MERMAN AND MERMAID.
(Grand Operatic Phantasmagoria)
HEAD WAITER.
(Ghost)
What now! this mess
Has happened here
And disturbed our
Peaceful slumber.
TWO STOKERS.
(Ghosts)
(Black faces and dressed in overalls)
1ST STOKER.
How about my lunch?
Now twenty minutes overdue.
2ND STOKER.
Yes, its twice now
You've missed by extra pail.
(Beer)
(Suddenly a curious fish appears and snaps at them ; they quickly close the door and disappear below.)
(Owondlo searches on.)
ENGLISH BARTENDER.
(Ghost)
Hey there; stranger!
I welcome thee.
These beastly fish
Never let me free.
(Owondlo sees fish in a bar room; lying around as if in a drunken stupor)
OWONDLO.
Well of all things queer,
These deep sea fish
Got drunk on beer.
I'll close this door
And keep those fish within,
While I hunt for sword and spear.
(Owondlo enters another stateroom; he has a vision of his former sweetheart of England.)
