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    • WAITING FOR THE HANGMAN!
    • UNLIMITED PLIABILITY.
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      338 The Tomahawk. [December 21, 1867.

      338 THE TOMAHAWK . [ December 21 , 1867 .

      Waiting For The Hangman!

      WAITING FOR THE HANGMAN !

      {Being The Christmas Extra Number Of " O...

      { Being the Christmas Extra Number of " ONCE A Year All the Week Round . " ) with " Too a head bad of , on hair my that word looked , " said like a chubb a wheatsheaf y , red-faced . " Too , little bad man , on , my word Well TTT . 11 . Ten __* minute it ? j _*_ s fault J" "_ past . 1 i of _ the ^* mine hour ? _ J > , and lied 1 not "I the . *_! come __ official _ / V * yet _ * _ 1 ! " in J __ — .

      soft " , sweet , gents voice __ , . ' s " no I suppose he ' s , " missed rep the train , or , over a - slept " But himself he oughtn , or forgotten 't to have the appointment missed the . train " , " persisted the little man , getting ruddier and ruddier ; " and he ought to have and rememb deserves ered his a good appointm showing ent . up . It ' s Can absolutel I write y to scandalous the Star about it ? " . " I'm afraid there won ' t be time , sir . You see , when he d and oes what come ' s we more shall , its have against to look the pretty rules sharp to supp about ly pen the and matter ink and paper . " " Well AX 7 *» 1 T gentlemen ( Tontlotnon " said eo !/^ the -J-Tna little 1 iH-1 *» miii turning i-iivninrr to + r \ his liic < - »/ " » TVI _

      , , man , comwaiting panions here with until a short after lau the gh , " arrival it seems of we the are next all train of us at to be Shore kept - ditch . What shall we do % " seemed " 'Ave to some be all gin neck , " suggested and eyebrows a wretched . -looking creature , who place " I . guess Try , " stranger again . " you It won was ' t a get cute much Yankee liquor who in this made infarnal this observation . nothing " Hum , won , haw ' t . it ? You " It know was , a I s swell ay , ' twill who be said deuced this . slow doing faced " Stop little ! man I ' ve , with got an his idea hair , " looking broke more in impulsivel like a wheatsheaf y the

      redthan ever . " What do you all say to a few stories ? " " Slow , / should say , " said the swell . the " Wai United , I ' m States not . so For sure my about part that , I like , " answered stories . " the citizen of " The Say American rather lies blushed , " exclaimed up to the his " hair rough -roots " maliciousl , but kept y silent . . " Reall "No y quarrelling I think the , pray idea , " of said story the -telling fussy most -looking excellent little and man if . history you like . " I will begin the series by letting you hear my , own The proposition was hailed with the < - ¦ greatest delight .

      Accord r * r \ fr i ng -rtrf-ri ly the 4 * V » c * little 1 i 4-4-1 a man vn * - » t- « commenced s- » rw-v * * -v * ^ n r + e ^ A as * - » follows ^*« . T 1 «* . __ . « - : — The Story of the Banker's Clerk . Twenty-five years ago I entered the house of Tremlet and pages Co . . ) I was & c , & c , & c , & c , & c , & c , & c , & c , & c . ( for six Within a week Mary was my wife !

      " Capital , " said the Yankee at the conclusion of the banker ' s clerk's narrative . "I ' ve seldom heard anything more interesting . Now I suppose it ' s my turn . " And he began as follows : — The Story of the American Inventor . fine New city York . I was is a there fine city in . 185 Say - & what c & c & c like . & , c I & repeat c & c & ' s c a & c . ( for six pages ) . , , , , , , , , since The next morning he was gone , and I've never seen him

      " Bravo ! " exclaimed the banker ' s clerk at the conclusion of sheaf this extraordinary than ever . " narrative If all you , his ' ve hair said looking is true more the a like ffair is wheat most wonderful !" , " My turn now , " said the last of the strangerswaking up from a heavy sleep . " Well ' ere goes . " , And he began . The Storv op thk " RnTrrmJ *

      I never did like Betsy \ She was ever so much too stuck tip Well for me , o , ne so d ay & see c , as & c , ' ow & c we , & didn c , & ' t c ., live & c , very & c , ' & app c , il & y c . to ( gether for six . pages ) . So the werdict they brought in was " accidental they death was , " but wrong you . as know the facts of the case will say as ' ow The werdict should have been " murder /

      at A last dead broken silence bj followed the entrance this horrible into the r condemned evelation , which -cell of was a warder banker ' , s who clerk , , with exclaimed a nod , to the Yankee , and a bow to the " Now gents , look sharp . Mr . C alcraft ' s just come , and is ready for you in the pinioning-room . 'Aint it funny ? Just man now 's you a waiting were a for waiting you . for Howsomever the hangman , such , and is life now ! " the hang ? -

      Unlimited Pliability.

      UNLIMITED PLIABILITY .

      It Must Be Pleasing To All Those Who Lov...

      It must be pleasing to all those who love their country to see how the wise and enlightened Government under which we live has ings profited which h by ave the been examples givenb which y its predecessors have been set . , Other and the Govern warn - - ments may have lost their p , laces through holding fast to their that princi tnat is is p proscriDea proscribed les , —but not . ana and they p persecuted ersecuted ; others , — — may not not remain tney thev ; ; others otners faithful may may to a resist resist faith

      encroachments on the authority of , the Crown and the dignity of the Ministry—but not they , for they have discovered that the method best and of" safest governing , the is noblest that which , greatest is conducted and most on the creditable principle of Unlimited Pliability , which they have accordingly elaborated into a perfect science—and this principle has been carried out with no half-heart or want of confidence in it . There is a kind b of lance waverer of self who -respect even while and to he persuade wavers , outsiders manages to that -keep his up wavering a semis is due due to to profound proiouna calculation calculation , , , or or an an apprehension apprenension of 01 occult occult truth truth

      too deep for ordinary minds , but this kind has failed to appreciate the admirable principle in question to its full extent . It is the other kind of waverer—he who manifestly wavers because he has not sufficient head to balance himself into steadiness , and who takes any direction anybody likes to give to him , however and opposed manifestl it may y be because to his he former feels direction him self , " powerless without a to strugg resist le . , tion This of is Unlimite the waverer d Pliability pure and , and immaculate we owe , the the M true inistry personifica a debt of - gratitude iii cvVJLiLJfor ivsx having shown us \?/ xiicvii" instances Jiiiwciiivvw of v / j the miv j kind ^ ajivi

      It is pleasing . u . v * < . IXC to v learn tug guv too vv ax th at j so * a more many r extensive ^ use . is to be . made henceforth of the power which it gives to the people . Beales and Potter are entitled to the credit of having first discovered how pliable the Government is . They bullied , and it gave way . The Fenians took the cue , and are even now relying upon it for protection to their idiotic processions and twopenny-halfpenny treason-spouting . The costermohgersafter they had been abolished by Act of Parliament mind—had squeeze squeeze only to meet what wnat and tney they say wanted wanica that they out out were of 01 the me 50 , 000 piiauie pliable strong wind winu in -- order bags oags to 01 of

      way Whitehall in order , and to they squeeze will out onl y the have other to concessions meet again in which the sam they e have to strike dfscovered and to upset that they a few also growlers want . t The o get cabmen their case , too considered , had only , o f not the ameliorated suffering , cla , . sses and have taking resolved exampl , e to from take these the same some means other of gaining their objects . The following are a few of the move- - ments which will be undertaken shortly : — The the burglars modifica of t London ion of t will he crimina meet in l laws Exeter espec H ially all to procure repeal

      missal of all t of he al penal l the crimina statutes , jud and ges to . require , the instant dis-The the of ffarotters the intervals cat , will with of meet which business in Hyde they ) , to have Park protes recently in t against the evening made the acquaint barbar ( during ity ance , and to require that the police should be abolished . The dog-stealers will memorialise Mr . Hardy against the dogtax , on account of the harm it does to their trade .

      Bank directors will protest against the Bankruptcy laws . mons cessions Each tration of ; and these , which anybody meetings will , who of will course has be , a followed procure grievance by the a should desired monster attend con de - - and support , in order that the like may be done for him when grievances his all which grievance we , and shall comes arri owe . ve to at this the a state blessed way we of princi shall universal shortl ple of contentmen y redress Unlimited all t , Pliability .

      End Maxim By Bolting For . The Turf.—Tho...

      end Maxim by bolting for . the Turf . —Those who begin by plunging ,

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Dec. 21, 1867, page 338, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_21121867/page/2/