The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-06-08

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contains a sketch Of the life, of All.
tome GalIand, d ceIebratea French
author, who died in ,1115. We afs
Indebted to this sketch, for the follow
ING apeclote;;sSlss aas sass5ssgs aysit
| ! Though the author Of. many 4leatIs
ed and important works, that .Bi,ich
has made him popular 10 tths.a Thou
sand and One nights..ei On thetap
pearance of the FIRST volumes of ithia
work, q singular hoax was played on
on the author. i4fsn 'sfYfssy9 s1 st.issR '''
One very very cold night, ii Iih the 9s,i5;aals
Of winter, Antoine Gal,and Was, Was sud. sud
denly awakened by several knocks at
the street door. He, got up, threw
his dressing gown hastily aronndiiim.
ran to the window, openedait. andin
spite of the darkness, perceived sss-
eral persons assembled at his doersg
msWho is there 2 aaaid lie: t,'llstsoi,
@t1s this Monsieur Galland's ?:,,,s71
Yes, replied he. .,oa' Z '2''si ; 'ass,A,t.4 ,,
Are you sure p inquired they,
Quite sure, said Galland. e,,,.1.sa
take notice. said one of the per.
sons below, that what we have Eotto
say can only be said to himself. .'ae4a
Then you may speak sfreely,sfor
am Antoine Galland; but speak
quickly, for the wind is Blowing III
ny face in no very agreeable man
ncr.' . "'..,..!'a''7l ~ 4jft E'ssf5se,i
Z, I 'Do, you speak, said on one ef the ii:
terlosutors to his neighbor, ,,,;s ,s..;siss
l4tSpeak, yourself rejoineds hesaIss
a;itNo, 1 must speak saida a third. "a
5'Ah, gentlemen,' you lnnBt,let me
have a word, exclaimed the fourth.j
-nn For the love Of Heaven, gentle
men, cried Gailand, who was perish!
ing with cold make haste; j am freq. freq
Zing. - 7. l'f.i9 s.s IS as.ss
fhesS same an,s s1l1d ese1lo1dany s iacs
b had basu iia
with !woSa
claimed, sd 81 q Al 81
For ths.love of heaven, Rem lls.s
men, make haste, for theficold gia
piercing.H E|1assi -. lGataf1o afitstiis
r At last tile young people who iiati
disturbed the sleep Of the orientalist,
joined in one chorus. '55S q 'sssiSp ssi'r
sAh, Monsieur Galland, if YOU u are
not asleep, tell US one Of those stories
which you tell SO. well. !, s,9Ta.zss, Cd
This was, in .allusion 10 tho ,tTso
first volumes Of the Thousand and
One Nights, 'iniwhich every chapter
begins titus: sMy dear sister, ifsyon
are not asleep, tell as one Of those
stories you tell so well.' 49, 'as'
Antoine Galland had too much
sense to be angry at this sally; he
began to laugh, and replying sGen.
tlemen, au ireroir!n he closed Tho
window, ,Iand returned to his. bed
where he was mot long before he,ra.
gained some of the caloric which slis
had lost at the window Hes hess.
ever, proftted by the lesson, and pub.
lshed all his other volumes without
this ,exordium. 4" ifnsF 9a ifas PSF
THE PockET. Book. Scene Fist
IA young Gent discovered sur.
rounded by his friends, who are are iess.
ing with him, regarding his attentions
to o certain young lady, s5siass
atYoNa GENT.---.Boys, I'll just tall
you how it is. You sec Lcare moth.
ing for the girl its the old iBan's
pocket-hook thatI'm AFTER ts@sis
CHORUS OF FR1ENDsA-.sHa lia!
hap ih";l5'H r. 9.2i.<sF5l ':tat q
Scene .Seeond.-A A parlor. T TsEsS
eleven o'clock, P. NJ, Young lady
seated.--Yonng gent rising 20, do.
part. Hesitates as if. bashful, and
then slowly remarks: g4a ,lA,,,iass9ga
Miss Matilda, excuse me, bus;yoa
must be aware that my frequent vis-
its my attentiohs---~cannot have
been without an object q bsaosa
You've LADY.-@sAh, yes, SO I've
heard, and shall only be too happy
70 grant what you desire. 1akss
Jrom the table a paper parcel, and
unfolding it dsplsyss q large 4ag
tashto7,ed, and empty morocco poeket-
.dook. TnIs,I have been informed,
is that object. Permit me to- presesss
it, and congratulate you that yUa
will in future, have no further .oeea.
sion to renew these visits and atseis
tions.---YouEG GBST swoons.
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ID BIg~ Cuftee, is, that the second
belly mo. Masaa, adat'ssie, secofsa
ringing ofdezfass bsil.a; We hasfnss
no second bell in dis are hotel. Rasss
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