The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1850-09-26

her ladyship. "Only remember yo,
must take an oath never TO call m,
your wife after Tomorrow. and neve
to go telling all the story.p
"Divil word FIJI liver saw
"Well, them says she ..therc's ter
pounds. Go and buy a license, an,
leave the rest 10 me; =. and then sht
explained to him where he was TO 90
and when he was to come. and all that
The next day Pat was true to his ap
pointment and found two gentlemen
already with her ladyship.
Have you got the hcenseu sale
she.
"Here it is, my lady," SAYS he; ant
he gave it to her. She handed it Il
one of the gentlemen, who viewed i
attentiveiy. Then calling in her tive
servants, she turned to the gentleman
who was reading: "Perform the cere
mony,a said she. And sure enough in
ten minutes Pat Philan was the hus
band, the legal husband, of the lovely
Lady C.
"That will d." says she, to her new
husband, as he gave her a hearty kiss
"thatll do. Now, sir, give me my
marriage certificate"
The old gentleman did so, and bow
ing respectfully to the FIVE pound note
she gave him, heretired with his clerk
for sure enough, forgot to tell you thai
he was a parson.
$50 and bring me the warden,D says
my lady to one of her servants.
ayes, my lady," says she, and pre-.
sently the warden appeared.
"Will you be kind enough" says
Lady C., in a voice that would call a
bird off tree, "will you be good
enough to send me. hackney coach
I wish to leave this prison immedi-
ately.n sssS
"Your ladyship forgets," replied he,
"that you must pay forty thousand
pounds before can let you go.n s
az am a married woman. You can
detain my husband, but not n5" And
she smiled at Philan, who began rather
TO dislike the appearance of things. =
"Pardon me, my lady. it is well
known you are single.a
al tell you am married.
"Where's your husbandp
There, sirw and she pointed to the
astonished barber; "there he stands
Here Is my marriage certificate, which
you can peruse at your leisure. My
servants yonder were witnesses of the
ceremony. Now defain me, sir, one
instant, at your peril"
The warden was dumbfounded, and
no wonder. Poor Philan would have
spoken VT neither party would lie,
him. lawyer below was consult.
ed. The result was evident In halt
an hour Lady c. was free, and Pat Phi.
Ian. her legitimate husband, prisoner
for debt to the amount of forty thou
sand pounds.
Well, sir, for some time Pat though,
he was in dream, and the creditors
thought they were still worse. The
following day they held a meeting,
and finding they had been tricked.
swore they'd detain poor Pat forever
But, as they well knew that he had no
thing. and wouldn't feel much shame
in going through the insolvent court,
they made the best of bad bargain,
and let him out.
We'll. YOU must know, about a week
after this, Paddy Philan was sitting by
his little fire, and thinking over the
wonderful things he had seen, when as
sure as death, the post.man brought
him a letter, the first he had ever re-
ceived, which he took over to a friend
of his, one Ryan, a fruitseller, because,
you see, he was no great hand at read
ing writing, to decipher it for him. II
ran thus:
"Go to Doneraille and marry Kath.
leen O'Reilly. The instant the knot is
tied fulfil my promise of making y.u
comfortable for life. But as you value
your life and liberty, never breathe a
syllable of what has passed. Remem-
Der you are in my power if you tell the
story. The money will be paid to you
directly you enclose me your marriage
certificate. send you ESQ for present
expenses"
Oh! happy Paddy! Didn't he staft
next day for Cork, and didn't he marry
Ksehleen, and touch a thousand pounds
By the powers he did. And what is
more he took a cottage, which, per-
haps yon know, is not a hundred miles
from Bruffin, in the county of Liner
lex; and talk he forgot his siisyt wife,
clean and entirely, and never told any
one but myself, under promise of Sc
crecy, the story of his FIRST marriage.
The HASTINGS MILKMAN.-Jinks, the
Hastings milkman, one morning forgot