what impatiently from beyond the door at left).
Deborah! Child!

DEBORAH
(prettily).
Yes! Yes! I'm coming!

[Hastens out the door with a friendly backward glance at Franklin. He
stands for a moment where she has left him.

Crosses to secretary, takes book, seats himself, opens it slowly,
looking after her. Then sits a-dream in the fading fireglow. Presently
he looks at the book again, and reads the first line upon which his eye
chances to fall.

FRANKLIN
(reading).
"Count thyself rich when thou hast found a friend."

(The curtain slowly falls.)

COSTUMES

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Travel-stained suit of dark-brown, guiltless of
braid or ruffles, coat and knee-breeches being of the same color. The
material either of corduroy or homespun (woolen). A white vest flowered
with brown roses. A white neckcloth. Black stockings. Low black shoes.
A three-cornered black hat, which he carries under his arm. Hair worn
long and unpowdered.

ROGER BURCHARD. Coat and knee-breeches of the same style as Franklin's,
made of homespun, and Quaker-gray in color. A Quaker-gray vest. White
neckcloth. Gray stockings. Low black shoes with silver buckles.
Unpowdered hair.

ELIZABETH BURCHARD. Dress of gray satin, simply made, with a crossed
kerchief of snowy white lawn. Gray stockings. Gray slippers with silver
buckles. Hair worn simply, and unpowdered. (Gray glazed cambric for her
dress if satin cannot be had.)

DEBORAH READ. Quilted petticoat of pale-blue satin. Colonial overdress
and bodice of white, brocaded with pale-blue roses. Fichu of white
lawn. Black picture hat with black plume. Black cloth cloak lined in
pale-blue. Black stockings. Low black shoes with gold buckles.
Unpowdered hair, worn pompadour. (If satin and brocade cannot be had,
have blue glazed muslin and cretonne instead. Or flowered muslin worn
over a white dress.) Black patches. Black velvet ribbon at neck. White
lace mitts, or black gloves coming to the elbow.

WILLIAM. Maroon suit, of a heavy woolen material. Gold buttons down the
front and two in back. Cream-colored vest. Neither braiding nor
ruffles. Black stockings. Low black shoes without buckles. A white
neckcloth. Unpowdered hair worn in a cue.

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FORTUNE

For this pageant episode see page 46 of the Outdoor Arrangement of the
Pageant of Patriots.

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

CHARACTERS
RICHARD STOCKTON
JOHN COREY
NED PEABODY
PHIL AMESBURY
JEFFERSON WINWOOD
FRANK WHARTON
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