Plots and Playwrights; A Comedy (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...spirits about this time. It's medicine to an old man like me. But I'll be back. Dick That'll be fine; it'll be great to have some one to work with. Lloyd By the way, you don't happen to have a quarter, do you, I'm quite out of change. DICK Yes, sir, I think I have. (Producing money) Yes. Is that--is that enough, sir? Gives him coin. LLOYD Quite, thank you. Sorry to have to trouble you. Well, see you later. Dick Good evening, sir. Lloyd goes. Dick settles back to his work. His face is radiant. After a moment Sid enters; he is twenty-seven, much coarser-looking than his brother. SID What did Old Man Lloyd want? DICK Nothing. He was talking to me. Sid Met him on the stairs. Going to get tanked up, I guess. What are you doing? Dick Working. Sid Why don't you give it a rest? Dick It's for school--on Monday. Sid Well, go ahead. I won't bother you. He takes off his coat. DICK Did you see Mr. Harvey? Sid No. DICK He wrote you. SID I got the letter. He asked me to call and see him. DICK Won't you go? Sid I don't want to talk to your school-teacher. What good will it do you to go to college? Dick I want to learn something. I don't know anything now. Sid That's your fault. You've had all the education you need. I didn't even go through High School, and I get along all right. I don't know what put this nonsense into your head. Dick I didn't think of it till I got the scholarship. Sid Two hundred dollars won't see you far. Dick But I'll work in the summer--and there's Dad's money--Sid You can't touch that till you're twenty-one. Dick You can advance some. Sid Well, I won't. Dad didn't leave his money for you to throw away on a college education. It's all very well for a lot of rich fellows, who haven't anything better to do with their time or money, but...