BOSTON 
 
 is / ¥ 
 
 * Ge 
 4 
 Gee 
 
 BOS'FON : 
 
 WILLIAM ¥. SPENC 
 
 WASHINGTON, CORNE 
 
 
 
 -ENCH, 121 NASSAU 
 PERRY, 384 BROADWAY. 
 
 ROORBACH, JR,., No. 
 
 WINCH, li6 CHESNUT 
 
 4 
 
 | \ 
 | MILER HS ME 
 i \ i / \ 
 
 ») J, J 
 
 
 
C 
 6 
 C 
 C 
 ( 
 
 CASE 
 
 ALOGU 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 () F 
 
 FOR SA BY 
 , 
 > we 1 5 Wy : 
 WILLIAM V. SPENCER | 
 5 
 128 WASHINGTON 8 IREET, COR. OF WATER S17 REET, BOSTON. 
 Price 12 1-2cents each. Sent free of postage to any part of the United Sta S| 
 { 
 Anth ny & Cl opactra Civilization ume of Tove 
 Ageravating Sam Chimney Piece Good Night’s Rest 
 Adopted Child { apt. of the W atch Garrick F yer J 
 \laddin Cocknies in California Gissippus : 
 ; Aa VW Char 1 BWatv Sta x PART 
 
 ear. 
 
 Stairs 
 ~~ k and t] 
 a C2 
 > Be. 
 as = 
 — - "3 
 = > ee 
 <r CS I, lial 
 = > 
 ; Wy 
 ¥ v : 
 PES > d 
 = # 
 “ns “x 
 "s ~ 
 mri 
 oO <= 
 © oO i 
 eo <— 
 m — 1a, 
 Z ™~ 
 Library * Bibliotheque S L 
 op 5030, RUE ST-DENIS > 
 Cy MONTREAL 176 % 
 [I 
 k 
 mmons 
 Petr: 
 COMIUTTADIS Service Pent to Ae ries NIN’ Ss KIVA 
 amills. Good Run for it, Kill or Cure 
 lock Makers Hat The |Game of Ri ape stoqur 
 om “<dy of Krrors Game of Li J,0 Zings aro 
 lari (ruttle and Gulpit Luke Some n 
 harles II Gamester The Lottery Tiel ket 
 i AH 3 Geo, Barnwell Limerick By 'y The 
 idan He Marriage Grandfather Whitehead [La Tour de Nesk 
 orsican Brother Guy Mannering Ladies Beware _ 
 ure for the He iantaehs Grimshaw, Bagshaw and/Leap Year the 
 ie for Love Bradshaw I, awyers The 
 atspaw the 4o to bed Tom I nd me fives! Shillings 
 vitic The (rood for Nothing Lady of the Lake 
 
 Zen yf 
 
 I 
 fhe 
 
 or One 
 
 tbove fo 
 
 Dolla; 
 
 
 
—_— a ae ae 
 
 SPENCER’S BOSTON THIATRE.......No. XS LVITI. 
 
 
 
 = 
 a 
 3 
 
 Pn, 
 F 
 
 MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 By I. POCOGK, ESQ... 
 
 AUTHOR OF THE ROBBER’S WIFE, JOHN OF PARIS, HIT OR MISS, 
 MAGPIE AND THE MAID, ETC. 
 
 WITH 
 
 ORIGINAL CASTS, SOENE AND PROPERTY PLOTS, COSTUMES, AND 
 
 ALL THE STAGE BUSINESS. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 WILLIAM V. SPENCER, 
 
 128 WASHINGTON STREET, (CORNER OF WATER.) 
 
 185 6. 
 
 
 
CAST OF 
 
 Count FREDERIC FRIBERG, ....s-eeeees: 
 LOTHAIR, (& young peasant, ).oceeeeeres 
 peer atnes Sty 
 KARL, (servant of Count Frederic,) .... 
 Grint FF, (the miller vids: Ghee erate Sat 
 
 BER, (@ rob DEV,) cece eeceerccseeccese 
 
 4 
 : 
 BOL,) snare ereeces 
 
 5 (CibtO.)e eee eevee eceeesecseeces 
 
 — Robber. 
 Robbers. 
 6 Miller’s Men. 
 8 Tlussars. 
 CLAUDINE, (Kelmar’s Daughter,) .. 
 BON a a a 
 
 Le AUI Ks 
 
 eeeee 
 
 CHARACTERS. 
 
 | 
 | 
 : 
 | 
 | 
 | 
 
 | 
 
 Covent Garden. 
 Mr. *, Carpender 
 Pritchard 
 Clark 
 Hilson 
 Simpson 
 Burke 
 ‘ Banker 
 
 Vining 
 Abbot 
 ‘“ Chapman 
 “« Tiston 
 «© Farley 
 
 | 
 
 Miss Booth Mrs. Claude 
 ‘¢ 6 Egerton “ Goldson 
 
 eeeveseoeosesereenee eee? 
 
 
 
 
 
 | Park Theatre, N. Y. 
 
 eeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeee 
 
 rederal St., Boston, 
 
 Mr. Walton 
 .s Stanley 
 ‘“ Clark 
 G. H. Androws 
 King 
 Tryon 
 Jones 
 
 Miss Papanti 
 “ Rivers 
 
 Clark 
 
 : sa 
 i é< 
 | 
 | 
 
 1828. 
 
 
 
 Tremont, Boston, 1888 
 
 Mr. ©, a Muzzy 
 “« 7. Cline 
 “e Bay ne 
 “« @. H. Andrews 
 “« J. G. Gilbert 
 
 “« p. 0. Cunningham 
 « #, L. Davenport 
 
 Mrs, @. H. Barrett 
 “« C¢. iE. Muzzy 
 Miss A. Fisher 
 
 
 
 
 
 KELMAR, (an old cottager,) 
 KARL, (Servant 
 : ye eee 
 
 GRINDOFF, (the miller,) eooove 
 
 R 
 IBER ; 
 LID ing (et 
 
 ] of Count re 
 
 TODbDCY,) oceeeseese 
 LOTZ, (ditto,) ..-. 
 
 st Robber. 
 
 obber. 
 
 CLAUDINE, (Kelmar’s daughter,) ... 
 RAVINA,..¢00++seecesennterorercs 
 
 LAU RETTA,s cccssveccvevcecsse sere 
 
 
 
 [eee eeeeeaeeoe 
 
 fbeeeeeocreee eeaot 
 
 wo York, 1840. 
 
 P 
 ug wh, Ne 
 
 eee eee eee eee eee eeeoeeseeeeee 
 
 ~ 
 
 Williams cc UW. 
 
 . i SEY TY 
 S. Browne 
 
 «ee eoeees 
 
 ooo eee eer eoeere eset ne 
 
 ay hit 
 
 ; 
 Lu 
 
 : OC. Cushman 
 
 
 
 eorssesosooesoe ear} 
 
 
 
 M. 
 
 , 
 Tremont, Boston, 
 
 oh, gene ff 
 
 ; owe a 
 
 Er. ‘ 
 
 Creswick 
 S. D. J 
 
 }eteoeoeeore 
 
 Johnson : G. 
 J. Js Prior 
 ohnson seats °°. eRe 
 
 Flood 
 
 eceeseeeoseeaotee ee 
 
 ee 
 J. B. 
 
 3. Williams 
 
 . 
 
 Trutspnmnt Tiinatna 
 National, bo: to 
 
 Sandford 
 
 Booth. Jr. 
 , Spear 
 
 >s - 
 . Ring 
 
 Miss Anna Cruise 
 s. C. Pope 
 Mii -arker 
 
 
 
THE MILLER AND His MEN. 
 
 PBAPAPP PDD DI I AS 
 
 SCENERY. 
 ACT I. 
 
 Somunr 1.—River’s bank. Sunsetting. Four rows set waters; ground- 
 pieces cross; set — with working mill, 6G. 1. H. c¢. Small working a. 
 figures to appear on rock with bag of flour small boat to come from 
 behind mill and off R. H., then cross to L. H.; large boat to come on, L. + 
 “m., twice. Landing anit in centre, front of eroundpiece. Set cottage, 
 R. H., (door practical,’ ), and lattice window. : 
 
 ScE A 2.—R ime cien, 1 G., opening L. F., and to open and close 
 backed by dark back ing. 
 
 ScpnxE 3.—Interior of cottage. 3-4. Set fireplace; 3 E.R. H. D. F. 
 R. C. practical backed with dark wood. Window, L. ©. practical. Set 
 staircase practical, 5 B. L. H. 
 
 ScENE 4. — Roc! ky gion, (as before, ) Lc 
 
 ScENE 5.—Cave, 4, 5 G., opening In Uy ppet part of flat, Rr. c., with steps 
 and platforms to descend, marked in by rocks ; pli itforms, and steps be- 
 hind opening R. F. bac ked. by close cave. Set rock, m. H. 3 B., with board 
 on it painted “ Magazine.’ Rock, L. 4 #., with a lighted torch on rock. 3 
 Trap door, 2 G. in G., practical, and steps beneath, practical. ; 
 
 bi! 
 
 ae 
 
 AOT il. 
 
 Scpnr 1.—Same as Scene 3. 3-4 G. 
 
 ScenE 2?.— Same as Scene 4. 1G. 
 
 ScENB 3.—Same as | h. 46 4. i 
 
 Scene 4.— Cottage flats, 1G. Sign of “Flask” over door, BD. F. R. C., 4 
 practic: ul, and window L. F. backed with hut interior. ; 
 
 SCENE 5. a <y water landscape, 7 G. Set waters, groundpieces, % 
 set mill 3 E. L. H., (to blow up into fragments,) drawbri dge and porteullis + 
 practical, from = age to mill; door in mill, practical. i 
 
 {3 
 
 en)’ 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 THE MILLE HIS MEN. 
 
 ACT 
 
 ScENE I.— Six meal bags, (full,) on R. H., by cottage. Some flour for 
 millers. Small handle basket covered with white cloth for Claudine. 
 Dagger for Golotz. Oars in boat. Dagger for Riber. - 
 
 SCENE 2. — Portmanteau, name of « Friberg ” on it in brass: nails, for 
 Karl. Lightning. +F 
 
 Scenz 3.— Fire burning in fireplace, $5. Rn. H. Poker and shovel at 
 fire, Rr. u. Table in centre covered with white cloth; on it three plates, 
 three knives and forks, plate of bread and cheese, bottle of wine, 
 three glasses, two lighted candles in flat candlesticks. Three rustic 
 ehairs on round table. Stool at fireplace, R, H. Basket of apples ready, 
 3 E. L. H., for Claudine. Poniard and sheath for Grindoff. Lightning, 
 D. F. sr window. 
 
 ScENE 4,— Dark handkerchief for Riber. 
 
 SCENE 5.—Old table in o.; on it three bottles of wine and twelve 
 tin cups. Two benches and six stools on; Miller’s frock, and slouched 
 hat on wing, 2G. L.H. Ten muskets on; about seen seers and pis- 
 tols for robbers. Sword, dagger, and pistols for Grindoff. Dark lantern 
 on, L.3. Swords, pistols, and guns on flat, L. H. 
 
 dag 
 
 ACT FTI. 
 
 SCENE 1.—Plain table on centre. Three rustic chairs on. Freder- 
 ie’s sword on table. Stool at fire, zn. 4. ; very little fire burni ng 3 E. R. 
 H., in fireplace. Dark lantern ligh ted, and pistol, sure fire, for Riber. 
 Dagger for Karl. 
 
 ScrnE 3.— Same as Scene 5, Act I. Coil of smal 
 thair. Vial (labelled poison) for Ravina. 
 for Lothair. Miller’s hat on wing, x. #. 
 
 Scent 4.—Flask for Karl. Two pistols for Wolf. 
 fire, R. u. Bone of roast beef for Karl, D. F. R. H. 
 
 SCENE 4,— Slow match Taid from stage in c. to mill. 
 for Ravina. Red fire and explosion, 3 &, L. &. 
 
 { black line for Lo- 
 Phosphorus bottle and matches 
 
 Two pistols, sure 
 
 Lighted torch 
 E, Wood era: sh, 3 &. 
 L. H. Six stuffed Sones of robbers behind mill, 1. Hu. Hight guns, 
 
 swords, and belts for hussars Disguise cloak for Lothair Fighting 
 swords for Lothair and Wolf. 
 
 COSTUME. 
 
 Friberg — Hussar uniform, red tights, laced red jacket ; 
 ly laced with gold; brown fur shakoo. ‘ 
 
 Lothair ae dress, light blue _ Romaldi tab jacket; 
 to match; white stockings, shoes, and rosettes. 
 Tags ; Tong hair drapery ; 3d dress, green, 
 same as first. with boots. 
 
 Kelmar — Brown jerkin, bound with fur: 
 russet shoes, and rosettes ; gr: ay wig. 
 
 Kreutz — Peasant boy; same as Lothair. 
 
 Kari— The same wniform as Frit berg ; worsted lace, as a private hus= 
 sar soldier. 
 
 Grindoff —AIst dress, light drab tunic, trimmed w 
 2d dress, red top Romaldi tunic , brown and blac 
 
 blue fly, rich- 
 short tight trunks 
 2d dress, same style in 
 same style; green apron. 4th, 
 
 short trunks; gray tights 5. 
 
 ith blue to cover all. 
 k, open in the front; steel 
 
 
 
 
 
THE MILLER AND HI8 MEN 3) 
 
 oreastplate seen through; short tight trunks to correspond; conical hat, 
 no rim; Washington eagle feather; russet ankle boots, with red turn 
 over. These are the only dresses | 
 
 fiber — Brown, trimmed with red; breastplate and hat, and feathers 
 same as Grindoft, 
 
 Golotz — Black, trimmed red, 
 
 lst Robber — Same as Grindoff. 
 
 2d Robber —_— do. fio. 
 
 Twelve Robbers —Same Bohemian costume, various colors. 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Six Millers Men—Short smock frocks; white trunks to the knee; 
 
 k 
 eclored stockings ; slouched hats. 
 Three Milier’s Mex — (Chorus) —change from miller’s men to robbers 
 Twelve Hussars —Same as Karl. 
 Claudine — Neat peasant’s dress. 
 Ravina — Brown slashed shirt, tr 
 to slashes; red petticoat showing through. 
 Lauretta-— Neat peasant’s dress 
 <‘s 
 
 _ 
 
 
 
 immed with black ; two brass clasps 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 ACT I. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Scrne I. — The Banks of a River. On the right a rocky eminences 
 on which is a windmill at work ; cottage in front; sunset ; muste 
 as the scene opens; a boat is pushed to the shore by a miller from 
 u.; he beckons to others, who advance from the side, bearing sacks, 
 
 which they place in the boat. 
 
 Rowunp. — Millers. 
 When the wind blows, 
 When the mill goes, 
 Our hearts are all light and.merry ; 
 When the wind drops, 
 ~ When the mill stops, 
 We drink and sing, hey down derry. 
 
 With the concluding symphony the boat is seen to leave the bank and 
 enter a crevice in the rock beneath the mill; the millers depart, 
 
 and old KeLMAR enters from the cottage, R. i. 
 
 Kel. ‘What! more sacks, more grist to the mill! Early and late 
 she miller thrives; he*that was my tenant is now my landlord; 
 this hovel that ‘once sheltered him is now the sesh dwelling of bank- 
 rupt, broken-hearted Kelmar. Well, I strove my best against mis- 
 fortune, and, thanks be to Heaven, have fallen respected, even by 
 my enemies. So, Claudine, you are returned. (Enter CLA UDINE 
 with a basket, U. B. Lu.) Where staid you so long? 
 
 Cla. I was obliged to wait ere 1 could cross the ferry ; there 
 were other passengers. : 
 
 Kel. Amongst whom, I suppose, was one in whose company 
 time flew so fast the sun had set before you had observed it. 
 
 Cla. No, indeed, father, since you desired me not to meet Lo- 
 zhair —and I told him what you had desired —I have never seen 
 him but in the cottage here, when you were present. 
 
 Kel. You are a geood girl, a dutiful child, and I believe you 3 
 you never yet deceived me. 
 
 Cla. Nor ever will, dear father; but —— 
 
 Kel. But what? 
 
 Cla. | I—I find it very lonely passing the borders of the fores¢ 
 without — without —— 
 Kel. Without Lothair> 
 
THE MILLER AND HIS MEN, 
 
 “i 
 
 Cla. You know ’tis dangerous, father. 
 
 Kel. Not half so dangerous as love; subdue it, child, in time, 
 
 Cla. But the robbers f 
 
 Kel. Kobbers! What then? They cannot injure thee or thy 
 father! Alas! we ah no more to lose; yet thou hast one treas- 
 ure left —innocence! Guard well thy hoart ; for should the fatal 
 passion there take root, ‘twill rob thee of thy pei ace, 
 
 Cla. You told me once love’s impulse could not be resisted, 
 
 Kel. When the object is worthless it should not be indulged, 
 
 Cia. Is Lothair worthicss > 
 
 Kel. No; but he is poor, almost as you are. 
 
 Cla. Do riches, without love, give happiness? 
 
 Kel, Never. 
 
 Cla. ‘Then I must be unhappy if I wed the miller, Grindoff, 
 
 Kel. Notso, not so; independence gives comfort ; but love with- 
 out competence is endless misery. You can never wed Lothair, 
 
 Cla. (sighing.) I can never ilove the miller. 
 
 Kel. ‘Then ae shal] never marry him, though to see you Grind- 
 off’s wife be the last wish of your old father’s he art. Go in, child ; 
 goin, Claudine, (Claudine kisses his hand and goes into he cottage, 
 mR. H.) "Tis plain her heart is riveted to Lothair, and honest Grind- 
 off yet must sue in vain. I know not how to act, The thought “ 
 leaving her alone and unprotected imbitters every moment that 
 live. ‘She has been my only joy, my only con nfort, through an & 
 of sorrow. To deny Lothair will but inerease her hatred to the 
 miller — ] knew not how to act, 
 
 Enter LoTHAIR, U. E. L. 
 
 Tot. Ah! Kelmar, and alone ! — where is Claudine? 
 Kel, At home, in her father’s house ; where should she be > 
 Lot. 'Then she has escaped; she is safe, and Iam happy; I did 
 not accompany her in. vain. 
 Kel. Accompany! accompany! has she, then, told me a false- 
 hood? Were you with her, Lothar - 
 Lot. No—ye—yes. (Aside.) I must not alarm him, 
 Kel. What mean these suintapdteuices > 
 Lot. She-knew not I was near her; you have denied our meet- 
 ing; but you cannot prevent me from loving her. I have watched 
 her daily through the village, and through the borders of the forest, 
 Kel. I thank you; but she needs no guard; her poverty will 
 rotect her from a thief. 
 Lot. Will her beauty protect her from a libertine ? 
 Kel. Her virtue will. 
 Lot. I doubt it. What can her resistance avail against the pow- 
 erful arm of villany ? 
 Kel. Is there such a wretch? 
 Lot. There is. 
 Kel. Lothair, Lothair! I fear you glance at the miller, Grindoff. 
 This is not well; this is not just. 
 Lot. Kelmar, you wrong me; ’tis true he is my enemy, for he 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 bars my road to happiness. Yet I respect his character } the riches 
 that industry has gained him he employs in assisting the unfortue 
 nate; he has protected you and your child, and I honor him, 
 
 Kel. If not to Grindoff, to whom did you allude? 
 
 Lot. Listen. AsI crossed the hollow way in the forest, where 
 the old oaks twine their huge arms across, and make the road most 
 gloomy, I heard a rustling in the copse. Claudine had reached the 
 bank above. As I was following, voices, subdued and whispering, 
 struck my ear. Her name distinctly was pronounced. ‘* She comes,” 
 said one, ‘* Now, now we may secure her,’’ cried the second. And 
 instantly two men advanced ; a sudden exclamation burst from my 
 lips, and arrested their intent; they turned to seek me, and with 
 dreadful imprecations vowed death to the intruder, Stretched be- 
 neath a bush of holly, I lay concealed; they passed within my 
 reach ; I scarcely breathed, while I observed them to be ruffians, 
 uncouth and savage! They were banditti. 
 
 Kel. Banditti! Are they not yet content? All that I had, all 
 that the hand of Providence had spared, they have deprived me of 3 
 and would they take my child? 
 
 Lot. “Tis plain they would, Now, Kelmar, hear the last pro- 
 posal of him you have rejected. Without Claudine my life is but a 
 blank; useless to others, and wretched to myself, it shall be risked 
 to avenge the wrongs you have suffered. I'll seek these robbers} 
 if I should fall, your daughter will more readily obey your wish, 
 and become the wife of Grindoff. If I should succeed, promise her 
 ¢o me. The reward I shall receive will secure our future comfort, 
 and thus your fears and your objections both are satisfied, 
 
 Kel. (Affected.) Lothair, thou art a good lad, a noble lad, and 
 worthy my daughter’s love ; she had been freely thine, but that by 
 sad experience I know how keen the pangs of penury are to a parent’s 
 heart. My sorrows may descend to her when I am gone, but I have 
 
 ‘nothing to bequeath her else. 
 
 Lot. Then you consent ? 
 
 Kel. 1do,1 do; but pray be careful, I fear ’tis a rash attempt; 
 you must have help. ; 
 
 Lot. Then, indeed, I fail, as others have before me. No, Kel- 
 mar, I must go alone, penniless, unarmed, and secretly. None but 
 rourself must know my purpose or my person. 
 
 Kel, Be it as you will; but pray be careful: come, thou shalt see 
 her. (The miill stops.) 
 
 Lot. Ill follow; it may be my last farewell. 
 
 Kel. Come in. I see the mill has stopped. Grindoff will be 
 here anon; he aiways visits me at nightfall, when labor ceases 
 Come. (Exit KrLMAr inio cottage, R. H.) 3% 
 
 Lot. Yes, at the peril of my life ll seek them. ‘With the juice 
 of herbs my face shall be discolored, and in the garb of misery I'll 
 throw myself within their power; the rest I’ll leave to Seow ‘ 
 but the miller comes, (Exit into coltage, R. 1.) | : 
 (Music. The sails of the mill are furled, The boat, with the miller 
 rowed by one of his men, appears in perspective, coming from the 
 crag in the rock. As tt disappears on the opposite side, the two 
 robbers, RiBER and GOLOTZ, enter hastily, 1. #, 3 B,) ee 
 
6 
 
 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 9 
 
 Ri. We are too late; she has reached the cottage. 
 
 Go. Curse on the interruption that detained us; we shall be 
 rated for this failure. 
 
 Ri. Hush! Notso loud. (Goes cautiously to window of cottage.) 
 Ha! Lothair. : meg 
 
 Go. Lothair! ’twas he, then, that marred our purpose; he shall 
 smart for’t. 
 
 Ri. Back, back; he comes. On his return he dies; he cannot 
 pass us both. (Mnsic.) 
 
 (They retire as the boat draws up to the bank, from i, H.; the miller 
 jumps ashore; Loruatr at the same moment enters From the 
 cottage, R. H.) 
 
 Gri. (Disconcerted.) Lothair ! 
 
 Lot. Ay. My visit here displeases you, no doubt. 
 
 Gri. Nay; we are rivals, but not enemies, I trust. We love the 
 Same girl; we strive the best we can to gain her; if you are fortu- 
 nate, ig aI Ww ish you joy, with all my heart; if I should have the 
 luck on ’t, you’ll do the same by me, I hope. 
 
 Lot. You have little fear; I am poor, you are rich. He needn’t 
 look far who would see the end on’t, 
 
 Gri. But you are young and likely. Iam honest and tough; 
 the chances are as much yours as mine, 
 
 Lot. Well, time will show. I bear you no enmity, Farewell. 
 (LorHarr crosses stage.) 
 
 Gri. (Aside.) He must not pass the forest. (Aloud.) Whither 
 go you ? 
 
 Lot. To the village. I must haste, or ’twill be late ere I reach 
 the ferry. 
 
 Gri. Stay; my boat shall put you across the river. 
 
 Ri. (Who with GoLorz watch them from side.) He will escape 
 us yet. 
 
 Gri. Besides, the evening looks stormy. Come, it will save 
 your journey half a league. 
 
 Ri. It will save his life. 
 
 Lot. Well, I accept your offer, and I thank you. 
 
 Gri. Your hand. 
 
 Lot. Farewell! (He goes to boat.) 
 
 Ri. Curse on this chance; we have lost him. 
 
 Go. Butatime may come. (Boat goes off, lL. H.) 
 
 Ri. Atime may come. (FEzxeunt RIBER and GoLorTz, L. 2 EB.) 
 
 Gri. Solamridof him. If he had met Claudine! But she is 
 safe. Now, then, for Kelmar. (zit into cottage, R. H.) 
 
 ScENE II. — A Forest. Distant thunder. KARt enters, L. H., drag- 
 ging a portmanteau. 
 
 Karl. Here’s a pretty mess! here’s a precious spot of work! 
 Pleasant, upon my soul—lost in a labyrinth, without love or 
 liquor — the sun gone down — a storm cot up, arid no getting out 
 of this vile forest, turn which way one will. 
 
 Friv (WF ithout.) Halloo! Karl! Karl! 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 10 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Karl. Ah, you may call and bawl, master of mine; you'll not 
 disturb any thing here but a wild boar or two, and a wolf, perhaps. 
 
 Enter FRIBERG, L. H. 
 
 Fri. Karl, where are you? 
 
 Karl. Where am I! that’s what I want to know! This cursed 
 wood has a thousand turnings, and not one that turns right. 
 
 Fri. Careless coxcomb, said you not you would remember the 
 track ? 
 
 Karl. So 1 should sir, if I could find the path; but trees will 
 grow, and since I was here last the place has got so bushy and bri- 
 ery that — that I have lost the way. 
 
 Fri. You have lost your senses. 
 
 Karl. No, sir, I wish I had; unfortunately my senses are all in 
 the highest state of perfection. 
 
 Fri. Why not use them to more effect? 
 
 Karl. I wish I’d the opportunity; my poor stomach can testify 
 that I taste 
 
 Fri. What? 
 
 Karl. Nothing, it’s as empty as my heaa; out I see danger, 
 smell a tempest, hear the cry of wild beasts, and feel 
 
 Fri. How? 
 
 Karl. Particularly unpleasant. (Thunder.) O, we are in for it; 
 do you hear, sir? 
 
 Fri. We must be near the river; could we but reach the ferry, 
 ’tis but a short league to the chateau Friberg. 
 
 Karl. Ah, sir, I wish we were there, and I seated in the old 
 arm chair in the servants’ hall talking of holloa ! 
 
 Fri. What now? 
 
 Karl. I felt a spot of rain on my nose as big as a bullet. (Thun- 
 der.) ‘There, here, it’s coming on again ; seek some shelter, sir; some 
 hollow tree, whilst I, for my sins, endeavor once more to find the 
 way and endure another currycombing among these cursed bram- 
 bles. Come, sir. (Storm increases.) Lord! how it rumbles! This 
 way, sir, this way. (Hzeunt, R. H.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Screnz IIl.—A Room in the Cottage. Door, in FP. R. ©., and win- 
 dow, Ls Cry fire, on 3 E.R. H., table, chairs, §c. GRINDOFF and 
 KELMAR discovered. 
 
 Kel. ’TYis a rough night, miller; the thunder roars; and by the 
 murmuring of the flood the mountain torrents have descended; a 
 Lothair, he’ll searcely have crossed the ferry, : ee 
 Gri. Lothair by this is safe at home, old friend; before the st 
 commenced I passed him in my boat across the river, ( Asidd. ie 
 seems less anxious for his daughter than for this bold er 2s oe 7a 
 Kel. Worthy man, you'll be rewarded for all such ee is 1 4 
 after; thank Heaven, Claudine is safe; hark! ( Thunder h witch: 
 Gri. She is safe by this time, or 1 am much mistaken (A a 
 Kel. She will be here anon. 3 ae 
 Gri. (Aside.) I doubt that.— Come, here’s to her healt] 
 Kelmar; would I could call you father ! ig 
 
 ee 
 
{HE MILLER AND HIS MEN. ll 
 
 Kei. You may do so soon; but even your protection would now, 
 I fear, be insufficient to —— 
 
 Gri. What mean you? insufficient | 
 
 Kel. ‘The robbers — this evening in the forest —- 
 
 Gri. Ha! 
 
 Kel. Did not Lothair, then, tell you? 
 
 Gri. Lothair! 
 
 Kel. Yes; but all’s well; be not alarmed; see, she is here. 
 
 Gri. Here! 
 
 At this moment CLAUDINE enters, 3B. L. H., and GRINDOFY evidently 
 suppresses his surprise. 
 Claudine! curse on them both ! 
 
 Kel. Both! how knew you there were two? 
 
 Gri. *Sdeath — you — you said robbers, did you not? They 
 never have appeared but singly, therefore I thought you meant 
 two, 
 
 Kel. You are right; but for Lothair they had deprived me of 
 my child. 
 
 Gri. How! did Lothair? humph! he’s a courageous youth. 
 
 Cla. ‘That he is: but he’s gentle too. What has happened? 
 
 Kel. Nothing, child! nothing. (Aside to Gri.) Donot speak on’t ; 
 ’twill terrify her. Come, Claudine, now for supper. What have 
 you brought us? 
 
 Cla. ‘Thanks to the miller’s bounty, plenty. 
 
 Kel. The storm increases ; (Karl heard without, ‘* Holloa ! holloa !’’) 
 and hark! I heard a voice; listen. 
 
 Karl. (Without.) ‘ Holloa.”’ 
 
 Cla. ‘The cry of some bewildered traveller. (The ery repeated, 
 and a violent knock at the door.) 
 
 Kel. Open the door. 
 
 Gri. Notso! it may be dangerous, 
 
 Kel. Danger comes in silence and in secret; it was never shut 
 against the wretched while I knew prosperity, nor shall it be closed 
 now to my fellows in misfortune. Open the door, I say. (The 
 knock is repeated, and Claudine opens it.) 
 
 KAR enters with a portmanteau, D. F. Rs Cy 
 
 Karl. Why in the name of dark nights and tempests didn’t you 
 open the door at first? Have you no charity ? 
 
 Kel. In our hearts plenty; incur gift but little; yet all we have 
 is yours. 
 
 Karl, Then I'll share all you have with my master; thank you, 
 old gentleman; you won’t fare the werse for sheltering honest Karl 
 and Count Frederic Friberg. 
 
 Gri. Friberg! 
 
 Karl. Ay, VU soon fetch him; he’s waiting now, looking as 
 melancholy as a mourning coach in a snow storm, at the foot of a 
 tree, as wet as a drowned rat; so stir up the fire, bless you; clap on 
 the kettle, give us the best eatables and drinkables you have, a clean 
 table cloth, a couple of warm beds ; and don’t stand upon ceremcny ; 
 
 
 
SEER ee 8 Bl = 
 
 —_— 
 
 12 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 ‘we'll accept every civility and comfort you can bestow upon us, 
 without scruple. (Throws down the portmanteau, and exit, D. RB. C.) 
 
 Gri. Friberg, did he say ? 
 
 Cla. ‘Tis the young count so long expected. 
 
 Kel. Can it be possible! without attendants, and at such a time 
 too? 
 
 Gri. (Looking at the portmanteau, on which is the name in brass 
 natis.) It must be the same ; Kelmar, good night. 
 
 Kel. Nay, not yet; the storm rages. 
 
 Gri. I fear it may increase; your visitors may not like my com- 
 pany; good night. (As he goes to the door, D. F. R. C., CouUNT FRED= 
 ERIC enters, followed by Kanu, and stopping suddenly, eyes the miller, 
 as recollecting him ; GRINDOFF appears to avoid his scrutiny. ) 
 
 Fri. Your kindress is well timed; we might have perished ; 
 accept my thanks. should know that face. ( Aside.) 
 
 Gri. ‘To me your thanks are not due. 
 
 Fri. That voice, too. 
 
 Gri. This house is Kelmar’s. 
 
 Fri. Kelmar’s! 
 
 Kel. Ay, my dear master, my fortunes have deserted me, but my 
 attachment to your family still remains, 
 
 Fri. Worthy old man, how happens this — the richest tenant of 
 my late father’s land, the honest, the faithful Kelmar in a hovel > 
 
 Kel. It will chill your hearts to hear. 
 
 Kari. Then don’t tell us, pray, for our bodies are cramped with 
 cold already, 
 
 Kel. ’Tis a terrible tale. 
 
 Karl. Then, for the love of a good appetite and a dry skin, don’t 
 tell it; for I’ve been terrified enough in the forest to-night to last 
 me my life. 
 
 Fri. Be silent, Karl. (Retires with KELMAR,) 
 
 Gri. In—§in the forest ? 
 
 Karl. Ay. 
 
 Gri. What should alarm you there > 
 
 Karl. What should alarm me there? ( ome, that s a good one, 
 Why, first I lost my way; trying to find that I lost the horses ; 
 then I tumbled into a quagmire, and nearly lost my life. 
 
 Gri. Pshaw! this is of no consequence. 
 
 Karl, Isn’t it? I have endured more hardships since morning 
 than a knight-errant. Mv head’s broke, my bedy’s bruised, and my 
 joints are dislocated. I haven’t three Square inches about me but 
 what’s searified with briers and brambles ; ar 1d, above all, I have not 
 tasted a morsel of food sine sunrise. Egad, instead of my making 
 a meal of any thing, I’ve been in constant expectation of the wolves 
 making a meal of me. 
 
 Gri. Is this all? 
 
 Karl. All! No, it’s not all; pretty well tacugh, too, I think ; 
 when I recovered the path, I inet two pelite gentlemen with long 
 knives in their hands. 
 
 Gri. Hey! 
 
 Karl. And because I refused a kind invitation of theirs, they 
 
 
 
THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 13 
 
 Sported, affronted, and .were just on the point of ending all my 
 troubles, when up came my master, 
 
 Gri. Well! 
 
 Karl, Yes, it was well, indeed: for after a struggle they made 
 off; one of them left his sting behind though; look, here’s a poker 
 to stir up a man’s courage with, (Showing a poniard.) 
 
 Gri. A. poniard ? 
 
 Karl. Ay. 
 
 Gri. Give it me. 
 
 Karl. For what? it’s lawful spoil; didn’t I win itin battle? N 0, 
 I'll keep it as a trophy of my victory. 
 
 Gri. It will be safer in my possession ; it may lead to a discovery 
 of him who wore it; and 
 
 Karl. It may; you are right ; therefore I’ll deliver it into the 
 hands of Count Fred ; he’ll soon ferret the rascals out; set a re- 
 ward on their heads — 6000 crowns, dead or alive! Now, that’s 
 the way to manceuvre ’em. Humph! don’t like that chap; never 
 saw such a ferocious, black muzzle in my life; that fellow’s a wolf 
 in sheep’s clothing, ( Aside.) 
 
 Gri. Humph! (Retires.) 
 
 Fre. Nay, nay, speak of it no more. I will not take an old 
 man’s bed to ease my youthful limbs; I have slept soundly on a 
 ruder couch, and that chair shall be my resting-place., 
 
 Cla. The miller’s man, Riber, perhaps, can entertain his excel- 
 lency better, father; he keeps the Flask here on the hill, sir. 
 
 Gri. His house contains but one bed. 
 
 Karl. Only one! 
 
 Gri. And that is occupied. 
 
 Karl. ‘The devil it is! 
 
 Fre. It matters not; I am contented here, 
 
 Karl. That's more than I am, 
 
 Gri. But stay ; perchance his guest has left it; if so, tis at Count 
 Frederic’s service. I’]] bring you word. I may now prevent sur- 
 prise. (Aside.) The storm has ceased. I will return immediately, 
 (GRINDOFF, as he goes out, D. F. R. C., throws down the sheath of a 
 dagger. ) 
 
 Fre. Kelmar, tell me, who is that man? (eagerly. ) 
 
 Kel. The richest tenant, sir, you have; what Kelmar was when 
 you departed for Bohemia, Grindoff now is. 
 
 fre. Grindoff! I remember in my youth a favored servant of 
 my father’s who resembled him in countenance and voice ; the recol- 
 lection is strong upon my memory, but I hope deceives me, for he 
 was a villain, who betrayed his trust. 
 
 Kel. I have heard the circumstance; it happened just before I 
 entered your good father’s service ; his name was Wolf. 
 
 Fre. ‘The same. 
 
 Karl. And if this is not the same, I suspect he is a very near re- 
 lation. ; 
 
 Kel. (Angrily.) Nay, sir, you mistake; Grindoff is my friend ; 
 come, Claudine, is all ready? 
 
 
 
 
 
= > Sew oe = So — 
 " 
 14 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Karl. O, it’s a sore subject, is it? ( He retires.) Your friend, 1s 
 he, old gentleman ? — Sir — sir —— (Apart to Fre.) 
 
 Fre. (Who has become thoughtful. ) Well! what say you? 
 
 Karl. I don’t like our quarters, sir; we are in a bad neighbor- 
 hood. 
 
 Fyre. I fear we are; Kelmar’s extreme p yverty may have tempted 
 him to league with —— Yet his daughter —— 
 
 Karl. liis daughter! a decoy; nothing but a trap ; don t be- 
 lieve her, sir; we are betrayed, murdered, if we stay here. Tl en- 
 dure any thing, every thing, if you will but depart, sir. Dark 
 nights, bad roads, hail, rain, assassins ; and — hey! what's this? 
 (Sees and picks wp the scabbard of the dagger dropped by GRINDOFF.) 
 © Lord, what’s the matter with me? my mind misgives mé, and 
 (Here he sheathes the dagger in it, and finds it fit.) Fits to a hair ; 
 we are in the lion’s den ! 
 
 Fre. ’Tis evident we are snared, caught. 
 
 Kari. © Lord! don’t say so. 
 
 Fre. Kelmar, I have bethought me% at every peril, I must on 
 to-night. 
 
 Kel. To-night. 
 
 Cla. Not to-night, I beseech you; you know not half your 
 danger. 
 
 Karl. Danger! Cockatrice! ( Aside.) —Vll thank you for that 
 portmanteau. 
 
 Fre. Let it remain. — (Apart to Karl.) It may be an object to 
 them; ’tisnone tome. It will be’safer here with honest Kelmar. 
 
 Kel. But why so sudden! 
 
 Karl. My master has recollected something that must be done 
 to-night, or to-morrow it may be out of his power. 
 
 Cla. Stay till the miller returns. 
 
 Karl. Till he returns? — (Aside.) Ah, the fellow’s gone to get 
 assistance, and if he comes before we escape, we shall be cut and 
 hashed to mince-meat. 
 
 Fre. Away! (As Fre. advances to the door, R. H,, GRINDOFF en+ 
 ters suddenly.) 
 
 Karl. It’s all over with us, 
 
 Kel. Well, friend, what success ? 
 
 Gri. ‘Bad enough; the count must remain here. 
 
 Fre. Must remain! 
 
 Gri. There is no resource. 
 
 Karl. I thought so. 
 
 Gri. To-morrow Riber can dispose of you both. 
 
 Karl. Dispose of us ! — (Aside.) Ay, put us to bed with a spade; 
 that fellow’s a gravedigger. , 
 
 Fre. ‘Then I must cross the ford to-night. 
 
 Gri. Impossil le; the torrent has swept the ferry barge from the 
 shore, and driven it down the stream. = 
 
 Kayl. Perhaps your boat? 
 
 Gri. Mine! ’twould be madness ‘esis ie ~ 
 in the dark too. Sonat a ee 
 
 Fre. What reward may tempt you? 
 
 
 
THE MILLER AND HIS MEN? 15 
 
 Gri. Not all you are worth, sir, until to-morrow, 
 
 Karl. ‘To-morrow ! —( Aside.) Ah! we are crow’s meat, to a cer- 
 tainty. 
 
 Grt. (Looking askance round the room.) All is right ; they have 
 got the scabbard, and their suspicions now must fall on Kelmar. 
 (Aside.) (Exit Grinnorr, D. r. R. Cc.) 
 
 Fre. Well, we must submit to circumstances. — (Aside to Karl.) 
 Do not appear alarmed; when all is still we may escape. | 
 
 Karl, Why not now? There are only two of ’em. 
 
 Fre. There may be others near. 
 
 QUARTETTR, 
 
 Cla. Stay, prithee, stay; the night is dark, 
 The cold wind whistles! Hark! hark! hark! 
 Fre. We must away. 
 Karl. Pray come away. 
 Cla. The night is dark, 
 The cold wind whistles ! 
 All. Hark! hark! hark! 
 Cla. Stay, prithee, stay; the way is lone; 
 The ford is deep; the boat is gone. 
 Kel. And mountain torrents swell the flood, 
 And robbers lurk within the wood. 
 
 you ; 
 All. Here ; et must stay till morning bright 
 : or 
 Breaks through the dark and dismal night, 
 And merry sings the rising lark, 
 And hushed the night bird! Hark! hark! hark! 
 
 (CLAUDINE tenderly detains Friperc, KetmMan the same with KARL; 
 and the group ts enclosed.) 
 
 Scent IV. — Representing the Depth of the Forest. Enter Loraarn, 
 whose dress and complexion are entirely changed ; his habiliments are 
 wretched, &e. _ ( Music.) 
 
 Lot. This way, this—in the moaning of the blast, at intervals, 
 
 I heard the tread of feet; and as the moon’s light burst from the 
 
 stormy clouds, I saw two figures glide like departed spirits to this 
 
 deep elen ; now Heaven prosper me, for my hope is desperate! Ah, 
 they come ! 
 
 (Music. Enter Riszr, 1 &. i. u.; Goworz follows ; they look round 
 cautiously, then advance to a particular rock, tn F. L., which is 
 nearly concealed by underwood and roots of trees.) 
 
 Lot. Hold! (The robbers start, and eye him with ferocious sur- 
 prise.) So, my purpose is accomplished; at last I have discovered 
 you. 
 
 Ri. Indeed! It will cost you dear. 
 
 Lot. It has already. I have been hunted through the country ; 
 
 but now my life is safe. 
 
 2 
 
 
 

 
 SST nn oe a — — —— _— 
 
 
 
 16 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Ri. Safe! 
 
 Lot. <Ay,isit not? Would Rae lestroy a comrade? Look at 
 me, search me; I am unarmed, defenceless ! defenceless ° 
 
 Go. Why come you hither: 
 
 fe, Paid Mom join your brave b ae — the honor of Bohemia. 
 
 Ri. How knew you our retreat? 
 Lot. No matter; in the service of Count Friberg I have been 
 disgraced, and fly from punishment to seek revenge. 
 
 Go. (To Riber.) How say you? 
 
 Lot. They hesitate. (Aside. nae The young count is far from home, 
 and his name I may use without danger ; lead me to your chief. 
 
 Ri. We will. Not so fast; yt our sight must be concealed. 
 ( Offering to bind his forehead. ) 
 
 Lot. Ah! (hasitates®) May I trust you? 
 
 Go. Do you doubt? 
 
 Ri. Might we not dispatch you as you are. 
 
 Lot. Enough, (they blind him 2) lead on. 
 
 om 
 
 uv 
 
 (Music. River lets down a flat stone in the rock, L. H. F.; GOLOTZ 
 leads LoTHAIR to it; they enter ; rock closes.) 
 
 Scrnz V.—A Cavern. Banditti grouped, variously employed, chiefly 
 carousing round a table, on which are flasks of wine, &c., &c.; in the 
 background, elevated, ts seen a recess; steps rudely cut in the rock 
 lead to it; on the right, other steps lead to an opening in the cave. 
 ( Music. ) i 
 
 BANDITTI. 
 Fill, boys, and drink about ; 
 Wine will banish sorrow ; 
 Come, drain the goblet out ; 
 We'll have more to-morrow. 
 
 Soo. 
 We live free from fear, 
 In harmony here, 
 Combined, just like brother and brother 
 And this be our toast, 
 The freebooter’s boast — 
 Success and good will to each other, 
 Chorus. — Fill, boys, &e. 
 
 we 
 
 As they conclude, enter RAVINA, FP. R. 0, 
 
 Rav. What! carousing yet, sotting yet ? 
 
 Ist. R. How now, Ravina! why so churlish ? 
 
 Rav. To sleep, I say, or wait upon yourselves.. I’ stay no longer 
 from my couch to please you. Is it not enough that 1 toil ices 
 daybreak, but you must disturb me ever with your midnight 
 revelry ? 5 
 
 lst. R. You were not wont to be so sayage, woman. 
 
 Rav. You were not wont to be so insolent, Look you repent 
 it not. : 
 
THE MILLER AND HIS MEN, 17 
 
 2d. R. Pshaw! heed her no more, Jealousy hath soured her. 
 I forgive her railing. 
 
 Rav. Forgive! 
 
 Ist. #. Ay, our leader seeks another mistress, and ’tis rather 
 hard upon thee, I confess, after five years’ captivity, hard service 
 too; and now that you are accustomed to our way of life; we pity 
 thee. 
 
 fav. Pity me! I am indeed an object of compassion ; seven 
 Jong years a captive, hopeless still of liberty ; habit has almost made 
 my heart cold as these rude rocks that screen me from the light of 
 heaven! Miserable, lost Rayina! by dire necessity become an agent 
 in their wickedness, yat pine for virtue and for freedom, 
 
 Ist. R. Leave us to our wine. Come, boys, fill all, fill full, 
 
 Robbers. Ay, ay, a health! a health! 
 
 Ist. R. ‘Lo our eaptain’s bride. 
 
 fiobbers. **'To our captain’s bride!” 
 
 (A single note on the bugle is heard From below.) 
 
 Ist. R. Hark! ’tis from the lower cave. (Note repeated.) She 
 eomes; Ravina, look you receive her as becomes the companion of 
 our chief; remember. 
 
 Rav. I shall remember. So, another victim to hypocrisy *and 
 guilt. Poor wretch, she loves, perhaps, as I did, the miller, Grind- 
 off; but, as I do, may live to execrate the outlaw and the rob- 
 ber. (Musie.) 
 
 The trap in the floor is thrown open, and Riper wscends, followed by 
 GoLorz and LoTHArIR, 
 
 Robbers. Hail to our new companion, 
 Rav. Aman! 
 
 (LOTHAIR tears the bandage From his eyes as he arrives in the cane : 
 the robbers start back on perceiving a man.) 
 
 Lot. ‘Thanks for your welcome, 
 
 ist. R. Whom have we here? Speak! 
 
 Ri. A recruit; where is the captain ? 
 
 ist. 2. Where is the eaptain’s bride? 
 
 Ri. Of her hereafter, (A bugle is heard above.) 
 Robbers. Wolf! ‘Wolf! (Musie.) 
 
 (FRINDOFF, in vobber’s apparel, descends the opening, in F. R. H., ade 
 vances, and seeing Lothair, starts. 
 
 Gri. A stranger! 
 
 Lot. Grindoff! (The robbers lay hands on swords, &c.) 
 
 Gri. Ha! betrayed! ‘Who has done this? 
 
 Ri. I brought him hither, to —— 
 
 Gri. Rider! humph! you have executed my orders well, have 
 you not? Where is Claudine? +. , 
 
 Lot. Claudine ! — ( Aside.) Villain, hypocrite, 
 
 Gri, Know you Claudine, likewise? 
 
 Q *¥ 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 18 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Ri: She eseaped us in the forest ; some meddling fool. thwarted 
 our intent, and 
 
 Gri. Silence! I know it all; a word with you presently ; now, 
 stranger — but I mistake; we should be old acquaintance, my name 
 is so familiar to you; what is your purpose here? 
 
 Lot. Revenge. 
 
 Gri. On whom? 
 
 Lot. On one whose cruelty and oppression well deserve it. 
 
 Gri. His name? 
 
 Lot. (Aside.) Would I dare mention it! 
 
 Ri. He complains of Count Friberg. 
 
 Gri. Indeed! Then the object will be soon accomplished ; he 
 arrived this night, and shelters at old Kelmar’s cottage; he shall 
 never pass the river; should he once reach the chateau Friberg, it 
 would be fatal to our band. 
 
 Lot. Arrived !—(Aside.) What have I done! my fatal indis- 
 eretion has destroyed him. — Let him fall by my hand. 
 
 Gri. It may tremble; it trembles how ; the firmest of our band 
 have failed. (Looking at Riber,) Henceforth the enterprise shall be 
 my own. 
 
 Lot. Let me accompany you. 
 
 Gri. Not to-night, 
 
 Lot. ‘To-night! 
 
 Gri. Ay, before the dawn appears, he dies.— Riber! (Le-~ 
 thair clasps his hands in agony ; Riber advances.) 
 
 Rav. What! more blood? Must Friberg’s life be added ta 
 the list? 
 
 Gri. It must; our safety claims it. 
 
 Rav. Short-sighted man! will not his death doubly arouse the 
 sluggish ret of ee ? Is this palaces > The whole country, 
 hitherto kept in awe by dissension and selfish fear, will join; re et 
 in time; beware their retribution ! a 
 
 Gri. When I need a woman’s counsel, I'll seck it of the com- 
 passionate Ravina.— Riber! Isay. (Hwit Ravina, 3 nu. 1.) 
 
 Ri. I] wait your orders. 
 ye Gri. Look you execute them better than the last; look to’t! 
 The count and his companion rest at Kelmar’s; it must be done 
 within an hour ; arm, and attend mes at the same time, I will se- 
 cure Claudine; and should ielmar’s vigilance interpose to mar us, 
 he henceforth shall be an inmate here. 
 
 Lot. QO, villain ! 
 
 Gri. How mean you? 
 
 Lot. Friberg; let me go with you. 
 
 Gri. You are too eager; I will not trust thy inexperience; trust 
 you! What surety have we for your faith? : 
 
 Lat. My oath. 
 
 Gri. Swear then never to desert the object, never to betray the 
 cause for which you sought our band; revenge on 
 Lot. On him, who has deeply, basely injured me; I swear it. 
 
 Gri. (To Ribey.) Quick, arm, and attend me. (Rider retires.) 
 Are those sacks in the mill disposed of as I ordered? Tat 
 
 lst R. They are, 
 
 
 
 
 
ilk MILLER AND iis MEN, he 
 
 Gri. Return with the flour to-morrow, and be eareiut that all 
 assume the calmness of industry and content. With such appear- 
 ance, suspicion itself is blind; ’tis the safeguard of our band ; come, 
 drink to our new companion. Your name> 
 
 Lot. Spiller. 
 
 fiobbers. ~ Spiller ! 
 
 Gri. One goblet more, and then to business — The miller and 
 his men. 
 
 Robbers. ‘The miller and his men, 
 
 (GRINDOFF then puts on his miller’s Jrock, hat, ec. ; Riper advances, 
 armed with pistols in his belt, a dark lantern, &¢., and they retire 
 up the opening as the banditti sing the chorus. 
 
 Cyorvs., 
 
 To Wolf and his men, 
 Drink again and again ; 
 To the margin your goblets all fill ; 
 More liquor then bring, 
 Let the old cavern ring, 
 While we toast the Bohemian mill. 
 
 ACT II, 
 
 SCENE I, — Representing the Interior of Kelmar’s Cottage. Freprrto 
 asleep in the chair, reclining on a table, beneath which and at the oppo- 
 site side, near the fire, Karu is seen, likewise asleep ; FREDERIC’S 
 sword lies on the table ; the fire nearly extinguished. ( Mitsic. ) 
 
 Enter CLAUDINE, 3 E. L. H. 
 Cla. All still — all silent! t 
 
 disturbed! What can it mean? My father wanders from his bed, 
 
 restless asmyself. Alas! the infirmities of age and sorrow aftlict him 
 
 sorely. Night after night I throw myself upon a sleepless couch, 
 ready to fly to his assistance, and — hush — hush! 
 
 he count and his companion are un- 
 
 As KrLMAR enters, CLAUDINE avoids him, 3 EB. 
 
 Kel. ‘They sleep — sleep soundly; ere they awake, I may return 
 from my inquiry. If Grindoff’s story was correct, I still nay trust 
 him ; still may the count confide in him ; but his behavior last 
 night, unusual and mysterious, hangs like a iearful dream upon my 
 mind. His anxiety to leave the cottage, his egitation at the appear- 
 ance of Count Friberg, but above all, his assertion that the ferry 
 barge was lost, disturbs me. My doubts shall soon be ended. At 
 Pte thtin. hour .] may pass the borders unperceived, and the gray 
 dawn that now glimmers in the east will direct my path. ( Looks 
 about him as fearful of disturbing the sleepers, and exit, D. F. Ry C.) 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ee Po 
 
 aes Seest e 
 
 are 
 
 CLAUDINE advances: 
 
 Cla, Yes, it was my father. He appears unus sually agitated, 
 Ah, it may be some cimes he wanders on ee river’s brink, watching 
 the bright orb of day burst from the dark trees, and breathes a 
 prayer, a biessing for his child; yet “ts early, very early! yet it 
 may be! O father, my dear, dear father! (zit, D. F. R. G.) 
 
 Karl. Yaw! (Snoring.) Damn the rats! yaw! what a noise 
 they keep! hey, where am I? OQ, in this infernal hovel; the night- 
 mare has rode me into a jelly ; ; then such horrible dreams ! yaw ! 
 and such a swarm of rats! damn the rats! (lays his hand on his 
 
 poniard ;) they’d better keep off, for I am hungry enough to eat 
 
 one; bew— eu (shivering.) Iw ish it was mo ring. (Music.) 
 
 (A dark lantern borne by Riper has appeared at the window ; RiIBER 
 half enters the room, but suddenly retires, observing @ light occa- 
 stoned by Kanu’s stirring the fire with his dagger ; this gives more 
 
 light.) 
 Karl. ‘What's that? (Listens.) Nothing but odd noises all 
 night; wonder how my master can sleep forsucha— Yaw! aw! 
 
 {Lies down; RrBER enfers, D. F. B, C., cautiously, holding forward the 
 lantern; GRINDOFF follows ; RiBER, on seeing Freprric, draws 
 a poniard ; as he raises his arm, GRINDOFF catches it and prevents 
 the blow. Music appropriate. ) 
 
 Gri. Not yet; first to secure my prize— Claudine; these are 
 safe. 
 
 Kari. Wow the varmints swarm ! 
 
 Gri. TXush! he dreams, 
 
 Ri. It shail be his last. 
 
 Karl. Rats! 
 
 Ri. What says he? 
 
 Karl. Rats! they all come from the mill, 
 
 Ri. Do they so? 
 
 Karl, Ay; set traps for ’em, poison ’em, (RiBER, again attempt= 
 ing to advance, is detained by GRINDOFF, ) 
 
 Gri. Again so rash? remember! 
 
 Karl. I shall never forget that fellow in the fores¢, 
 
 Ri. Ha! do you mark? 
 
 Gri. Fear them not; be still till I return; he is sound; none 
 sleep so hard as those that babbie in their dreams; stir not, 1 charge 
 you. Yet, should Kelmar — ay — should you hear a noise w ithout, 
 instantly despatch. (vit GRINDOFF, D. F. R. c,) 
 
 Ri, Enough ! | (At this time Karu egain awakes, and observes 
 RIBER ; he GV ASps his dagger, and watching ~ motion of the robber, 
 
 acts accordingly.) This delay is madness; but I must obey. (He 
 looks at the priming of his pistol, then towards the table; Karu dr ops to 
 his position.) He y, a swo rd i ite advances and vemoves it From the 
 
 table.) Now all is safe—hark! (A noise without, as if something 
 Sa ling.) ’Tis time; if this should fail, my poniard will secure him. 
 { Musie, RiBER advances hastily, and in the act of bringing his pistol 
 
 
 
THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 21 
 
 to the level against FREDERIC, és stabbed by Kart, who has arisen ang 
 retreated behind the table to receive him : at the same instant GRINDOFF 
 enters, D. F. R. 0., and I'REDERIC, rushing from the chair at the noise 
 of the pistol, seizes him by the collar, and the group stand amazed. 
 Music.) 
 
 fre. Speak! what means this > 
 
 Kari. They’ve caught a Tartar, sir — that’s all. Hey! the mil- 
 ler! (Advancing. ) 
 
 Gri. Ay ! 
 
 Fre. How came you here > . 
 
 Gri. To—to do you service. 
 
 Fre. At such an hour! 
 
 Gri. Tis never too late to do good, 
 
 fre. Good! 
 
 Gri. Yes; you have been in danger. 
 
 Karl. Have we? Thank you for your news. 
 
 Grz. . You-have been watched by the banditti. 
 
 Fre. So it appears, 
 
 Karl. But how did you know it? 
 
 Gri. (Confused.) There is m y proof. (Pointing to the body of 
 Riven.) 
 
 Karl. But how the plague got you into the house > through a rat- 
 hole > 
 
 Fre. Explain. 
 
 Gri. Few words will do that ; on my return to the mill, I found 
 yOu might repose there better than in this house; at all events, I 
 knew you would be safer in my care, 
 
 fre. Safer! Proceed; what mean you? 
 
 Karl, Safer! ( Aside. ) 
 
 Gri. Kelmar! 
 
 Fre. Hah! 
 
 Gri. Had you no suspicion of him? no mistrust of his wish to— 
 to detain you ? 
 
 Fre. I confess, I —_—. 
 
 Gri. (To Karl.) The poniard you obtained in the forest, that 
 you refused to give me - 
 
 Karl. This? 
 
 Gri. Is Kelmar’s. 
 
 Fre. Wretch! 
 
 Kari. I thought so; I found the sheath here, 
 
 Gri. I knew it instantly ; my suspicions were aroused ; now they 
 are confirmed ; Kelmar is in league with these marauders; I found 
 the door open ; you still slept; I searched the house for him ; he is 
 nowhere to be found; he and his daughter have absconded, Are 
 you satisfied ? 
 
 Fre. Lam. 
 
 Karl. Jam not; I wish we were safe at home. I’m no coward 
 by daylight, but I hate adventures of this kind in the dark. 
 
 Gri. Follow me » you cannot mistake; see, ’tis daybreak ; at the 
 cottage close to the narrow bridge that passes the ravine you will 
 find repose. 
 
 fre. We'll follow you. 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ae 
 
 22 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Karl. Lord! how a man may be deceived! I took you for a 
 great rogue, now, but I find you are a good Christian, though you 
 are a yery ill-looking man. 
 
 Gri. We can’t all be as handsome as you. 
 Roam. C.) | 
 
 Karl. No, nor as witty as-you. I don't half like that fellow yet. 
 (Gets the portmanteau. ) Now the sooner we are off the better, sir. 
 
 As for this fellow, the rats may take care of him. 
 
 (Exit GRINDOFF, D. 
 
 (A shriek heard without, D. F. R. C. Frederic draws his sword and 
 rushes out. ) 
 Fre. Karl! follow me. 
 Karl. What, more adventures! I’m ready. I say, (to the body 
 of Riber,) take care of the portmanteau, willyou? (xt, D. F, BR. 0.) 
 
 Sornz Il. — The Forest. Music. GRINDOFF enters, L. H. ; ws seen 
 concealing himself in the secret rock ; he lets down the flat stone, and 
 disappears as FREDERIC in haste enters, L. H, 
 
 Fyre. Gone! vanished! can it be possilfle? sure ’tis witchcraft. 
 I was close upon him. Karl! The cries of her he dragged with 
 him, too, have ceased, and not the faintest echo of his retiring foot- 
 path can be heard. Karl! 
 
 Enter KARL, L. H. 
 
 Karl. O Lord! pho, that hill’sa breather. Why, where is he? 
 Didn’t you overtake him? 
 
 Fre. No; in this spot he disappeared, and sunk, as it should 
 seem, ghost-like, into the very earth. Follow ! 
 
 Karl. Follow! follow a will-o’-the-wisp ! 
 
 Fre. Quick, aid me to search. 
 
 Karl. Search out a ghost! Mercy onus! NotI. 
 
 Fre. He must be near. 
 
 Karl. So much the worse. I hate spirits and bug-a-booes, and 
 all their kin; can’t abide ’em. 
 
 Fre. Ridiculous. 
 
 Karl. Solthink. I'll follow you through the world; fight for 
 you — the best cock giant robber of ’em all ; but if you are for hunt- 
 ing goblins, I’m off. Mey, where the devil’s the woman, though? 
 If she was a spirit, she made more noise than any lady alive. 
 
 Fre. Perchance the villain so close pursued has destroyed his 
 victim. 4 
 
 Karl. No doubt on’t; he’s killed her to a certainty; nothing 
 but death can stop a woman’s tongue, 
 
 Fre. (Having searched in vain.) From the miller we may gain 
 assistance; Grindoff, no doubt, is acquainted with every turn and 
 outlet of the forest; he cannot escape us; quick, attend me tothe 
 mill. (Ezit, R. H.) - 
 
 Karl. Rat me if I'll run after the girl; why should I? the 
 never run after me. I know the tricks on ’em : they are ati a 
 
 ceptions and full of mischief, like a barrel of gunpowder ; they ere 
 
 . ii pein 1 ot 
 
 a 
 
 ee a a ae 
 
THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 23 
 
 like — they are like a lawsuit, and a lawsuit’s like a devil’s kettle, 
 in which every thine that’s disagreeable is all boiled up together, 
 None on ’em ever took delight in me, except it was to vex and jilt 
 me, Ever since Wilhelmina slighted my passion, I have forsworn 
 the sex, and all alone by myself have struggled through life, like a 
 fly in treacle, (Exit Karn, nr. u.) . 
 
 Scene ITI, — The Cavern. Music. Robbers discovered qsleep in dif- 
 - : 
 
 ferent parts. Loru ATR, as On guard with a carbine, stands beneath 
 the magazine. 
 
 Lot. Ere this it must be daylight; yet Grindoff returns not ; 
 perchance their foul intent has failed; the fatal blow designed for 
 Friberg may have fallen upon himself. How tedious drags the time 
 
 o v - » 
 when fear, suspense, and doubt thus weigh upon the heart! O 
 Kelmar, beloved Claudine, you little know m y peril. (Looks at the 
 > a d £ \ 
 
 varius groups of banditti, and carefully rests his carbine at the Soot of 
 the rugged steps leading to the magazine.) While yet this drunken 
 stupor makes their sleep most death-like, let me secure a terrible but 
 just revenge. If their infernal purpose be accomplished, this is 
 their reward. (Draws a coil of fuse from his bosom.) These caverns 
 that spread beneath the mill have various outlets, and in the fissures 
 of the rock +t} al ul lie iced. Can I but reach t] 
 oi the rock the train wi ie unnoticed. an out reach the 
 magazine ? 
 
 (Music. LovxHatr retires cautiously as he places his foot over the body 
 
 ; of a robber, who is seen asleep on the steps leading to the magazine ; 
 by accident he touches the earbine, which slips down; the robber 
 alters his position while LOTHAIR stands over him, but again re- 
 poses; Lotuatr advances up the steps ; as he arrives at the maga- 
 zine, Wour’s signal ts heard from above ; the robbers instantly start 
 wp, and LoTHAIR at the same moment springs from the steps, and 
 seizing his carbine, stands in his previous attitude ; immediately 
 WotF is seen descending the opening on the right, with CLAUDINE 
 senseless in his arms.) 
 
 ry 
 
 Robbers. ‘The signal! 
 
 Go. Wolf! we rejoice with you, 
 
 Lot. Slave you been successful ? 
 
 Gri. (Having set down Claudine.) So far I have. 
 
 Lot. Claudine — merciful powers ! — ( Aside.) — But Kelmar ——— 
 
 Gri. Shall not long escape me. Kelmar once secure, his fayor- 
 ite, my redoubted rival, young Lethair, may next require attention. 
 Where is Ravina? O, you are come. 
 
 Rav. Lam; what is your will? 
 
 Gri. ‘That you attend Claudine ; treat her as you would treat me. 
 
 Rav. Iwill; be sur 2 . 
 
 Gri. “ook you fail not. Lead her in.  (Ra&yina,; assisted, leads 
 off CLAUDINE, 3 FE. L. uw.) tL cannot wait hex recovery ; dangex st 
 rounds us. 
 
 
 

 
 24 HE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 ‘Robbers. Danger! 
 
 Gri. Ay; every eye must be vigilant, every heart resolved ; 
 Riber has been stabbed. 
 
 Lot. Then Friberg — 
 
 Gri. Has escaped. 
 
 Lot. ‘Thank Heaven. 
 
 Reéntey RAVINA, 3 E. L. He 
 
 Gri. How? 
 
 Lot. Friberg is still reserved for me. 
 
 Gri. Be itso; your firmness shall be proved. 
 
 Rav. So, one act of villany is spared you; pursue your fate no 
 further; desist, be warned in time. 
 
 Gri. Fool! Could “woman’s*weakness urge me to retreat, my 
 duty to our band would now:make such repentance treachery. 
 
 Robbers. Noble captain ! 
 
 Gri. Mark you, my comrades! Kelmar has fled; left his house; 
 no doubt for the chateau Friberg. The suspicions of the count are 
 upon him. All mistrust of-me is banished from his mind, and I 
 have lured him and his companion to the cottage of our lost com- 
 rade, Riber. 
 
 _Lot. How came Claudine to fall into your power? 
 
 Gri. I encountered her alone as I left Kelmar’s cottage. She 
 had been to seek her father ; I seized the opportunity, and conveyed 
 her to the seeret pass in the forest; her cries caused me to be pur- 
 sued, and one instant later, I had fallen into their hands; by this 
 time they have recovered the pathway to the mill. Spiller shall 
 supply Riber’s place; be prepared to meet them at the Flask, and 
 prove yourself 
 
 Lot. The man Iam; I swear it. 
 
 Gri. Enough!; I am content. 
 
 Rav. Content! Such guilt as thine can never feel content. 
 Never will thy corroded heart have rest. Years of security have 
 made you rash, incautious, wanton in your cruelty; and you will 
 never rest until your mistaken policy destroys your band. 
 
 Gri. No more of this; her discontent is dangerous. Spiller! 
 when you are prepared to leave the cavern, make fast the door ; 
 Ravina shall remain here confined until our work above is finished. 
 
 Lot. I understand 
 
 Gri. Golotz and the rest, who are wont to cheer our revels with 
 your music, be in waiting at the Flask, as travellers, wandering 
 Savoyards, till the count and his follower are safe within our toils ; 
 the delusion may spare us trouble. I know them resolute and 
 fierce; and should they once suspect, though our numbers over- 
 power them, the purchase may cost us dear. Away; time presses. 
 Spiller, remember. (Lxeunt Gri. and robbers, R. C. U. F.) 
 
 Lot. Fear me not; you soon shall know me. 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Music. As Wotr, &e. go off, LoTHAtTR immediately runs un the 
 steps to the magazine, and places the fuse within, closes the door, and 
 a . » , AG 
 directs tt towards the trap by which he first enterca the eave.) 
 
 a 
 

 
 
 
 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN, 25 
 
 Rav. Now, then, hold firm, my heart and hand; one act of 
 vengeance, one dreadful triumph, and I meet henceforth the hatred, 
 the contempt of Wolf without a sigh. Accustomed here to scenes 
 of death, deeds that once had made me shrink with horror, degen- 
 erate nature now consents to act. 
 
 (In great agitation she advances to the table, and taking a vial From 
 her bosom, pours tt into a cup, some liquor on it, and goes cautious- 
 ly across the stage to where CLAUDINE has been conducted.) 
 
 As she revives, ere yet her bewildered senses proclaim her situa- 
 tion, she will drink, and 
 
 
 
 (LorHair, who has watched the conduct of RAvINA, at this moment 
 seizes the cup and casts it away.) 
 
 Lot. Hold, mistaken woman ; is this your pity for the unfortu- 
 nate, of your own sex, too? Are you the advocate of justice and 
 of mercy, who dare condemn the cruelty of Wolf, yet with thy own 
 hand wouldst destroy an imnocent fellow-creature, broken-hearted, 
 helpless, and forlorn? O shame! shame. 
 
 Rav. And who is he that dare to school me thus? 
 
 Lot. Who aml? 
 
 Rav. Ay! that talk of justice and of mercy, yet pant to shed the 
 blood of Friberg ! 
 
 Lot. (Aside.) Now, dared I trust her —TI must; there is no re- 
 source, for they’ll be left together. Ravina! say, what motive 
 urged you to attempt an act that I must believe is hateful to your 
 nature ? 
 
 Rav. Have I not cause? ample eause ? 
 
 Lot. I may remove it. 
 
 Rav. Can you remove the pangs of jealousy ? 
 
 Lot. Ican. Claudine will never be the bride of Wolf. 
 
 Rav. Who can prevent it? 
 
 Lot. Her husband. 
 
 Rav. Is it possible? 
 
 Lot. Be convinced. Claudine! Claudine! 
 
 Cla. (Entering.) "Tis he, ’tis he; then I am safe. Ay! who 
 are these, and in what dreadful place? 
 
 Lot. Beloved Claudine, can this disguise conceal] ? 
 
 Cla. Lothair! I was not deceived. (Falls into his arms.) 
 
 Rav. Lothair! i 
 
 Lot. Ay, her affianced husband. Ravina, our lives are in your 
 power ;* preserve them and save yourself; one act of glorious re- 
 pentance, and the blessings of the surrounding country are yours. 
 Observe ! 
 
 
 
 (Music. LorHatr points to the MAJAZINE, shows the train to RAvVINA, 
 and explains his intention ; then gives a phosphorus bottle, which he 
 shows the purpose of ; she comprehends him ; CLAUDINE’S action, 
 astonishment, and terror ; LOTHAIR opens the trap.) 
 
 » 
 
 = 
 
 Be careful, be cautious, I implore you; convey the train where I 
 
 
 

 
 26 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 may distinctly see you from, without the mill ; and above all, let no 
 anxiety of mind, no fear of failure, urge you to fire the train till I 
 give the signal. Remember, Claudine might be the victim of such 
 fatal indiscretion. : 
 
 Rav. But Wolf! 
 
 {At this moment Wor returns, U. F. BR. C., and hearing his name, halts 
 at the back of the scene.) 
 
 Lot. Wolf, with his guilty companions, shall fall despised and 
 execrated. — Ah! remove the train. (Aside.) 
 Wolf. Villain! 
 
 (Levels a pistol at LoTHAIR; RAvVINA utters an exclamation of horror ; 
 CLAUDINE retreats and removes the train to the foot of the steps. 
 
 Lot. Hold! . You are deceived. 
 
 Wolf. Do you acknowledge it But ’tis the last time. 
 
 Lot. One moment. 
 
 Wolf. What further deception ? 
 
 Lot. Ihave used none; hear the facts. 
 
 Wolf. . What are they? 
 
 Lot. Hatred to thee, jealousy of the fair Claudine urged this 
 woman to attempt her life. (Points to Claudine.) 
 
 Wolf.. Indeed! For what purpose was that pass disclosed? 
 (Pointing to the trap.) 
 
 Lot: 1 dared not leave them together. 
 
 Wolf. Vain spbterfuge; your threat of destruction on me and 
 my companions! 
 
 Lot. Was a mere trick, a forgery, a fabrication to appease her 
 disappointed spirit, induce her to quit the cave, and leave Claudine 
 in safety. 
 
 Wolf. Plausible hypocrite! Ravina has no weapon of destruc- 
 tion ; how then? 
 
 Lot. Ah! we are saved. (Aside.)— Behold! let conviction sat- 
 isfy your, utmost, doubts. (He snatches the vial which Ravina has 
 retained tn her hand.) 
 
 Wolf. (Looking on the label.) Poison! You, then, are honest ; 
 Wolf unjust; I can doubt no longer. Fiend! descend instantly ; 
 in darkness and despair anticipate a dreadful punishment. (Music. ) 
 
 (Ravina clasps her hands in entreaty, and descends the trap, which + 
 closed violently by Wotur.) ip, which rs 
 
 Wolf. Now, Spiller, follow me. (Music.) 
 
 (Wotr takes his broad miller’s hat, which had caused his return, and 
 exit, LorHarr following, and looking back significantly at Or, AU- 
 DINE, who then advances, cautiously opens the trap, gives the train 
 to RAvVINA, and exit to the side where she was first conducted. ) 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 27 
 
 Sounz IV. — A Hut —the Cottage of Risen; the sign of the Flask. 
 Enter FREDERIC, 1 E. R. H. 
 
 Fre. How long must these perplexing, strange events keep me 
 from my home, my friends, my wife? Wearied with the toils of 
 war, on the wings of expectation I flew to the enjoyment of repose 
 and peace! Well, a few short hours, and patience 
 
 
 
 Enter Kant, 1 E. L. H. 
 
 Karl. Patience! I haven’t a drop left. O Lord! my head 
 buzzes like a bee in a bottle! (Taking a case bottle from his pocket.) 
 
 Fre. This must be the house! 
 
 Karl. Clear as daylight; look, sir, the “Flask!” Soon re- 
 plenish our stock now. O, and there stands the mill! I suppose 
 old rough and tough, Master Grindoff, will be here presently. ‘Well, 
 I’m glad we are in the right road at last; for such ins and outs, 
 and ups and downs, and circumbendibusses, in that forest I never 
 
 Fre. ‘True; we may now obtain guides and assistance to pursue 
 
 that ruffian ! 
 Karl. Pursue affain! not to save all the she sex! Flesh and 
 
 blood can’t stand this. (Aséde.) 
 
 Fre. (Abstracted.) Yet, after so long an absence, delay is doubly 
 irksome ; could I but see her my heart dotes on ! 
 
 Karl. Ah! could I but see what my heart dotes on — a plate of 
 alamode beef, 
 
 Fre. My sweet Lauretta 
 
 Karl. <A dish of sour crout, 
 
 Fre. Fool! 
 
 Karl. Fool! So, I mustn’t enjoy a good dinner, even in imagina- 
 tion. Eating and drinking seems to be high treason nowadays. 
 
 Fre. Still complaining! 
 
 Karl« How can I help it, sir? I can’t live upon air, as you do. 
 
 Fre. You had plenty last night. 
 
 Karl. So I had last Christmas, sir; and what sort of a supper 
 sas it, after all? One apple, two pears, three bunches of sour 
 grapes, and a bowl of milk — one of your forest meals. I can’t abide 
 such a cruel cold diet. O for a bumper of brandy! But, unfortu- 
 nately, my digestion keeps pace with my appetite; I’m always 
 hungry. (Music heard within the Flask.) 
 
 Fre. Hush! 
 
 Karl. What’s that? Somebody tickling a harp into fits? Soft 
 music always makes me melancholy. | 
 
 Fre. Go into the house —stay; remember, I would be private. 
 
 Karl. Private! in a public house. O, I understand, incog. ; 
 but the miller knows you, sir. 
 
 Fre. 'That’s no reason all his people should. — 
 
 Karl. I smoke; they'd be awed by our dignity and importance ; 
 
 oor things, I pity ‘em; they are not used to polished society. 
 
 Holloa! house! landlord! Mr. Flask : 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 28 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Enter LotHAatr, D. F. R. H. 
 
 Good entertainment here for man and beast, I’m told. 
 
 Lot. You are right. 
 
 Karl. Well! here’s master and I. 
 
 Lot. You are welcome. —I dare not say otherwise. Wolf is on 
 the watch. (Aside. Wotr appears at a window, L. ¥.) 
 
 Karl, Have you got any thing ready? (Smacking his lips.) 
 
 Lot. ‘Too much, I fear. 
 
 Karl. Nota bit, I’ll warrant. I’m devilish sharp set. 
 
 Lot. Well, you are just in pudding time. 
 
 Karl. Pudding! have you got no meat? 
 
 Lot. I must ask him. (Aside, and looking around anxiously.) 
 Won’t your master 
 
 Karl. No! he lives upon love; but don’t be alarmed, I’ll make 
 it worth your while; I’m six meals in arrear, and can swallow 
 enough for both of us. (Exit Kart with Loruarr fo the Flask, D. F- 
 RH. WOLF, who has watched, closes the window, L. F.) 
 
 Fre. Yes, I’m resolved; the necessity for passing the river must 
 by this time have urged the peasantry to reéstablish the ferry; de- 
 lay is needless, I'll away instantly to the chateau Friberg, and 
 with my own people return to redress the wrongs of my oppressed 
 and suffering tenantry. (Enter Kart.) Well, your news? 
 
 Karl. Glorious! The landlord, Mr. Flask, is a man after my 
 own heart, a fellow of five meals a day. 
 
 Fre. Pshaw! Who are the musicians ? 
 
 Karl. Ill-looking dogs, truly ; Savoyards, I take it; one plays 
 on a thing like a frying-pan, the other turns something that sounds 
 like a young grindstone. 
 
 Fre. What else? 
 
 Karl. As fine an imitation of a shoulder of mutton as ever 
 clapped my eyes on. 
 
 
 
 Enter KuLMaR, exhausted by haste and fatigue, 1 2. R. 
 
 Fre. Kelmar! 
 
 Kel. Ah! the count and his companion; thank Heaven, I am 
 arrived in time; my master will be saved, though Claudine, my 
 poor, unhappy child, is lost. 
 
 Karl. Lost, isshe? No great catch for him that finds her, 
 
 Kel. Fly, I beseech you! Fly from this spot! Do not question 
 me; this is no time for explanations ; one moment longer, and you 
 are betrayed, your lives irrecoverably sacrificed, 
 
 Fre. Would you again deceive us > 
 
 Kel. I have been myself deceived; fatally deceived. O my 
 dear child! Let an old man’s prayers prevail with you; leave O 
 leave this accursed place ; : 
 
 
 
 Enter GRINDOFF, I FE. RB. FH, 
 
 Ah! the miller! then has hope forsaken me; yet one ray —one 
 effort more, and 
 Gri. Thy treachery is known. (He seizes Krtman by the collar.) 
 
 
 
 "yj 
 

 
 Se 
 
 
 
 
 THE MILLER AND HIS “MEN. 
 
 Kel. One successful effort more, and death is weleome. 
 Gri. Villain! 
 Kel. _ Thou art the villain — see — behold ! ( Music.) 
 
 (With a violent effort of strength, the old man suddenly turns upon the 
 miller, and tears open his vest, beneath which he appears armed ; 
 GRINDOFF, at the same instant, dashes KBLUMAR From him, who, 
 impelled forward, is caught by FREepERIC; FREDERIC draws his 
 sword ; Wor draws pistols in each hand trom side pockets, his 
 hat falling off at the same instant. (Musze.) 
 
 Fre. *Tishe! the same! ’tis Wolf! 
 Gri. Spiller! Golotz! (Rushes out.) 
 Karl. Is it Wolf? Damn his pistols; this shall reach him. 
 
 (Music. Throws down the poniard, and catching FREDERIC’s sword, 
 hastens after Wor ; the report of a pistol is immediately heard.) 
 
 Fre. Cheerly, old heart ; how fares it? 
 
 Kel. Well! very well! but stay not here; away, away; I have 
 brought assistance; your people are at hand. (Ezeunt FREDERIC 
 and KuLMAR, 1 E, R. H.) 
 
 (Aé the same moment, Goxtotz, followed by LotHar, bursts from 
 D. F. R. H.) 
 
 Go. We arecalled; Wolf called us. Ah! they have discovered him. 
 
 Lot. - Tis too late to follow him; he has reached the bridge. 
 
 Go. ‘Then he is safe; but see; at the foot of the hill armed men, 
 in the Friberg uniform, press forward to the mill. 
 
 Lot. This way; we must meet them then; in, into the subter- 
 ranean pass. (Exit GotoTz,1£E. 1. HH.) Now, Claudine, thy suffer- 
 ings shall cease, and thy father’s wrongs shall be revenged. 
 
 ScENE V.—A near View of the Mill standing on an elevated Projee- 
 tion from the Foreground; a narrow Bridge passes to the rocky 
 Promontory across the Ravine. Music. RKAVINA appears with the 
 fuse, which she places carefully in the crannies of the rock. 
 
 Rav. My toil is over; the train is safe. From this spot I may 
 
 “receive the signal from Lothair ; and at one blow the hapless victims 
 
 of captivity and insult are amply, dreadfully avenged. Ah! Wolf! 
 
 (She retires. Music.) 
 
 (Grinvorr enters, R. H. 2 E., as pursued, and, turning, fires his re- 
 maining pistol; then hurries across the bridge, which he instantly 
 turns in the manner of a canal bridge; Kanu following, x. 1.) 
 
 Gri. (With a shout of great exultation.) Ha! ha! you strive 
 in vain ! 
 
 Karl. Cowardly rascal! you'll be caught at last. 
 
 Gri. By whom? : 
 
 Karl. Your only friend, Beelzebub ; run as fast as you will, he’ll 
 trip up your heels at last. . 
 
 Grik *Foolhardy slave! I haye sworn never to descend from this 
 spot alive, unless with liberty. 
 
 3 * 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 30 THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Karl. O, we'll accommodate you; you shall have liberty to as- 
 cend from it ; the wings of your own mill shall be the gallows, and 
 fly with every rascal of you into the other world. 
 
 Gri. Golotz! Golotz! I say. (Calling towards the mill. Music.) 
 
 Enter FRupERic with Kutmar, and the attendants from the chateau 
 Friberg, armed with sabres, in uniform, 2 &. R. 
 
 Fre. Wretch! your escape is now impossible. Surrender to the 
 injured laws of your country. 
 
 Gri. Never. The brave band that now await my commands 
 within the mill double your number. Golotz! (Musie.) 
 
 (Loran, in the cloak of Gouorz, enters from a small door in the mill, 
 L. H., concealing his face as much as possible without its appearing 
 intentional. ) 
 
 Gri. Quick; let my bride appear. (Music. Exit LoTHarn, R. H. 
 At the same instant, Ravina enters in front; GRINDOFF starts.) 
 
 Rav. She is here! what would you? 
 
 Gri. Ravina! traitress. 
 
 Rav. ‘Traitress! what, then, art thou? But I come not here to 
 parley; ere it be too late, make one atonement for thy injuries — re- 
 store this old man’s child. 
 
 Kel. Does she still live? 
 
 Gri. She does; but not for thee, or for the youth Lothair. 
 
 Rav. Then do I know my course: obdurate man, thy career of; 
 infamy and guilt is over. 
 
 Enter LorHatr, conducting CLAUDINE from the mill, L. H., his cloak 
 still concealing him. 
 
 Cla.. O, my dear father! 
 
 Kel. My child! Claudine! O spare, in pity spare her. 
 
 Gri. Now, mark; unless you instantly withdraw your followers, 
 and let my troop pass free, by my hand she dies, 
 
 Kel. O, mercy! 
 
 Fre. Hold yet a moment! 
 
 Gri. Withdraw your followers. 
 
 Fre. Till thou art yielded up to justice, they never shall depart. 
 
 Gri. For that threat, be this your recompense ! 
 
 Lot. And this my triumph! (Music.) 
 
 (LoTHAIR throws aside the cloak, and his natural complexion is seen ; 
 he throws himself before CLAUDINE, and receives GRINDOFF’S at- 
 tack ; the robber is wounded, and staggers back, sounds his bugle, 
 and the mill is crowded with banditti ; LotHatr, having caught 
 CLAUDINE in his arms, and previously thrown back the bridge upon 
 his release from GRINDOFF, hurries across it, and, as he is on it, 
 cries, ‘‘ Now, Ravina, now fire the train,’”? Ravina instantly sets 
 Jire to the fuse, the flash of which*is seen to run down the side of the 
 rock into the gully under the bridge, from which. she has ascended, 
 and the explosion immediately takes place; Knumar, rushing for~ 
 ward, catches CLAUDINE in his arms, and the whole Jorm @ group 
 as the curtain descends.) 
 
 (CURTAIN.) 
 

 
rave |. ae > iin 
 
 ~% 
 
 
 
Love and Murder 
 love in Livery 
 Lucretia Borvia 
 
 Lady of Lyons 
 
 Loves Sacrifice 
 
 love Chase ‘lhe 
 london Assurance 
 
 j ook bh lore you Leap 
 
 Love 
 T 
 
 Presumptive Evidence 
 Popping the Question 
 
 / 
 
 CATALOUUE \ CONTINUED, 
 
 Pocahontas 
 Pretty Piece of 
 Padddy Carey 
 Paddy The Piper 
 Pet of the Petticoats 
 Poor Pillicody 
 Perplexing 
 Paul Pry 
 Pizarro 
 
 Pony Gy ntlaman 
 
 ‘Speed the Plough 
 Simpson & Co 
 
 Business, 
 
 Sweethearts and Wives 
 She would & she would’nt 
 Sketches in India 
 Sardanapalus 
 
 t Patrick’s Eve 
 
 ecret The 
 
 : 
 
 S 
 ~ 
 
 . 
 ws 
 
 Predicament Secret Service 
 
 Spitfire The 
 seven Clerks The 
 TY! e Two Rngzzards 
 
 vw 
 
 La Ze Zi Zo Zu 
 
 Ten of the above for One Dollar. 
 
 
 
SPiN Cri’ 
 
 THEA TREM 
 
 OSTON 
 
 Burletias.— 
 EACH NUMBER 12 1-2.C 
 
 Be ae e £2 baeahaeive 
 A collection of Acting Tragedies, 
 
 T] 
 4 
 a; 
 i, 
 
 NTS. 
 
 y ©. W 
 VObsiTi eee 
 1. MOLL PITCHER... q 
 2. THE FOREST BOSE. 
 = SWISS SWAILINS. - 
 4. ~Seah BACHELOR'S BE pROOM 
 5. SOPHIA’S SUPPER. 
 6. x ROLAND FOR AN CLIVER. 
 BLACK-EYED SUSAN. 
 BU LBs 
 VOTS.; £5, 
 
 9. SATAN IN BAREIS. 540 
 
 ) MORE BOUONDERS THAN ONE! 
 t ROSINA MEADOWS. 
 2 THE DUMB BELLE. 
 MY AUNT. 
 SPRING AND AUTUMN. 
 DEGREES OF CRIME. 
 K Boy. 
 VOk., Vv, 
 
 17 
 | 18 
 19 
 29 
 
 21 
 22 
 23 
 24-4 
 
 pe 
 ri 
 8S, JOHN 
 
 wwe ve. 
 
 We Si Pai H Sars 
 
 3 
 4 
 
 wh “She 
 
 - Ty 
 2» 982A 
 
 6 LIMERK 
 
 J 
 1 
 j 
 1 
 j 
 I 
 i 
 
 wo 
 
 OF BRRORS. 
 - BOBRGIA., 
 ZEON ar BA Ris. 
 [LAN’S DAUGHTER. 
 35 LE rw BU CE ARDS, 
 39 SHOE M AMER OF TOULOUSE. 
 0 THE MOSTENTOUS QUESTION. 
 49 Madeline, the 
 
 52 No. 1, Round=the Corne: 
 W 
 Lucille, Norah Creina, 
 ny, Love and Charity, 
 Love and Loyalty, 
 for. Foun lling of the 
 Chaste Salutes 
 Genoa, Nick of 
 Brigade, Little 
 Dr. Dilworth 
 Old Umbrella, 
 Laughing Hyena, Captain Kyd, Gree 
 John Jones, The Spi st ive, 
 Doctor, ‘The Thimble 
 and Comedian, 
 
 Forest, Norman 
 
 ie tet Ss ea 
 v7 te Oo 8D 
 
 elle of the Vaubourg. 
 
 ve Object t; 
 
 Parson’s 
 Woods. 
 Jockey, Belle’s 
 
 Nose, 
 
 Rig, The 
 Nicholas 
 St Leslie, 
 Together 
 WM. 
 
 is tee i 
 128 Washington, / 
 
 \ s 
 | \ are i eae ORY A CEs eee WE ee” 
 ae - 
 
 ni for Mm an / 
 
 Eel), Y 
 
 50 Betsy Baker. 
 
 TL SHORTLY BE PUBLIS 
 Grist to the Mill, Ladies’ J 
 Interest, Raffacli 
 
 Cramond Brig, Last Man, Who a they 
 
 Betty. Martin, 
 
 Stratagem, 
 
 Touch and Dake, Adyice to Husbands, Youtus Wife am 
 way toinctng Acttess of Padua, Adrienne, thé Actres 
 
 Wallace, Dream at Sea, 
 Christening, 
 Nickleby, 
 Anne Blake, 
 with many valuable pieces never in print. 
 ‘g 3p yy 
 V. SPENCER, 
 : Y + 
 ner of Water St., Boste 
 
 ee 
 
 ia 
 
 ie 
 
 Com ea tes F / dramas, 
 
 | pa 
 Farces, andy 
 rice and style. 
 
 - 10 FOR ONE 
 
 DOLLAR. m ; 
 
 VOL, IIT. 
 PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE, 
 MAN & WIFE. 
 
 THE SERGEANT’S WIFE, 
 MASKS & FACES. . 
 MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR | 
 NATURE AND PHIL OsOPHEE o 
 AGNES DE: VERE. - 
 
 VOI Iv. 
 
 WILD OATS 
 > MICHAEL E R LE. 
 
 TEDDY THE TILEE 
 SPRHCTRE BRIDEG ROOM. 
 EDICT WHENESS. 
 WELEOW COPSE. 
 MATEFESO F 2 LA ‘ONE 
 PEOPLE’S LAWYTE R > 
 
 Vy (55, VI : 
 THE WONDER. 
 ROBBER’S Na, IFE. 
 HAPPY a LN 
 SIAMESE 
 WRECK A 
 © L A R tf . 
 MILLER AND HIS M 
 RORY OQMORE., 
 
 EN. 
 51 The Fireman +! 
 
 HT 
 > Sh st e 
 > 7 
 Pe ie 
 
 . Matra nue 
 Re proba 
 take me 
 
 mee 
 
 ~ 
 
 Forest, Forty and Fifty, Bengal Tiger, Wf 
 
 Young Scamp, ‘Dumb Girl 
 Ella Rosen i 
 
 My Fellow Cleriam 
 
 n Mountain Boy, Adopted Cli 
 Lost Letter, Vill@ 
 Felicity, Ku 
 Flowers of | 4 
 a 
 
 we. 
 rns 
 
 {ural 
 i Si 
 Re. 
 
 rN 
 (77 °%AD 
 
 Strathmore, 
 PUBLISHE