Chapter VII: Act III: SCENE I. The camp. “If I could only hear from Madge!” The

flower girl. The price of a passport. “I pay it, but to only one.”
Husband and wife. “What is this woman to you?” A conundrum whose
answer is death. “For the love of Heaven, get me the pass!” THE
DESERTER. SCENE II. The villain's suit renewed. “Why not; your
husband no longer lives.” The lie in his teeth. Misunderstood. “Can
you not trust your wife?” RECAPTURED. SCENE III. SENTENCED TO DEATH.
“You will sometime know that Malcolm Oliphant died for another's
crime—true to the Union—true to the last.” A REPRIEVE. The spy's
death. “We have plotted together and die together.” REUNITED.

A NEW IRISH DRAMA

SHAMROCK AND ROSE,

A Romantic Story of Irish Life during the Rebellion of '98, in four acts.

By JOHN FITZGERALD MURPHY.

Seven male and three female characters. Costumes and scenery not
difficult. Every part a good one. A sure hit. Printed as played under
the author's personal direction, at the Dudley St. Opera House,
Boston, St. John's Hall, Boston, and the Newport Opera House.

SYNOPSIS.

ACT. I. Scene, Squire Fitzgerald's Home, in Wicklow. Rose's story of Desmond's arrival. Shaun Cary hears a bit of valuable news. Barney O'Brady meets an unexpected visitor and shows him the door. Ileen and Barney. The Fugitive. The arrival of the soldiers. Capt. Beck quarrels with the Squire. The defence. The murder. THE ARREST.

ACT. II. _Scene I_: A Landscape. Cary and the Captain plot the abduction of Rose. Douglass' dilemma 'twixt love and duty. _Scene II_: The Prison. Barney's cell. Hot Irish in a stone jug. A friend in need. The red coat. _Scene III_: Rose receives a false message. _Scene IV_: Desmond's cell. The Death Warrant. Celt and Saxon. Barney a guard. The death knell. THE ESCAPE.