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THETOMAHAWK. A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIR...
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No. 137.] LONDON, DECEMBER 18, 1869. [Pr...
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THE MONSTROUS LEGACY. , An Old Legend in...
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whp . Many was many called years Malurex...
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Thetomahawk. A Saturday Journal Of Satir...
THETOMAHAWK . A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . < £ bitet > bp frxtfyux a'B ** fcett * " INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . " \
No. 137.] London, December 18, 1869. [Pr...
No . 137 . ] LONDON , DECEMBER 18 , 1869 . [ Price Twopence .
The Monstrous Legacy. , An Old Legend In...
THE MONSTROUS LEGACY . , An Old Legend in a New Form .
Whp . Many Was Many Called Years Malurex...
whp . Many was many called years Malurex ago ; there and he lived left a his wicked own , land violent to settle man , in the land of Smaragdus ; and he took with him his sons , and his 'servants , and his followers , and he conquered the land of Smaragdus with fire and sword and with treachery ; for he
was very brave , and he was very cunning . Now Malurex was also a magician : and he was learned in the black art . And when he had settled some time in Smaragdus , he found that the country was still but half conquered ; for there were constant wars and constant rebellions . So he
said to himself , " I will make me an immense and terrible mojdster , and he shall be my slave , and he shall keep the land in subjection for me and for my children . " So he consulted all his books of evil lore , and he set to work , he and his sons and his grandsons ; and he took the
blood 1 ( pi brave and good men , and ^"^ he took the hearts of gentle women , and'he took the bones of helpless babes , and he ground them all down together with a very great millstone , and he poured in the blood ; and when he had made a cement thereof , he began to fashion the body of a monster after the form of
a man j but so vast , and so horrible , and so hideous , and so mighty , that no man could withstand the sight thereof , but would fly away in terror . And when the monster was but half made , Malurex died , and was gathered to his fathers . And being on his deathbed , he
called to him his sons and his grandsons ; and he bade them , as they loved him , and as they feared him , to continue the fashioning of this monster until he was finished . And the sons and the grandsons of Malurex did even as their day father by had 1 day commanded j arid more blood them . of And brave the and monster good grew men , and and more grew
hearts of gentle women , and more bones of helpless babes , were ground down and mixed together , even as they required . And in' the fourth generation after Malurex , who had first conquered the land of Smaragdus , this monster was perfected , even his limbs , and his entrails , and all his features , like unto a
iman , And , behold ! while the descendants of Malurex , of the : fourth generation , looked on the gigantic and hideous form , ' which they and their forefathers had created , suddenly the 1 breath of life entered the vast body , and the monster rose up s and walked , and cried with a loud voice , " Give me to eat . " } £ And they brought him to eat , even of the blood of good and
brave of hel men less , babes and of the and hearts he ate of thereof gentle and women was , and refreshed of the . bones And p now the princes ; arid the chiefs , of the land , the descendants of Malurex , of the fourth generation fashioned iasnioned , said and unto made the
monster ster . " " We We and and our our forefathers forefathers have have . ana maae you you of the , blood of brave and good men , of the hearts of gentle women slavefor , and we of have the created bones of help less us babes and , and onl you are must our , you ; , y , you serve . "
And then the monster spake in a terrible voice , and said , and " True made , O princes me of the and blood chiefs of brave of the and land good , you men have , and fashioned of the therefore hearts of will gentle I serve women you , and faithfull of the y so bones long as of you hel shall pless feed babes me ;
with that wherewith you made me ; for on nothing else can I feed . In cruelty and bloodshed was I born , on cruelty and "bloodshed will I live . " And the princes and chiefs of the land of Smaragdus bowed their their heads heads , and and said said . " " Oh Oh . monster monster , we we will will , do do unto unto you you even even
as you desire , . On the , blood , of brave , and good men , on the hearts shall you of be gentle fed ; women and us , , and and us on only the , bones shall you of hel serve pless for babes evermore . " And many years passed away , and , behold , a new generation
arose , that loved not the children of Malurex , nor their wisdom ; and they governed the land of Malurex , and the land of Smaragdus ; and they hated this monster , and they said unto him , '" Oh , monster ! we will give you no more of the blood of brave and good men , nor of the hearts of gentle women , nor of the
bones of helpless babes , for we are sick of this bloodshed and of this cruelty ; and by justice , and by mercy , and by peace , will we reign over the land of Smaragdus 1 " And the monster spoke in a terrible voice , and said : — " Your ancestors made me , and fashioned me of these things ,
and on these things have I been nourished , and fed , since ever I was born ; and will ye deny me them now ? Then will I drink of the blood of your brave and good men , and eat of the hearts of your gentle women , and of the bones of your helpless babes ; even as I have drunk of your foes' blood , and eaten of your foes '
heivrts , and slain your foes' babes , will I drink of your blood , and eat of your hearts , and slay your babes , even unto the fourth and fifth generations !" Then were the princes and chiefs of the land of Smaragdus sore afraid , and they knew not what to do . And they fought against the monster , but they could not prevail . Then said
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Dec. 18, 1869, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_18121869/page/1/
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