Romantic Indiana Author:Augusta Stevenson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ACT I—EPISODE II Characters MADAME BUSSERON MONSIEUR BUSSERON FIRST WOMAN SECOND WOMAN THIRD WOMAN FOURTH WOMAN FIFTH WOMAN FIRST MUSICIAN SECOND MUSICIAN A ... more »CHILD A TINY CHILD FIRST CITIZEN SECOND CITIZEN THIRD CITIZEN CAPTAIN ST. ANGE ISABEL RACINE JULES RACINE JEAN LAUNAY FIRST TRADER SECOND TRADER THIRD TRADER FOURTH TRADER FIFTH TRADER SIXTH TRADER SEVENTH TRADER EIGHTH TRADER OFFICER SOLDIER BRIDESMAIDS, RELATIVES, TRADERS, CITIZENS, CHILDREN, SOLDIERS, INDIANS Time—1763, Spring. Place—Post Vincent on Wdbash River. Scene—A tiny Catholic church made of white adobe. Clustered about it are tiny white adobe houses thatched with straw; each with its arcade festooned with trailing vines, and half hidden under the bloom of peach, cherry and apple trees. Each has a tiny dooryard gay with masses of blooming flowers. Back, is a narrow street, and back of that, the entire length of scene, is the fort with its towers. Gate to fort in center; French flag over gate. At curtain the space about church and the street are thronged with dark-eyed young women and men. All are Canadian French, and all are in gala attire. Women wear gay dresses of French peasant style, and large straw hats. Men wear pantaloons and shirts, with sashes tied around waist and falling down behind; gay- colored handkerchiefs are knotted about heads. All are chatting together merrily. Children are seen in dooryards. Suddenly dance music is heard off, and several young men enter, playing violins. They are gaily dressed as others. Children rush to square in center and dance. People applaud and dance a bit themselves. Enter Madame Bus- seron—a handsome French woman of mature years. She looks on scene with displeasure; claps her hands for attention, and calls out sharply to musicians. MADAME Stop! Stop! ...« less