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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
LAURA BELL A Reformer.
SUSIE GRAY, Laura's Friend.
NETTIE ELLIS, Laura's Friend.
MORRIS HALL, Admirer of these Ladies.
WILL. BURNSIDE, Admirer of these Ladies.
FRED. ALLEN, Admirer of these Ladies.
SCENE I.
PARLOR. — LAURA sitting by a table, her head resting on her hand, as if in deep thought; NETTIE sewing; SUSIE reading. All silent for a few moments .
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— [ Appears at the open door — pauses a moment — advances quickly, and dropping on one knee at her side, gently removes her hands
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Curtain falls
SCENE II.
LAURA and NETTIE; the former turning over the leans of the Pledge-book .
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Curtain falls