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    January 23, -1869. THE TOMAHAWK. 39

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    " DROPPED AMONG THE PjRIGS." A NOVEL OF ...

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    By Author o'"Picquet." [Note his .— hand...

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    January 23, -1869. The Tomahawk. 39

    January 23 , -1869 . THE TOMAHAWK . 39

    " Dropped Among The Pjrigs." A Novel Of ...

    " DROPPED AMONG THE PjRIGS . " A NOVEL OF PRINCIPLE .

    By Author O'"Picquet." [Note His .— Hand...

    By Author o '" Picquet . " [ Note his . — hand The to au the thor yo of ung this writer very ori of g the inal remark and striking able (!) tale nove begs l now to pub offer - lishing in Britannia , and to assure him that he forgives him from his Mr . heart a Beckett for having ( so he so calls rudely himself antici ) pated can onl him y . publish However his , novel since " as monthl he can y , the publish author his weekl the y . ginal If Mr feels . a that Beckett he has chooses the advantage to feel , offended at the plain spokenness of the-Author o' " Picquet , " this is libel a a ire fre e e country cuuiiuy the , , <& and iiu ijlc he can cctn who . . j If . i he iic these tiiuusca chooses lines to iu let bring unug him ! an an The action atuuu for » ui

    mediatel keeps against a y declaration Mr . a genius Beckett of bankruptcy commences pens all his read , action y copied the genius , and genius will imforward that declaration to the proper quarter . A harmless career considering of litigation the lies above before facts Mr , . a B . if likel he chooses y to be to a very pursue profitable it ; but , one the odious the genius power , & of c , comparisons stands undaunted . If the on public his rig don hts ' , t think defies the amusement wh original y the far public be consider tter must than b it e Mr a bi Verbum . gger Arthur fool a than Beckett 7 tale those is ' s enough servile who cater for copy a for of lame its it ,

    horse . ] . perso ®> k z jjroggiorgtt * . A Legacy with a Vengeance . CHAPTER . I . IN OR NEAR - THE UNDERTAKER ' S ..

    Down Down among among the the dead dead men men , , How joll Old y are Song we I ( may be had of the Author ) . have The pattered morning dow n on cold many winter a league ' s day of pavement The flakes ; they of snow have to fallen the on tend th er e and area sli railing ghtly torp which id police afford man but ; a they scanty have support palpiwhitened tated on the the wa black rm uncovered face of many head an honest of the old blucher chimney boy ; ; have have layed pitch and toss with a shady character in the quiet

    slums p With of your Whitechapel kind per . mission many , ladies and gentlemen ( for this occasion only ) , we will attend upon the snow flakes in capacity of moralist . Crap er general Mute is , and an maunderer undertaker in . particular Mr . Craper . Mute furnishes and attends funeralswith his satellites . Very like « Saturn ^«* I » 14 & . U is J . O Mr JLT . L JL . Craper \_ sJL C * £ SV * 4 . Mute JLTJh U . t »^*) , for 4 . VT , he *& W is *» l grim £ j * ** XA —saturnine 4 tVbUJ , AAA is — v and - **** - he — -

    has rings too—flashy big rings . Very prosperous Mr . Craper occasions Mute , and proud s , adly ay ! fr pr om oud the of the heads sable of p the lumes sable that horses , on sole a m n d receptacles from the summit . Proud of the is he sable of hearse the grim , but escutcheons now repose that in vario hang us out above in front his he of ad the , waiting house , for wh th ere e summons the auctioneer of Death with to the be scythe hung , hu and man the lot skull . Proud and the is he hour of glas the s festoons has kno of cked crape down which one more hang like mourning us man groves a e around ctable m him an . a proud k # Mr + . man Craper And Mute Wfc well is he a

    proud may prospero L / l WWiy b , e if VUtf proud yo u & fcVAli had . , J Reader a resp 1 % Wk flourishing / WbUIW , h u mble AUMIIAI busine , reader * s s , , some would ¦»»*«•«>••• . four not <««»* tho VV usan ^ JUt u be AAW d . pou wife n e who po of unds know good in s d how e e bank to on , c t o ur o say k books a nothing din , n er of s a om portl on e e five y child com th fortabl ousand and a e grey , venerable head 1 Ah ! my humble , reader y , you would , be proud work Mr . . Craper romance Mute or had poetry one of his nev books er read open anythi before ng b him ut a , not dirge a

    facts or Ah tw ! o n , happy and figure Co y s , o n u gre , r v r e e ader ' e s " c , Mou if n t rning book the , Bride e bound nd o " )> in every but green a ye and work ar yo red ur of ! - n on ame the does debtor not side appear . too frequently in such books—at least , undertaker The large . book The , bound page was in green headed and , red " Sir , lay Rupert open befor Roderick e the Ruth Ah , R me izzio 1 , wh Baronet at a nu , in mber account of entries with Craper on the Mute debtor I " side ( Sir only Rupert on ' s Craper debtor Mute side ) ' s , and creditor none side on ) . the creditor side ( at least ,

    one Such Oh I a reader costl a long y one , shall long ! a bill handsome I jf and ^ Only I one ride ! t n o eral our , but an psm b expen ehind * siv six e horses , or crawl , there you on the backs of four men grave ? A very , long bill ! A very costly funeral , quite regardless of pageant expense Craper . , each Mute item even in the now paraphernalia recals each of part the undertaking of the ghastl . y

    three " Sixteen hundred coal yard black s of horses black 1 silk such ! six beauties hundred ! twenty yards mutes of best ! crape Turn ! all over to drag the page a poor , and little there boy to is the one famil item : vault " To " decent walking funeral of , ( but we must not read the name , ) . £ 3 . " grand Yes , nodding so it is . The hearse heir to of the the tomb Ruth ; but Rizzios that must poor ride woman in a , ah 1 Society , Society ( I don ' t mean Mr . Robertson ' s play ) , do you think that t Cerberus ! asks you how much your undertaker do not ' s bill

    is ? I don ' : no smug , beautiful , painted Society , I . Craper ' - That Mute was . a The strange baronet affair , paid a very the strange bill too affair , and J " that muttere was d stranger Who wa . s she , ah ! inquisitive but amiable reader , who was she ? CHAPTER II . THE BARONET AND THE COBBLER .

    He raised aloft his bloody hand , Then And the he cobbler cried , ' said c Oh , proud '' I mend my race your ! shoes " , But I cannot mend your pace The . " Ballad of Boots . Hall Sir was Rupert a Baronet Roderick and no mistake Ruth Rizzio . , Baronet , of Rizzio He , had not always , been a Baronet , oh no ! he had once

    as been we a are baby all . in Ah love ! we sometime are all babie or other s sometime ! or other , —just at Rupert Christ ' s Rizzio Hosp had ital . been Ah a ! student he was , not only at plain Christ Rupert Church Rizzio , but then The —very Rizzios plain had . all worshipped the great Buddha , but being Rupert a was parish a co clerk nvert . ; But in fact it was , he not had to distant be . hopes one day of tween The him fifty-seven and fortune cousins ***^ were who at stood last * in remove viuv various f d altogether % + removes wa ^ j be by

    -Roderick cholera v ** w *« ******* morbus Ruth «*»**^« B , to and *^^ his * «>« Rupert name » * r ^* to Rizzio ^ g ive ^*«* vvm himself was « * Sir di Rup gnity vm ert . . w ^ r t ^ He ^ . added , " *'_/ credit It is ; but a very when remarkable he came in thing to , the and Baronetcy much to and Sir Rupert the fine ' s not prop revert erty of to Rizzio the religion Hall , he of still Buddha remained . a Protestant , and did age Rach You of el Jlckus . see Pol and ygamy chign has ons its ^ of disadvantage Marie Antoinette s , especiall and y Madam in this e

    It Pol is ygamy also is dangerous expensive j . at least to some . Wives sometimes to scratch one . their husbands' eyes out , especially when they are three so Sir having Rupert change knew d once some , he of the changed disadvantages for good and of his all old , or reli for gion bad , of and being all , — whic parish h of cl us erk kn now ows so , reader his con 'I version Yet he was had disinterested no chance —very disinterested . ,

    up passing Lady Sir for th fai e Rizzio e part r —at m . did least rried not she a paint r passed ich wif j oh e for , * no not fair ! very She when beautiful did she not was , b enamel u made t still ( excep But , t her ' t teeth tell ) anyone ; oh no , p ! lease , dear reader , she was like all k wome now But n the I — must a dear very not reader good be so piece will very be of alraid canva cynical s of , to me I put reall . colour y must on n . ot , else I you Yo know u kno who w the else child died died —the —the woman only whose one they funeral ever was had not ; very and expensive And , wh . at But ' s more you , you don ' shan t kno ' t w . who the Cobbler was . ( To be continued in our next . )

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Jan. 23, 1869, page 39, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_23011869/page/9/