Excerpt from The City Feller: A Three-Act Comedy of Rural Life Marthy simpson - Aged 30. A tall, gaunt, hard working country woman, very domineering and nar row-minded. Dark calico dress with Sleeves rolled up, straw hat, heavy Shoes, for Act I. Light calico dress with sleeves rolled up, and large gingham apron, for Acts II and III. Lissie brown - Aged 16. Very sweet and lovable, but with the Spirit and courage to speak up when necessary. She is devoted to Grandpa Simpson. Blue calico dress, low-heeled black Slippers with straps, white cotton hose, big kitchen apron tied under her arms, hair in braid and tied with ribbon, for Act I; removes apron and puts on broad-brimmed straw hat when She goes to ride with Phil; takes off hat for last entrance in Act I. Bright colored gingham dress, white hose, black Slippers, funny little hat trimmed with flowers, that looks as if she had trimmed it her self, for Act II. Same for Act III, until she changes to gown for marriage; then a Simple white organdy with blue ribbon sash. 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.