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    February 27, 1869.3 THE TOMAHA WK. 97

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    No. I.—Pluck. (By The Author Ofhis'n, Ca...

    Enter , "while Beau ' s back is turned , Aniline Dighe . Aniline { smiling to Beau ) . —O , my preserver I Beau but . — a The deer bull . ! the bull { turning round ) ! No , not a bull , Aniline . —Don't be afraid ! Beau bull . —Dear ? me , I ' m not afraid . In point of fact , what is a Aniline Suddenl . —Listen a lovel . Just tenor now voice I was struck pursued by ear a and mad that cow of . the cow y at the same y time . The tune saved my my life , for the Beau cow . —Good died of for it . tune That , but was bad good for cow fortune 1 . ANILINE . —I must be off to find my preserver . [ Exit . Re-enter Bob . Bob . —Quite an adventure . Beau were . —That the you host , Bob of the ? bull Such . a long way off—thought you Bob—Don ' t g trifle . . t Beau all . — the If it cake comes and to that irit , at what the is bottom trifle ? . Soapsuds at top and sp Bob . a —You irl is mean frihtened what is and pluck a man ? A b becomes ull rushes a hero or a . cow See sli what ps—I ' ve g found g { brings out a Pair of Balmoral boots ) . Bob Beau . — . — Can Scarcel 't say y . the Found young them lady close ' s size to . the dead cow . Bob Beau . — { Or looking Bullmorals with his . glass ) . —Must be half-calf I should say . Bob Beau . — . — A What pick-me do - . up you I suppose sincerely I ' ve hope got . ? Beau shakes his head . Bob . —Cigars more probably . Beau brings out babies' shoes . Bob . —Socks by jingo ! Beau the . — charmer Sox et pr . < zterea nihil , as Cicero saysi But here comes Re-enter Aniline Dighe . Aniline Bob . —No { to j he Beau ' s onl ) . — y Oh preserved , my preserver . I was 1 your preserver . Aniline found . — anything Oh , ray ? preserver . I knew you were . Have you Bob . a — pair Found of soles 1 I have . a heart , which I never knew before , and Aniline . —They belong to the Master of Trinity , my father . Beau socks . —Gad . ! I shall matriculate to-night . Also a pair of Aniline both . . ] " —They I should belong like to to stay the longer Dean , , but my duty uncle takes . [ She me away takes . Do not follow me . [ She retires slowly , looking over her shoulder " . ] They look after Beau j ^^ s * s P 1 uc ^* { her as she goes . ] Curtain descends .

    Act II . THE LECTURE-ROOM . —BOTHERATION . Enter Beau . Beau [ Looks . —Jolly about being for at his college desk . ] " ! Very I get short younger -sighted every still , day but . that lectures Latin gives Grammar . me [ Sits a fashionable at yet desk , thoug . ] " h appearance ; confounde . d Don nuisance ' t know these my Enter Bob . Bob . you —Hallo think ! of you college ' re the life new 1 freshman , ain ' t you ? What do Beau dons . —I will like persist the life in , but thinking don't I care ought about to be the more college serious . The at Bob . niy —Can age ' t . say After . Anything all , what the is my other age side ? of a hundred . Beau Come . —Gad down ! Bob the I river I shall after be lecture angry % if you talk nonsense . Beau Bob . — . — Boating I shall , go sailing in a , funny or how . ? I like handling sculls . Beau Bob . — . — Like Confound Hamlet you , ratKer . My a age grave I I subject 'm young at enoug your age h t . o punch your head . [ Gets up and hits out . Bob returns ,

    when—Enter Aniline Dighe . Aniline . —Gentlemen , I beg . Beau \ ^ * a (* y * [ Both take off their caps and bow . ] Aniline fact . is —You father may think the it Master odd that is I at should Newmarket be here , an but d the uncle , the , my Dean , has , been gated , , so I have been requested , my All . to — examine Hear ! hear the gentlemen ! at lecture . Aniline it as . a — matter Hush , if of you course please . I . had You asked are begged several to ladies look upon in to assist examination at your themselves examination in , " but Mangnall they were ' s Questions passing a ri " g in the Senate House * So I am alone . Aniline Beau . —A .- — loan Silence we . will [ Th repay ey are with trotted heartfelt out thanks . Afterwards . sit . ]' was We will made first by Brutus take' Roman to Caesar History when . Mark You . Antony What returned remark from Brundusium 1 Beau . — " Tityre I tumque cano vox populi tegmine fagi . " Aniline Curtius { to shoot Bob ) the . —You geese always of the Capitol know . ? Why did Quintus Aniline Bob . —In . — order You that { to Beau he mi ) . ght What be Dux does of Dux the mean Roman 1 army . Beau . —Don ' t know . Aniline . —Next . Bob . —A Leader . Beau . —Leda had nothing to do with Dux . It was a swan . Aniline to the { to play Bob ? ) . —Why did Pandora slip down when she went Bob . —Because there was Hope ( soap ) at the bottom of her Box . Aniline . —Let me see . Bob Beau { to { to Beau Bob ) ) . . — —I No shall ; I shall send . her I a said Valentine so first . . Bob . —I don ' t care . They are squabbling 'when Aniline . —Attention ! I mean silence in the court . Now 760 times u . were c , the troubled Romans and were their lookin choice g for was a Dictator difficult , . and Who the Both did { rising they consider ) . —Griffiths a , safe . man ? Aniline histori . — an No Herodotus , no . Who charge 's Griffiths d -with l ? ying Why ? was the Greek Aniline Bob . —We { shutting charged him her book because ) . —You He may rode go at . us . Bob . —That ' s a blessing . I shall send her a Valentine . { Goes out with ( Beau his head is going over too his . ) shottlder . ) Aniline . —Stay . My back hair wants brushing . Be good humiliating enough to remember him . you are ' a freshman . { Aside . ) I like ( Beau takes small brush out of his pocket ) . Bob me { putting pluck his it from head him in ) . . —The brush is for the winner . Let Beau . — -This is more than pluck . Curtain ,

    Act III . THE RIVER-SIDE . —LONG VACATION . Enter finall Beau y sits , with in centre camp-stool . N under . B . —A his real arm pump , He in looks foreground about t and . Beau and rising . —Charming still in my I feel old , charming inclined trunk . The to ! This stay Long is where Vacation life . I I am feel will . the I soon adore young beg sap the in , college head , the college porter , and the college puddings , but Dig , he more . Let than me read all , over I adore the Valentine the College I am Belle going —Aniline to send her : — [ Read . ] My To dearest thee I love write , I feel Aniline quite shy 1 . — , my With If thou thee wilt I'll be live , with valentine thee I . 'll die , my . I'll Shirtings fetch thee , shallots cottons , , or lemon sberry -peel wine , , Indigo , starch , and cochineal .

    February 27, 1869.3 The Tomaha Wk. 97

    February 27 , 1869 . 3 THE TOMAHA WK . 97

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 27, 1869, page 97, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_27021869/page/13/