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 THE MYSTERY.

AN UNFINISHED COMEDY.

DEDICATION.

TO THE REV. GEORGE AUSTEN.

SIR, I humbly solicit your patronage to the following Comedy, which, though an unfinished one, is, I flatter myself, as complete a Mystery as any of its kind.

I am, Sir, your most humble Servant, THE AUTHOR

THE MYSTERY, A COMEDY. DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

Men Col. ELLIOTT. OLD HUMBUG. YOUNG HUMBUG, Sir EDWARD SPANGLE and CORYDON

Women. FANNY ELLIOTT. Mrs. HUMBUG and DAPHNE.

ACT I. SCENE I- A Garden. Enter CORYDON. Corydon. But hush: I am interrupted. [Exit CORYDON.

Enter OLD HUMBUG and his SON, talking.

Old Hum. It is for that reason that I wish you to follow my advice. Are you convinced of its propriety?