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    • IN A GOOD CA USE.
    • AN ENTERTAINING POINT.
    • THE PARROT PAPERS, Second Series.
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      defiant attitude and flashing eyes made her look so hand . sorne in stead Mr of . Sq feeling uigsby ' terrified s eyes , , that inwardl that y chuckled immoveable and gen congratulated tleman , inhimself " 1 * 11 dr upon aw her the out turn still affairs more were , " tho taking ught . Mr . Squigsby , with a silent laugh . XXVI . street But door at this , and th i e next cam moment e a thunderi the shrill ng si shriek ngle kn of ock the land the - lady , shriller than ever , rose up the staircase of" No Wanted one attempt , Mr . Branscombe ed to answer ! " it . The new visitor did not , however , stop upon any question of formality , for a heavy step being heard upon the stairs and the door of the room being pushed helmet viol se e n te d ope hims n , e a g entleman demand in . ed a in blu a e u to niform ne of autho and a - rity , — pre , , " Is this Mr . Branscombe ' s ?" The It was irl a fl police ew to man the who man . made the inquiry . " Where g is he ? What has he done ? " without " He is moving in Vine a muscle Street . Police " The Station charge , " is — attempted the policeman suicide , by Squigsby Th drowning e girl , who stagg . " made ered f orwards attem , the pt n backward assist her s , , rep utt ulsed ered Mr one . The scream Mr policeman . Squigsby , and fell recognized took senseless out his on him the ci and gar floor touched case . . He his li helmet ghted . a cigar . " " Who Mr . Knox ' s the , " magistrate said the policem to-morrow an . ? " said Mr . Squigsby . " AH right ; you can go . I shall appear for the defendant . " { To be continued . —Commenced in No . 116 . )

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      '" """ " "" ¦ -- _ - ¦ „!_ -- - ¦ ¦ . . j no THE TOM AH A WK . { September 4 , 1869 .

      In A Good Ca Use.

      IN A GOOD CA USE .

      Ear It Have Should To Be Lead Scarc The ...

      ear It have should to be lead scarc the el cause y nece of ssary the that school we -children should , year and their after y solitary , summer p treats . By the many letters to the newspapers , however , it appears that the good people who institute these some " days districts in the fresh where air 300 " children are very or short more of could funds be ; indeed taken into , in th th e e country subscriptions for a health of the neig sca hbourhood mper in the in fields which for the twenty school poun s are ds , just situated now have when not it reached is holiday one time quarter in London of that amount it will . not Perhaps do to expect enjoyment those even unfortunates of their parish who are charity left behind children to cater ; but for this the is more abroad the or in reason the country why those should who , on are reading fortunate the appeal enough s in to the be their London mites papers to , the put various their hands committees into their now pockets employed , and transmit in performing really entertain a kindl a y question task . It of is this seldom kind that that when they refuse Englishmen assistof anc the e ; poor and w children e , therefore forward , are , in lad order to be that able those to put people the claims who are enjoying themselves away from dusty London may be bours reminded all ; } and are that that anxiousl even thousands y a waiting sing upon le day for thousands ' s the holiday response is of better their to poorer than the appeals none neigh at - made in their behalf .

      An Entertaining Point.

      AN ENTERTAINING POINT .

      To It Constantinople Is Announced Will T...

      to It Constantinople is announced will that cost the the visit Sublime of the Empress Porte fifteen of the millions French of cupation francs . , A new bran streets new Palac are being e is being formed built , and for Her a new Majesty neighbour ' s oc - - hood Qf course has been , confusion established and in preparation the course at of a Constantinop few weeks . le All , but is , everything JJmprass wlU is bo sure due to in be the finished Bosphorus by the . 20 We th venture instant , , when howeve the r , % q express a doubt whether these embellishments of Constantiby nople nq will means be quit an ; e admitted as soon paid princip for . le " in Payment Turkey . on We delivery suppose " is ,

      To It Constantinople Is Announced Will T...

      however of Turkish , that Five between Cents this and will be Christmas thrown on another the London small batch and Paris markets in per consequence , of this extraordinary call on the matel Turkish Princes y . Treasury We e to certainl pay . for We the find wonder Easter the if n we hospitality Western and the accorded nations chances will to of ulti our our - getting repaid in any r y easonable money time are , points of simple conjecture will pass . a However pleasan , in week the at me C antime onstan , we op trust le . that the Empress

      The Parrot Papers, Second Series.

      THE PARROT PAPERS , Second Series .

      No. I. The Parrot Apologises For His Lon...

      NO . I . THE PARROT APOLOGISES FOR HIS LONG SILENCE . HE TOUCHES ON HIS SUFFERINGS . HE DISCOURSES ON PACKING . —THE HORRORS OF MOVING . —THE USE OF SCREAMS . THE SICK CHILD ' S PRESENT . AT THE RAILWAY STATION . —A WORD ABOUT TUNNELS . —HOW TO MAKE STEAMBOATS . THAT WILL NOT ROLL , CONSOLATION IN SICKNESS . —HORRIBLE APPREHENSIONS OF THE PARROT .- —rHE LANDS AT DIEPPE . — " SUR LE PLAGE . " FIRST OBSERVATIONS ON FRANCE AND THE FRENCH . —A NATION OF BUTCHERS . THE PHENOMENON EXPLAINED . —THE POVERTY OF FRANCE : SHOWN , FIRST IN THE DEARTH OF DRUNKARDS , NEXT IN THE DEARTH OF BONNETS . THE INDISTINCTNESS OF THE FRENCH . THE NECESSITY OF AN UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE . — -HINTS FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE SAME . GENERAL OBSERVATIONS . I fro m SUPPOSE me again , th a e nd world that I thoug had laid ht it down neve my r w pen as go oC ing -instruction to hear for mankind ever . , I reall owe y them must say some , that ap having ology for once having begun so tch ^ abr nUg uptl hten y press desisted my from sincere my regret charitable for all the task dreadful —and , I calamities beg herewith that to have exr a esulted despairi from ng bre my ast lo when ng silence they . receive It will the reawaken reassuring hop tidings e in many that , havin er g once n e m m bark nkind ed I do not labour intend to refor ive ming until the world efforts and regen are crowned g with that , complete success g which up they cannot my fail to attain . chief It appears members th of at the a solemn famil consultation which resides having with been meit held was b deter y the - mined to remove me to a more y bracing atmosphere than , London . Without needlessly alarming my anxiety on my own behalf , migration they fixed . I was eppe too , as prostrated the place with to be repeated honoured attacks by our im of - bronchitis voice in the , broug matter ht . on So by I the made east no wind remonstrance , to care about when having I a - ceived the inevitable signs which precede " a move . " I must per say Not that that , if personall there is a y , thing I have I do anything detest it to is the do worry with it . of packing Another . t si ravel gn of they the superiority require no luggage of Parrots . Their over palace men is is that portable when , a little they women food for prepari the journey ng for is a all journey they require , one would . While think to that see they men were and removing in trunks and the whole portmanteaus population . What of their loathsom native e town hideous piecem things eal you about human with so creature many s disguises must be for , when your you misshapen are obli bodies ged to ! travel Not up that , as I should you call care it , without the lea . st making , if you every could bod onl y y around contrive you to miser pack - abl shutting e . The drawers fearful gav noise e me of a dreadful bumping head boxes ache and . Then opening for and the last away two . Since days my nothing illness could I have been be found recommended . Everything barley , was -sugar put . fool They On . the wanted I day sJwieked before me till our to I go got departure without it . I no . generall barley But I y -suga was find r not that could quite plan be such found suc a - . youngest cessful . You child can , B ' t obby muzzle ( whom a Parrot I hate like ) , has you the can impudence a dog . The to th imitate at fool my of tactics a mother . When of his absolutel he wants y gives anything it him he , just shrieks as , if and he was a Parrot . It is some satisfaction to mo to reflect that that day child he has absolutely every day gave been me getting his sugar paler . and He thinner must be , and bad th . # I other was not I left to my be mark cajoled on by his such flabby valueless hand gifts , and . I I ca took , n see the \\ e sugar has got , t > ut a piece of sticking plaister on it still *

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 4, 1869, page 110, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_04091869/page/12/