He wanted to go on the stage and box the ears of the villain who plotted against her ; he wanted to shake hands with the good woman who stood by her ; he wanted to pay off the mortgage and make Josie happy . He wiped tears from his eyes in the third act when Josie was turned out of doors and , when the fourth left her a happy , blushing bride , hand in hand with her farmer lover , he could have wept again for joy . Cyrus Morgan went out into the daylight feeling as if he had awakened from a dream . At the outer door he came upon Mrs. Hiram and Deborah . Deborah 's face was stained with tears , and she caught at his hand . `` Oh , Pa , was n't it splendid -- was n't our girl Josie splendid ! I 'm so proud of her . Oh , I was bound to hear her . I was afraid you 'd be mad , so I did n't let on and when I saw you in the seat down there I could n't believe my eyes . Oh , I 've just been crying the whole time . Was n't it splendid ! Was n't our girl Josie splendid ? '' The crowd around looked at the old pair with amused , indulgent curiosity , but they were quite oblivious to their surroundings , even to Mrs. Hiram 's anxiety to decoy them away . Cyrus Morgan cleared his throat and said , `` It was great , Mother , great . She took the shine off the other play-actors all right . I knew that National Gazette man did n't know what he was talking about . Mother , let us go and see Josie right off . She 's stopping with her aunt at the Maberly Hotel -- I saw it in the paper this morning . I 'm going to tell her she was right and we were wrong . Josie 's beat them all , and I 'm going to tell her so ! ''
When Jack and Jill Took a Hand Jack 's Side XXXXX It Jill says I have to begin this story because it was me -- I mean it was I -- who made all the trouble in the first place .
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