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    • " SHIEJD BY A HORSE r By A r a'B t. (BEING THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF "BRITANNIA."*)
    • QUESTIONABLE CHARACTERS.
    • ANSWER TO DOUBLE ACROSTIC IN OUR LAST.
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      Chapter Duties Iii.— In Anid ^Hich Pleas...

      was to issue a command as the sun should always rise at six trouble o ' clock , , and and set candles at ten too in . " the evening ; it would save a deal of " " Hear Capital , hear notion , " from , " said all the the President Committee . . " Make the order out , and we'll sign it . " " But how about the seasons V asked Wiggins .

      winter " Yes . " , " said Brown , " we should never know summer from " Well , let it be summer all the year round—and then we because shan ' t want all fires the — things and there will 'll grow be no of troubl themselves e to p for lough eve or r , when sow ; there ain ' t no cold to kill them . " interest " Very will economical be satisfied , " said now . Brown " . " I hope the agricultural

      believe " I hope they they would will , " ; muttered for every one Dibbs knows ruefull the y . agricultural But he did not interest is not easy to satisfy . " And as to this lot of rubbish , " continued the President , pointing of the to house his petitions , and tell , " the let them people lie , P where ryor , if they they are call , on , that the their floor requests are under consideration . "

      So the first meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Heaven and Earth Reform Association for Governing the World on Advanced Liberal Principles came to a conclusion .

      262 The Tom Ah A Wk. {December 4, 1s69.

      262 THE TOM AH A WK . { December 4 , 1 S 69 .

      " Shiejd By A Horse R By A R A'B T. (Being The Christmas Number Of "Britannia."*)

      " SHIEJD BY A HORSE r By A r a ' B t . ( BEING THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF " BRITANNIA . " *)

      Cfjapter £?—Pruning; Stfcroeg Of G£Nbies...

      Cfjapter £ ?—Pruning ; STfcroeg of g £ nBIes # W & nt \ It doesn ' t matter exactly who I am . You may be sure I am that something I am above writing a my Knig memoirs ht—by my for h a shilling htiness magazine , and by . the Yes fact , I matter was a ' r Baronet ! in early youth , and now I am—ha . ' ha I—no I am keeping a lighthouse . Why ? you ask . Because , I

      answer Yesand , it is I the care very not thing for the a baronet world would with its do cruel —in a sneers magazine and ! you inuendoes , ?) , but . for I write my own not this —they for pay your me , pleasure pence , for O reader these ( flash who i are ng lines— I a the penny lineal and descendant a halfpenny of for Sir a dozen Ralh words de Pomatum —and I live live — after yes , this , indignity ! But , ha !—ha !—ha p ! no matter ' r ' r ! , ! ! ¦ ¦ I ** have ^ H * h 1 v ^ B ^ one ~ f- ^ ^ ^ t ^ ^ friend b ^ n <^ ^ rn ^ ^^^ , h Tom ¦ ^ m ~ ^ v ^ ** « fe ^ Lowman mm ^ m ^^ w rife * ^* % ^^ r ^^ v . ¦ ^ He *^ ^^ ^ B ^ was * ^^^ f ^^ my ^^^ ^ m j lackey ^ ^^^ " ^^ ^» ^» ^^ w — ^ my « ^^~ m

      pampered Friend ! , Ha fat ! -calved ha ! ha lackey 1 My — laug and h now is hollow he is . my Make friend a tele- ! heart scope of of hearts it , and ! glance into the very core of my heart—yea , my " Have you heard the news , your grace , my lord Archbishop ?" known said Lowman me when —h I e was alway gay s , addressed and handsome me thus and , merry because , and he good had , joyous and happy and , and careless soug as ht a after young , and spring well , , sparro and economical w wending , and his

      weary , way through the vaults of high heaven—amid the skies —among the cloudlets ! " He What paused news for ? " a I moment replied . passed the palm of his right hand whisper over his , which throbbing seemed temp very les , near , roared , and out yet very in a far kind — of hoarse " Why , the horse show to be sure ! "

      "' To Murder this day will I can out , ' never said Dr say . J what ohnson forced to Professor me to exclaim Faraday , ' — - — a fact embodying all the arguments as yet adduced !" veins I was like mad wildfire , terribl . y mad , and the blood coursed through my sorrowfull Lowman y— started , and seizing me by the hand , answered me " You will never forget her ? "

      " Never !" Ah And , where thus ! !! we ! ! parted—to meet again . When ? Where ? ? < £ i ) apUv M . —® i ) c UEJeatr <& fjo * t ! I went to the fair . I listened to the hoarse shouts of the men and the immense shouts of the horses . It was a lively scene * This is incorrect , or we should not insert it . — Ed . Tom .

      Cfjapter £?—Pruning; Stfcroeg Of G£Nbies...

      and Booth whirli s , and gigs shows , and , and weig theatre hing-machines s , andgingerbread and gingerbread -nuts , and -nuts booths , and ,, all " , all Come , all , everyone and see of the them phantom to pass horse away , ! rna Oh vanity tear , " . c of ried vanities an old ! Jew , grinning and capering like a cat-o ' -nine tails , " Come , ma tears The , come same . " wildterriblehorrible dream filled soul with fearand I paid the , , demanded of me . my

      I , went in . penny left Oh horror home , the in the hors li e hthouse was dead ! . ' It was And for it this was that for this I listened that I not my to the sad voice of g the sea-salt ( not Tidman ' s , but Nature ' s , What O reader would —dear mother Dame Nature ? 's ) waves ! Ah me ! ah me ! my say

      My poor mother ! My poor dear mother ! I wiped away the tear and continued . The Oh , anything horse fixed you its like dead , to eyes fill up upon the me chapter and said 1 — < Kf > a $ Uv M $ . — $$ mnutt b $ tlyt JTtenU !

      I I WAS was back illand once cold more and in the uncomfortable lighthouse . and and sleepy , and , wretched , and dolefuland sick , at heart uneasy . , I was quite I li , g quite hted the alone lamp ! Alone in , the , lantern I say , quite , and , shuddered quite , quite —some alone dread ! ! ! ! presentiment Oh , Damocles seemed ! Oh to , Damocles hang like ! a dagger over me . stretched stretched By degrees hoofs hoofs I and and looked fiery fierv up mane mane , and , stood stood standing the the p r > before hantom hantom me steed steed , with ! !

      out-To shriek , to cut my throat , to , stab myself to the heart , and to I was swear more , was calm the ! work of a moment , and then—then , I sayguest "You . would know who I am ? " demanded my unearthly I bowed my head . " Take a chair , then . And now you shall hear my story . " { To be conchided tuhen we think of the rest . )

      Questionable Characters.

      QUESTIONABLE CHARACTERS .

      The Following Announcement Appeared A Fe...

      The following announcement appeared a few days back in . the morning papers apropos of the strike in the iron trade : — Iron " Most Works of , the at underhand Hanley , have puddlers returned engaged to their at work Earl , Granville and order ' s is restored . " must ^ ^ v ^ h ^ While ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ exp ^^^ ^ v ^ ^ m ^ r ^ ress b we ^^^ ^ htf ^^ are our ^^^ ^ B >^^ ^ h surp ^ g ^^ W lad ^ B ^^ t W' *^^ rise k ^ H to ^^ v ^ k ^ that ^ V hear ^* ^^ ^ v ^ 0 H a ^ v ^ V that * man ^* ** ^* ^^ ^ P ^ W * M the of ^^^ ^^ ^ Lord H strike ^^ V ^^^ ^ fm ^ k ^^ k Granville ^ is ^^^* *^ ^ at ^ ' ^ ' ^ b ^^ an V ^ ^ b . ^ b Vh end ^ F '^ s ^^ posi V ^^ , ^ 4 ^ F we ^ N ^ ^ B -

      tion should have anything to do with " underhand puddlers . " A What want can of his strai lordshi htforwardness p expect from between a morall master y degraded and servant body ? must necessarily be g fatal to the interests of both , while the employment of " puddlers" need never be necessary when ordinary working hands are plentiful in the labour market . Let Lord artizans Granville and rep we lace shall his hear " underhand no more of puddlers strikes " and by disorder above-board . At least , so , we take it .

      Answer To Double Acrostic In Our Last.

      ANSWER TO DOUBLE ACROSTIC IN OUR LAST .

      P Ythones S Y Ok E R Ove R A 1 P M Yrtl ...

      P ythones S Y ok E R ove R A 1 P M yrtl E I n N D eb T

      Answers Have Been Received From Charles'...

      Answers have been received from Charles' Nose , Eiram , Ruby Samuel ' s Ghost E . Thomas , Jean ' s Slodger je ne sais and pas Tiney , Striblets , and Thray , Henry Bang Cherry , and , eighty-nine incorrect , .

      Erratum.—In The Lines On George Peabody ...

      Erratum . —In the lines on George Peabody in our last ( above page , 241 " read ) , nth " borne line above from . bottom " of second column , for "from

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Dec. 4, 1869, page 262, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_04121869/page/12/