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IWruary 13, 1*69-1 THE TOMAHAWK, 73
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" &ROPP&D AMONG TUB PRIGS." A NOVEL OF P...
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Iwruary 13, 1*69-1 The Tomahawk, 73
IWruary 13 , 1 * 69-1 THE TOMAHAWK , 73
" &Ropp&D Among Tub Prigs." A Novel Of P...
" & ROPP & D AMONG TUB PRIGS . " A NOVEL OF PRINCIPLE . ( N . B . —Not taken from Britannia . )
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% \ z ^ tosg lagtrc * A Legacy with a Vengeance . CHAPTER IX . Lady Rizzeo ' s Rouge Pot . The Blush Rose blushes beautiful ,
The The Bulrush Bulrush , blushes blushes blue blue ; : But the bloomiest blush on the maiden cheek Is the bloom of Blake ( the true . H Silence ! beds The ( thoug moonli h particularly ght crawls up requested the gravel not walk to do , and so ) , crawls over the throug flower h the the W Aa ^^ F g portrait m <^ lass ^ r ^ fe ^ P ^ b , which « ^ p of ^^ ^ b ^ a v ^ , gentleman s ^ like h ^ p' ^ flK ^ p ^ b her ^ pTA ^^^* V lad &* , V who W yshi W ^ b ^ h ^^ P p lived ph ^ , was ^ pp % « , m oh ^ b ^ ^ painted ^ b ^ so t ^ ^ r long ^ BWV ^^ % , and ago ^^^ f ^ k ^^ , 3 falls in ^^^ m ¦ a 11 upon back v ^ r ^ ^^^*» attic of Wardour street
about in his time , till he , was and at last knocked been down terribl for y sixp knocked ence . portraits Such is great the fate mast of er the s have brave painted , the beautiful ; and littl , the e daubers true , whose have cop All ied was ! still . Still , not quite so . The champagne in the cellars table . was sparkling . So were the jewels on my lady ' s toilet
tonous Our friend agony , . What clock h , ave was clocks not still done . Tic that , tic they , tic , should in its mono suffer - so from tic ? mirror Before she sees mirror —a painted sits Lady skull Rupert I de Rizzio , and in the Cream * Ay , Blond , and Lil e de y Perle water , Bloom of Lilli of Roses , do , Siberian what ye , paste will , , ye Caucasian cannot hide the hollow and the toothless jawsand the great
* gaunt fliA ^ . ^ ^ pr ^ p ^^ cheekb ^ pp ^ m ^ m - ^ p * v ^ p ^ pr ones w m eyes - ^^ m ^^ drawn B ^ , « w *« ^* V by ^ ^*^ l ^ r the V ^^ ^ P ^ hand « W ¦ ^« B vr ^^ ^^ of M "W m the *^ , J ~ master ^^ " ™ " ^ ^^ - " ^ " ^^ artist ^ p ^ >^ ^^ ™ V ^ , Death ! Cosmetics ( : ?) are but the gaudy lichens with which Art seeks t crumbled o cover the into features ruin . that Time ' s greedy tooth has mumbled and But before enough her e mpty my and Lady yet , poor blushing thing I for The its rouge crimes pot —a lies fit
emblem open " ^^ ^^^ ^^ pa ^^ H ^^ mr ^ ht w of " ^^^ ^™ - ^^ her ^^ - ^ m ^^ r ^^ life ^^ r ^^^ . ^^~ v ^ p ^ y g w , ^ P ^ P ^ B ^ P ^ p ^» ^ w ^ p ^ ^^ w ^^ ^» ^^ r «^ p p ^^ mmm ^™^ " ^^ fc ^^ ^^ ^^ ^~ ^ ^^^ ^^ " — — ^»^— ^ v ^^ r - ^ r ^ ww ^» ^ v knows Down but the some furrowed kind sp cheeks irit is trickle standing the by tep with id tears an invisible . Who phial Museum to catch of Curiosities them in , in 1 that the Land he may of the bottle Rapparees them up ? for some Seven asterisks . BST ******* In mLad ' s hand is a photograph—a shilling one—of a
y y young Some one is snoring ! Seven more asterisks ! 8 ^ ******* photograph The features er . are distorted , perhaps by ragef perhaps by the Listen Seven , more listen asterisks , Lady Rizzlo ! 8 ^ ; * surel **** y someone * is * coming .
She d * A ^ looks ^ M ^ m at the _ ^ b portrait * - A , and she ^ K shake ^ M ^ m s her ^ b head ^ ^ . " Oh It ! is that not snoring like , " she i murmurs Whywill , " she and not yet hear it is ? . " Seven more asterisks I B ^ " ******* cra What wling was from th under at ? the The bed snoring . Not has the moonlight ceased . S this ome time one . is 8
Seven more asterisks ! ^~ ******* Rizzio Some looks one is standing at the lass behind . the chair , making faces . Lady Fourteen asterisks up ! g fiST" ************** Why the does photographer she start ? ! Why ? Because in the glass she sees
Blake To the , Major Printer . . —I will have my notes printed in larger type . — Major 1 To Blake be had . in ^ Perfectl pots , 5 s . innocent , 7 s . 6 d ., and as the ios . vendor each , . only Beware of the of inventor imita , - tions flatteries , which after , thoug all . h they y may be innocent flatteries , are but empty 2 The Bloom of Blake is an . exception . When Time sees that on cheek the . face he cries " Hands dflfl" It is indeed tlie very extract of
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Twenty-one asterisks . g ^ = # ******* ## ** ## * # " He You seizes did her it—you by the know arm you and did , points wretch to !" the empty rougepot Why . does she tremble 1 Why does she quail before the menacing \ knock finger at at the tne 1 doorWhothere 1 i
jA KnocK aoor . . wno ' s s mere With " Me , staring dear . Are eyes you fixed asl on eep the 1 " Stranger Where was ' s face his grammar she answers 1 , " Yes !" " Then don ' t snore . " "No She !" shudders , but , awed by the talismanic glance , she answers ^ p ^^ ^^ a Am ~^>~_ m . m aB
The ^^^^^ Voice . — ' * Swear you won ' t !" She The ( Voice as before is appeased ) . — " I swear , and !" vanishes . Twenty-eight asterisks . « - , ***•**•**•****• ************* it it was wa All s is nig night still ht !! ! Alone with a cheap photographer . Fortunately
Thirty-five asterisks . W •*?•*** ## * # *** # « A stifled shriek ! Nothing more ! CHAPTER X . THE FUNKY FLUNKEY .
There That sleped was eke so Johne well , if Thomase a gunne , shote God , wote , I wis he slepid still Blak harde ( Contemporary , the sotte ! of Chaucer ) . * " Follow Reader my , dear Leader \ The ! " moonli A pokey ght dirty and you room are — p there laying ' a game use deny However ing it , . But we it ' s the there moonlig , dear reader ' s fault , let for us bring be j ing olly us there let us . look wm ^ m around .
* v ^^ ^ John ^ v ^ ptvh ^^ Tho vtf ^^^ B ^ p ^ mas ^ , nimble lacquey of the great Sir Ralph , bloated menial He is of drinking the Rizzio visionary family , lies g — lasses snoring of . old ale , in visionary tumblers servant , in -maids visionary . servants' hall , in the company of visionhundred ^ ary ¦^ p ^^^ What w ^ B ^ v ^^ v ^^ p ^ p ^ p a po v ^ v ^ wonderful ^ r unds ^ PHf ^ b ^ B ^^ w w ; V you g ^^ r ^ thing ^^ go ^ p ^^ - ^^ to ^ v is ^^ r sleep ^ a ^^ ^^ dream ^^ W ~ anxious ^^^^ ^»~ " ! ^™ ^ " - ^^ " You ^*^ ^^ r and ^^^ m ^^ owe b ~^^^ ^ insolvent ^ ^^ m ^ your ^ r - ^^ ^^ m ^^ r ^^ v tailor ^ p ; y you J ^ bv a
ing drea , m and you , with have a simp paid him , child . - And like smile when , you he calls tell him the your next dream morn- , he as h do e es ought not . believe 2 you—he does not give you a stamped receipt , period A sharp , quieter , dull than , boo the m v oice of und the , elements louder than . a girl of the It did not wake John Thomas . You had to hit the drum of his Silen . ear ce very in the rd house before ! you could sound a reveille .
Onl ^ mt ^ ^ HBV - ^ m y < m *^ m ^ F for ^ V « M" * five ^ " ^ p * v ^ ^^ minutes w ^ v - ^ mr wh ^^ ^^ r - —then a slippered tread . A knock ! Rizzio istrate . might have been the home of Knox , the police mag " J ohn ! John ! get up , you brute !" Johnjmores John Thomas . lubber !
John * ' snores . J you " shoulder The door . opens . A hot hand " jis laid on John Thomas ' s | " The Devil \ " \ " He * p No * 0 trembled » - ¦ , your 1 *** PbT *^^ master , * from A * V ^ AJIp ) head < ! " 'fc ^^» to «>« pr * foot ^^ W » . Poor *¦> ^ p' ^ p 'Jfc ¦ John ^ pr « . iPiA * ! What * V »•* % »» j it ^^ ** is J to fcl / '! j
have an uneasy conscience , and to wear false calves ! " Come with me ; put on your boots . " " " No No , t t my here silk are stockings rats in this , Sir house Rupert ! ? So " your mistress says . " John put on his boots without another word . 1 Blak was a remarkable poet , whose works are very scarce . He was Geoffrey superior . His to poems Gower and have Ly been dgate reprinted , and but ( on little toned inferior paper to ) , the and great may be had at 199 Strand . ( Ask for Major Blake . ) touching 2 Major passage B . canno when t hel the p avowing author was that asleep he inserted , as he often this eloquent is , over and his work . Poor fellow ! how can he help it ?
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 13, 1869, page 73, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_13021869/page/9/
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