AN ELOPEMENT.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1254, 12 March 1886, Page 4

AN ELOPEMENT.

The ‘Taranaki Herald’ gives an account of an elopement, attended with more than the usual degree of the romantic, reported to have occurred in Taranaki n day or two ago It teems that a settlor in •one of the out settle-

merits be came enamored with a young lady whose daily advocations were, per - * formed in some humble sphere in the village"inn. His affection was recip rocaied, and the parental consent and blessing solicited; but family pride was up in'arms at the bare thought of such a union, and Betsy Jane’s young man went dejected away. However the paii* put their heads together to contrive a plan to overcome obstacles, ami the result was that an elopement was arranged. Suspecting something of the sort, the mother and one of her sons took horse one day and hastened

to prevent tho consummation of the design, and they arrived just in time to catch the pair leaving in tho trap. An altercation an once ensued between tbe brother and lover, and it ended in a pitched battle between them. The lover got fho worst of this engagement and tin heroically offered L 5 to be . allowed to carry out his intention un* opposed This was refused and the .bid Kvas raised to L.lO, and then Lls. The mother, desiring to gob • her .daughter once more beneafh her own root grafdly suggested that they should all journey .back to her house and talk th i matter .over. The inother’a horse was placed at the disposal of the lover, while she took a seat behind her .■daughter in the trap, and in t hi* way, -the calotte rand daughter driving in front and the would-be bridegroom

bringing up the rear, they journeyed to the parental mansion. Arriving opposite the gate the two men dismounted and the mother alighted from the vehicle * Are you clear of the steps, mother dear 1" asked thedaughter and on being a- sured that she was, the young lady struck the trap-horse, while at the same time the swain jumped in, aud they drove with all haste through New Plymouth and on to Waitara, where they caught a ateamer ,r on|the point of leaving. The saddle-horses, being too much jaded by their double journey, were uselessf in thejmrsnit. The address of the pair is somewhere in the Auckland district.

PAWNING A PAIR OF TROUSERS FOR MEDICINE.

James Francis Thomas lives in Ponlnewynydd, near Pontypool, Mommouthshire. He is now twenty-three years of age, living with his mother, a widow. Some eleven years ago, then a mere boy, he went to work in the coal pit as a miner, in order to assist his mother in rearing her family of little children. Soon, however, the little fellow broke down in health ; but the necessities of the family seemed to require it, and he continued to toil in the mines, suffering all the time from the effects of indigestion, an agonising symptom being asthma, in each a troublesome form that the boy was unable to lie in bed. Workihg tbrough the day, and resting as best he could in a arm-chair during the night, naturally undermined his constution. Year by year his health grew worse and worse, until at last rheumatism camA-*'with ill its dreadful agony. One jyfnt jUfcvca another became swollen and inflamed, //) thM he was obliged to stop Akorkf |I plight the now young man was com fink'd fo the house for two long years, sniffing all that mortal could endure. One physician after another was called upon, to treat his complaint, but with no benefit for thd poor fellow continued to grow worse and worse. Hoping to find some means of relief, a consultation of doctors was held, when it was decided that an organic disease of the heart existed in an incurable form, aud that medical aid could not afford relief. He was given up to die. These years of expensive medical treatment had exhausted the little savings of the mother, and they had no money to buy even the necessaries of life, P>ut a fond mother never gives up in despair. There was on spark of hope left. Someone had told her of a remedy that cured so many cases—even when as hopeless as this one seemed to be • and the mother’s love went out for her dear boy. Hut how to get the medicine was the question. Their money was entirely gone. The boy had a new pair of trousers that he had been to ill to wean and the mother reasoned within herself, “ if the boy is to die he will not need them, so I may as well pledge them for medicine with an effort to save his life.” Strange as it may appear, the bottles of medicine procured at the chemist’s shop in Pontypoo, with the money obtained from the pawnbroker effected a cure in this hopeless case, which had been pronounced as incurable. But it is only just to say that if the chemist had known of the wants of the family the medicine could have been obtained withouc a visit to the pawnbroker. It is now nearly two years since this took place, aud young Janies Francis Thomas has been working in the coal-pit underground ever since, earning extra pay for over-werk, which he is able to perform. Of course, he never had organic disease of the heart, as was supposed Toe palpitation, rheumatism, and asthma were symptoms of the real disease, which was dyspepsia, or indigestion, for which the remedy was specially adapted. Those was wish to communicate with this young man can write to him at the above address, and 1 he will vouch for the curative properties of Seigel’s Syrup, the article that effected this almost miraculous cure. 'The following letter is from a chemist, who thought the following fact should be made known : “James Francis Thomas, of Pontnewynydd, near Pontypool, age twenty-three, collier, was ill for nine years, unable to do any work for three years, never lay down in bed for nine years, had to sleep in a stooping posture, wastreated by nearly all the doctors for miles around who genera ly stated his complaint to be rheumatism and heart disease of a chronic nature, aud beyond all power to cure. When hope bad nearly died out, he was persuaded to try .Seigel’s Syrup ; nod, to the delight of his relatives and astonishment of his neighbours, after taking half a bottle he could lie down in bed. After taking one bottle ho went to work. Has now taken two bottles, and on with the third, and is now quite well and strong. His mother is in raptures, aud can talk ot nothing else but this marvelous cure, and wishes me to make it known.”

loth August, 1883, Dear Sir,—l write to tell you that Mr Henry Hillier, of Yatesbury. 7/ilts, informs mo that he suffered from a severe form of Indigestion for upwards of four years, and took no end of doctor’s medicine without the slightest benefit, and declares Mother Seirel’s Syrup which he got from me has saved his life. Yours truly, (signed) N. V.’ehb Mr White. Chemist, Caine. Seigel’s Operating fills are the best family physic that has ever been discovered They cleanse the bowels from all irritating substances, and leave them in a healthy condition. They cure oostivenesa.

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