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    November 13, 1869.] THE TOMAHA WK. 229

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    REFORM IN OL YMI>US.

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    Chapter I.—In which Jupiter resolves to ...

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    November 13, 1869.] The Tomaha Wk. 229

    November 13 , 1869 . ] THE TOMAHA WK . 229

    Reform In Ol Ymi>Us.

    REFORM IN OL YMI > US .

    Chapter I.—In Which Jupiter Resolves To ...

    Chapter I . —In which Jupiter resolves to resign . " —a It room was which after din sheused ner , and very Jup often iter , was but which sitting in r Juno divine ' h boudoi usban r , rarel smoking y honoured . It was with against his rules presence , but then , —si he pping was a god coff . ee and Mercury was playing Bezique with the Queen of Heaven . The King was reading his letters and telegraphic despatches , which Mercury had just brought in his natty little leasant courier ' s bag .

    Evidentl " It ' s all y very the well letters to were call this , like Heaven most letters , " exclaimed , unp the . ruffled divinity , in a sulky voice ; " but it never can be that while you are The here Ol , Master ympian M Commiss ercury . " ionaire looked up from his game . " Why , my gracious liege , I thought I had helped sometimes to mi This nister was to yo downri ur Majesty ht crue ' l pleasures consideri . " Juno was there . Jove saw what the patro g n of commerce , and ng thieves meant ; but he dared WlMrJk not AtVb resent VwVlA the VAAV sarcasm t ^ UrX VWiUAAlt

    * b *^» 4 . * . ^ . " " You Me , are I suppose the greatest , " put p in lagu his e handsome I have , not spouse excepting . even—" M " M unlawful y dear , no not such lawful rudeness loves trembled cost me on the the most tip of troubl my tongue e but . as I was going , to say my , Mercury , , the only proper place for yo ; u is , restraint inside a . " barometer , there your lively disposition finds proper vilege " I am of being always the read onl y , Sire true , to give het up attached my liber to ty for the omnis pri-

    cient establishment . " y propyour derer " You . ' " re Hold an impudent your tongue scamp !" , " rejoined the . offended Thun" Certainly , your Majesty 5 faithful to the laws of Court etiquette J uno , I pressed never speak his foot except under when the table I am , to spoken show to how . " she appreciated " My the idea joke of — Heaven Jove went is a on p grumbling lace where . there is no post or

    telegraph " And no . " marriage , Sir , you would like to add , if you dared . " friend ' * My in dear —the , you other are place quite , Henry wrong . the I Ei resemble ghth of Eng our esteemed nd , Defender " I regret of the that Faith I nave , & c , been & c . the I have victim a passion of that for passion marry . " ing Thi . " s corns time she stamped much . her foot so hard that she really hurt Mercury ' s " You very forgetdivine Madamthat feet arelike heart

    tender , " he whispered , . , my , my , " Yes , and for the same reason , because both have done so much This travelling was arch . " , and she accompanied it with such a look out of her great eyes that the wings on Mercury ' s feet trembled with passion Meantime . , Jupiter had gone on reading his letters and despatches .

    he " dashed I'll be — his foot Pluto on , the if I table stand , upsetting it any longer the coffee , " he all shouted over , the as blue and silver tablecloth . face " M from y dear Mercury , what's ' s the , which matter she ? " had cried been Juno examining , withdrawing rather her closel The y— Thunderer only to see was if his pacing corns up reall and y down were the so painful small . room with a step He wei which ghed made nineteen the whol stone e house and shake . step bVk / was l * kj a thunder WJJ

    clap tC •*•«• My . «• »» w pet * £ j **> , " *>» said ***** Jun VbWW o , throwing W V ^^**^ f ; J « . her «** V «> magnificent every W » W * T «¦* TV arm round i .. U 1 AV 4 his VA neck . She always called him ' pet' when he was out of temper . confidence Mercury . squeezed her vacant hand—just to give her a little bearable " I will . " not stand it any longer . It ' s getting positively un" What is it , my love ? " She thought he had had another

    letter letter from from Danae Danae . , aski askincr ng for for some some more more money monev .. we "I have know got it ' s so ve many ry provoking dinner , darling parties , to especiall give ; y and just you now r trip when to much Paphos goods must have d then cost that something new thunder , though -machine I know , it I did dare you say so it and will be crown cheaper is reall in the end , old but fashioned it ' s a great . Tell deal her of dear money that : you positivel my y can't spare y very any money at present . " , ,

    matt " What er that the bothers Tartarus me . are You you ought talking to know about by ? this It ' s tim no money that I never a bankrupt pay m . " debts—my person is sacred—they can ' make me " " But I should they ' co like uld to see tHe an Sheriff executio ' s n officer , could that not wo they uld ? " live in this " Well atmosphere , it is . rather " high , up ; but you know , my dear , executions " Juno have I been ' m ashamed served on of Kings . before You seem now . " to forget I am im- I

    , you mortal " You ! " think so ; but Mercury tells me— " j j " What does that vagrant rascal say ? " mortal "Wh , y c ^ alled he says Doctor nothing Cumming himself , who ; says but — he " tells me there is a " I know the fellow- —I ' ve cut him—I ' ve sworn I'll never see him tellin g g m ain e th ever ere si wa nce s n ot e took the sli m g htest in so d about anger . dear " little Semele , i unction " He had "however his reasons he for that that with , " repli constitution ed Juno with u great

    cannot last ; more than , five says years , and , many your mortals believe , yo him . " I have " Then to live why , instead the Styx of can pestering ' t they let me me with alone their for perpetual the five years complaint Mercury s ? " here interposed , " The fact is , Sire , they 'will talk about Saturn . " " T ^ k hat ^ + % j * i ^ ' s like AAA ^^^ their VAAV 4 * beastl | J V ^ m H » r M y J i JLJ ngratitude - ^§^ ^ UWAVMvkV . V When W * **^» . « .. i that b ^¦¦¦ . X « - « W respectabl ^^ h ^ m ^ ^^ ^^ W - *• *^ » e ^—r

    ing old out God for was Reform in pow , er for , all Prog the r intellect ess , for u En al young lighten men ment were ! I cry put - onl myself when at the I found head that of the he movement would not . fal I l banished into views Saturn . ; And but now , after doing all this , after putting an end to my the old regime , i a n n d ead growli of n gratitude gs , seditious , I fin r umours nothin and g bu treasonous t constant gr cries umbli . n I ' m getting quite tired of it . "

    create " I told fifty : you Ah that ! they for were every such Titan fine you handsome destroyed men you ! but would you i never listen to me . " come " Wh after y should the event I ? . Your Besides prop , don hec ' t I know and everything warnings always ? " " " I I wish suppose you you godd do e ; but es are would you n any ot int the erf wiser ere w for ith it a ? ffairs " of State . The next thing will be , I shall be sent to earth by you and V « AAX SS « Well ^ th YV VA *«~ at * V old ^ r *~ V 4 i fr * . * . have 4 ump V » AAAW # Minerv A 1 XI ^* V » T « a * -V . » " d to . * ^ «¦» ..

    well " on earth , you —that woul generall d not y manage be much punishment enjoy yourself . We should pretty imprison Mercury you laug here hed if . we wanted to punish you . " Madam " Laug , h I mean away , to you enjoy goose myself -footed where courier I can ! be I free can from tell you the , for constan you t Ol grumblings ympian folk and , you importunities may all go to of those Pluto , mortals or anywhere . As else , so long shall as not you intrude don't bother me solitude . " comfort

    interesting on " that We point hermit , my Thundering ; and in on retirement your Husband you . ; You will so will hav make e leisure yourself a very to repent " Peccadilloes of your peccadilloes , Madam ! . " What do you mean ? " " " Your Perhap insolence s it is ra , -ther Madam a mild , passes word all to bounds use . " —to talk of the you King know of Heaven that mortals and peccadilloes have a monopol in the y same of sin breat ? " h ! Don ' t now " That have ¦» mig *« . « ht established VWMMI have been 4 free so a trade long " time ago . But , remember ,

    A *^^ " Mercury you J *^ W * . « , leave the **| J <* room VV * * 4- \^ , " shouted * M > V « WI . Jove , now half rnad with passion " Mercury j " this , stay conversation here , " said is not Juno fit , for with your most ears di . " gnified and aggravating Mercury had composure just begun j " to I may fly , and want he a stood witness poised . " in the air . in The his situ confusion ation was . so But puzzling he obeyed he nearl the lad y broke y . one of his wings sign " If I wanted throne anything to-morrow to in decide favour me of— this " would do it . I

    reu my , dear ? " , whispered , the smiling Queen . you " Not are not of ; you so , I nor will of first any depose immortal all . of I you am , and omnipotent then depose , and myself I shall . receive The mortals a deputation can then from carry the committee on the worl of d the as they ' Heaven like . delegate and Earth my Refo royal rm authority Association . " ' to-morrow , and to them I shall

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 13, 1869, page 229, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_13111869/page/9/