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September 18, 1869.] THE TOMAHAWK, 133
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RADICALISM WITH A VENGEANCE.
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A return has just been issued by the New...
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September 18, 1869.] The Tomahawk, 133
September 18 , 1869 . ] THE TOMAHAWK , 133
The Jstatiojv.
THE JSTATIOJV .
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0 o * &—flfcv . & quiQt $ b $ , tfje iLatogir . { Continued from page 121 . ) XXX . Mr . Squigsby ' s honeymoon was not of long duration ; but , short as it was , Mrs . Squigsby was enabled to form an excellent op and inion master of the . industry and attention to business of her lord In order that the time might not hang heavy upon his hands , he had taken with him a whole portmanteau full of legal papers period which of required his absence his attention , he devoted , and himself to these with , during unremitting the brief attention . He " settled " huge bills of costs . He read and annotated for answering voluminous Bills in Chancery . He prein pared doing " Cases this work for Counsel , he took " the to be unfortunate submitted on Mrs his . S return quigsb ; y and into , his confidence . It was extremely agreeable to that patient lady to have to listen to the long and incomprehensible paragraphs of a Bill in Chancery , or the still more monotonous items of a bill Grand of costs Hotel , for in Paris hours ; and together it was , in real their ecstacy private to Mr rooms . Squi in gsb the y to be able to indulge his newly-married wife with this diversion . " It is really much more amusing and interesting , my dear , " Mr . Squigsby would say , " doing this sort of thing than driving vard up and slooking down the at the Champs shops El , or ysees going , or to promenading see those stup the id Boule fairy - ness pieces of , at the the law theatres and enables . This gives to you take an an insi interest ght into in the the busi- - ceedings . " Whe , n he did put you down his work his conversation pro was " cases equall " he y had entertaining in hand , , and relating what , as he it could did , exclusivel do , under y the to cir the - with cumstances anecdotes , to obtain of what advantages he had done over his in opponents other " cases , garnished " of a similar description , and how he had come off triumphant . Mrs . pations Squigsby were ' s lot furnished was , indeed for , one her to by be an envied ever- . attentive Even her husband occu- . Mr . Squigsby wrote dozens of letters every day to England , a and letter as he without had no , of letter cours -press e , keep with ing him a copy , and , what as he better never emp sent loy out - ment for his wife—who wrote a fine bold hand—than to make her do the copying ? "I had no idea a wife could be made so life useful doing , " thoug clerk h ' t s work Mr . . Squi She gsb proved y , as he to watched be an admirable his partner writer for , and never made any mistakes , although , when Mr . Squigsby examined her work , he found many curious-looking blots upon the paper . Were they of tears ? XXXI . She was thus writing one bright afternoon . The windows of their were heard apartments the sonnettes looked of out the upon horses the , the Boulevard distant drums s , and beat now - i sounds ng , the which joyous go cries to make of children up the , harmonious and the thousand and exhilarating and one life music of the streets of Paris . Mr . Squigsby , pen in hand , was peppering a bill of costs with omitted six-and-eightpences , and thirteen-and-fourpences , and guineas , when a tap came at the door . " Mr Come . Squigsb in , " y sai opened d Mr . Squigsb it , read y it . hurriedl A waiter y , looked with a telegram steadily . at his wife for some seconds , and then said : — " Leave off writing , my dear Maria . We go back to London to-night . " A smile of pleasure mantled her face , the- first that had shone upon it since she had been married . "Thank Heaven , " him she murmured what had called to herself him , back " at last or what it is over was . " the She nature now of asked the intelligence he had received . , Her heart was too full of thankfulness When that they were honeymoon in the coupe was " of at an the train . , on their journey home , Mr . Squigsby said suddenly to her" " No Oh , " ! Maria she replied , did y ; ou " never ever know ; why a ? Mrs " . Rigsworth ? " " Nothing , " said her husband . " I thought perhaps you might have dredth heard time he her took , " the Presentl telegram y , and he had once received again that for the morning hunfrom his pocket , and read it to himself with avidity . It was from Mr . Topps , his clerk , and it ran as follows : —
" Come back . Mrs . Rigsworth died this morning . The servant has been here and left the keys . " XXXII . Mr . Squigsby , in his position as executor of the deceased old lady , took possession of everything . She had not over estimated her fortune . He ransacked the drawers , the safes , the cupboards . He found the property in the shape of " securities " everywhere . He He inserted carried them no announcement bodily away . of They her death represented in the quite , £ 80 , 000 but . the next of kin and expectant legatees seemed to have papers acquired ; the a mysterious spot . They instinct were of referred her decease to Mr , and . Squi hurried gsby . in Mr a . crowd Squigsby to dealt with them all calmly and coldly . " Was there a will ? Had the poor dear lady arranged her affairs by testamentary disposition , or would the property be distributed by administration ? " These were the questions . Mr . Squigsby only made one answer . " He was the executor . There was a will . It was in his possession . It would not be read till after the funeral . " In the meantime Commons , and Mr . proved Squigsby it . quietl " It' y s better took the , " he will said down to himself to Doctors , " to ' get these things done as quick as possible . The duty on ^ should 80 , 000 be is kept a good out round of their sum money , and . I Besides don ' t see it saves why Government a good deal of trouble to prove the will at the earliest possible , moment . " When , therefore , the funeral being over , at which solemn entertainment Mr . Squigsby had assisted the next of kin as one handkerchief of the mourners to , his that mouth is , he and had kept steadil his y carried eyes shut a white thro pocket ughout - the ceremony , and had partaken , of a good many glasses of commonl sherry , and cold eaten in his a great feet many and had sandwiches sneezed , several and had times felt and uny , , wh had y wondered the fingers who should it was always that be made too long undertaker , and wh 's y g the loves sensa , and - tio . n of wearing them should always be like putting tight eelskins on to your hands , and why it was necessary to wear cloaks which smelt abominably , and when he had been driven in a stuffy coach flavoured with coffins to the cemetery , and jolted back then it again was to Mr the . Squi house gsb , y when produced , in short the , the probate funeral of was the over will , and , with an air of authority , which the appearance of the docu- , ment ( now no longer upon a few sheets of foolscap , but written in fair round-hand upon a sheet of parchment , stamped with blue and silver , and having hanging to it a portentous seal ) in no way diminished . and He when read he it to had the finished crowd there of next was of kin a general and expectant shout of legatees disap- , pointment and disgust . Mari " Bu a t Branscombe who , " cried , Mr the . residuary Bilberry , the legatee law , who stationer comes , " who in for is upwards of ^ 60 , 000 ? Who is she ? " "Ah ! who is she ? " echoed everybody . " Gentlemen , " said Mr . Squigsby , quietly folding up the probate , " Maria Branscombe is Maria Branscombe no longer . Her name is Maria Squigsby . She is my wife . A married woman therefore , I need refer not inform tocomes you , can to me hold ! no Gentlemen property ; the I wish amount , good morning , you . " , , you { To be continued . —Commenced in No . 116 . )
Radicalism With A Vengeance.
RADICALISM WITH A VENGEANCE .
A Return Has Just Been Issued By The New...
A return has just been issued by the New Zealand Government , showing that the number of " rebels " killed in the recent skirmishes at the north p > art of the Island during the year ending have June , at 1869 , t was ime been , which in revolt , conside cannot ring but not be 1 , 000 arded of the as natives a satisfactory result any . We scarcely think , thoughthat reg the New Zealand Legislature has much right to take credit to itself for thus reducing put bu their t ting more enemies a stop gentle . to Exterminati rebellion of winning ; and on the is there at New the are best Zealanders me ans quite clumsy back as effec mode to their tive of , alleg of reducing iance . the Perhaps seven , the hundred Government odd Maories will try , who some are such still at method large ; particularl after all , the y successful stamping- ; out forthe process New does Zealand not seem authorities to have cannot been altogether congratulate themselves on the success of the vigorous policy they pride themselves upon having adopted .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 18, 1869, page 133, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_18091869/page/9/
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