The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-29
A Chicago Turk.

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Edwards, who move in the first circles
of Hogles Creek, Mo-, registered ten
days ago at the Palmer House. Thew
came to do the town. They went ia
the Water-Works, and the Crib, and the
parks; they visited the City Hall, the
Common Council chambers. and the
other stock-yards of the city. They
ate candy at Gunther's, and wept over
..All the Rage at McVicker's. Thew
saw everything that everybody sees.
But their fertile curiosity took them one
step beyond ordinary sight-seers and
gave never-to e-forgotten sensation
to one of Chi ra's best-known citi.
zens.
This gentlem who IS prosperous
private banker or Washington street,
discharges for he Turkish Governmn-i
the not exacting duties Of Turkish "
sui at Chicago
Saturday iuorning, IS he pas3as
through the cherry and plate-2l
door of his Office, his bov. with 3 sigh
ly bewildereo look, said 70 ge1ge
man who, witt two ladies, was wait.
at the back q he Office
"Here cor 81 the Turkish Consul
The boy who was sixty years OLE
was bewildered because never beic
in the experience Of tbat office had a.
one been known TO inquire Tor CD
Turkish Consul, whose sole duties ha
consisted writing narcotic letters if
faultless French TO the Turkish NiniS
ter at Was l3.lzso-i .s..5..s tta
the comm .ce OF Chicago N Lli
stantinople.
At sigh of the Turkish Ce1i
stranger, 90, seemed hewiil l bu
he recovered, and introduce himself
as ''Mr. y oajah Edwards ans daugh
tiers of logles Greek, M 1oura "
"You Sc sir be said "we b a
doing G lcaco, and have see ARC al
you hay 10 show. Bat befo'e We t
back to Hogles Creek my gas w ]
to see real live Turk. We hav. &c
Turks in Hogles Creek, andso | brought
them to see you. OF course" said
Mr.. Edwards, with knowing look, 81
have seen great many Turks, but my
daughters have not, and you must ex-
cuse me for trying to CRAFTY their curl
osity." t"l
But said the Consul, who is a
full-blooded native of Chicago, 81 am
very busy, and besides lam not"
"By the way" broke in Benajah,
evidently fearing that their live Turk
was going to flee, show do you pro-
nounce your name?'
''In the original" said the Consul,
who inherits French name, yielding
for the moment to the fun of the thing,
lit is pronounced gro-tang.' This
the young ladies who had been deyour-
ing the wicked ,Mahommedan polyg-
amist with wide-open eyes evidently
thought just the thing for Turk.
"Oh, Mr.. Ourang outang, how many
wiz tf....'-sr# e.8f SAD.
''But my name is not Ourang outang;.
it is Ong-ro-tang, and, besides, | am
not
"Yes, yes; we understand, Mr.. Ong-
ro-tang. OF course, as you are Turk,
you have more than one wife. You
wouldn't mind telling us how many,
would youp' '
81 have only one wife," burst out
the Consul, forgetting the fun of the
thing, ''and neither she nor -
'.Don't you think, Mr.. Ourang-AIr
Ong-ro-tang-that the mighty Mohanf
medan faith that has so long ruled the
Turks, that Islam; that, in fact, you're
losing your grip?''
Yes" said the Consul, YEARLY,
there are evidences of the decay OF
that religion, but l cannot give you
much information about it, as l am
hot" p
"One thing l noticed with some sur
prise" interrupted Mr.. Benajah Ed
wards, sis your complexion. All the
Turks ever saw or heard ofwere dark;
but you, sir, are light
''Oh, decidedly of q rosy complex
ion" twittered the girls to the Consul,
whose hair and skin have caught their
coloring from the rising sun. II
"How well you talk our language,
Mr.. Ong-ro tang, and how much you
dress like papa and the other gentle
men of Chicago and Hogles Creek. Do
youwear your Turkish clothes at homeP
Do you have fezp, And do YOU smoke
q nargilehp And sit crosslegged after
dinner; and drink rose-water and
Arabian coffee? And do YOU have
Bayaderes dance for you? And is your
wife's name Guinarep And do YOU
hate the Giaours? And did you ever
sew up lady in a sack and have her
thrown into the Bosphorous? And do
The, Consul was growing desperate.
he heard the boy snickering behind
him. A very rich and religious Board
OF Trade customer had just come in and
was listening with rising hair. '3h
"Mr. Edwards, you have made a
mistake. l am the Turkish Consul,
but, as | have tried to tell you half a
dozen times, am not a Turk, but an
American; and native of Chicago (
The Misses Edwards drew their
Gainsborough hats as far oyer thei1
disconnected faces as they would go,
and Mr.. Bcnaiah Edwards, who had
seen good many Turks, you know, -
led them away without a word.-
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