The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1850-06-06

missed all his company. he thoughi
some devil had carried them Oft: bu;
perceiving the door Of his noble. deep
cold saltwater bath open, he with dis
may rushed thither. and espied eighteen
or nineteen Irish Parliament men; eithel
| floating like so many corks upon the
surface. or scrambling to get oct, hike
mice who had fallen into basin The
doctors posse of attendants were irn
mediately set at work, and~~-rry onf
| 20 ,bo bo,a..lsu members extncated
cnanti,y of satt-water. however
tne aad made It's way into shei,
I stomachs was not SO easily removed
and most of them carried the beverag
home to their own bed-chambers
/ 1t was unlucky. also, that as the doc
tor was Turk. he had no Christian
wardrobe to substitute for the well-soak
ed garments of the honorable mem
bers. Such dresses, however. as he
had, were speedily put into requisition
the bathing attendants furnished theil
quota of dry apparel. and all was
speedily distributed amongst the swim.
mers, some of whom exhibited in Turk.
ish costume. others in bathing shifts
and when the clothes failed. blankets
were pinned round the rest. Large
fires were made in every room: brandy
and mulled vine literally resorted to
and as fast as sedan-chairs could be
procured. the Irish Commoners were
sent home, cursing all Turks and inf
dels. and denouncing crusade against
any thing coming from the same quar-
| ter of the globe as Constantinople.
Poor DIR. Achmet Borumborad was
distractedand quite inconsolable! Mex,
day he duly visited every suffering
member. and though we'll received,
/ was acute enough to see that the ridi-
; cule with which they had covered
: themselves was likely eventually to
work out his ruin. His anticipations
J we're well founded; though the men,
,ers sought to hush up the ridiculous
! arts of the story, they became, from
r nat very attempt. still more celebrated
: b fact, il was too good a joke to escape
$ tie embellishments of Irish humor.
ad the statement universally circEla-
I td was-that "Doctor Borumborad had
, nerly drowned nineteen members of
. Parliament. because they would not
i pru1ise to vote for him"
/ he poor doctor was now assailed
in very way. Among other things
: it VS. asserted that he was the Turk
2 who.ad strangled the Christians in the
!. Seve Towers at Constan.inople! =
Tho,sh every body laughed at their
e ow, inventions. they believed those
r of ther people: and the conclusion
I wa, that no more grants could be pro-
E pced. since not single member was
. slut enough to mention the name OF
Brumborad: the laugh, indeed, would
: hve overwhelmed the best speech
' ger delivered in the Irish Parliament.
I Still. the new works must be paid
' ,r, although no convenient vote came
7 0 make the necessary provision The
! |,oor doctor was cramped little; but
Notwithstanding his embarrassment, he
$ kept his ground well, and lost no pri-
; Eate friends except such as the wear
, hng-off of novelty estranged. He con-
tinued to get on; and at length new
circumstance intervened to restore his
I happiness, in a way as little to be an
\ ticipated by the reader as was his
previous discontinue.
Love had actually seized upon the
Turk above two years before the acci-
dent we have been recording. A re-
spectacle surgeon of Dublin, of the
name of Hartigan, had what might be
termed a very "neat" sister, and this
lady had made a lasting impression on
the heart of Borumborad, who had NO
reason to complain of his suit being
treated with disdain, or even indiffer-
ence. On the contrary, Miss. H. liked
the doctor vastly, and praised the
Turks in general, both for their dashing
spirit and their beautiful whiskers. Il
was not, however. consistent either with
her own or her brothers. christianity,
to submit to the doctors tremendous
beard, or think Of matrimony, till" he
had shaved the chin, at least. and goi
parson to turn him into Christian,
or something Of that kind" Upon
these terms only would she surrender
her charms and her money-for some
she had-to DR.. Achmet Borumborad,
howcvcr aEniabls. s4
| The doctors courtship with the
| members of Parliament having now
terminated: so far, at any rate, as further
grants were concerned, and grant oi
a much more tender nature being now
within his reach, he began seriously
TO consider if he should not at once
eapitulate to Miss. H., and exchange
his beard and his Alcoran for a razoI
and the New Testament. After weigh.
ing matters deliberately, love prevail.
ed. and he animated by letter, in the
| yehemenee of Asiatic spassion his de.
termination to turn Christian, discard
his beard, and throwing himself at the
| feet Of his beloved, VOW eternal fidelity
to her in the holy bands Of matrimony
He concluded by requesting an inter.
view in the presence OF the young
lady's confidant, q Miss Owen, who re.
sided next door. His request was grant
ed, and he repeated his proposal, which
was duly aooepted, Miss Hartigan stipu'
lating that be should never see hel
again until the double promise in let
tsr was fully redeemed; upon which