[_She disappears._
RAUCHHAUPT
Did you see that there old witch? She always knows where the wind comes
from.--I retired from all that, yessir! I didn't want to be a old
bloodhound right along. I don't mix in them things no more. But that
woman--she could be a keen one. [_A fireman, blowing his horn very
excitedly, walks by._] Go it easy, August! Patience! Look out, or your
breeches will bust!
THE FIREMAN
[_Enraged._] Aw, shut up! Go an' hide yourself in the holes you're always
diggin.
[_Exit._
_A FOURTH and a FIFTH GIRL, aged nine and ten years respectively,
join the old man._
DR. BOXER
[_Laughing._] That's quite a fierce fellow.
RAUCHHAUPT
Gussie, Nelly, gimme your hand.--That's all nothin' but hurry. That
feller don't know what's goin' on in this world. He's blowin' the trumpet
of Jericho, I'm thinkin', or maybe even the trump o' Judgment Day!--
DR. BOXER
I don't think I quite take your meaning, Mr. Rauchhaupt.
RAUCHHAUPT
Maybe Mrs. Wolff was only tryin' to scorch roaches. All right. Maybe, for
all I care, 'twas somethin' else. But if Mrs. Wolff ever puts _her_ hand
to somethin'--there ain't very much left.
DR.
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