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    • PHILOMEL ; or, THE LARK WITH THE NIGHTINCALE.
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      February 19, 1870. 3 The Tom Ah A Vvk. 7...

      February 19 , 1870 . 3 THE TOM AH A VVK . 73

      Philomel ; Or, The Lark With The Nightincale.

      PHILOMEL ; or , THE LARK WITH THE NIGHTINCALE .

      [Note.—According To Our Usual Custom, We...

      [ NOTE . —According to our usual custom , we hasten to novelize this the last occasio new n we iece have produced to notice at the the Metropolitan Globeand h theatres ave the . great On grati readers fication that , be Mr for . e Craven comm ' enci s dra ng m a ur was narrative prod , u , of infor at that min p g lay our - house , with perfect success , on Thursday last . Mr . Clarke was admirab Ernest Adderl le as the ey ; Jew and , Lazarur Mr . Parselle , ; Mr . cap Henry ital N ev the ille excelle sangui n n ary as wa ravissante Foote g , Dr . Adderley as very Rose fa . i Cherie r , Of indeed the ( pretty ladies , as name Philom , we may Rose el ; Miss Cherie that Amy ) M ; and F L awsit Mrs ydia . as Step Dorothee hens " . uppressed The scenery , " was , therefore very e , ffective much . better Altogether than usual the , p Commenqons iece can scarcel donc y . \ ~ fail of having a long and prosperous , run .

      Cijagter £ —^ um poison . the It irregular was the practitioner surgery in Dr of . St Adderley . Heliers ' s , the hous man e . of Dr . crimes Adderley and , readil puns , m as urders a throat and , th i e grams caitiff , the known fellow among who the would trembling cut a jo popu ke as - lat furn ion ish of ed Jersey with a as table " t , he a window sanguinary , a firep wag lace . " , The a caricature surgery was of the master of the house , a mysterious widow , a more mysterious mirth widow Dr . Adderley fu ' l daug wickedness h ter , and keen ! severa sens l jars of the of deadl ridiculous y poiso , in n sp ! ite For of hi oh s , master " What mixe are d you up a doing draug ? " from ked two the jars myster of poison ious widow . , as her the Something merry monster nice , w for ith poor a grin Philomel . He added de St in Aubin a ghastl , " y burst lied it of is lau a ( ghter n ) ice , " present Nice , . it " will And turn with her this to ice dreadful —the ice pun of he death left — the so room . peare He d had , attended not been by gone Judas five Lazarus minutes , a e ' er Jew Ernest , who was Adderley suffering apfrom sea sickness . " " M My y father shtomach , " exclaimed , " cried the Ernest Hebrew . . dy " ing Your , " said father Dorothe has ' gone e . to see Madame de St . Aubin , who is father " D ' yin s horrible g , " echoed levity Ernest , " then , aad her he hair added is with no longer a touch golden of his , but Then jet black , and ! not " till then , he burst into tears , and buried his throbbing so young , so face depraved in his trembling —and yet hands with . such It was a good a pitiable heart ! sight" " Wh Because y did I you had come a dream here . ? " Oh asked , those the horrible mysterious pork widow chops . — weird oh , that fearful had supper seized ! " his And mind he . shuddered as if some strange memory shtomach "But my . I shtomach was sho shick , " cried ! " the Jew , " my poor shuffering you ! " , and my Ernest worthy , friend with a , I certain will give dry you humour something , peculiarl to y cure his had own , used mixed for up the a poison draught potion from , the and same gave bottles the Jew that to drink his father . The Jew swallowed the welcome beverage . perience He did of not one die who ! Jews has never accepted do die many —at a least merry , that bill is at the sixty exper Amused cent , for , and the not accommodation a little surprised of—himself at the ! non effect of the poison of Philomel , Ernest . took up his hat , and made his way to the house fair As patient he entered . the gate Jliis father was taking leave of his the " poor And g will irl as that she bottle shook of hands nasty with stuff the reall quaint y suit assassin me ? " . asked but "It fatal will grin do . ior He you , added " replied in the a diabolical sanguinary , but wag facetious , with a merry aside , "Ha And , ha with —not a bad hideous —do for smile her of ! What dreadfu a l droll meaning I am he ! " left the house " Do . you Scarcel love y me had ? " he asked gone Philomel e ' er Ernest . V appeared I buried my . husband about a fortnight ago , and am now as free as the air . "

      " " Not You married so , my him darlin for g , " love cried , " the laimed poor E rnest irl , clinging sternly . to his " Not lwart so . fra I me married ( it was him particularl for his y gold stal . " wart for five-and-twenty ) . " For his gold I" shouted Ernest j oyously . " Come to my heart And , loved the one embraced , come to lik my e heart !" Ireaderwould embrace if you had y a fortune and , a you sweetly pretty , face , , and I had the coura Soon ge a Ernest nd the began opportu to nity play ! what his intimates called his l " mon he key began tricks to . " play He the tasted fool wit this h and the nibbled medicine at . that He until opened at the bottle and took a deep draught . As he drank , his face tur stopped ned a at pale half-past pea-green five , and , his , in heart spite of h loded is sh , and ing his his w puls rist e , wouldn He looked ' t go on into again a glass . over the mantel-piece . ploded ' What , and , " he my exclaimed pulse stopped , " face , sur a el pea y , - I green must , my have heart dran ex k - poison ! " white " Not as at blanc all , " de observed fterlc when Phi I lomel wake , " in the face morning is som , and mes whe as n I ' ve been dressed by my maid in the evening , my cheeks have been Still as stran red as rouge to . " Ernest remained unconvinced . , ge say ,

      ® l ) n # tev 9 Hf . —2 ftje $ te £ A 8 * in ' £ JFaw . Jew liar Dr , constructio th . Adderley e second n . de was The Boulay at costume home , a gentleman . consisted He had visitors of a costume li . ht The blue of first velvet pecu , the - coat with glass buttons , a satin waistcoat , and pantomime g boating " Before boots . we begin bishness , " said the Jew , " I wantsh to know wh y Because you vears I am that in wherry that hound ridicklous ' s power dress ! " ? rep " lied de Boulay , p w ointin ear it— g at caitiff the that docto he r and is— grindin because g h he is teeth says . I " look He makes so funny me ! Funny The — sanguinary well , well , wag a time laug will hed come a ho \ " llow laugh as he saw the threatening light in de Boulay ' s eyes . ap " olog I must eticall have y . my joke , " he observed , half defiantly—half no "Now more to tomfoolery business , " . said You the are Jew a sharp murderer ly , " an a d thief let'sh have d a gallowsh forger , Dr for . Adderley that murder . A word of your from poor me , s would huffering , shend vife . " , to the twinkle " Law in bless his you bloodshot , " replied eyes the , sanguinary " I sent that wag story , with to a m comic erry paper 'How five I got years Rid ago of the . Dark You Girl may Dressed have read in Blue it . with I called a Carving it—Knife ! ' It was really very funny , although I say who oughtn ' t to " say I remember it . " it—it wash good , " said the Jew , smiling softly . " But " You that shal ain l have ' t ' ere it , " nor sai there d the . Doctor Wash merril I wantsh y , " if is de £ Boulay , , 000 ' . s " and " And my little that p joke leasantry is ? " comes off . " " Oh , I am to kill Philomel with poison , and de Boulay is to man give me tripped , £ 20 , about 000 for the doing stag it e . like Neat Charles idea , eh Mathews ? " And in the the worth play y of Cool as a Cticmnber . but In not the altogether meanwhile unhumorous Ernest had p discovered lot . his father ' s diabolical , - \* r . ^ Lm ^ L ^^^ m ^ h ^ u Aa ^^ > ¦ ! ¦ if

      mjaptev # ** : ? —et ) s iPi > tnfl vmaQQ ^ $ t $ . of Philomel her heart . was saved , but still could not marry the Ernest " No , " said young Adderley , " I can enjoy a jest as much as murders any man are on too earth bad , but ! They really , are reall indeed y , my . f My ather Philomel ' s puns shall and never wed into such a family . " cheeks " Nonsense and hugg , " exclaimed ing him . the young widow , kissing him on both " I mean , it—from my sovil I do—that ' s my sole reason for curse not marry rests ing upon you our . " He house added . I gloomil cannot y . speak " See to my you love on how the sub the - ject meaning , dearest less , weird to my , and heart yet , without somewhat indulg quaint ing crank in a , fullsome or rather , quibble ! " j

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 19, 1870, page 73, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_19021870/page/11/