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August ^ 1868.] THE TOMA HA WK . 85
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A TRUE TRAGICOMEDY. TOLD IN A SERIES OF POETICAL EPISTLES.
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Epistle IV. From Florence's Mother to Er...
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August ^ 1868.] The Toma Ha Wk . 85
August ^ 1868 . ] THE TOMA HA WK . 85
A True Tragicomedy. Told In A Series Of Poetical Epistles.
A TRUE TRAGICOMEDY . TOLD IN A SERIES OF POETICAL EPISTLES .
Epistle Iv. From Florence's Mother To Er...
Epistle IV . From Florence ' s Mother to Erica . Florence And will be is busy all the with morning the milliner ; so I , take My You pen know in hand how to all write -important to you is for the her make . Of But ev ' ry begs dress you ; will and excuse so she her cannot for the stir , sake
The Of her very new first occupations of which , , of now course so pressing , is dressing — . For A when single she thing came , Erica to town , fit to , she wear reall . y hadn ' t I do To assure see her you wardrobe , you'd . have I was been in quite despair saddened . But To now see my the heart lovely both things lightened on couch is and and g chair laddened , Piled in the room in which her b maid ¦ ¦¦ sits stitching ¦¦¦¦¦ pl j
epB * A h ^» ^^^ ^ b 9 > ^ fc ^ fc ^ fc * t Aa ^^ ^ p > ^ k ^ ^ m ^ Mr ^ b ^ B ^ b 4 P *^ M V v ^» 4 > ^ b ^^ w ^ v ^™^™ ^ p ^ ^^ b ^ k ^ b ^ m ^»^ " *^ r ^^ ^ v ^^ v ^^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^^ ^^^^^^—^^ v And as for Florence , why , she looks bewitching . The ( Tho new se s Companies your letter broug I always ht her had is a quite dread shocking of ; . I'd Or sooner in those put secret riiy money drawers in a that stocking one has , read of That open with a spring without unlocking . ) , And I can quite believe you ' re almost dead of
Would That That dreadful dreadful not Boulogne p ulace lace from from or Calai which which s have you vou been write write better your vour letter letter 1 .. I quite To Florence agree with about you mountains in all you being say- appalling ; One ' s constantly afraid to lose one ' s way , - And even with a guide one ' s always falling . PBB I ^ hate Br ^ P- PrfW %# ^ ' p the W # ^ h 4 P > ^ p * T Continent ^ P * pP ^ ^^ P ^^ H ^» PJP 4 ^ fr ^* ^^« pb ^ B P * — ^ at v ^ v V least ^ P" ^^ M *^^^^ ^ P" lo ^ v ^^ ¦¦ * stay ^ ^^^ r m v :
S Nothing p Life irits to depressed like me there London ; appears and , if after you so London want dull to and , hei Brig drawling ghten hton . . Now You , if mi you ht 'd awhile been the other exile side have the forsaken Straits , And tripped g across for your a few balls and fetes j , You , For in thoug somehow h our ; house and thoug is small h , of , we course could , one have hates taken One To needs have must one ' s do househ one ' old s best all where upset and space shaken is precious , .
- ^^^ A A ^ V wm ^^ t ^ ^ P * ^»» " ^^ ^ UPl ^ W W V ^* P » ^»» ^ P ^ ^ P ^ ^ p ^ " ^^ ^^ ™» - ^ » w »^ ^ pr ^* ^^ ^» B ^ — " ^™ ~^~ — - ™~ g ^ —* - ^ ^» ^ - ^ ^^ " ^^» And then your presence would so much refresh us . Florence And at is your broken not - being hearted here at your in town losses to meet , her . She And bids but me for say which your her absence Season quite had a been cross sweeter is , . ( You Alread know sc how ores true of suitors and warm at her a being feet - are Floss . is . )
PB 1 PBtUppBj ^ v W ^* V y W w ^ P' ^ v PP * ^ PP ^ ^^ r "P ^ ^ " ^ P ^ ™ p ^ pt ^ v ^^ ^ v ^^ ^ p ^ r ^ v ^ q * ^^ r ^^ ^^ ^ p » ^ pp ^» ¦ ¦ —» ~^» - ^ It ' s quite absurd to see the way she ' s feted ; Women and men alike are fascinated . And Te l entre l ou notts in co — nfi dence I suppose the lates I t must news y ( I ' m Some sure people there ' s of no great one wealth I can better have trust certain )— views
Respecting her that soon must be discussed . From Their every son ' point s , perhaps . But , no , then t qui t a e w er f a ect t I man should choose Is , as you know , rare as a jet-black swan . His father ' s fortune ' s something quite enormous , And made exclusively from bricks and mortar .
He And built though half Croydon mere parvenus , so our friends still they inform go to us Court ; or The noblest houses , and they , come and storm us —• Each I wish day they with 'd opera make -boxes their , calls invit at little ions ; shorter-Indeed , they treat us almost like relations .
And that ' s precisely what they'd like to be . They want their son to wed my darling child . \ And Must thoug be , h to , from say the all that least I , a can little gather " wild , he , " There But ' s may nothing with in marriage ' t , as far p as lans I can be reconciled see , ; For ante-matrimonial carouses
Are , I imagine , common to all spouses . And mothers can ' t afford now to be saucy , For so few men worth marrying propose ; Each of them seems to think himself a D'Orsay , And And those give who s his ' re whole not mere thoug pop hts injays to himself are horsey and clothes ; .
So And what when that see 's with so , lord turfites ! how and their with money tailors goes ! Sweet marriageable , you , girls are perfect failures . , Not Has that ceased the sex by superior lovely woman , my dear to , be captured , But By that wicked the present wanton race creature , you s 'll are grieve enraptured to hear , , Who And dra when g them the fool into s debt have o with 'er head them and ev ' ear ry nap ; . shared
Who Leave ' re these then their too poor beggared to take victims a girl in to the church lurch . , . The Bullions—for that ' s their name—desire To snatch their son from such a dreadful fate . He His has fingers , I hear burnt , already ; but in cure the fire is not too late . They think that they can drag him from the mire
If they can find him but a proper mate ; And feel quite sure that Florrie ' s youth and beauty A sense would give him of domestic duty . And if a rich young fellow can be snatched And From with spendthrift a lovel and disreputable irl be matched ways , y pure young g ,
Nor The should wilder we he when has been his home , the more is the l praise thatched : Enquire too , much into his outdoor snug days y . , I ' m glad you gave such good advice to Florence On want of means . / hold it in abhorrence . ¦ As B 4 » B ^ for ^ p ^^ the W ^» ^ pT ^ man »* fc Pi PJ A A ' m s ^ not o »« ^^ PJP being P ^ V *«* te of ^^ ^ noble ^^ ^^ v ^ v ^ v birth ^ r ^ ^ ,
Indeed Beggars , so — great such of , now husbands , are parents is the — dearth can ' t , be choosers ; Exacting ones invariably are losers . A That topic the ' tis of old universal race of feminine mirth refusers To Is dead men , on and whom now their they once hearts had are turned soft as their wax backs . And men of noble lineage ¦ never dream
^^ «« pi ^ ^^^ PB ^ V ^ V ^ P ^ pT ^* ^* ^^ T ^ W ^ H ^ H ^^ r ^^ v ^ H ^ pp ^ V ^^^^ B ^^ H « ^^ " ^^ ^^* ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ~ " ^^»^ W Of marrying a wife without ^* a fortune ; Or—and I ' m sure you won't me partial deem—They would for my child ' s favour soon importune . So Flo does ' to it this not chance , Erica , her to yo inclination \ i seem , ought tune ? T D iamonds man can , and giv everything e her houses the , horses world , possesses dresses , .
Now The , a thing s I sa , id as , all yet this , is onl is y entre on the nousj tapis j And you can understand 'twould never do Should To make not come it public forward , lest . by Still some I mishap felt that he Would like to know what •«* # . )> , make Florence you happy ; And I I see see as no no this reason reason islan whv w d hy 's not iit t should should like that not not of do do Crusoe so so .. ,
Of To course Florence , a word in y of our this lett you ers , mu w ' . ien st no you t men write tio ; n I should not think she guesses che intention And Of would our new if friends told in being it so an polite invention , . Now of all , this you , pronounce must be wearied quite , So I conclude . Write as you wrote us lately . Good-bye , Erica . Yours affectionately . ' ,
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 29, 1868, page 85, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_29081868/page/5/
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