about nine o'clock
My fren is a spiritualist . The artik then went off at the left entrance , and immediately returned in the character of his own uncle , which had come home from California with two millions of dollars , and wished to give it to his affectionate nephew and niece . He found his niece in the lumber-yard , and having heard her sad story , divulged his intention to her and she immediately danced a Spanish _ par _ -LRB- which is French -RRB- , and sung four songs in honor of the sixty-ninth regiment . Then the uncle danced a hornpipe , which he learned on the hocean ; and so they kept agoin till about nine o'clock , when the countess said she heard her husband coming . The uncle was so taken aback by this , that he immediately made himself into a tableau representing the last charge of the Fire Zouaves at Bull Run : and as the comb struck up `` I 'm a loan , all a loan , '' the curtain was pinned up again . Just as the performance ended , the manager explained that he could only aford to keep two artiks -- a male and female , and _ they _ only stayed because he had a mortgage on their wardrobes for over-drawed celery . `` I 'll light you to the door , '' says he , taking up one of the foot-lights , which was a turnip with a candle in it ; `` and I hope you 'll come again when we projooce our new play .