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    io 4 THE TOM AH A WK. [September 12 , 18...

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    A TRUE TRAGI-COMEDY. TOLD IN A SERIES OF POETICAL EPISTLES,

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    Epistle VII. From Florence to Erica. It ...

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    No I.—Concerning "The Greatest Plague In...

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    but inherit it money is the , the wiser , luxuries coarse which to teach they them will then first , habits be able ot to frugality afford ; before and self you -denial give , them to make the certain means they of gratif are y not ing idl idle e and and vicious vicious , tastes does is none not . the A affect farmer less to superior ' be s son superior , who to his has to father him received in in his knowled a dress first- . rate ge because education he , The girls who go into service ( from the class of which we have laces been in the speaking household ) would but , for as the their mo ^ masters t part , fill and mistresses superior have p wv great influence Jk Jt rib over ; them Jfc ¦ so ¦ they have great influence ¦ ¦

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    subject In In the the , we further further shall consider remarks remarks how , , which which the condition we we propose Drooose of the to to humbler make make on on class this this and of servant by themselves s can be . improved by their masters and mistresses ,

    Io 4 The Tom Ah A Wk. [September 12 , 18...

    io 4 THE TOM AH A WK . [ September 12 , 1868 .

    A True Tragi-Comedy. Told In A Series Of Poetical Epistles,

    A TRUE TRAGI-COMEDY . TOLD IN A SERIES OF POETICAL EPISTLES ,

    Epistle Vii. From Florence To Erica. It ...

    Epistle VII . From Florence to Erica . It seems , Rica to , me I had that written I am you always ere busy now . , Besides At At times times , I ' ve , and and not there there been '' s s well a a constant constant . My head tension tension ' s quit on on e dizzy my my brow brow ..

    I have Which to m take , akes some me feel medicine I cannot , tart tell and fizzy how , . you And Moreover all seems , I am Vanity almost , as tired the preacher death ; saith . Of course all , of you us k have now , been I have immensely had lots of gay ; , Still No when leasant each souvenir bit of gaiety oft is done m- , to ¦ stay .

    And So ^^ * - ^^ then that p w ~ « - ^^^ rm one ' tis vVihA ' more s kept ^^ W » V like ^ rfri for ** *^ business ^ ever ^ «¦ ^* appears * - on » p ^ T ~* the ^^ than »* w ™ run — ^^ play , J ; And Rather though a want one ' tis ever , than dread a wish s it , should for more be . o ' , A ' quiet Tis reall evening y quit e a problem appears what so dull to , do . Home •¦» ¦« ^* f rib jv *> ^« f pastimes |—» ^ vmt * «*>** A ^ hFW used »*» W ^^^» to »•*¦» be *^ ^«» so **» plentiful JdF ¦ ¦ - ^*> »•*»*• hel *»» rib ,

    And But wh now en , I own knows , they there scarcely pleasures p one through cull . E'e In n though the next one square oft has , one culled longs , and to be after there culling too j , Has really found them hardly worth the pulling . The things I cared for most are now denied . And My I poor confess , brig I ht did , bonnie enjoy my Sunshine ride , has gone lame ; Though riding in the Row is rather tame .

    To send him home , I hear , they now decide . I scarcel I sometimes think wish his , ailments with me mi th n ey e 'd do the same . We might y be turned together out to surpass grass . ,

    But he will go , and I must linger here , I looked And I ca for n ' when t tell you the Park how I was miss getting my can clear ter , I had And it the ev ' sunset ry day ' s with rays Willie each moment dear , growing slanter . Who then would halt to sermonize and banter—Justl But there y , I fear ' s an — end about now my of wordl those y cherished ways . days

    . For Erica Willie love too has think gone much . I cannot less to bear write , of it . Oh ! it has been , a terrible , affair , Against Althoug But I him shall h I all always hardly the famil know care y for the decl him wrong are , in sp or ite rig of it of . it . He is to most as china is to delf :

    ^ ¦~ - ¦» ^ v ' s ji ^ r nothing v ^^ Jb t ^^^ >^ w less 1 . v ^ , ^ ^^ than ^ f i r * t'V nobleness j * t ^ w ^^ ^*^^ ¦ ** itself . But And nobleness I am young , they , and say , they is ofttimes perhaps foll know y ; best . 'Tis And true with , it makes a sense one of hopelessness rather melanchol oppressed y , . So , I dare-say , ' tis wiser to be jolly out — and dressed

    And At why least be to loftier seem so than , when other you peop ' re 1 . It is not ev ' ry church that has a steeple . Now I must tell you of a certain person , There Whom ! it is out the , after world a great plaguing exertion me . to—marry . And 4 . ili I knew . fencing XV ^ JLXV ^ XJLA I could with W lkll not them bll ^ XIJ long . is J . O my AJLJLJf your pet JJV- questions V t aversion Christian *» * ^ - * - w * w « - . parry ,

    Now His surnam know ' all Bullion about , it and . Shall his I do it , ? Harry . And , you if I don ' t , d ' ye think that I shall rue it % They My t comprehension ell me that I shall . If ; I but reall that y thoug ' s above ht He I wi should th me not was need spontaneously by any to be in taug love ht , . But As him thoug on h me they , as feared me on lest him neither , they shove should , be caught .

    Will And And , so I suppose a a suit suit , . I I , otherwise otherwise be solved by should should them hate hate and ,. Fate . There To For break — all quit you away e enoug say from against h the of that gregarious the . hills I often and throng long streams , , And Which A life lead , such simp an solitary le unjust days a scenes nd p to tranquil hold among me dreams , seems . , Oh ! I would barter 111 ! rib all V # WHt gauds M & WW and ¦* dresses *™ - ^ r

    To ^ V ^^ feel W ^ t . V a ^^ mountain V ^ W * « ' _¦ 0 ^^ ^ # ^^ zep ^« h my «* yr ^ ^ J ' s _» soft caresses ^^ *^ -W ^ » . —^ - ^ , J But I am as a unit in a crowd And And by seem their brutal move strength only by a m crushed er ' s will , and cowed . Moreover , I ' m less hurt by keeping still loud .

    And M ' en when weak hurt screams , their voices are to so ierce and , fill y poor appear p No I hold other my ears breath than , and mine su . ffer So , and ' mid am the quiet riot . , And now I must go driving in the park ; Given ^ i ^* mr And V ^ v ** . by VflT later W the V 14 rib , we D J 1 ^ uk « . Wdta att ^^ e ^ e 4 riF nd ^ w Alder 1 ^ a ^ pf ¦ sp ^ ^ hp ri * lendid n Vrib ey ^ i ^ and W »« l soirde ^* V S i - ^ ark ^^^ ^^ , -m

    Will Where troop all in the crowds town , as lik soon e vultures as it is to dark a quarry . , AdieuErica . Som , etimes think of Florrie And Who , signs though , herself so ch as anged ever yours most sincerely things , , loves , you dearly , P . S . —{ Written the following day . ) ! I am op No en engaged longer this fiafc to is tell and in ! ¦¦! wearisome you as vk mr th mvavivv th e a t m calc y suspense fate ulate .

    MH «* Shall v fc * ¦» ^ ri > a »<» m be ^^ ^^ a ¦ r married , a p *^ m woman ^^ y w ^ v wrmrmm three ^^ wv v ^ months ^^ , m ' hence . We And are one to have place i house n the country at Prince , to ' com Gat menc e , e , They So I suppose all seem I half must delirious have done with wh deli at ' ght s right 3 .

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 12, 1868, page 104, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_12091868/page/2/