The Medicine Man (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Medicine Man Scene. - The Lecture Hall and Reading Room of "University House": a settlement for the poor of East London. Time, 9 p. m., a wild night in March, a snow storm raging without. At intervals during the scene men enter the hall through door c, which they shut with difficulty after them, kicking the snow from their heavy boots. The lecture platform to R. of stage consists of a low dais but one step above the floor, and is furnished with the usual reading-desk, lamp, and water-carafe with glass. At L. end of the room, facing the platform, a large open fireplace with fire burning. An East-end audience of the usual type seated on benches at back of room and at round tables on which are newspapers and empty coffee-cups. A clear space in C. of stage so that door C. is in uninterrupted view. On wall to the R. of it a birdcage containing a canary. Close to the fireplace at back sits Bill Burge, a huge ruffian, in a drunken stupor, with his elbows on one of the round tables and his head buried in his arms. At the reading-desk, Canon Slade-Smith. On the platform at his side, Mr. Algernon and Lady Agatha Warrington, and one or two other fashionable visitors. 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.