Silk hat, dress coat,
white waistcoat, shiny shirt, patent boots, and big cigar; he's very
smart and prosperous indeed. From the other side come the four poor
gods, out of work buskers of the streets, down at heel and weary. But
still gods, and with a god-like snap of ill-temper to them for you to
know them by.
CLOWN. Morning.
MAN OF THE WORLD. Afternoon.
CLOWN. Is it? Now [Says he to the others], you leave it to me, and let's
all keep our tempers. See here, Mr. Man, is this the old 99th Street
Theayter?
MAN OF THE WORLD. This, sir, and you know it as well as I do, is nothing
so out of date. It is Number 2613 of the five thousand Attraction Houses
controlled by the Hustle Trust Circuit of Automatic Drama: President, Mr.
Theodor B. Kedger. But it is located on 99th Street, New York City.
CLOWN. Are you the boss?
MAN OF THE WORLD. I am a deputy sub-inspector of the New York and New
Jersey division of the circuit.
CLOWN. Can we have a job, me and my pals, here?
MAN OF THE WORLD.
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