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March 6, 1869.] ' THE TOMAHAWK. 107
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" DROPPED AMONG THE PRIGS". A NOVEL OF PRINCIPLE. (N.B.—Not taken, from Britannia.)
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&\z Itagtorijttt, A Legacy with a Vengea...
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CHAPTER XVIII. THE BURIAL CERTIFICATE. G...
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which (1) This the intellect reflection ...
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CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH FERDY DOES NOT KEE...
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thing (1) , It except was weak a cheque ...
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March 6, 1869.] ' The Tomahawk. 107
March 6 , 1869 . ] ' THE TOMAHAWK . 107
" Dropped Among The Prigs". A Novel Of Principle. (N.B.—Not Taken, From Britannia.)
" DROPPED AMONG THE PRIGS " . A NOVEL OF PRINCIPLE . ( N . B . —Not taken , from Britannia . )
&\Z Itagtorijttt, A Legacy With A Vengea...
&\ z Itagtorijttt , A Legacy with a Vengeance . CHAPTER XVII . A CHAPTER OF MORALIZING . Oh sweet it is to stop and drink To From quaff Truth the free ' s pure pellucid crystal stream well . , Which publicans don ' t sell . Songs by a Water-Drinker of Two Days' Standing . coffins Alone sat amidst Craper his Mute groves . of weepers and stately avenues of taker We for have some not time heard have , dear we reader ? , of our friend the under-We You don see ' , C he want was death not , wanted often— before at least . not for ourselves . the Pede way Claudo at every , shady limping spot along or — quiet stopp inn ing , always for refreshment seeming to by be coming and yet never getting up to the door—that is the way silent Death , pays yet , oh his , how long- firm owed ! visit is the to tread some . with Stealth which , yet he swift comes — Yes down , that upon paral the young ytic , j , aundiced the happy , gouty , the old careless man , , the whose intestate death ! means comfortable independence to many struggling on in laborious final call on poverty him ! —what a very long time Death is making his do Reader not , dear wonder , generous that more , unsordid murders if impecunio are not committed us reader ? , that assisted you more over rich the persons last mile who on the have Road made of Life their ? ( 1 wills ) are not moralize Reader , just , we as the halting tired horse in the or mule midst stops of at our the journey stream to of pure clear water to drink , not at the stagnant pond , oh , no ! heartil Oh , scrumptious in thy life and and mourned wealthy reader sincerel , would y in thy ' st thou death be 1 loved Take thou It must this my be advi printed ce . in italics . sundry Devo pe te your rsons wealth in the to Jorm the cause of Life of Anntiities charity , by bes terminating towing' it on at you friends Then r death Crap see . , er Oh , Mute beneficen will have Dives to , what dress when ^ ong he train provides of mour your ning funeral .
Chapter Xviii. The Burial Certificate. G...
CHAPTER XVIII . THE BURIAL CERTIFICATE . Give me the Proofs ! Printer ' s Devil . Craper Mute sat alone . It Still was as the befo Derb re over y Day his , ledgers and the . sun was shining through the stained Mute glass had st . ained glass in his windows , because , as he said , it reminded him of the " Vaunted Hiles . " He meant vaulted aisles . over A yo his ung face . , fashionably dressed , entered , a dark blue veil " " Ah At , you ya r s service ! Mr . Craper , Sir . " Mute—ah , I believe ?" " " Ah One — moment yas ! I want . I must to ask ask you you something one question —ah first ! yas . ! You *' are
gentleman not a comic , are singer you V from a Music Hall trying to imitate a " No , confound you , ah—what the deuce 1 ah—yas ! " peop " Oh le , befor because e they if you go were out I in would the procession engage you . to It would sing to give my them " Ah the , yas proper ! you expression are a sort of of melanchol wag—ah ! y " . " coffin " I have lid . " my gleam of ' umour , Iik 3 the silver plates on the body " Exactl or other y , so — — ah talking ! " about coffins—you once buried someft " Yes I ' ve , buried this was a good down man at Rizzio y somebodies —ah ! a sort or others of a quiet in my thing time — . " you thing know —ah — ! " walking—two bearers—m . ourning—all that sort of " " What Ferdinand ' s your /' name 1 " " " No Not , not the as ex- I King ' m aware of Nap of . " 1 " " Proceed . " " " Thank Oh , I you see— — your yas—I name want is to Desboroug know the party h—Fitzg ' s name ibbon . " Desborough ? "
Ferdy " How it was the . ( deyvil 1 ) did you know that i " exclaims Ferdy , for secret " Well before , I know now . most Listen things ! " . I ' ve buried more than one " No whispers , you don ' Ferd say so y ' s ear Oh . , then I may as well take off this thing He . " tears off his veil . He felt disguise was of no further use . " " Then I . have — the you certificate have—the . " what-you-may-call-it !" " " Ah For — a give consideration it me . " , to quote Mr . Phelps . " " Will a fiver do , ah ? » And " No— Craper you must Mute si produces gn this . " a large sheet of paper . ( 2 ) " What ! a bill ? never I " dressed Ferd " No , this to signs your is an , executors feeling order rather . for 5 ' a chill first y -rat as e he , funeral does so from . ma ad" And here is the certificate . " Mute Ferdy he is takes the . paper—and with a hasty nod to Craper , gone triump At the hant corner grin which of the spread street s he over stops his —an whole d by face the li he ght reads of a the name * of # * # * # * * # . $
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which ( 1 ) This the intellect reflection of Major opens Blake up an , immense like a pack field of of cleve speculation r and patient , over hounds I have , an runs uncle ove ! r and Ah , over me again 1 , searching for the fox—the solution .
Chapter Xix. In Which Ferdy Does Not Kee...
CHAPTER XIX . IN WHICH FERDY DOES NOT KEEP BOTH HIS EYES OPEN . lie that but his visits clothes the lion behind ' s den him is . happy if he leaves nothing Oriental Proverbs ( Tianslated by Major B . ) In a public-house near Long Acre . A Effervescing dingy little poison back parlour in bottle —in s which with tinfoil four men round are the seated necks . falsely calling itself Champagne , before them . Curious pheno- , as meno they n that admir m e en any will woman drink , however any nastiness ugly , if she it onl is y impudent fizzes—just . black Ferdy pot h hat ere . —but in another dress—a shooting suit and a had On ups e of et a quantity men is of very grimy fat gr gravy easy fe over llow , him who , and looks the n s if had he rolled " Ha in i the so the dusthole mare in won order —Mr to . dry Desburrer himself . 1 How will you stand the shot V
Thing (1) , It Except Was Weak A Cheque ...
thing ( 1 ) , It except was weak a cheque of Desboroug drawn in my h to favour ' admit ( Major it . 13 I ) never . admit anythat ( 2 ) writs He , mi bills ght , have and cheques known it should was not be a so bill like from one its another shape . in Curious shape . stamped Ah , what paper woes ! does But he not forg the ives injured it ; for but soxaetimes upright , Major at a pinch B . owe , it has to stood him in good stead .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), March 6, 1869, page 107, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_06031869/page/9/
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