Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-03-15
MISC Ell A N Y .
Ftom the Kniekerboeker.
HAHNED, THE DERvIsE.
IR.N.LAIEp rRon rnE FRENCH

Of rcceivingh!s degree OF Doctor OF Medi.
cine a, Paris. iio was a gay. sprighily
young man. Of an adventurous spirit. who
had only studied the art Of llippocrstc. and
Galcn in obedience to the wishes OF his faith.
or. who wa. one OF the finest physicians OF
Toulouse; and no sooner was he armed with
hi. diploma, than he left Paris and return.
ed home. TO get the permission OF his father
20 make tour IN the East. Hc wished to
zee Con.,antiuople, and 10 ,isi. Greece to
offer up "a sacrifice to E'culapia'. IN the
places where that god Of the healing art
wa. formerly wor.hipped. Ills father grant
cd his wishes. and Gu.,svu. bcin: we'll sup
rlied with letters Of recommendation Tor all
our con.uls. &c, out for M,r-eille-. where he
embarked on board Of q fast-sailipg brig.
aud arrived without aeciicn, IN the capital
Of the commander OF the believers OF Mo-
hammrd. who was rcignins n, that PERIOD.
III. first ,i.i, va. TO our Ambassador at the
Sublime Porte, who received him very kind.
ly.
"Bs careful" said hi, Htc,llcn"y. Z" Tor
there !. repor, that the plague Is in the
city"
"oh! your Etccllcncy," replied da''a'
ru.. ".hc plague !. afraid Ofo' physicians y
.Do you espec, to remain long in Con-
.an,inoplc ?" continued the ambassador.
Z" About .i, months. with permission o'
your Escellency, alter which ! wish to 20
aud sec oarnpo, Vi, Troja tnn: will then
,i.i, Argos. Athens, Delo,. aud the island
Of Ithaca. where. n. Homer says. there are
no horsc-. bu, very beautiful goats
After this ,i.i, to the ambassador. Gus.
ta,u. took a stroll through the .'roe's to
view the city.
Dressed in the European fashion. his
black coat. bu,,oncd 10 the chm. h. went
forward, hi. eve on the 9n rir,. in momen.
,ary expectation Of .ccinc the symboI'cal
bOquet Of some beautiful sul,ara fall nj his
feet. Before he had gone lar, door open.
ci a .hor, distance in iron, OF him. and an
old uerres.. half concealed by n white veil,
came forth. Tho womaa advanced toward
the young man, and after an oriental -alu.
,a,ion. said % him. " llekim'"
GUSTAV. only knew one word OF Turkish.
and II w.s thi- word. which, being inter.
pre,cd. means doctor. Yes. my good
woman" replied he, e am Doctor OF
Medicine. Of Paris. and pupil OF Velpcau
and Dupuytrn-po,hins le-."
TIE negrg-s did no, understand him. for
he spoke In the French language; bu, Tor
her. u. we'll a. the people OF CJn''au.inoplc,
generally, every Frank i'aphy'ieian. She
made - ,isn 10 Gus.aru. 10 follow her. and
the young doctor, remembering all a, once
the word. Of the Ambassador. said to him
.elf, "The plague is a, Con.,an'inop'e :
but p.haw I am an an,i.con,asionisi be-
sides. it Isl my business; moreover, what
ever /. 20 be. will be :" and following in the
too.tep, OF the peeress. he entered the house
which she had jus, quilted.
4, was a palace. The interior sours was
spacious, and pavsd with slabs OF many
colorcd marble: IL was likewise surrounded
with Eower.bed., enamelled with beautiful
flowers. and magnificent galleries, support
ed by delicate colunnade-. Nt each angle
Of the house arose rich kio,l--a kind OF
turre,-adorned with arabe-ques and max
i'm, from the Koran. IN letters OF gold. The
necrcs. conducted Gustayus into one OF
these kio,ks, where he found the master OF
the house stretched upon u divan, with u
pipe in his mouth. awaiting the Frank doc
tor. al iiekim :" said the negroes, who
retired. The Turk aros.
You are frenchman. Sir?" said he,
with as pure an accent US II he had been
born in the Rue st. Dominique, and brought
up in the lap Of nur-e from Tourains.
And YOU also," boldly said Gu'taVus.
The Turk replied with evident s'sus OF
di,pleasure ~ an from Damascus. the
holy city," and pointing to the green tur-
ban which covered his wrinklcd forehead,
"a descendan, Of :he Prophet"
Well. sir. wha, do you desircT said
Gus,ayus, without being the least di.con'
certed.
"lf you are equally skillful and bold,
said the Turk, YOU are the man OF whom
| am in want. Ny daughter Is sick, aud
mu't be cured"
"Iwili try" SAID Gustavus, with non
eAalanoe, and then added. {" You Turks have
Singular ideas you think q physician can
always cure his patient, US IL death was not
sometimes inevitable. and superior 10 oil
human powers When your wives or daush.
ters are sick. you want US to cure them
without allowing US to approach them. OF
even to look ut them. and" The Turk''
lip curled with disdainiul smile.
Come" said hs in,crrup,ius the young
physician +" come, follow me-"
lie raised q curtain. and introduced Cue
,a,us into room lighted by enormous win
dows, in the centre Of which. upon small
bed, recliued young girl. suffering with a
raging fever. Her snowy arms were mar.
bled over with purple spots. and the silken
tresses Of raven hair surrounded face Of
perfect lo,eliness, but which was batbed In
on unhsal,by preparation. The fre Of her
dark eyes was dimmed by disease, and she
had scarcely sufficient strength left to raise
her Transparent eyo.lids. Her beauty wa'
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