SOLDIER. It's no use, mate. I can't do it. I said I'd laugh to-day, and laugh I will. I've come through that, an' all the stink of it; I've come through sorrer. Never again! Cheerio, mate! The sun's a-shinin'! He turns away. THE GIRL. Jack, don't think too 'ard of me! SOLDIER. [Looking back] No fear, my dear! Enjoy your fancy! So long! Gawd bless you both! He sings, and goes along the path, and the song fades away. "I'll be right there to-night Where the fields are snowy white; Banjos ringing, darkies singing All the world seems bright!" THE MAN. 'E's mad! THE GIRL. [Looking down the path with her hands clasped] The sun has touched 'im, Jim! CURTAIN PUNCH AND GO A Little Comedy "Orpheus with his lute made trees And the mountain tope that freeze....." PERSONS OF THE PLAY JAMES G. FRUST..............The Boss E. BLEWITT VANE.............The Producer MR. FORESON.................The Stage Manager "ELECTRICS"..................The Electrician "PROPS".....................The Property Man HERBERT.....................The Call Boy OF THE PLAY WITHIN THE PLAY GUY TOONE...................The Professor VANESSA HELLGROVE...........The Wife GEORGE FLEETWAY.............Orpheus MAUDE HOPKINS...............The Faun SCENE: The Stage of a Theatre. Action continuous, though the curtain is momentarily lowered according to that action. PUNCH AND GO