 
 that is not truthful and not just* 
 
 Dr. Dott. People will not expect nor 
 offer such things any more, when we once 
 get fairly to work to annihilate all injus- 
 tice and misrepresentations of whatever 
 nature. 
 
 8th Applicant. I am out of a job, sir, 
 and I read in your advertisement, that I 
 could get work here. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Have you a family, sir ? 
 
 Applicant. No, sir, I am all alone in 
 this wicked world. 
 
 Dr. Dott. "What makes you think this 
 world so wicked ? 
 
 Applicant. I have a long story to tell 
 you, sir. A few nights ago I was passing 
 quietly along the street, when suddenly I 
 was knocked down, and before I knew 
 what hurt me I was robbed of my pocket- 
 book and watch. I recovered from the 
 blow just time enough to see some fellows 
 run off. I found a policeman and told 
 him what had happened, but I never heard 
 any more from my money nor from the 
 robbers; I have the marks of the blow 
 still left on my forehead. As all my 
 money was stolen, I had to make some 
 more to live on, and asked at a big bug's 
 house on Fifth Avenue for a job. The 
 man was just getting out of his carriage. 
 I told him my story and he set me to work 
 carrying and piling up a big pile of brick 
 he had in the yard, from one side to the 
 other. I done the job faithfully, he paid 
 me and 1 asked him for more work. He 
 told me if I wanted more I might carry 
 all the brick back again, to where they 
 were first. I asked him what use there 
 was in that. Said he, just to give you 
 work ; what's the difference to you, so I 
 pay you for it. Said I, I don't exactly like 
 to do useless work, and wear out my hands 
 and clothes to get an appetite, which is too 
 big already. Can't you give me a job 
 where there is some good use in ? I will 
 only damage them brick every time I 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 25 
 
 handle them. Said he roughly, I want 
 you to do what I tell you. Said I, it would 
 be better to set me to work cleaning the 
 street, or watching that the house don't 
 catch fire. By this time the fellow got hot 
 and said, you piece of impudence, get out 
 and never show your face here again. I 
 have no use for the likes of you. Said I 
 calmly, it is no use to get mad ; as he was 
 getting ready to run me off with a brick, I 
 left him, saying : may be you will find your, 
 level some day. I suppose the fellow got 
 mad because he thought, that I might teach 
 him something. If all laboring men were 
 like me, such fellows as him would have 
 to do their own work, or starve, for I 
 would not do a lick for one like him. If 
 I did, I think I would be encouraging 
 pride and tyranny, and now I am just a 
 little curious to know your own private 
 opinion of the matter, whether I am right, 
 or he. 
 
 Dr. Dott. You are right undoubtedly, 
 sir. I would have done the same in your 
 place. In furnishing the people with labor, 
 I consider it my duty to make such labor 
 as useful and agreeable to perform, as I 
 reasonably can, and if I did not know this, 
 I would not get mad at being told; the 
 fellow must have known himself, that it 
 would have been better to clean the street, 
 than to do useless work and damaging to 
 the brick. The earth is large and there 
 is plenty of room for useful labor any- 
 where. It would be no trouble to me to 
 find useful employment for every honest 
 man living, if I had the means and they 
 were willing to work, we might have a 
 perfect paradise, compared with what it is 
 now, where about one-half lives in idle- 
 ness on the other half s labor. That man 
 likely never worked himself and never 
 troubles himself about the rights of work- 
 ingmen. Perhaps he was taught these 
 queer notions he has, and as he does not 
 see much other society than the likes of 
 him, he will never know better. He thinks 
 he knows all. If that man wants anything, 
 you may bet he will have it, even if some- 
 body else has to suffer. Now, as you spoke 
 about street cleaning, that is about the 
 only job that I can put you at just now. 
 You know it will improve the looks of the 
 street, and be more healthy and comfor- 
 table for all that pass them. 
 
 Applicant I will go to work cheerfully. 
 If I was made for better work, you will 
 soon find it out. I know that I can trust 
 to a man like you. 
 
 Dr. Dott Well then. You may report 
 4 
 
 to the captain of the street cleaning squad. 
 Any policeman can tell where they are at 
 work, they keep each other posted on the 
 whereabouts of the squad, so as to know 
 where they are in case of need. Yester- 
 day the whole squad proved themselves 
 very useful in helping the police to dis- 
 perse a disorderly mob, and make arrests. 
 [Applicant leaves.] 
 
 [Enter messenger, hands Dr. Dott a 
 note.] Dr. Dott reads: The board of street 
 commissioners has passed an unanimous 
 resolution to pay Dr. Dott his whole ex- 
 pense of the men engaged by him in street 
 cleaning, provided such expense be not 
 more than is ordinarily paid by contract 
 for similar labor performed. A vote of 
 thanks to the men in the squad, for their 
 aid in helping the police to perform their 
 duty, where they would otherwise not 
 have been able to do any good, was also 
 passed unanimously ; and the police have 
 orders to read both resolutions before the 
 men of the squad and to thank them speci- 
 ally in the name of the city. 
 
 Yours most respectfully 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 Dr. Dott. This is cheering news for 
 once. It will give a new impulse to my 
 energies, and cheer up the men too* 
 People like to see their services recog- 
 nized. It will not cost the city half as 
 much as ordinarily, and I have the satis- 
 faction to know that the money of the 
 city will do more good this time than it 
 used to. There is a big difference in the 
 way money is spent, and the good or bad 
 it does. A big difference, if it goes to 
 clothe and feed the poor, or to the race- 
 course, gambling-hell or worse places; 
 whether spent for luxuries and extra- 
 vagances, or necessaries and the most use- 
 ful improvements. [To messenger.] Tell 
 the mayor, that I am very much obliged 
 to him. [Messenger leaves.] 
 
 9th Applicant. I came to see if you 
 could not help me. My wife is lying very 
 low with typhoid-fever, and the dotor says, 
 if she does not soon get into better air 
 and have better nursing, she must die. 
 I am unable to buy the necessary med- 
 icines. The doctor has done all he can. 
 He is a young beginner and poor himself. 
 He has already gone in debt to get what 
 was indispensable so far. The other doc- 
 tors would not go at all, until I could pay 
 them, or they stayed away after a visit 
 or two. I had to send my poor little chil- 
 dren to a sister of mine, as poor as my- 
 self; but there, at least, they will not 
 
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 JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 worry their poor mother with their pitiful 
 calls. I tried to get admittance in the city 
 hospital for her, but they sent me from 
 one place to another, to get a ticket of ad- 
 mission, and there were so many formal- 
 ities to go through, that I despaired of the 
 task and came here. 
 
 Dr. Dott calls Mr. Paine, 2nd clerk, and 
 says: Please, go with this man, and tell 
 the attendiDg physician to do the best he 
 can for this man's wife. Here is 25 dol- 
 lars for the doctor to buy all neces- 
 saries. Tell him to move the woman to 
 Home's farm, if practicable. I will send 
 a messenger over there immediately to 
 have the little pleasure-house in the gar- 
 den got ready for her reception ; and you, 
 my good man, don't be deprived of the 
 presence of your dear children any longer, 
 but take them along; there will be plenty 
 of room for all. I hope that by these 
 means your wife's life may be saved, and 
 all once more be joy in your household. 
 Depend on it, we will leave nothing un- 
 done, which can help to attain that end ; 
 we must hope for the best and work for 
 it. Tell the young physician to call on 
 me, as I am about to quit my practice. I 
 may be able to do him some good ; he has 
 done nobly with you. [Applicant leaves 
 with Mr. Paine; his heart so full of grati- 
 tude that he cannot speak, but weeps with 
 
 joy-] 
 
 John Park. I bet that young doctor is 
 a noble young man, who will be fit to take 
 your practice. 
 
 Dr. Dott. That is what I think. I may 
 be able to give him a good start, and he 
 deserves it. 
 
 John Park. I once experienced the same 
 difficulty to get admitted to a hospital as 
 this applicant did. I had such hard work 
 to find the right man, that my strength 
 failed me, and then the police had to take 
 me there. 
 
 Enter Mr. Eal, leading a woman by the 
 arm. [The woman is a little the worse for 
 whisky.] Mr. Eal says to Dr. Dott : This 
 woman has stolen little articles belonging 
 to the hotel and sold them to get whisky 
 and tobacco ; she is not sober yet, and the 
 police know her to be a hard character. 
 
 Dr. Dott to woman kindly : Are you in 
 the habit of getting drunk? Answer 
 truly now. 
 
 Woman. Yes, sir. I will not deny it, 
 I cannot do without whisky and tobacco. 
 TDr. Dott. That is bad; but why did 
 you not ask for what you wanted, rather 
 than try to get it by stealing. 
 
 Woman. I did not think that I would 
 get any by asking, and I needed both so 
 bad. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Don't you think it is wrong 
 to get drunk and to steal from the very 
 place that offers you a home ? 
 
 [Woman looks down ashamed.] 
 
 Dr. Dott. Don't you know, that what- 
 ever you take from here, will be taken 
 from some needy person like yourself? 
 .Those things will have to be replaced, and 
 it will be that much less to help the poor. 
 
 Woman. I did not think you would 
 miss it. I will not do it again. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I will pardon you this time. 
 Hereafter, when you need anything, call 
 on us first, we will furnish you with all 
 the necessaries. But you must leave off 
 whisky and tobacco. They are luxuries 
 which we cannot afford ; there are too 
 many that suffer for necessaries. Do not 
 steal again, for you will be strictly watch- 
 ed, and if detected again at stealing, be 
 turned over to the law as unfit to be in 
 the society of good people. 
 
 Mr. Eal here detects a bottle of whisky 
 under her apron and hands it to the 
 doctor. 
 
 Dr. Dott. This is some of the poison 
 you like so well, then. It is very good 
 medicine in the right place, but it becomes 
 dangerous in weak hands, whereof it soon 
 becomes the master; if not checked in 
 time it will lead to ruin. 
 
 Woman. I need some whisky very bad 
 right now. I am craving for it and tremble 
 all over. 
 
 Dr. Dott to Mr* EaL Give this woman 
 a right good hot cup of coffee or tea. First 
 I will try some other stimulant, to see if I 
 cannot overcome that bad craving and 
 trembling. May be a little ether or Hy- 
 ocyamus may do it, if tea or coffee will 
 not. If we can overcome it with these, 
 it will be better; if nothing else will 
 answer, then give her a little at a time of 
 the whisky. [Hands him the bottle.] Set 
 her to work at something that will em- 
 ploy her mind and keep her with some 
 trusty good servants, so that she may not 
 be tempted again. Have her watched 
 closely, and see that everybody is kind to 
 her, and then report to me once in a while 
 how she gets along. Her case deserves 
 particular attention, if we want to save 
 her; she is a good looking woman, and 
 may do much good yet. Her expressions 
 inspire me with confidence. [Mr. Eal 
 leaves with the woman crying bitterly.] 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 27 
 
 10th Applicant. I came to collect them 
 six dollars for rent, which my tenant said 
 you would pay. 
 
 Dr. Dott. What is your name, sir? 
 
 Applicant. Holt ! 
 
 Dr. Dott. Ah, I have heard of that name 
 before, the president of a mining com- 
 pany. Permit me to ask you if you ever 
 read our first supplement? 
 
 Mr. Holt. Yes, sir, I did, but what has 
 that to do with the six dollars I want ? 
 
 Dr. Dott. You would oblige me very 
 much by reading it again. [Hands him a 
 copy.] This time weigh well every sen- 
 tence and think of its application to col- 
 lecting rents from the poor. 
 
 Mr. Holt [angrily] : I have no time to 
 lose, I want them six dollars and be gone. 
 
 Dr. Dott. You will not lose any time 
 reading the supplement, it is really the 
 best way you can employ a few minutes 
 usefully, and if you take it to heart, it 
 may do you much good. 
 
 Mr. Holt. I did not come to listen to a 
 sermon. I tell you for the last time, will 
 you pay them six dollars or not ? 
 
 Dr. Dott. Yes, sir, I will pay them, and 
 a million times six dollars, before I would 
 see you grind that poor and helpless 
 tenant into dust. Have you no pity for 
 your tenant's sick children, have you no 
 ear for charity ? Can it be possible that 
 even the reading of the supplement has 
 not touched that tender part of conscience, 
 which I thought was in every man, a flinty 
 landlord not excepted. I can hardly be- 
 lieve that you know the poor and helpless 
 condition your tenant is in. But go and ex- 
 amine into it, look at his sick children, his 
 poor wife, worn out with watching,the emp- 
 ty larder, at least so it was, before I sent 
 them food, the horrible neglected state of 
 your premises in regard to health and com- 
 fort, and then, after you have seen all, come 
 for your six dollars, if you will. I shall pay 
 them then, but not willingly. Not until 
 by due process of law you compel your 
 tenant to pay, and then I shall have an 
 opportunity to let the whole country know 
 your conduct in this case. It shall in all 
 its truth be published in the Argument, 
 wi.th your ugly picture at the head, so that 
 everybody may know and beware of you. 
 I shall spare no money nor pains, and 
 should it cost thousands and years of la- 
 bor, to see that the poor are not tramp- 
 led upon, and shall do all in my power to 
 prevent you, a rich man, to live in extra- 
 vagance on the sweat of your poor ten- 
 ants. Remember that we have the ability 
 
 and the means to leave no mean act of 
 yours unconcealed; if you are passed reform 
 then we consider you dangerous to our 
 welfare, and have a right to publish your 
 acts as a warning to others. Such I con- 
 sider my duty as an editor. It is for you 
 to choose, whether you will add them six 
 dollars to your already to large income, 
 or whether you will obey the dictates of 
 your conscience, If you have any left. 
 [Mr. Holt leaves.] 
 
 John Park. I bet that man feels the 
 cheapest of any man in these diggings. It 
 was a perfect treat to me the way you laid 
 it on to him. He was in hot water all the 
 time ; in his place I would have run off at 
 once. I would not want to take such a 
 lecture. 
 
 Dr. Dott. That he listened to all I said 
 and kept so dumb, shows that there is a 
 good spark left in him. His guilty con- 
 science held him and made him listen in 
 silence. We shall see in a day or two if 
 I am right or not 
 
 Enter 11th Applicant, with a boy to guide 
 him. Applicant says to Dr. Dott : I heard 
 your supplement read, and come to see if 
 you could not do something for me. I 
 come straight from the poor house. Once 
 I was a gay young man ; I earned and 
 spent money freely. I did not look to the 
 future, else I would not have to stay at the 
 poorhouse now. I was working in a fire- 
 works factory as foreman and part owner. 
 An accident occured and left me as I am. 
 Many others were killed or crippled with 
 me. Everything I had in money and pro- 
 perty went to pay doctor bills, and so I de- 
 termined at last to go to the poorhouse 
 rather than become a burden to my friends, 
 who were not able to afford me any better 
 accommodations without depriving them- 
 selves of their hard earned savings. I am 
 deprived of the use of my eyes entirety ; 
 a helpless cripple. It is true I do not suffer 
 for the bear necessities of life, but I cannot 
 feel contend with such* What is life with- 
 out a little pleasure. I long to make my- 
 self a little useful, if ever so little; my am- 
 bition is not dead yet; my mind continu- 
 ally seeks for food as well as the body. 
 Regulations at the poorhouse are so op- 
 pressive in many ways, and the officers 
 so careless and unobliging, although I once 
 helped to pay taxes wherewith they are 
 paid their salaries, that I seldom can get 
 out of doors, and then have to be begging 
 for every little thing I wish. Oh how 1 
 wish I could attend a lecture or listen to 
 music, song, etc., sometimes at least. The 
 
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 JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 officers tell me they cannot afford such 
 things ) they are rough and snippish in 
 their answers, so that I dare not call on 
 them again. It is true I managed to start 
 a little singing club, but we do not get 
 ahead much, there is no leader, and I can 
 only sing by ear. The society at the poor- 
 house is not very choice nor orderly nohow* 
 
 Dr. Dott. "Where there is a will there 
 is a way. I am sorry to hear such com- 
 plaints from a place that is intended to be 
 a fit place for any one to stay. I would 
 have been willing to donate millions to the 
 poorhouse, could I have been assured of 
 seeing it as it ought to be. We are now 
 trying to build a place, where we would 
 be willing to live ourselves, should we 
 ever be compelled to seek an asylum* 
 This community is -rich, and there are 
 many willing and able hands, but nothing 
 can prosper, where the head, (that is the 
 officers,) are selfish, careless and idle. I 
 hope that we may be spared that curse. 
 For this reason, all our enterprizes will be 
 Mr. Park's private property, and he will 
 see that they do as much good as possible. 
 By the way, you seem to have a good voice, 
 I believe it could be turned to good ac- 
 count. 
 
 Applicant. I used to be a good singer 
 once, and entertained many a company by 
 my songs. I think I have not lost my 
 voice yet, although I am out of practice. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I love singing and music my- 
 self. Song is one of the greatest pleasures 
 in life. I will engage a good leader, and 
 as soon as our buildings, now in course of 
 erection, are ready to be occupied, I will 
 send for you to live with us. At present 
 I cannot afford to give you better accom- 
 modations than you have already, for I am 
 pressed with applications from all sides 
 and there is no room yet at the farm, to 
 gather in and practice music. I intend 
 that all the inmates of the home shall have 
 a chance to partake in such enjoyments as 
 we can afford. So have a little patience 
 until I send for you. [Applicant leaves 
 with many expressions of gratitude. Dr. 
 Dott notes down his name, etc.] 
 
 John Park. That man will be a valuable 
 aquisition, I bet. He will not only be a 
 good singer, but I think he would make a 
 good judge. He is blind and therefore 
 his eyes will not make him one sided so 
 easy. He seems to have good common 
 sense, and this is sharpened by a keen and 
 varied hard experience* He has just am- 
 bition enough to look for nothing but jus- 
 tice and the love of his fellow-men. He 
 
 is not so likely to be led astray, or be self" 
 ish; he being helpless, I think makes him 
 more sensitive of justice* 
 
 Dr. Dott. A very good idea, that. There 
 must be a judge at the home, we cannot 
 always be there ourselves and decide these 
 little difficulties that will arise, we will 
 only listen to appeals, if he proves to be 
 as good as you think he will. 
 
 3rd Applicant returns after having slept 
 out his drunk, looking rather bashful. 
 
 Dr. Dott kindly says to him: Well, my 
 man, what can I do for you to-day ? 
 
 Applicant. I am awful dry just now. 
 
 Dr. Dott to John Park. Please order 
 him a good cup of coffee. [John Park 
 goes after it himself.] You don't want to 
 get drunk again, do you ? I hope you 
 will keep sober now. 
 
 Applicant. I will have to keep sober 
 now, for I have not the wherewith to get 
 drunk* 
 
 Dr. Dott. What made you fall into such 
 a horrible practice ? 
 
 Applicant. I would like to stay drunk 
 the balance of my days. I can have no 
 more peace in this world no way, unless I 
 am dead drunk. 
 
 Dr. Dott. What makes you think that, 
 open you heart to us, may be we can help 
 you in a better way. 
 
 Applicant. There is no help for me. I 
 lost my only boy a short time ago. He 
 died with pneumonia. He was just two 
 years old and so smart for his age \ but 
 what was better, he was such a good na- 
 tured and affectionate child. How we 
 loved each other words cannot tell. It 
 nearly kills me to think of it. He was 
 such a good boy, everybody that saw him 
 loved him, they all told me he was too good 
 to live long. It proved only too true. How 
 he used to cling around my neck and say 
 those sweetest of all words to a parent, ma- 
 ma and papa. He is dead now and noth- 
 ing to replace him. My wife, the poor 
 creature, is fretting herself away fast. It 
 is only in foregetfulness when I am drunk 
 and asleep, that I can find any rest ; my 
 strength will soon fail, and all will be over. 
 I do not want to live without my boy. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Don't you think it is your 
 own conduct that makes your wife fret all 
 the more ? have you no pitty for her? You 
 act too selfish, I am afraid. If you were 
 making yourself useful at home in place 
 of being drunk away from home, I think 
 your wife's influence would soon help you 
 bear that terrible affliction better, for 
 woman is strongest in such cases, frequent- 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 29 
 
 ly so at least. What is your name and what 
 business do you generally follow. 
 
 Applicant. My name is George Fitz- 
 simmons, and I am an engineer by trade. 
 J[ used to be a good hand while my boy 
 lived, but I have done nothing but drink 
 and weep since. If I had only been able 
 to surround my boy with all the precau- 
 tions againfct cold, and had a right good 
 house, like some rich folks have, I might 
 have prevented this calamity. But our 
 house was not as good as it ought to be ; 
 and we had too work to hard to bestow the 
 necessary attention on him. 
 
 Enter a veiled lady - } she goes timidly up 
 to Mr. Fitzsimmons and taking him by the 
 hand, says : Come home, George, I have 
 been looking for you since yesterday, and 
 only accidently heard you where here. 
 
 George. Yes, Sarah, I will go, but there 
 is no home for me without my boy. The 
 enipt}^ chair, the vacant cradle, his little 
 clothes, the looks of them are enough to 
 drive me to distraction, and still I love to 
 look on them, to hug them and press them 
 to my heart, for I seem to see my boy in 
 them. His memory is so clear and dear 
 to me. 
 
 Dr. Dott to Mrs. Fitzsimmons. Pardon 
 me, madam, if I offer a little suggestion to 
 both of you. I will employ your husband 
 as engineer, and give both of you a home 
 at our farm. I think a change from the 
 scenes of your sorrowful home will do good 
 to both of you. We have several orphan 
 boys there, and perhaps you could become 
 attached to them, if you help raise them, 
 and thereby not miss your boy quite so 
 much. They need to have somebody, that 
 takes a parents place, and it seems to me, 
 good woman, you are just the person that 
 could do this. 
 
 Sarah to George. Gh George, take the 
 gentleman's offer. I would be so glad. 
 You know the landlord will not wait much 
 longer for his rent and I am too weak to 
 stand it much longer, if things go as they 
 have been. 
 
 George. So it be then for your sake. I 
 will try to do better once more. [To Dr. 
 Dott :] But, sir, can you trust a man like 
 me, who has gone so low ? My nerves 
 are so unsteady. 
 
 John Park enters with a cup of coffee, 
 handing it to George, says : Try this ; my 
 man, it will help you. 
 
 George drinks some and handing it to 
 Sarah, says : Take some, Sarah, likely you 
 have not tasted anything since I left. 
 
 Sarah takes some and says : I feel bet- 
 
 ter now, this has been the most joyful day 
 in a long time to me, George, if you go to 
 work now ) I am sure you will not impose 
 on the gentleman's charity. 
 
 Br. Dott. Mr. Owen, our chief engineer, 
 will see that you are well taken care of. 
 He will do all in his power to help you on 
 to prosperity. Just open your heart to 
 him as you did to me. 
 
 George. Mr. Owen, my good old boss, he 
 knows every inch of me. I am afraid he 
 has lost faith in my ability to reform. I 
 am ashamed to appear before him, but I 
 must and I will. Try, try again, used to 
 be his motto, and I will make use of it now. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Never fear; tell him I sent 
 you. You will there find such different 
 companions than you have been used to 
 lately, that with your wife's and their 
 aid, you cannot fail to overcome your ha- 
 bit and to feel at home once more. The 
 orphan boys will arouse your sympathy 
 for them, and, although I cannot give you 
 back your boy, I can at least help you to 
 an opportunity, to do some good for your- 
 self and these poor orphans. Before you 
 will open such a wide field for the useful 
 employment of your abilities, interming- 
 led with, little pleasures, that you will be 
 glad to have abandoned those companions 
 that led you into drinking, idling and con- 
 sequent degradation. At the farm you will 
 be removed from all such temptations. 
 Cheer up, my good people, [hands them a 
 supplement,] in this you may find a good 
 deal to read, that will help you in your 
 afiliction. [To John Park.] Please take 
 these people to the dining room and order 
 a good meal for them, before they enter 
 on their way to the farm. [John leaves 
 with Mr. and Mrs. Fitzsimmons following.] 
 
 Enter 12th Applicant. I come to see if 
 I could not get a situation about the hotel. 
 I did act as assistant clerk under Mr. Eal 
 about six months ago. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Why did you not stay with 
 Mr. Eal then ? 
 
 Applicant. My education was not as 
 good as I wanted it to be, and I determined 
 to go to school again on the money I had 
 saved. I have been at school ever since. 
 I think I can make myself more useful 
 now. 
 
 Dr. Dott. That shows very good sense j 
 but why did you not go to school in your 
 young days? 
 
 Applicant. My guardian gave me no 
 time. Father left plenty of property for 
 sister and me, to have us well educated, 
 and then have enough left to give us a 
 
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 JOHN PAKE AND BR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 good start in life. The property became 
 very valuable since, but it is all in other 
 hands now. My guardian has made away 
 with it somehow, and got rich himself; he 
 was as poor as a church mouse before. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Did you not look into the 
 ways that your guardian % managed, since 
 you got able to do so ? 
 
 Applicant. My guardian kept me at 
 farm work until I became of age. As 
 I got very little learning until then, I 
 was in ignorance of everything except 
 what the neighbors would tell me. Since 
 then I worked and went to school alter- 
 nately, as best I could. I engaged a law- 
 yer one time to help me look into my 
 guardian's management. I went to great 
 expense in getting abstracts and inquiring 
 about, and then all at once my lawyer told 
 me, unless I got better testimony, my case 
 was hopeless. My money was all gone 
 and I went to work for Mr. Hone. My 
 guardian had a son, who was a good man, 
 his father would not let him marry my 
 sister, and as the two loved each other, 
 they were compelled to run away. Both 
 since died, after having suffered much from 
 unused exposure and hard times. My 
 lawyer once spoke of fine prospects of get- 
 ting all our property back; sister relied too 
 much on this and the disappointment has- 
 tened her death. The last six months I 
 devoted every spare moment to looking 
 over all records that might give me an idea 
 of the way the property went, and I found 
 out that my former lawyer is some way 
 connected with my guardian in doing 
 away with that property. I want to save 
 me some more money, so that I can enter 
 into suit against both the rascals. I have 
 a pretty sure case against them now, but 
 I want to be able to devote my whole time 
 to the suit myself. I will not trust another 
 lawyer without watching him very close. 
 I think my guardian would sacrifice lots 
 of money and buy up judge and lawyer 
 if I do not watch. I mean to be sure be- 
 fore I go ahead again. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I think you will make a good 
 clerk, and you may act as such under Mr. 
 Eal again. I will get my own counsellor 
 to help you look into this matter, if you 
 will consent ; he is a smart man and will 
 find the guilty parties if anybody can. I 
 hate to see you cheated out of your right- 
 ful property, and I will help you get your 
 rights if I can. May I know the rascally 
 guardian's and lawyer's name, so as to be- 
 ware of them ? 
 
 Applicant. My guardian's name is Holt, 
 
 the lawyer's name is Care and my own is 
 Far. Mr. Holt is as hard a landlord now 
 as he was a guardian. 
 
 Dr. Dott. Mr. Far, you astonish me. 
 Mr. Care is my own counsellor in whom I 
 always had the utmost confidence, and he 
 is to be such a big rascal ! 
 
 Mr. Far. I can hardly be mistaken in 
 the matter and will show you my proof. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I must sift this matter 
 at once; Mr. Care is such a splendid 
 smooth talker. Flease show me the proof. 
 I want to know all. The charges are too 
 serious. 
 
 Mr. Far. Here are the papers. Mr. 
 Care was judge then, when the papers 
 were filed. I did not know this until a 
 few days ago, when I hunted over the 
 records at court. 
 
 Dr. Dott. It is surely the same Care, 
 for he was judge about five years ago, 
 when he returned to his practice as lawyer. 
 Go on, Mr. Far, and explain to me. 
 
 Mr. Far. Judge Care issued the orders 
 of sale for most of our father's property 
 on one false claim at least; and I think I 
 have found other false claims against our 
 property, that are filed as paid now by the 
 property sold. My guardian had a great 
 sum allowed to him by Judge Care for 
 sister's and my maintenance, although all 
 the neighbors know, that the work both 
 of us done for Mr. Holt was worth more, 
 than our board and clothes. We could 
 have gotten better accommodations, and 
 wages besides at our neighbors, but we 
 were not free and I wanted to stick it out, 
 if possible. I was determined he should 
 have no complaint to make, while I was 
 under his roof. You see an affidavit here 
 of a certain Mr. Parson, whose claim for 
 four thousand dollars with interest is on 
 record as paid by Mr. Holt. I accident- 
 ally found the only Mr. Parson in that 
 whole country and asked him in regard to 
 that claim. He knew Mr. Holt and my 
 father very well, but said that he never 
 had any such claim, nor ever signed or 
 swore to any such papers. Here was a 
 clear case of forgery. I got Mr. Parson's 
 affidavit to that effect at once, but un- 
 luckily the poor man was killed by a 
 steamboat accident. We had determined 
 to go and confront Mr. Holt, as soon as 
 he would return from Philadelphia. I 
 am very glad I got this affidavit at least. 
 The justice who took it also knows Mr. 
 Parson. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I see Mr. Poe's signature to 
 a claim here. 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 31 
 
 Mr. Far. I have not yet been able to 
 inquire into that. Do yon know such a 
 man ? 
 
 Br. Bott. Mr. Poe is dead, but his 
 daughter,, the only heir he left, may know 
 something about it. I know her well. 
 [Enter Mis3 Poe.] Dr. Dott says: Ah, 
 here she comes, just as though we had 
 called her. 
 
 Miss Poe. Good-day, gentlemen. Doc- 
 tor, 1 must confess, that I have been im- 
 prudent again ; I feel bad to-day and come 
 to get your advice again. I wish, I could 
 learn better. 
 
 Dr. DM to Miss Poe. We will talk 
 about your malady after a while. I see it 
 is not so very urgent. You happen to 
 come just at a time when we were talking 
 about you. 
 
 Miss Poe. Then I want to know what 
 you were saying about me. 
 
 Br. Bott [showing her a document] : 
 Do you know if this is your father's sig- 
 nature ? 
 
 Miss Poe looking at it. I know it is 
 not, for father told me that he never sign- 
 ed his name to any document, without 
 putting a dot in the ring of the P, and 
 this has no dot in it. What is the docu- 
 ment about ? 
 
 Br. Bott. It is a supposed claim, or 
 petition for payment of a claim of two 
 thousand dollars on a store account, &c. 
 against a Mr. Far. 
 
 Miss Poe. I can look over fathers books 
 to see if he had such a claim, for he was 
 very careful in his business and told me, 
 that all his transactions were briefly de- 
 scribed in the book he gave me. He done 
 this to provide against future false claims 
 and to save me trouble. Mr. Care has all 
 the books in his office now; he took them 
 to hunt up some evidence in a case that he 
 was interested in as he said. 
 
 Br. Bott. Did he mention any names? 
 
 Miss Poe. I think he said something 
 about a Mr. Holt, and a Mr. Far, but I 
 paid no particular attention to it. You 
 know Mr. Care is an old friend of mine. 
 
 Br. Bott. What a lot of evidence acci- 
 dents will sometimes bring to view. This 
 matter is getting very serious, and we best 
 send for Mr. Care at once to explain 
 things if he can. [To Jac :] Tell Mr. Care 
 I wish to see him on business of great im- 
 portance. [Jac leaves.] 
 
 Br. Bott to Miss Poe : I am really 
 alarmed at things, and the way all of us 
 might possibly be affected, for Mr. Care's 
 honesty is brought into very great doubt, 
 
 if not worse. There is very serious evi- 
 dence against his actions when he was 
 judge. Mr. Far here makes the accusation. 
 
 Miss Poe. I am really surprised. Mr. 
 Care has always acted the gentleman 
 towards me. 
 
 Br. Bott. He seems to be a very great 
 flatterer. Here he comes, maybe he can 
 clear himself. [Enter Mr. Care who is vis- 
 ibly alarmed at the sight of Mr. Far, but 
 soon regains his composure and says to 
 Miss Poe] : I hope you did not come for 
 medicine again ? 
 
 31iss Poe [coolly] : I am quite unwell. 
 
 Br. Bott to Mr. Care [showing on Mr. 
 Far] : Are you acquainted with Mr. Far ? 
 
 Mr. Care [extends his hand to Mr. Far 
 saying] : How do you do, Mr. Far ? 
 
 Mr. Far [steps back saying] : I shall not 
 take that hand, until it is washed of the 
 crime that clings to it. 
 
 [Mr. Care turns pale with consternation 
 and has to grasp a chair.] 
 
 Br. Bott. This is an unpleasant affair, 
 [to Mr. Care, handing him the documents] : 
 Are these signatures genuine Mr. Care ? 
 You have certified to them yourself as 
 judge and ought to know ! 
 
 Mr. Care [manages to examine the pa- 
 pers and says]: They must be; but how 
 came these papers here ? 
 
 Mr. Far. I found them in hunting over 
 old files at the clerk's office. Likely they 
 were forgotten to be destroyed. The 
 clerk being a friend of mine allowed me 
 to take them along and make use of them 
 if I could. He said that they are no more 
 use to the court, but it would be best to 
 return them again, after I was through 
 with them. 
 
 Mr. Care. This is a misdemeanor of 
 the clerk of the court. Those papers have 
 no business to be taken off file. I shall 
 have to make complaint at once. 
 
 Br. Bott [sternly]: What I want to 
 know is, if these signatures are genuine ? 
 
 Mr. Care. They must be. 
 
 Miss Poe. I know father's signature 
 there is not genuine ; for, as I said before, 
 he alwas put a dot in the ring of the P and 
 this P has no dot in it. 
 
 Br. Bott. Maybe Mr. Poe's book will 
 throw some light on the matter. If he 
 had any such claim, we will find it there ; 
 but, Mr. Care, there is another claim of a 
 Mr. Parson, who in this affidavit swears 
 that that claim is a forgery, that he never 
 signed nor had any such claim as that 
 against Mr. Far, Sr. 
 
32 
 
 JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS, 
 
 Miss Poe [getting alarmed, to Dr. Dott] : 
 Please, send Jac after father's books. 
 
 Mr. Care. Mr. Poe was very careless 
 in such business ; I doubt if you can find 
 all such claims in his books. 
 
 Miss Poe [angrily] : Father was care- 
 less, did you say ; a man that can say 
 that is capable of anything, even of for- 
 gery. I must have them books at once. 
 I had no business to entrust them to you 
 noway. 
 
 Br. Pott to Mr. Care. We insist on look- 
 ing over the books. Jac will go after them. 
 
 [Mr. Care mechanically hands Jac the 
 office-key, who then goes with Miss Poe 
 for the books.] 
 
 Mr Care. We are lost. 
 
 Br. Bott. These are grave charges, Mr. 
 Far has against you; you seem to have a 
 guilty conscience, Mr. Care. Whom are 
 we to trust if our judges and lawyers com- 
 mit such acts of dishonesty ? 
 
 Mr Far. He refused to give me back 
 the fee I had paid him in the hope that he 
 would honestly earn it ; and done all he 
 could to lead me off the right track in or- 
 der to hide his acts of dishonesty. 
 
 Enter Miss Poe and says : As I imagin- 
 ed, the name of Far is not in the register 
 of father's book at all; and, of course, he 
 never had any claim against a man of that 
 name, else it would surely be found there, 
 [to Dr. Dott] : I am too excited to talk 
 about anything now, I will return when I 
 get a little quieter, [to Mr. Care] : I am 
 done with you, you are full of falsehood. 
 [Leaves with her books, saying to Mr. 
 Far] : Any time that you need the evi- 
 dence of my books, just call on me. 
 
 Br. Bott to Mr. Care. I must consider 
 you guilty of a terrible crime ; I did not 
 expect such in you. 
 
 Mr. Care. Spare me this exposure. 
 
 Br. Bott. It is Mr. Far, not I, that can 
 do that. 
 
 Mr. Far. I leave all with Dr. Dott. I 
 am unable to enter suit, until I can earn 
 the necessary money. 
 
 Br. Bott. Justice must be and I will see 
 that it is done, [to Mr. Care] : Tou must 
 return to Mr. Far all his rightful property 
 at once, or I will engage Mr. Home to at- 
 tend to this matter for Mr. Far. This 
 seems to me to be another proof, that a 
 man does not get rich so quick honestly. 
 
 Mr. Care. I am willing to return all, 
 only keep this matter from the public. I 
 must see Mr. Holt, who is the originator 
 of all this business ) we are both lost. Mr. 
 
 Far, have pity with my family ; they are 
 innocent; it will take all I have. 
 
 Mr. Far. You can never atone for all. 
 Your villainies are indirectly the cause of 
 my poor sister's death ; and money or its 
 value can never repair the damages caused 
 by the many hours of anger, sorrow and 
 suffering that have been caused by your 
 criminal conduct. Eemember, that such 
 acts lead to prison. Hanging would be 
 too good for you. I shall not release you 
 until the last dollar you or Mr. Holt pos- 
 sess, shall be turned over to Dr. Dott as 
 trustee, who, I know, will do justly with 
 it. If you are really penitent and wish to 
 reform, Dr. Dott may leave ymi enough 
 to make a new start with, and to keep 
 your innocent family from want. Although 
 they are not better than many others, the 
 sudden fall from riches to poverty may be 
 too hard for them to bear, and I hate to 
 see the innocent suffer. Now you know 
 my terms. 
 
 Mr. Care to Dr. Dott. I hope you will 
 act as trustee ; I will do anything to save 
 my family. 
 
 Br. Bott. I shall accept in this case,"since 
 Mr. Far has also signified the same wish. 
 
 Mr. Far. We better send for Mr. Holt 
 and settle this business at once. He is in 
 the city now. 
 
 Br. Bott. I do not believe that you can 
 get him to come here. I think he did not 
 like the way I lectured to him the other 
 day in a little business we had together; 
 and he will not like to appear before me 
 again, although he has acted on my sug- 
 gestions favorably. He has not come yet 
 to collect them six dollars for rent, nor 
 sued his tennant. 
 
 Mr. Far. He cannot escape with such 
 testimony against him. I am "not afraid 
 to go and see him, he is a natural coward, 
 his guilty conscience makes him so. I 
 whaled him once, when I could get no 
 other satisfaction out of him for his mean- 
 ness, in refusing to let me keep the clothes 
 he had given me ; that was the time when 
 I left him after becoming of age. I could 
 not control my temper at this mean act. 
 [To Mr. Care.] Let us go at once and see 
 Mr. Holt, since I have gone so far, I want 
 to lose no time and finish this business at 
 once. 
 
 Br. Bott to Mr. Far. Be careful Mr. 
 Far, you cannot trust these fellows, you 
 must make them come to terms at once, 
 or they will outwit you. Take along some- 
 body that can hold these fellows to their 
 task. 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 33 
 
 Mr. Far. I shall take my friend Mo- 
 riarty along, lie is constable and can help 
 to put a stop to any attempt at fooling me 
 further. Come along Mr. Care, I want 
 your assistance now. This thing must be 
 settled at once. [Both leave.] 
 
 John Park to Dr. Dott. I only heard 
 part of this drama, but enough to make me 
 shudder all over, when I think how lucky 
 I was to escape the clutches of such bad 
 men so far. 
 
 Dr. Dott. We shall have to look over 
 all the acts of Mr. Care j I thought formerly 
 he was honest, now I am convinced of the 
 contrary. 
 
 John Park. All the deeds are right and 
 recorded. I took the precaution to have 
 them looked over by the recorder, whom 
 I paid well for his troubles. I wanted to 
 be secure. 
 
 Dr. Dott. That shows more foresight in 
 you than I would have had. 
 
 Enter a messenger, hands to Dr. Dott 
 a note. Dr. Dott reads : 
 Dear Doctor: 
 
 I shall probably come to the party to- 
 morrow night, to which you were so kind 
 to invite me through my daughter Mary. 
 How did she come to Gall on you ? She 
 won't tell me, and says, I will find out in 
 a day or two. I did not know you were 
 acquainted with her. I shall here make a 
 little report about the way things look 
 about the farm. The contractors are al- 
 ready busy at work. The place swarms 
 with men like a bee-hive. One of the men 
 you sent me proved to be a g"ood musician, 
 and I at once took advantage of this ac- 
 complishment, and had him entertain the 
 whole population of the farm on several 
 occasions ; this is quite a treat, and all the 
 people like it. I lectured to the whole 
 crowd every night on some subject of use- 
 ful knowledge, and my hearers take much 
 interest therein. They prove the most 
 orderly and attentive audience I ever lec- 
 tured to. Of course this is because it is 
 new to them. All the work goes by re- 
 gular relieves, so that no time is lost, and 
 the men are not over-worked. There is 
 perfect harmony everywhere so far, no 
 drunkenness, nor insubordination, nor idle- 
 ness visible anywhere. The men seem to 
 enter upon the spirit of the supplement 
 without compulsion. The contractors are 
 able and reliable men ; we had many sa- 
 tisfactory consultations, and arranged our 
 plans in harmony. But there is some 
 trouble outside of the farm. My neighbor's 
 5 
 
 hired hands were present at our entertain 
 ments every night ; to-day I went to this 
 neighbor to engage his milk and butter for 
 the hotel, as I did not have enough to sup- 
 ply the demand. I did not know then, 
 that nearly all the hands had left him 
 to go to work for the * contractors at 
 our place. My neighbor was in such a 
 rage about this, that he refused to let me 
 have anything. He told me, that we 
 would spoil all the laboring men, so that 
 they would be fit for nothing. . I tried to 
 argue with him, but I found that his opin- 
 ions are too firmly seated. He thinks a la- 
 borer was not made to be treated any bet- 
 ter than he did treat them; he would not 
 eat at the same table with them, nor try to 
 learn them things that were above their 
 station. When I got home, I found that 
 the men left him, because they liked bet- 
 ter to be in good company, under good 
 bosses, and to partake of all these little 
 amusements that we arranged, and be pro- 
 vided for in every respect, than to work 
 hard for little pay under an unmerciful 
 hard boss, who did not care what become 
 of them, so he got as much work done as 
 possible. If he had treated his men right, 
 they would not have left him, as they were 
 admitted free to our amusements anyway, 
 and did not leave on that account. As I 
 think you will have no use for such a 
 neighbor, I propose that you buy him out. 
 He wants to sell bad, all at once, and move 
 to the city ; and the contractors agree with 
 me, that this place will add materially to 
 all arrangements and plans. His price is 
 just one-half of what Mr. Park paid me, 
 and I think very cheap at that. He may 
 change his notion if you do not buy while 
 his blood is up with rage and discontent. 
 Please answer immediately, so that I may 
 act according. More to-morrow night. 
 Yours truly, 
 
 Home. 
 
 John Park. . A capital man that Mr. 
 Home, he is about as near like Dr. Dott as 
 one egg to another, and a smart lawyer 
 too. I don't think there is money enough 
 in existence to buy him into a dishonest act. 
 
 Dr. Dott. I am glad you think so well 
 of my friend Home. He would never have 
 sold that farm if it was not for helping some 
 of his old friends out of some legal difficul- 
 ties; these require his presence nearer 
 court. He has nothing but justice and 
 charity^ in view; he has many friends, a 
 clear conscience, and is in fact, a model 
 man. What do you say about buying that 
 other place ? 
 
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 JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 John Park to messenger. Tell Mr. Home 
 to draw on me for the money, and take 
 possession of the place at once. I think 
 we^will be able to make good use of it. 
 
 j>r. Dott. That is the way to do it. We 
 want plenty of room, and have no use for 
 a man that is as selfish as that neighbor, 
 who thinks workingmen should obey all 
 his aristocratic demands. It may be a sim- 
 ple difference of opinion, but men like him 
 are hard to get along with. 
 
 ; SIXTH SCENE. 
 AT THE HOTEL PARLOR. 
 
 Present, John Park and Mary, his wife, 
 Dr. Dott, Miss Poe, Mr. Eal, Jac and a 
 multitude of hotel guests, employees, &c. 
 A band of music is performing to enter- 
 tain the assembled company. 
 
 Enter Mr. Home and his daughter Mary. 
 **Dr. Bott goes to receive them and says : 
 I am very glad to see you. [Bowing very 
 pleasantly before Mary, conducts both to 
 Mr. Park, where they take seats.] 
 
 Mr. Some to Mr. Park. I heard some- 
 thing about a wedding that was to come 
 off soon. Mary told me about your having 
 found your oid sweetheart again ; I am 
 very glad to hear this, and congratulate 
 you heartily. 
 
 Mr. Park. The wedding is over already. 
 [Introduces his wife and says :] We con- 
 cluded to have a quiet, private wedding. 
 [Mary Home engages in conversation with 
 Mr. and Mrs. Park.] 
 
 Br. Bott takes Mr. Home aside and says : 
 You wanted to know how I got acquainted 
 with your daughter, I thought she had told 
 you all about it ere this. 
 
 Mr. Some. Not a word do I know more 
 than that she brought me your invitation 
 to this party. 
 
 Br. Bott. We will not talk about our 
 little secret just now, that is, the way we 
 got acquainted. But I want to know from 
 you, if you have any objections if I pay my 
 attentions to Mary. I am really in love 
 with her at first sight. I am in earnest Mr. 
 Home. 
 
 Mr. Some. I have no objections at all. 
 How could I have any, but I will tell you 
 before hand, that you will have to bear 
 sifting, if you want to catch her. She has 
 stood many a long siege ere this. She is very 
 particular and so undisguised in her expres- 
 
 sions, that few ever ventured to pop the 
 question ; they learned before hand what 
 she thought of them. She is getting to be 
 an old maid now, and gets harder to please 
 all the time. I only guess from her letters, 
 that her heart is free yet. 
 
 Br Bott. I like her all the better for 
 being so particular. All sensible girls 
 are so. Let us join the company. I 
 will tell you more after a while. 
 
 Here both go to join Mr. and Mrs. Park. 
 Mary is entertaining the company by a 
 song, after she has done, the whole com- 
 pany applaud, and Dr. Dott congratulates 
 her especially on her artistic performance 
 and splendid voice. 
 
 Mary Some says : Dr. Dott, you must 
 also do something now, I hear from Mr. 
 Park, that you got up this party according 
 to your own taste. 
 
 Br. Bott. I am not a good singer, Miss 
 Home, but as it is about lecture time, I 
 might as well begin, and I shall spare no 
 effort to entertain you all. He mounts 
 the lecturer's stand, and instantly all is 
 silence. Br. Bott says : 
 
 I am really glad to see so many happy 
 faces assembled around me, and especially, 
 when I look back to the day not long ago, 
 when things were more gloomy, when 
 many of us did not know where to get a 
 meal, or where to rest our weary body. 
 Not many years ago I came to this neigh- 
 borhood a stranger. I was young and in- 
 experienced then, times were hard, and I 
 tried in vain to get employment at any- 
 thing that mjght offer. One day I was 
 walking along the track of a railroad, my 
 feet were blistered from three or four days 
 walking. I passed many nice places and 
 happy homes, but it seemed there was no 
 place for me. Wherever I would make 
 an attempt to enter and try for work, a 
 big bull dog would bar the gate and guard 
 the fence. People were busy in the fields 
 then, I met a great many that were travel- 
 ing like myself in search of work ; I formed 
 no acquaintance with them, for I was bash- 
 ful and found none whose habits suited my 
 taste. I did not know then the cause of 
 my failure to obtain work or assisstance* 
 For the last two days of my journey I had 
 eaten nothing, slept in a fence corner, and 
 drank the water of the creeks and springs, 
 that is free to all. I had not learned yet, 
 that strangers always have hard work 
 to find employment, especially when work 
 is not pressing, and idle hands plenty; 
 people do not like to trust strangers and 
 are not apt to believe their stories. You 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 35 
 
 see I had run away from a home of plenty, 
 because things did not go exactly to suit 
 me, and I imagined that I could not fail 
 to make my fortune wherever I went. My 
 little spare change soon gave out and then 
 I began to make acquaintance with misery, 
 suffering and the villainies of mankind 
 in general. I was now thrown entirely on 
 my own resources, and those were not 
 ^arge. I was merely a young inexperienced 
 boy, well knowing how things ought to be, 
 but not knowing how they really were, and 
 so I was terribly disappointed in every- 
 thing. One night I entered a nice little 
 village. I must have been a sorry looking 
 object, for everybody seemed to look at 
 me. Silently I walked along the street, 
 lined with pretty houses on both sides, un- 
 til I reached the court-house square. I was 
 completely worn out, and I sat down on^the 
 steps of a large hotel, where the bell was 
 just ringing for supper; but I knew it did 
 not ring for me. How I wished for the price 
 of a meal to relieve my hunger, or even the 
 remains of food on the table, which are so 
 often thrown away. How I envied the 
 many people who went in to get their sup- 
 per; why was not I as lucky as they ? I 
 waited until supper was over and then re- 
 solved once more to try for work or some- 
 thing to eat at the hotel. Perhaps I would 
 find a home there. I found the proprietor 
 sitting in his office, leisurely picking his 
 teeth. I approached him timidly and asked 
 if he had anything to do for me. I said I 
 was willing to do anything to earn a liv- 
 ing. His answer was short, "no." But 
 hunger was pressing and I asked him for 
 something to eat as I was hungry and had 
 no money. He said angrily : "Go away, 
 I have no time to talk to beggars." I said 
 no more and walked away in despair, drag- 
 ging my weary limbs along until I got to a 
 bridge across a deep little stream. I sat 
 down exhausted on the edge of the bridge. 
 My mind became confused and I fell into a 
 stupor. Hunger that was so pressing be- 
 fore, ceased to be felt. I became chilled 
 from the cool night air and want of nour- 
 ishment, and this chill roused me to sensi- 
 bility. I thought of home for a while and 
 how everybody but myself was cared for ; 
 even the cows who were laying along the 
 bank of the stream, seemed to be so con- 
 tented, that I envied them. In my mind 
 I thought over the hardships of my life 
 and the future, which lay so dark before 
 me. Weary of life and despairing of ever 
 seeing a friendly face again, I thought 
 seriously of ending my troubles by a leap 
 
 into the deep water below, and thus end 
 this torture. What use am I in this world, 
 but a moment and I will be at rest ; sud- 
 denly I heard a voice ; a man stood be- 
 hind me and said : "are you sick, mister?" 
 These words came like a soothing remedy 
 to my relief. One word brought another; 
 to him I opened my heart and found a wil- 
 ling listener to my story. The result was, 
 he took me to his home and cared for me 
 as best he could. My benefactor was a 
 poor irish laborer. He gave me much good 
 advise, and I left his house convinced in 
 my mind, that a poor man has more charity 
 than the rich. The truth of the old song : 
 "The Irishman's Shanty," was verified at 
 this man's house in every particular. I 
 will read it for you : 
 
 THE IRISHMAN'S SHANTY. 
 
 Did you ever go into an Irishman's shanty? 
 Och, boys, that's the place where the wiesky is 
 
 plenty ; 
 With n pipe in his mouth ; there sits Paddy so free, 
 Not a king in his palace is prouder than he. 
 
 There's a three-legged stool, and a table to match, 
 And the door of the shanty is locked with a latch ; 
 There's a neat feather-mattrass, all bursting with 
 
 straw, 
 For the want of a bedstead it lies on the floor. 
 
 There's a snug little bureau, without paint or gilt, 
 Made out of boards that were left when the shanty 
 
 was built; 
 There's a three-cornered mirror that hangs on 
 
 the wall ; 
 The devil a face has been it at all. 
 
 He has pigs in the sty, and a cow in the stable, 
 And he feeds them on scraps that is left from the 
 
 table ; 
 They'd starve if confined, so they roam at their 
 
 ease 
 And come into the shanty whenever they please. 
 
 He can relish good victuals as ever you ate, 
 But is always contented with praities and mate. 
 He likes them cold if he can't get them hot, 
 And makes tea in a bowl if he can't get a pot. 
 
 He has three rooms in one — kitchen, bed-room 
 
 and hall, 
 His clothes-chest is three wooden pegs put in the 
 
 wall ; 
 Two suits of old clothes make his wardrobe com- 
 
 plete, 
 One to wear in the shanty, the same for the street. 
 
 There is one who partakes of his sorrows and joys, 
 Attends to the shanty, the girls and the boys ; 
 The brats he likes, more than gold that's refined, 
 But Biddy's the jewel that sticks in his mind. 
 
 The rich may enjoy their riches alone, 
 
 Or with those that have them as large as their 
 
 own ; 
 But Pat hangs the latch-string outside of his door, 
 And shares his last cent with the needy and the 
 
 poor. 
 
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 JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTT'S DOINGS. 
 
 To strangers that's turned from the rich man's 
 
 door, 
 For to buy what they needed they were too poor, 
 Pat opens the door and takes them in, 
 They are welcome to anything they need worse 
 
 than him. 
 
 He does not fear robbers, nor any such kind, 
 All his riches are stored in his contented mind. 
 In castles such minds are not very plenty, 
 For to find them indeed go to an Irishman's 
 shanty. 
 
 He procured a place for me in a bakery, 
 where I made myself useful, and s fromthat 
 time on I prospered. I clung to this place 
 until I had made sure of a better one, 
 and never ventured again among strangers 
 without plenty of money in my pocket. 
 It became my hobby of thought and talk 
 that if ever I got able I would make pro- 
 vision against such sad occurrences like 
 mine, where people suffer in the midst of 
 plenty; I would see that labor be fur- 
 nished to all that want it ; and that all 
 should find a comfortable home, wh^n in 
 need. The institutions which we have and 
 are about to establish with Mr. Park's 
 money, are the mature plans of my early 
 ideas, and I hope they will improve in use- 
 fulness from day to day ; you have all read 
 our first supplement, and I will ask you 
 here that whenever you feel dissatisfied, 
 refer back to it, find the true cause, and if 
 you cannot get the remedy, apply to us, 
 and we will find and apply it, if we can. 
 Mr. Park and myself will always be ready 
 to argue the matter with you, and act ac- 
 cording to the motto we have set before 
 us. I must ask you again to help us watch 
 and labor for the common good. Do not 
 shield the wrong, try to root it out 
 wherever you find it. But be sure you 
 are right before you go ahead, and if you 
 are not sure, call for advice and consult- 
 ation. Remember, that bad is apt to lead 
 to worse, that our leniency is apt to be 
 mistaken for weakness, that our charity 
 is apt to he imposed upon and we our- 
 selves be brought into danger thereby. 
 Experience has taught me, that real bad 
 men are past reform, unless they are con- 
 stantly watched and kept in good incor- 
 ruptible company, so that they have no 
 chance to do wrong. All of us bear watch- 
 ing, it in itself is a stimulus to do right; 
 we will then try harder to control our 
 evil passions \ there is no occasion to do 
 wrong in a watchful good crowd. Let us 
 inquire a little into the causes of so much 
 crime and corruption. It is our own neg- 
 ligence and indifference, or our ignorance 
 and weakness that permit it. "We accept 
 
 money as value irrespective of justice ; 
 this alone gives power to corruption, for 
 among just men money for an unjust pur- 
 pose would be powerless. "Opportunity 
 makes thieves" is an old and true saying) 
 in order to reform, I propose to do away 
 with the opportunity to do wrong, as much 
 as possible. The honest laborer's time- is 
 almost entirely taken up in procuring the 
 means of subsistence. He has little time 
 for politics, he is to a great extent physic- 
 ally, morally and intellectually under the 
 control of the rich or the politician ; and 
 these, I am sorry to say, too often take ad- 
 vantage of the honest laborer's depending 
 condition. Where the rich and govern - 
 ment-ofiicials set such a bad example, we 
 cannot expect better from those under 
 them. We cannot allow pride, extra- 
 vagance, hypocrisy and tyranny to exist 
 among us without imminent danger to our 
 welfare. In union is strength ; what one 
 is afraid to or cannot afford to do, many 
 will have the courage and can do it with 
 ease. Consider that he, who can live with 
 his neighbor in peace and allow him the 
 greatest amount of liberty compatible with 
 safety, should stand highest in our esti- 
 mation. We are too easy mistaken to al- 
 ways insist on our own version of right 
 and wrong ; human nature is apt to bear 
 an honest mistake where it would refute a 
 just but tyrannical command j be careful 
 in the selection of the company you keep ; 
 do not trust people whose acts do not har- 
 monize with their words. Set a good 
 example for others to imitate, be honest 
 and sincere; be guided by justice first, 
 then by prudence free from passion ; rely 
 on yourself as much as possible and cul- 
 tivate frugality and foresight, for they en- 
 hance our safety. Avoid idleness and 
 consider that lasting happiness rests on the 
 love and esteem of our fellow-men, and 
 that this rises in proportion to our use- 
 fulness. Our abilities to do good may be 
 cultivated and educated by mutual aid to 
 a point that we could not reach alone. I 
 hope somebody else will now take this 
 stand, and give us his views on anything 
 that will be for the public good. [Dr. Dott 
 retires and is warmly complimented, 
 especially by Mary Home, who seems to 
 delight in his presence.] 
 
 Mr. Sloshem [walks up to the lecturer's 
 stand and says]: I have listened with 
 much pleasure to the doctor, and I will try 
 to add a little on a subject which concerns 
 us all, and that is the development of our 
 means of defense. We know that corrup- 
 
JOHN PARK AND DR. DOTTS DOINGS. 
 
 37 
 
 tion is present all around us, and with a 
 view to be prepared for the inevitable 
 fight which may come about any day, to 
 put down that corruption and with a view 
 to overawe all evil-doers by such an array 
 of power, that will leave them no chance of 
 successfully entering the contest against 
 us I have worked a long time in perfecting 
 an instrument and compound^ which, I 
 think, will prove just the ,thing to accom- 
 plish all this. I hope to become a useful 
 member of this community by lending this 
 power only to the execution of justice and 
 for our defense. Through Mr. Parks good 
 fortune I have been provided with sufficient 
 means to complete all my plans. Nothing 
 known so far can stand against it. The 
 avenger is sure to come and woe to those 
 who do not heed the warning. When all 
 is ready we will dictate our terms, and 
 clean out all haunts of legislative, jud- 
 icial and executive corruption in our coun- 
 try. [Mr. Sloshem retires.] 
 
 Dr. Dott mounts the lecture stand and 
 says : I hope that by united action we will 
 get along without resort to arms, but it is 
 well to be prepared, for might carries with 
 it the invitation to do right. In good hands 
 such might or power is a blessing. When 
 argument will not help, when justice is 
 dethroned and money rules instead, then 
 forbearance ceases to be- a virtue, and I 
 hope Mr. Sloshem will be ready to show 
 his might. We will have similar enter- 
 tainments every night hereafter, to which 
 you are all invited, and I hope the sleeping 
 abilities of some of you will be aroused to 
 give utterance for the entertainment and 
 
 education of us all. It is now about bed- 
 time, and before we leave, we will march 
 around the room to the music of the march 
 of justice, composed by one of the inmates 
 at the farm. 
 
 Music begins and Dr. Dott leads the way 
 with Mary Home. The whole company 
 join in and march around the room until 
 the music ceases, when all go home. 
 
 TABLEAUX. 
 
 The Manager introduces the following 
 "separately" to the audience. He says : 
 
 Dr. Dott and his Mary, "the consequence 
 of an advertisement." 
 
 John Park and his Mary, "the luckiest of 
 all men." 
 
 Mr. Far, shaking hands with Mr. Care, 
 the reformed lawyer, and Mr. Holt, the 
 reformed landlord and guardian. Mr. Far 
 says : "I forgive you, but I will watch you." 
 
 Messrs. Hand, Case, Owen and Home, 
 "our efficient co-operators." 
 
 Mr. Fitzsimmons, his wife and adopted 
 orphan boys, "happy once more." 
 
 Mr. Eal and Miss Poe, "doing as well as 
 can be expected." 
 
 Jac, "growing in usefulness every day." 
 
 Last but not least, Mr. Sloshem, "who 
 is bound to see that all goes right." 
 
 The continuance of reports from our 
 office of charity and other institutions in 
 our next. 
 
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