_He goes behind the screen and taps some bells._ HANK What's that fer? JONATHAN That's to get ready. HANK Well, I'm ready. [_Jonathan opens the curtain and discloses a scene from Zenobia._ That's beautiful. It's just like real. [_Jonathan pulls a figure across the stage._ Hello, old man. That's the one I jus' seen. Where's the string? [_Jonathan lifts the string._ JONATHAN Here it is. HANK Now where's that feller goin' to? JONATHAN (_coming out from behind the screen_) Well, you see, _Zenobia_-- HANK _Zenob_--God, what a name! JONATHAN They used to have names like that. HANK How d' you do it? JONATHAN Look, I'll show you a little. [_He goes behind the screen and closes the curtain._ HANK What you doin' that for? I like to see that picture. JONATHAN I'm going to show you how I do it. [_Jonathan rings the bells._ HANK All right. I'm ready. Let her go. [_Jonathan opens the curtain and pulls a character on, then another._ JONATHAN (_in assumed voice_) "Hail, noble duke." "All is well, I ween." HANK Say, are they talkin' to each other? JONATHAN Yes. HANK Which is the noble duke? JONATHAN (_pulling a string_) This one. HANK. And the other one's name is Iween, ain't it? JONATHAN No, his name is Rollo. [Illustration: JONATHAN MAKES A WISH ACT I.] HANK All right, fire ahead. I guess you know what you're doing. JONATHAN (_in assumed voice_) "Hail, noble duke." "All is well, I ween." "Not very well, noble duke." "What is wrong?" "Queen Zenobia is very mad, noble duke." "What is she mad about, Rollo?" [_Uncle John enters suddenly._ JOHN Jonathan-- [_He sees Hank._ What does this mean? HANK I'm seein' a show. JOHN You get out of here this instant. HANK I ain't hurtin' nothin', mister, but I'll git out if you say so. JOHN What do you mean by this, Jonathan? HANK I'll git out. Thank you fer the show, boy. [_He goes out whistling._ _John crosses to the door._ JOHN (_calling after Hank_) Come on, get out of here quickly. HANK (_off_) I'm out, mister. JOHN Now, Jonathan, what do you mean by bringing such people into this place? JONATHAN I didn't bring him in. He came up while I was working. JOHN Do you call that silly stuff _working_? JONATHAN I was getting it ready for Uncle Nathaniel. JOHN He's been putting that nonsense in your head, has he? JONATHAN He asked me to let him see all my plays. JOHN I suppose he told you to ask that dirty tramp in here. JONATHAN No, sir. He didn't see the tramp. [_Hank is heard whistling._ _John crosses to one of the windows and opens it._ JOHN (_calling_) You get away from there. Move on. HANK'S VOICE I guess the roadside's free, mister. JOHN We'll see about that. [_Hank whistles._ JOHN