The Christmas Burglar

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Excerpt from The Christmas Burglar: A Play in One Act Scene. - The Professor's study. There is a door L. C., leading into Meg's room, another, practical leading out of doors - and a window, practical, in plain sight. A Library table has a small Christmas tree on it and this table must be placed so that it can not be seen by Meg when she "backs" out from her room. A Basket of tree trimmings is placed at one side of the stage where it can be reached conveniently. Chairs, etc., complete the set - with a telephone on a desk at the Right. Prof. (discovered in act of trimming the tree. Stands back and gazes in admiration, - glancing in direction of Megs door. In the glance he has an idea and stops in the act of placing a bauble on the tree - carried it back to basket and then tiptoes to Megs door, and calls softly) Margaret! Margaret! Meg. (from within and rather sleepily) Hoo - Hoo - Prof. Are you asleep? Meg. Humph - humph, (yes) I mean Humph - humph - (no) Almost. Prof. I have a surprise for you. Meg. (more awake) O - oo what is it? Prof. Come and see. Meg. Now, I got 'em on. I c'n almost come. Prof. Take your time, dear, take your time. (returning to the tree) The dear child. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.