THE RATHBORNE PAMTHLET.

Punch. Who should have long since the cross of the Bath borne?
Irish Echo. Colonet Rathborne.
Punch. He did well in India, so wrote Sir Charles Napier.
Irish Echo. But then the red tape here.
Punch. He came home, and savagely to the Directors.
Irish Echo. Read lectures.
Punch. Pitched into the, preached that their extermination
Irish Echo. Would save the nation.
Punch. Where did the Colonel these feelings express?
Irish Echo. In the “Press.”
Punch. Was his writing applauded by Mr. Disraeli?
Irish Echo. Almost daily.
Punch. Dizzy, in fact, cheered him on to attack.
Irish Echo. Patted him on the back.
Punch. Promised him, when the E.I.C. should be floored -
Irish Echo. A seat at the Council Board.
Punch. And the Colonel demolished, Disraeli duce,
Irish Echo. Lord Dalhousie.
Punch. But when Lord Dalhousie returned home in glory,
Irish Echo. He made friends with each Tory.
Punch. And all objectionable parties, at this truce,
Irish Echo. Were pitched to the deuce.
Punch. And then our unfortunate Colonel, so manly,
Irish Echo. Being disliked by Lord Stanley,
Punch. Was dropped by our friend, the Caucasian Cato,
Irish Echo. Like a hot potato.
Punch. Says, I believe, he was treacherously treated.
Irish Echo. Oh, downright cheated.
Punch. So pours out his wrath in a thundering feuilleton.
Irish Echo. Such a precious deal too long.
Punch. Bawls out to Heaven and Earth and the Police
Irish Echo. For vengeance on Disraeli fils.
Punch. And they have had an angry correspondence -
Irish Echo. Hard words – abundance.
Punch. As for the squabble, the public would have despised it -
Irish Echo. But you have immortalised it.
Punch. Then let me add a moral, good as gold-
Irish Echo. Tools must expect to be sold.

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