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    May 30, 1868.3 THE TOMAHAWK. 22 3

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    PL UTGS HO LID A K

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    [See Cartoon.] boa " rd Check . /' said ...

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    May 30, 1868.3 The Tomahawk. 22 3

    May 30 , 1868 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 22 3

    Pl Utgs Ho Lid A K

    PL UTGS HO LID A K

    [See Cartoon.] Boa " Rd Check . /' Said ...

    [ See Cartoon . ] boa " rd Check . / ' said Pluto , moving a bishop on the diabolical earth " Oh d , o you ng make it al so l , " many replied moves Faust with with your a bishops yawn ; ? * " ' why on and Because yet can b they e deli are ghtfull my y protd mischievous ges . They . But look come so — innoc move ent — , j I . called v / u-xivvi check v / iiw-i-wt . " thwhat do to that 1 said Faust

    I taki *> " ng Well His , then Imperial , ere— Majesty ' s bishop you say with another " piece . , 1 do " n What ow—without do I say the ? Wh Irish y , I Church say it ' s ? cheating Oh , I ! shan What 't play am I an to more " That . " And ' s rig Pluto ht , " kicked said F the aust board jeering over ly , and " los frowned e your terribl temper y . . I little However too , m you uch don even ' in urt Hades me : . " in this sultry weather chess is a f Doctor " It ' I e wish only game would we allow prescribe down for here me . — But I feel to terribl return ,

    seedy . " , you y j You " Well never , my were dear so well fellow as when —you you know were what on I earth ' ve alway —there s said you . us Get ed o ut sing your portm ove a r the eau p , la hav ce— e why that don copper ' t you -plat go e of back yours agai , with n ? yo ' Si ur gnor card M - case ephistop , hav e your es' engra hair v cut ed , and it , orde sent r Charon the printer ' bo ' s , fill to be " ready I by thoug ten h o ' clock ' t t I o look -morrow strange morning in this . " moustache and

    imperial say ? " , " Not a bit of it . You have set the fashion at the Tuileries—I the such E an mp imperial eror Napoleo . " n wears just such a moustache and just i every " Hang particular that man !" ! " said Pluto angrily ; "he copies me in " The sincerest flattery , my dear boy . " ascended ascended " Yes , it the the ' s all French French very w throne throne ell to sa wickedness wickedness y that , but used used until that to to be be fellow inv my

    spdcialitdP " Poor Dev > ! " said Faust sympathisingly . down " Stop here that . : Not we don onl 't all that ow , " the continued luxury of using Pluto bad querulously language , " Earth " From has the grown way you too sharp talk one for me would —I infinitel think y that prefer you Hades find no . " difference " That ' s between all you know this miserable about it ; spot there and is the Elysiu greatest m 1 " possible difference "

    m * i * va ^^ -a-iw ^^ . s " Well , then , what is the difference ? " asked Faust . marriages " Why , you in heaven stupid ? 3 fellow > , don ' t you know that there are no " " That Ah ! to reminds be sure me . , " There said ' s Pluto something , " that in if that I le . ave " this place I don " ' Proserpine t knowto whom , " hinted I oug Faust ht to . entrust its temporary government . " " The Fates forbid ! " exclaimed Pluto , horror-stricken . " H - ¦ - « fc ades MUVW gov f ^^^ * and erned Vrf * ** W % »* by ^ " ^ J know a ^ " ^ woman V 4 * H how ** li ! hate I Mm don VtVA * mankind ' t V preten X ^* ^* fc WA-A d X * but to bV be 1 ^ ^* over ^ f V ***

    -word scrupulous , that — would be you a little too hard I upon humanity — 1 " , on my " Well , then , what do you say to a Divine ? There ' s " you " Stop take , " my interrupted place ? the You King have . " been I say , here Doctor a , long wny time shouldn , and ' t my know crown all my for ways a couple . Come of days , now ? " , what do you say to wearing scarcel " Very know kind what of you to , do I'm and sure , to " think of me , but really I

    y , " Oh one , arrives nonsense while —no I excuses am , Doctor . know Now what , look to here do . with If any away , you may them take . Traitors a bath with can Tantalus help to . roll Regicides Ixion ' s wheel may be . set Slanderers to read the or you works will of kill Martin the wret Farquhar ched creatures Tupper . " —not too much though , " Oh How treat about cai them trt parricides oriiwith niiu much ? " greater caici severity—the uic greatest gi

    1 possible " \ -ni , j severity u- !" , jxiuiaj , j ^ i acvwuy gnitoi " What shall I do with them % " " Pluto Parricides pondered deserve a minute no p , ity and . A then ppoint said th slowl em to y— junior clerkships in the Savings Bank Department of the Post Office J "

    when Faust Pluto turned stopped pale him and sternl shudd y e , — ed ; he was about to intercede , parricides " Slave , " deserve roared the no p King ity , and , " obey shall my receive commands no pity ! ! I repeat Mind , , the Savings Bank Department of the Post Office , and nothing else Faust ! Disob sank ey to my the injunction ground in at an your agony peril of !" grief . Pluto threw the An crown hour to later him , and and walk His ed Majesty away . ( dressed in the hihest

    g fashi for the on ) Modern was steaming Bablo n ' . er the Styx in Charon ' s craft , en route y » * * * * * * " " How Not werry are you well , Charon , yer Majesty V . I've been a-bothered a good bit " in About my mind what latel ?" y—terribly a-bothered . " " Well , about that ere Co-operative Movement . ' Ow is a poor

    That man ' s what live I should en the like gentry to know sets !" up an opposition to him ? " " Wh But y how , yer does Majesty the Co , in -operat the olden ive Mov time ement 's a affe gentleman ct you ? " used ' quietl ave made y to pop Muscular off the Christianity ' ooks in bed their , but Co now -operative -a-days Movement the gentry . ' T emselves hey breaks to p ' emselves ieces out to a-shooting pieces out , and a-steep dashes lechasing ' emselves , blow to s p ieces rcel out ' ad a a -h'Al work pine to climbing do these . last I three give you my 'Owso word mever , I ' ve

    its an ill y wind ny that blows nobody no good years and . my old friend , hour Bones g , lass the , deaf 'im as and brings dumb my gentlem passengers an with to , th me e , ' scyth e ' s ' e and enough the to do ! But when ' e does bring ' em to me there ain ' nothing left the s o hore f ' em : to when ferry will over yer ! want But to ' return e you are ?" , yer Majesty—' ere ' s " " After Ah ! " the said Derby Charon !" XJla watch 11 ing & the retreating fi AA ^ UJ . of his

    mast er JLLJk a s he JC « XVA po c k e t e d , If LWVAJ obolu . A s that A ^* * . X ^ Pluto *•* V *« - * - WA X J had ^^ gure give V n hi m . AW you befor , my e walking friend ! away " . " The Derby wouldn ' t be much without ******** S The uch Derby a gath day ering ! Pluto ( now calling himself Mephistohi AJI p heles J m . JUA 9 . ) First * stood 11 hj W came \**~** still . M . * . \* a U and carriage VMJ p gri M . AI ^ nn WW ed and - *»* . A at > . * pair l ^ the a ^ M- a . ; y groups it AW ca X ^ *^ -- r 1 ri as IVVb ed they ^ a * r powdere J- ' V ^ IT pa ^ f *^ sse ^ l ^ d >»* d

    passenger coachman ' and bon flunkey net co , n and tained a couple a skull of , i passengers nto which h . ad The been first let hair some . This se teeth skull , an grinned d upon whi and ch jabbered had been at placed the skull some under corpse the ' s gree second n veil skull -wreathed exhibited hat the belonging seeds of to lecay the other and death passenger , for all . The that skull it grinned . A host famousl of other y and skulls was passed extremel by y attentive gibbering to and the snappi female ng l their he jaws d as together he thouht in — a " most I wonder amusing what thes manner e , an le w P ould luto

    say aug if they could only g see their skulls as I see them peop —without and the the flesh murmurs ! " And of the merry carriages voices passed , crushing by in sand a cloud , and j of silvery dust lau Getting ghter . bored of watching the skulls ( they were so very like men one another consisting ) , Pluto of a thimble moved -ri away gger and and approached a crowd of greenhorns a group of . some UWlilV Pluto advice O went > ViV 1 \/ K up « in A 4 to A an WtAl the undertone U thimble 11 VIWA WV 41 -ri VJ , gger when fI AAVAA and the VltV was fellow IVHV about If stopped WVV to offe - 'VVb r him ****** him

    roughly with— " Teach your grandmother to suck eggs j I can get another So on Pluto very part , well thoroug of without the hly Downs snubbed you . . " He and soon shamefaced heard some , slunk very away dis to - would man cordant , in certainl a sounds dirty y — white have sounds passed necktie which for , was had a comic they shouting song not been . out A called the great words a vul hymn gar of and the melody beckoned at the him top to of his come voice to . him Pluto . Thus caught summoned the man ' s eye the , the reverend spot upon gentleman which closed Pluto the had hymn taken abruptl his stand y , and , with approached a , very obsequious fmK Wj VI 11 «¦ bow fc ff

    V ^ ^ > * ** * J - » V I . " B " y How -the-b do ye , , I Mr ' ve . got Leatherlegs a bone to , " pick said with His you Majesty 1 " carelessly . vice ' " . Indeed " , sire ! I ' m sure I ' ve been most zealous in your serfar " too Precisel zealous y . what You I know complain accommodation of , " said Pluto ; is " small you ' ve : been then my

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 30, 1868, page 223, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_30051868/page/11/