The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1903-10-31
The Grecian Hing
and the
Physician DOuban.

! That Mickey the Greek, who wa
| King Of Persia. once bumped into i
when he turned down that DR.. Dou
| ban or Reu0en-.I guess it,was Reuben
| from the job he put up on himself
who did him SO much good when he
had the leprosy.
The Greek king had leprosy SO bat
that they wouldn't have him at the
pest house. He doctored at Carlsbad
and everywhere, and had all kinds o.
| doctors, and they all gave him UP. The
faith cure push and everybody else
took whiz at him; but they couldn't
touch him, and they all quit him cold
anu pulled their freight for home. Then
they fetched on DR.. DUgan-no. DOu-
ban-just to ease i,is mind and make
him die easy.
Dugan was all right for doctor;
he'd studied medicine in Greek, Per-
sian. Turkish, Choedaw, Arabian, Por-
tuguese, Latin, Syrdac. Hebrew. and
oh, yes, Irish, and he had new sys-
tenn. See?
Well, when he f,oGted in, the grand
vizier said: Reuben. Reuben, I've been
waiting"
"Ah, come OF. What's the troub!"
Douban says.
Then they sicked him on to his
Greek noblets, and he said he could
fix the leprosy easy. He chased GRO
quet nallet with hollow handle out
Of his grip. and he filled the hollow
with medicine. Then he said to the
king:
Here. Take this and 60 play cro-
Quet When you get a heat On, quit
and take bath. 1t will do you good.
Get rubbed down then and go to bed.
Tomorrow you'll be o. X"
His Greek kinglets played the tip.
and the next day there was no lep-
rosy in that county. He had a skin
like a 2-year-old, and his toes be-
gan to grow out again, and he felt
good.
Well, he wanted to do enough for
Dugan. So he made him favorite-
gave him four thousand plunks every
day and a seat at his own table, and
gave him q fine silk robe every night
and helped him put it on; and patted
him on the back before the whole push,
and said he was the hottest doctor
ever.
That was nice for Dugan. But there
was a jealous slob OF grand vizier
around there, and every time he saw
Dugan get his four thousand dibs from
the paying teller it nearly made him
sick. So he gets the king on the quiet.
and tells him he's wasting his money
on Dugan.
What are you giving us?" the king
said.
"Well, I'm giving you this" the G.
v. said THAT skate is bad oyster.
He never left Ireland and came here
for his health, nor to pick up q few
plunks. He's here to get you"
Say, what's the matter with you? l
think you're full OF prunes." the king
said. If he wanted to do me, why
didn't he leave me with the leprosy
when | had It? l had plenty Of it;
and it nearly had me fixed; Id have
been dead by July. II he wanted 10
get me, he wouldn't have cured me up,
would he?"
But you'll break out again." the
main skate said. That cure doesn't
last"
"Oh, don't know. You're down on
this guy, and you're trying to get him
fixed like the married woman did the
parrot" said the king.
How is that?" the G. V. asked.
well, there was q travelling man
who left a parrot to watch his wife's
curves, and the parrot told him about
her going to dances while he was gone
and he called her down. The dame
thought one Of the servants had sprung
aleak. But she tumbled it was the
parrot. So one night when the drum
mer was out of town, she had the |
coachman work a coffee-mill under the
parrots cage and the cham bermaid |
sprinkled him with water and the cook |
turn flashlights on him with mirror |
and a candle. and they kept that cir !