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sections of the Brighton Road, but in the oppo- 

 site direction to that originally taken, until they 

 reach a draughty wooden building. Call this 

 a Court-House and introduce a gale sufficiently 

 violent to ruffle the jury's hair and blow the 

 papers off the judge's table. Sentence the 

 Desperado to penal servitude for life on a charge 

 of abducting the Sheriff's Daughter. Let the 

 Sheriff give his consent to a marriage between 

 his Daughter and the gallant Tenderfoot, and 

 let the engaged couple propose to live happily 

 ever after on the income derived from the sum 

 paid as a reward for the conviction of the 

 Desperado. Throw the Sheriff's Daughter into 

 the arms of the Tenderfoot, and the Faithful 

 Bloodhound into the arms of the Sheriff's 

 Daughter, and let the Cowboys adjourn to the 

 local saloon to toast the Sheriff's Officers, while 

 the Desperado is led away to gaol. 



Immediately afterwards take an ordinary 

 suburban parlour, furnished in the style now 

 generally known as Early German Lloyd. Add 

 1 Henpecked Husband, 1 Stout and Elderly 

 Wife, and 1 Pretty Parlourmaid. Let the first 

 be discovered by the second, kissing the third. 

 Heat the Stout and Elderly Wife to boiling- 

 point, and drop the Henpecked Husband down 

 three flights of stairs. At the front-door make 

 the Henpecked Husband knock over a Comic 



