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September 19, 1868.] THE TOM AH A WK. 12...
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FRENCH PICTURES FOR THE ENGLISH: By Jule...
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Letter II. — The Secret Society — The Fa...
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September 19, 1868.] The Tom Ah A Wk. 12...
September 19 , 1868 . ] THE TOM AH A WK . 121
French Pictures For The English: By Jule...
FRENCH PICTURES FOR THE ENGLISH : By Jules Canard .
Letter Ii. — The Secret Society — The Fa...
Letter II . — The Secret Society — The Famile" Dinnare—The " Departure hoHand " — for A London Frugal — Feast The - — Deserted A Custom Train of — the A Country View in . To the Editor of the " Gamin de Paris " Hotel of the Two Worlds and St . Cloud , Leicester square , 12 th Sept ., 1868 .
My honoured and well-beloved Redacteur , You may possibly remember that when I last wrote the to you moment I furnished of my arriving you with on an Eng account lish ground of my adventures to the second from in which I found a rescuer from the persecutions of the Maire and ¦ beg Corporation ^ t ^ m —^^ i ^~ ^ to ^_ . ^^^^ make _& ¦ aV mm VVPB * ^ P •¦ . B ^_ a of ¦ a ™ b * bp continuation ^ bB " " ^ bb" Folk ^ v — ™ B *¦• V - es ^^ "B * •¦» - tone ^^ «¦ a . . v " in the person of the Beadle . I
who " Release had been the forcing prisoner me , " toward cried s my the friend hateful to " the tub Beef " with -eaters the , intention of washing me—of making me undergo the custom of " Crossing The Maire the and Line Corporation . " " Release of him " Folk !" -es-tone " looked undeby cided his . magnificent They had been uniform awed , but on by the this appearance time they of had the become Beadle accustomed to ¦»* his cocked BbBBt < bw bppp -hat bbbb « pi bi bp- and ahapbbb richl-laced frock »» -coat bb . So r
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" " What What sign sign ? ! " why the sign of all Foreign lovers of liberty and their countries' good—the noble scorn of water , the honest hate were of one soap of us ! . When Am I I not saw right you ?" refuse to wash , I knew you " Yes , " said I , unwilling to lose his protectio n * * ' Yes , you are tk ri Come ght . " then PPT my friend" cried out - ™~ the « Beadle h h heartily
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" What are these V * I asked . contain " They cushioned are ' pews seats / " — rep the lied seats the are Beadle for the . congregation " You see they to sleep upon when the sermon of the curate commences . " such " What barbarian , they s sleep , after at all the , " sermon I thought ! ; Ah and ! these from peop that le moment are not ^ felt B ¦ ^ BP ^ I ~ B 1 a H greater ^ pjBk ^ ^ V ^ r ^ P B ^ ^ BT ^ m respect Bl ^ BP IB B ^ B * ^ ^ W ^ for B 1 - ^ BT ^ B the ^ V '"' ^ ^ English ^ B ^^^ ^ ^ BB > ^ B 1 ^ ^ W " ^ ^ . V
called We now the Vestry entered , which a small proved building to attached be the beadle to the 's church house . , retainers Waiting , in clothed a magnificent in black , hall wearing , made long of coats marble , and , were with several black silk scarves wound round their hats . " Fetch up the banquet , " said the beadle to these men ( who , seat —¦— I 1 afterwards , J my ^^ ™ __* Wm friend ^ ^ ^ P ^ ^ heard ^ m ^ B ^» ^ removed B 1 " ^^ " ^ ^ , ^» ' ^^ were " ' ^^ ^^ B" ^ his called " *~ ™ ^ BT cocked ^» Bi ^» - * ' Mutes ^ B » ^ ^ hat ^ ^^ V V W " ) and ™ ' , and ^ B ^ B"B" prepared ^^ B , B" bowing ¦ B ^ J ^ ' ^ » ^ BT '"^ ^ me for ^ " ^ B » ^ to the ^ ^ ^ a
dinner . As I have promised to give your readers a faithful account of do Eng better land as than I found furnish it in the with year the of menu grace of 1 our 868 , meal I can . Millions scarcely in England eat the same you food day after day , and year after year . It was what is called " The Famile" Dinnare . " After waiting for about five minutes we heard a great beating on the gong , and loud noises from , the " Mutes . " Evidently a
frightful combat was going on . At length the uproar ceased , and cried a : " Mute , " pale and panting , threw open the door and "Milor ! milor !" me " ? S " peak , slave , " bellowed the Beadle . " What would you with " We B 1 B ^ ^ B ^ have ^™ B ^^^^^ ^ B ^ serve ^* B" ^ B ^ ^™ w w d ^ iB > the ^^ ^^ ^™ ^^ B ^ ^ Famile ^^ ^ " ^^ ^ ^ B ^ ^ B ^ ^ " ^^ ^^^ * ^ Dinnare " ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ " P ~— ¦ . »"
And here is the menu : — MENU OF THE FAMILE DINNARE . { For Two Persons . ) ist Course . S Plum-pudding ( hot ) .
M Shrimps . 9 Crumpets ( souche ) . ^; - S Marmalade Pea-soup , . g 2 nd Course . o Plum-pudding ( cold ) O
j— ' - - ^ u *&& w * v > t >^ B « x ^> aV & B ^^ xvj v ^* x- * y . ^ j £ Roast-beef . B ' \ B Pork-chop . * <§ ^ & > " " Peppermintdrops Cat-is-meat . " . " ? g S * . g Le Mince Pie . 3 Desert .
" Gingerbreadnuta . " £ - " " Toffee Turkis . - " sherbert . " Q S Eggs . F " Little glass '' of " Stout . " ¦ ¦ And ^™ ^ v ^ pr ^ vr ^ pr this ^ pr ^^ ^^ w ^ .. ^ ^ is ^ ^ B ^ the BV 4 PB > ^ B dinner ^ V- ^ H ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ v - ^^ ^^ P' ^^ that ^^ ^^^^ I ^ v millions ™ ^^ ^^ - ^ " ^^ ^^ ^ pi ^^ P ^^ ^ P > ^^^ of ^ B' ^ ^^ Eng ^^ r- ~^^ ^ B ^ v IM lishmen ^^ ^ B ¦ ^ BV ¦ ^ . B ^ v ^^ ^ B ^ p ^ pi ^ B > eat ^^ P ^ ^^*^ PF W every ^^^ ^ ^ PjpP ^* P
day of their lives ! and After I took dinner my ticket the Beadle ( third escorted -class—it me is to the the most Railway aristocratic Station ) , for London . As I did not leave Folk-es-tone until half-past wished eleven o to ' clock go to on sleep Saturday . Fortunatel night y , for I was me , there very was fatigued no one , and in my I carriage dreamed , so of the I lay happ at full iness length of beautiful on the BP Paris seat and of the slumbered stability WBP VVB BbBBjBJ .
of ^ the ^ B . ^ WIP ^ BP throne ^^^ A Bl B > BB i ^ pW m * of Bb ^ Bl W ^ B ^ B my V B > Bi ^^^ gallant PB 1 Mp ^ > B ^ . ^ BPI « BPr ^^ Pr W Emperor ^ BJ ^ ^ Bl ^ B ^ BP" ^^ v ^ ¦ ^ ¦ W ^ , of ^ P * ^ ^ Bi B > V >^ W the ^ B ^ Bh BT , BJ bravery . BjV A BB BT ^ ^ V ^ pT of * . his ^ « V B * . ^ B noble cousin Prince Napoleon ; I dreamed of the enormous circulation of the " Gamin ? and the money I knew would reward ray exertions on the behalf of its proprietors . At last I woke ing about with were a start indeed , and a found dream the ! things that I had been thinktbroug ^ P * ^ P ^ ~ TIw ^ ^^ ^¦^ P' Bh h ^^ ^^ train some ^ r 1 pP BB 4 P * ^ B ^ p > had brown fJBB * ^ Bi ^ B ^ v r stopped *^ B BB - ^^ holland ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ . * ^^^ ^ ^ , ^^ ^^ r and ^ PH ¦ covering ^^ P ^ ^^^ ¦ w BV the ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ day the ^^ ^^^ PB li g windows * ht w ^^ ^^ ^* ^ was ^*^ ^ BP * * BtV . B streaming BB I * BJP shook W BB ^^^* ^ BP * B > B ^
the mysel Railway f together Guide , and I should pulled out have my reached watch— London half-past hours eight before . By . land I opened . I shouted the window but , all but was couldn as silent ' t see as throug the h the . brown hol-Getting alarmed , , I opened my pen-knife grave and cut a hole throug view h the ! covering , and put my head out . What a sight met my As far as I could see there was nothing but brown holland !
^^ ^^^ ^ " ^ B ^ v ^ pr ^ H ^ V ^ p BP ^^^ ^ BP ^ ^ t ^ F ^> V ^^ ^ B ^^^ W ^ B > ^ V ^ v ^ v ^ v ^^ P' ^^ ^ pr V — ^^ w ^^^ ^ Bl ^ pr ^ B ^ ^ v ^ v ^^ ^ v P | ^> BL ^ H ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ PB * V V BB > BP ^ Bi Bl ^ bp * BB ppp BBBJf a > ^ V W ^ pBtf ^ were The ^^^^^ ^ trees covered » were over encased . The cows in m this ^ a were material standing a a , and in ^ all attitudes _ a the ^ hedges under _¦ the glass flowers cases , were and the clothed birds in were cotton confined wooland in small the cages . itself All was strewn with strips of old floor-cloth . , The train grass I had been tender travelling , vans in , had and stopped carriages on were the slant one and of an all incline swathed , and in engine brown , holland BBBB ^ HpW ^ " ^* ^^^ * B > BB * BjpB * case BBP BP > BV BB . P « SJ s BBT " ! *
the I carriage shouted , because but no one the came doors near were me locked . I couldn , and I 't found get out that of there were bars to the window . When I sat I down woke and I found thoug that ht until it was I gradually five in the dropped afternoon asleep and . that I was very , hungry . I bellowed once again , but with , no better grass in success covers . as There before were —the the p trees lace , was and still the animals as silent , and as the the grave I grew . hungrier , and hungrier , and hungrier , and at last
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 19, 1868, page 121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_19091868/page/9/
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