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    • SCENES FROM MODERN HISTORY.
    • DARB Y AND JOAN, RE VISED.
    • THE ROAD TO THE GATES OR MERCY.
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      May I, 1869.3 The Tqmaha Wk. 191

      May i , 1869 . 3 THE TQMAHA WK . 191

      Scenes From Modern History.

      SCENES FROM MODERN HISTORY .

      I.—"A Pious Fraud ,• Or, The World And T...

      I . — "A Pious Fraud , or , the World and the Church . " Characters in the Drama . Cardinal of the Secret State . The General , of Jesuits . - The Archbishop of Westminster . Scene . —* A Magnificent Apartment , presenting an Ecclesiastical Candles App Cardinal earance , At seated the upon Back a an Dais Alta Priests r , wit 'h Chanting Lighted , Organ Pealing , , Incense Burning . Grand , Reli gious Serdrawn vice . After before this the A the ltar Lights . The are Cardinal put out , and ( wearing Curtains his Red are Hat and Gorgeous Robes ) descends from the Dais . He rings a bell . [ Enter a Secretary . Cardinal . —Send hither the General of the English Jesuits . be Secreta obeyed . ry . —The orders of your Eminence { Exit Secretary shall instantl . y Cardinal . — How heavily lies this pious fraud upon my soul ! Deception has ever been abhorrent to my mind ; and now 1—him but I should , no my , I best declare dare of not friends that , can I , refused not the companion think to be of introduced it of ! my That childhood I to should him . I deny That { He wronged weeps . ) thee Oh , I Henry { He tosses Edward up his , Henry arms in Edward agony of , how grief have ) . I { Enter as a the " Member General of Parliament of the Jesuists " The , General disguised prostrates himself before the Cardinal . General Cardinal { . — excitedly -Rise , my — ) . lord Nay , Prince I hope , those I see thee cuss— well { the . Cardituents nal regards of mine him have sternly made )— me I ask throw pardon off all —those disguise blessed and appear constiboroug in my real h , should colours turn ! To traitor think \ To that think Peterboroug that in h opposition , dear Peter to - my desire to dissemble I should be forced to vote with my secret and cherished convictions . Cardinal { smiling ) . —You have done much for the good published cause , my to lord the . world Pray . tell me , good General , your history , as knows General nothing . —As of my published visits to to the the Vatican world ! ! But Ha hush ha , the ! I world must be College discreet , London . I was , where educated I gained , your the first Eminence prizes , in at rhetori University c and metap the Oxford hysics circuit . Called , but to the did bar not at practice Gray ' . s Inn { Proudly in 1836 . ) , I I went was Assistant Tithe Commissioner for special purposes from 1836 till Lieutenant 1847 . { Still , more a High proudly Sheriff . ) , I and have — been { sighs a )— mag a istrate Captain , a of Deputy Yeomanry Cavalry . But— ' { more cheerfully )—I soon found a pleasanter seat in the House of Commons . { He blushes . ) It was displaced in June by , 1853 petition that I I was Well — , { well casting , I was his eyes back to again the ground in 1859 )— . When I have told your Eminence that I am the author of a merry work , On days the of Law my of Assistant Tithes -Commissionershi Commutations ( written p ) , and in other the legal life 1 publications , you have the simple story of my blameless Cardinal . —Thanks General I But your time is precious and—General . —You would be alone 2 I know I am a bore . General Cardinal . — . — Bu Na t y you , I said meant not it that I . Well . , Cardinal , I am weariperity some , but now my , bu heart t should is in the the day right of place danger . You come may —{ be they in weep pros- ) . discreet Call the )— Jesuit will be General at your , and side , Geo armed rge Whal to the — teeth ( hem in , I rhetoric must be the well law supplied of Tithe with Commutations metaphysics , , and ready knowing , aye ready a grea , to t shed deal about every drop of his blood in your defence ! [ Exit with a flourish . bitious Cardinal ! He { must after be a long watched pause . ) He . —He is as is brave useful as , but he is too clever ambut Avhile J live the triple crown must never grace his temples , ! Pope Whalley 1 I like the name , but not the title ! { Muses . ) { Enter looking a Secretary English , announcing Gentleman a attire dignified d in - purple . ,

      I.—"A Pious Fraud ,• Or, The World And T...

      Secretary . —His Grace the Archbishop of Westminster . ward Cardinal , thou forg { rushing ivest me towards for disowning his 'visitor thee ) ? . —Oh , Henry Ed-The Archbishop { sweetly ) . —I do , my poor friend , I know th Believe y temptati me ons I can —thy distinguish duties . between ( Tha organ the beg Prince ins to of play the Roman softly ?) Church and , the Member for North Warwickshire . Cardinal The Newdegat man e who , nay is true Charles to his , I Church pardon can the never uncommitted be false to fault his , . friend ! - { Soft music and Curtain .

      Darb Y And Joan, Re Vised.

      DARB Y AND JOAN , RE VISED .

      Have You A Wife With Real Estate ? Take ...

      Have you a wife with real estate ? Take care ! She can Beware " devise ! Beware , and alienate ! , " She has got The whip hand of thee I Too promptl Beware y she ! may take her cue , And learn Take she care has ! the Take " power care ! to sue , " She'll be Thwart down her on thee not , ! Her three Take per care cents ! are but a snare , She " holds Beware " as ! B if eware femme ! sole she were , Has she not The whip hand of thee ! You , D Take arby , care who \ would sponge on Joan , Henceforth her earrings are her own , Beware . ' Beware I She'll be Touch down them on thee not , . ' If this Take new law care be ! put in force Lest th Beware ' old mare ! Beware prove the i better horse , There ' s Marry a hint not for , thee !

      The Road To The Gates Or Mercy.

      THE ROAD TO THE GATES OR MERCY .

      We Often Talk In England About The Monst...

      We often talk in England about the monstrous French custom of adding " extenuating circumstances " to the verdict in the case of some most brutal murderer , and wonder , if Frenchmen would consider consider aggravating such circum 1 stances But no " French extenuating judge , " or what jury they ever took such remarkable grounds for leniency as our versatile Home Secretary , Mr . Bruce , has in the case of Wiltshire . The right honourable gentleman does not favour us with his reasons for exercising the prerogative of mercy in this case ; but for the benefit of would-be murderers who may have a prejudice against being crime , exe we cuted give , a but few who simp have le rules an invincible for guidance passion , which for , vi judging gorous from Wiltshire's case , will , if followed , secure them what the Daily Telegraph beautifully terms the ironical mercy of penal servitude : — 1 . Select Outrage a woman her . for your victim , in a helpless state . 2 . Kick her to death , and tear her clothes off her . 3 . When committed to prison , try and murder your gaoler . crime By observin will find g himself these sim qualified ple and as pleasant a fit subject rules , for the mercy amateur with of : the Home Secretary . he We wishes suppose to see Mr what . Bruce other is a crimes morbid Wiltshire moral anatomist will contrive , and that to commit if his life is spared . Why does not Mr . Bruce try a Ute-a-tSte with the object of his official compassion ?

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 1, 1869, page 191, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_01051869/page/5/