Dispatches for Washington

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Excerpt from Dispatches for Washington: A Play in One Act Scene. - The action takes place in the front yard of the Fisher home, near the town of Ripley, not far from Germantown, Pa. To the left of one sitting in the audience can be seen the front porch of the Fisher home. The pillars are covered with vines, as is the upper story of the house, the porch only extending to the top of the first story. A fence runs across the back of the stage with a gate well toward the right. A large tree shades an old-fashioned box well near the right side of the stage. The box surrounding the well is about four and a half feet high, topped by a framework for the windlass, which draws up the large iron-hooped keg. The village of Ripley is off to the right. (At the rise of the certain the stage is empty. Presently from the direction of the town hoof beats are heard. They stop outside and there is a short pause. Then a young girl, Samantha Ross, comes running in, curls flying, her hat hanging between her shoulders held by the ribbons knotted under her chin. She rushes up to the front door and bangs the knocker. Sarah Fisher's voice from the inside calls, "Who's there?") Saman. It's me, Samantha Ross. Hurry - please! Sarah (from the other side of the door). Be out in a minute. (There is a sound as of a door being unbarred. Then the door is thrown open and Sarah appears on the porch. She is a tall gaunt woman of perhaps fifty years. Her hair is gray, but her figure is still straight and her movements quite agile and easy.) Why, child - what's the matter? You're all of a-tremble. Tell me what's the matter? Saman. Oh, Mrs. Fisher, it's about Jonathan! Sarah. Well, well! What about him? Has anything happened to my boy? Speak, girl, for heaven's sake, speak! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.