_Paul._ Ha, ha! he tinks it's a gun. You ign'ant Injiun, it can't hurt you! Stop, here's dem dishes--plates--dat's what he call 'em, all fix; I see Mas'r Scudder do it often--tink I can take likeness--stay dere, Wahnotee. _Wahno._ No, carabine tue. _Paul._ I must operate and take my own likeness too--how debbel I do dat? Can't be ober dar an' here too--I ain't twins. Ugh' ach! 'Top; you look, you Wahnotee; you see dis rag, eh? Well when I say go, den lift dis rag like dis, see! den run to dat pine tree up dar [_points,_ L. U. E.] and back agin, and den pull down de rag so, d'ye see? _Wahno._ Hugh! _Paul._ Den you hab glass ob rum. _Wahno._ Rum! _Paul._ Dat wakes him up. Coute Wahnotee in omenee dit go Wahnotee, poina la fa, comb a pine tree, la revieut sala, la fa. _Wahno._ Fire-water! _Paul._ Yes, den a glass ob fire-water; now den. [_Throws mail bags down and sits on them,_ L. C.] Pret, now den go. [Wahnotee _raises apron and runs off,_ L. U. E. Paul _sits for his picture_--M'Closky _appears from_ R. U. E.] _M'Closky._ Where are they? Ah. yonder goes the Indian! _Paul._ De time he gone just 'bout enough to cook dat dish plate. _M'Closky._ Yonder is the boy--now is my time! What's he doing; is he asleep? [_Advances._] He is sitting on on my prize! darn his carcass! I'll clear him off there--he'll never know what stunned him. [_Takes Indian's tomahawk and steals to_ Paul.] _Paul._ Dam dat Injiun! is dat him creeping dar? I daren't move fear to spile myself. [M'Closky _strikes him on the head--he falls dead._] _M'Closky._ Hooraw! the bags are mine--now for it!--[_Opens mail-bags._] What's here? Sunnyside, Pointdexter, Jackson, Peyton; here it is--the Liverpool post-mark, sure enough!--[_Opens letter--reads._] "Madam, we are instructed by the firm of Mason and Co., to inform you that a dividend of forty per cent, is payable on the 1st proximo, this amount in consideration of position, they send herewith, and you will find enclosed by draft to your order, on the Bank of Louisiana, which please acknowledge--the balance will be paid in full, with interest, in three, six, and nine months--your drafts on Mason Brothers at those dates will be accepted by La Palisse and Compagnie, N. O., so that you may command immediate use of the whole amount at once, if required. Yours, &c, James Brown." What a find! this infernal letter would have saved all. [_During the reading of letter he remains nearly motionless under the focus of the camera._] But now I guess it will arrive too late--these darned U. S. mails are to blame. The injiun! he must not see me. [_Exit rapidly,_ L.