ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. 41

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Dramatis Persone.
Pruto, Monarch of —
PROsERPINE, the partner of his Fireside.
Cuaron, an Ancient Mariner. The original Jolly Young Waterman.
CERBERUS, @ watchman—the Dog-berry of Heathen Mythology—a Policeman
of the K 9 (canine) Division.
OrPHEvs, the wandering minstrel,

Evurypice, the young woman who led him astray.

The Curtain rises on a fireside group, in a locality which will soon be obvious,
but which there ts no occasion to mention by name. PROSERPINE, setting the
tea things. Puuto, toasting a muffin on the prongs of his fork. CERBERUS
asleep on the hearth-rug.* -

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* The necessary ‘‘ make-up” of this gentleman may at first dishearten amateur mana-
gers, let them be never so enterprising, by its apparent impracticability. It can, how-
ever, be easily accomplished. Papier Maché casts of countenance, of a decidedly canine