A Drama in Three Acts COMPLETED BY RACHEL E. BAKER FROM NOTES AND UNFINISHED MANUSCRIPT OF THE LATE GEORGE M. BAKER BOSTON 1891 CHARACTERS. GORDON GRAHAM _Colonel in Union Army_ ROGER CARRUTH. PINKERTON POTTS _Major in Union Army_ BIJAH BRIGHT _The Standard-bearer_ RANDOLPH NEWCOMB _A Southern gentleman_ PETE _A small contraband_ PATRICK KILROY _Private_ RUTH GRAHAM _Colonel Graham's wife_ DOROTHY GRAHAM _Colonel Graham's sister_ POLLY PRIMROSE. SOLDIERS AND GUARD IN ACT II. ACT I.—“Shot in the back.” ACT II.—“After Taps.” SCENE 1.—Noon. SCENE 2.—Evening. ACT III.—“Home Again.” Costumes of the period. COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY RACHEL E. BAKER. AFTER TAPS. ACT I. SHOT IN THE BACK. SCENE.—_Handsome apartment in the house of_ COLONEL GRAHAM _in_ BALTIMORE. _Door opening into hall, centre. Wide window_, R.C. _Mantel with fireplace_ L. _in flat. Glass over mantel. Door_ R. _in flat. Table_ L.C. _Lamp on table, books. Chair beside table_ L. _Arm-chair near mantel. Door_ L. _in flat. Curtain raised to tune of “Yankee Doodle,” by drum and fife at head of a company of Union troops, seen passing window._ POLLY PRIMROSE, _discovered with duster in hand, alternately peeping out of window and dancing about stage, singing_. POLLY (_sings_). “Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Gooding; And there we saw the girls and boys, As thick as hasty pudding. Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mind the music and the steps, And with the girls be handy.” (_Speaks._)