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    May 29,1869.3 THE TOMAHA WK. 241

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    PLUTO AT EPSOM. MwamMMWBVk a

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    {See the Cartoon). hard The with King hi...

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    May 29,1869.3 The Tomaha Wk. 241

    May 29 , 1869 . 3 THE TOMAHA WK . 241

    Pluto At Epsom. Mwammmwbvk A

    PLUTO AT EPSOM . MwamMMWBVk a

    {See The Cartoon). Hard The With King Hi...

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    fernal chamber . very " What disagreeable ' s the matter to-day , my . " dear % " asked Proserpine , " You look that " Disagreeable one can scarcely ! Who sit in wouldn comfort ' t be by ? one Coals ' s own are fireside so expensive ! Then to again make , your both milliner ends meet ' s bill . is If so it hig were h that not for I scarcel the few y rich know how le who ^ K bring their ^^ H money ^^_ m down ^ m ^ K a here ^^ occasionall ^ B Mt AT ^ m y to swell our peop

    exMWthe chequer Court , b , y and J up take iter ^ , the I do ^ benefit believe of I the should Act . " have to go through very does " I clever cut am a sure little with the to their Misses waste weaving with Clotho , her althoug , shears Atropos h . one , And and of as them Lachesis for certainl , are y expense ; wh of having y they are their the own most way reasonable , perhaps , peop but le on in the Hades whole —a particularl little fond y civil and obliging . " " That 4 V * Mm % MJIt * m may * J . ft (* 1 be ftaFW , * ¦ but FV »« r I 4 V ^ don m * t » S m * ' t •» like ** £ a >^ pay + •* + *»] ing M . m f »^ . for 'w * civility w «> * M .+. m .-rj , a , " « said * M *^«

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    too " bad Proserp ! Do ine you ! " rep think lied that Pluto such , sternly a contemptible , " come , schem that's e woul reall d y come " 1 don from ' t know this p . lace You !" are bad enough for anything . " am " a Come little , come out of , I temper didn ' t this mean morning to offend . I have you . had The some fact is bad , I news respectable from Earth branches . They of this are establishment going to close . " , by law , some very < r Where 1 "

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    just as bad they tell me in Olympus . Every body ' s disgusted . Jup up his iter abode ' s eagle at has a sort flown of Cremorne down from in the the stars City , road and . has The taken old reprobate — we shall have him here soon , if he dosen ' t look out Left . his Then mistress again Wisdom , there ' s to Minerva make ' s a fiasco Otul , in a very print nice ! I think bird ! every ¦^» v ^** J bod Wmw ^ m *^* mi y W mu f »»* st ^ be mtmr ^ m ^ going J *^^^**** J ^ mad aB » WM ! w «¦> I ^ scarcel ^ y — ^ m- -mMiMM y j know M ^ m ^^ - ^ Mr mw the ***«* p ^*» lace ^ m **/^ f »

    now He -a- sat days down !" before the fire , and stared gloomily at the blaze . up " to By Earth Jove , to " he see cried how , starting things are up , getting " I am burnt on there if I . don Here ' t go , Faust 1 Faust !!" «• at *»*» A the »»» young ^* call ^ MVmmUMMW . man in a very handsome dress made his appearance M m \ M * a i ^ Mi ^ M ^ MM . > BK MM- Mia ^ ^ A Mt ^ B K m

    me " , Yes what ^ , Sire _^ pleasure ^^ , what can pleasure I do thee can ? " I do thee ? Tell me , oh tell . ^^ way " s Oh making stop that a row sing 1 " ing , " cried Pluto irritably , " You are al" It ' s my destiny to murder Gounod , as Gounod has murcoup dered le Goethe of phantom . Strum chords , strum on an , " and imaginary he pretended double bass to . play a my W " commands WV Silence 4 * fe * A * k ««* , ^>« slave M . * I + M , , " propose _ F ^ cried ^* T ^ m * ^ Mr ^ 0- ^ MT Pluto a w visit mj «» W « emphaticall toW to ^^ V- earth H WV " ^^^ — y you , ¦^ " M' * MM and , will WW ^^^ listen take ^ ^ mH * M +, ^ Mj my M } M to > mj

    place Faust in my bowed absence low . before " the King of Hades . do " wn The here Furie fitted s require for the some situation assistants ?" ; do you know any one doubt Faust , my considered lord , that a I moment shall find , and plenty then ripe rep for lied the — post " I have among no those " Be degraded it so ; and creatures now before , the I Poor go , -law is there Guardians any one . " who wishes to ' see mm -- M *^ MT * me M + m *~ M * ? •" ¦ A a ^^ a K . A ^ m ^*^^ ^ A ^ H & M ) M ^ M \ ^ b ^ b

    dared " Sire to , " invad said e Faust _ your , sacred trembling kingdom , * ' an . " audacious ^ mortal has was " What the traitor ! " thundered Cerberus the ?" King , shaking with rage , " where Guardian " Good , of my the lord Gate , " rep had lied left the Hades much- to frig visit htened a distant Faust colony , " the in Strayed which Dogs he . takes " great interest —the Home for Lost and the " Brave creature shop in ! " the cried vicinity Pluto of admiring the dreadful ly , " did place he — know had he of

    heard m sausage m of mm- the ^ i muzzlin « g propensities • of ^» the _« ¦ human mm * police ? " m . M . " " I He must had forg , my ive lord him , and —his yet valour he defied protects both him dangers from . " my rage . But " He why went did , he my not lord return , to see at an night exhibition ? " of living cat ' s meat held at Astley ' s . " has " A gained painful admission sight , " observed here , I suppose Pluto . we " But must now admit that a him mortal to our The presence a « faithful . " »^ Faust k «« v »^^ retired Mt mm and mmmmmy ^ reappeared wMt # k # with + a youth VMvMl who

    the carried ^ youth » ' ^ *« a barrel M »«> \ began ** Mi « organ playing . ^^ mm Before WmmMM his ^ ** ^ ^ instrument the Mi ^ King HB | ^ Mt A v of «« * of torture ^^^ » Hell ^^ vt » ^^ H m * . M \ Ml m M could ) ^ j ^» ^ B speak W »» ^* sounds Pluto . and Faust shrieked with anguish at the dreadful shall " Stop have , " what cried you the want king . , " " cease that horrid noise and you the " chorus You promise of "Tommy it , " said Dodd the . youth " , stopping in the middle of " I do . " »* Give m *** back « wife aw mm

    " " Your me wife ! " murmured my . " Pluto in the last stage of surprise ; " why " Orpheus , man . . what " is your name ? " " " And Hanwell your Lunatic address Asy ? lum . " me " no I thought longer with so , " said wonder Pluto now drily that ; I " know your st the rang name e reques of t your fills abode After . a Be few it as words you will with . " Fausthis Infernal Majesty

    emm mm jki * a _ , tm mmm m mi *\ * jm * m barked Bank Department on Charon ' s of boat the Post en route Office for , Cayenne Earth vid , and the the Savings Styx . # # # « m * strai Pluto ght , to on Newgate his arrival , murmuring in this wicked to himself world , of " Surel ours y , went in a prison He was will mis I find taken the . veritable Clean beds Hades and . " comfortable cells , a nice

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 29, 1869, page 241, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_29051869/page/11/