AN UNSCRUPULOUS FOE.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 904, 25 April 1891, Page 3

AN UNSCRUPULOUS FOE.

Cree,ps upon us unawares like an assas l sin-fn^ll?o^f'J^ and whose dangerous ■ proximity- we never suspect nntil it makes the Inst fatal clutch on aomej«yitaj .organ... We are always warned m ample tnne^or the impending; danger.^J^with criminal -pafelessness ! ' u "ne^ I lect l! "Mnef(e i ; That, tired feeling, those nchin^ limbs, and • r 'thii6'''sraiS I cP deling one day and seedy condition the next, the sour taste on waking m a morning, andgthe^ fr^quen^sigk^. and splitting head adlies," all ; 'rt>*abe' their ddbut befqre serious illness sots. All or ~ariy of th6 J s¥Mym^?6m > KiiadiciiTe':the approach of disease, they are faithful signs tKaL;?;he';li.ver;;a,nd ; . kjdneys , a,re not doing their duties, that' the' morbid and effete matter instead of being eliminated from the system is being retained, and is positively poisoning and destroying the whole physical structure. —Neglect-in such cases js criminal, recourse to rational treatment I'should be had at once. Clements' Tonic --should be taken to strengthen »he di^esitfopejpurjkyj.and, fp|.tifyr ttie Wood, to idimnjato the liver' and' bratfe up'tireiud- ; neys/ to fesßlVe aiiaw6l-HnWa(e Jthenpoi-; ißbnous uraai JMver iand^feld^ey^co.m gljajtojt^ are the roost prevalent diseases of' this '-cpubtiy, large quantities of' animal food and condiments, and drinlc 'so a 'freely 'be»ba^nd< ;stimnlnntß, so long will this unhealthy -cjonditiori last. It is this mode or life that causes such numbers of deaths from heart disease, Bright'e>.xlisease, dropsy, dancer, inflammation and enlargement of liver, and similar causes, all of which iierald their approach by feelings of lassitade.'heanguor,sc, H and, jf.. prompt treatbent at "once is' adopred by'^a'fegAilaTiUse of Cl^ion^\T,onic, , the progress of disease iß r^rfe8 t te"d-; i ''-tlie'iifeYrfaclii'"rli*(ers'gnd kidneys resume their normal action, and the poisonoul^accUKnilation? fare expelled, the system and normal' health is restored. That Clements' Tonic is; Reliable is proved {beyond all question, and we have grateful jbeneficftffier in^eiKery/.^w,n-;<and^ h villj)ge jwho are continually writing us m terms jsimilar tojthq.fplkwi^g,:-^,... ! St. Leonards^ "Sydney",— Dear Sir, — I ;can with pleasure bear witness to the \ great relief I have received from the use of Clonieijts'. Tonic and Dr. Fletcher's Pilla^il Ijtivej Jsee,n agre^t sfjffferer "|or 1 l^years -f rdm '^ i ver i d fs^a s^,' yy i t h ja t jli tjSes considerable enlargement, which caused a swelling m the side under the ribs, and was very painful ; the abdoniej), bowels, &c., aJway&,fe.Jt»yer.y^teuder o.p pressure, with most' ■obstinate Gorigtipation, for which I took Fletcher's Pilis. The firat dose caused a copious evacution and gave great relief, and I thought I was all right, but after a-iweejk; If;\va,s:'as : bad again as before. I a^om had recourse to Fletcher's Pills, but I took Clements' Tonic as > well this time, and continued it for a; couple af months. After the firat dose I. felt better, nnd got rid of nil the Hyinp-v touts I used to hnve, as flushings of hear: iind cold, splitting licaHaches, pains m i lie; side and small of the back, tonreme lassi-; tude, and the general teeling of ' all right; to-dny, seedy to-morrow ' — a:! these symptoms with many others I uned to used to linve ; but now, thanka to Oletnenta'Tonic,; lam quite cured. I can get up iv tho! morning refreshed by the night's rest! and ein ent a good breakfast, whereas be-^ fore taking the medicino I scarcely over could eat anything, and when I did it; nearly always made me vomit, but now $ am quite well, and have been so for fivq' months. I have no cause to fear a rej lapse. I don't mind your publishing my case if. you add nothing to it, as it maj bring reJief *9 similar 6usflrer!P»-*YQurp

from the South Bridge, whare h<» generally worked, He was also treated a little there when be happened to be •hort of money. Billy was as well known m hii father trad h« limply opened the glass door and stepped m and looked inquiringly at the baitaani^lf the man nodded and pointed m at one of the boxes, Billy went m and waited beside his father till closing ti»e ;if not, he loitered outside till hie father appeared. ■ There came a time,' however, when there waa no work to be got, and there was nothing left m their house to sell ; and then Steodman Buffered tortores indescribable. His credit at the public house was exhausted, and his condition to desperate that Billy began to hope the peverty would last a little longer, •nd completely cure his father. For some days Steedman had not been near tf ilson's public-house, having been tenghly told there that he need not come till he could pay off hip score, and Billy, instead of prowling throagh the streets at nights m search of bin, eonld tsltuly g» to sleep en thsir easy made bed on the floor, Mowing that his father would soon be lying asleep beside him. , Be had gone to sleep thus one night when a whispering m the room and the unwonted light off a burning candle roused him. Billy** fiee was to tfce wall; at the first start into wakefulness he realised that there was whisky m the room, and that his father and another nan were drinking that whisky* The . toiee of tlfo stranger was familiar to Billy, but, being reduced to a whisper, was not tecognissbleV • ■■ • ■■ The boy's first impulse was to start up and look, but the second made him lie still, breathing softly and steadily as m sleep. * All t want is a east of the key.' whispered the stranger, and you know where it hangs, just inside the railing at the end of the bar. Yon go so much about the place that they'll never inspect yon. I'll give you the staff, and one pressure m the palm of your band will do the whole thing.' «But what do yon want to do?' Steedman thickly replied. 'If otto set the place on fire out of icrenge ? ' * No, no ; nothing of the kind ; and whatever 1 do, depend on it, it won't bring you any trouble \ yon'll be outside of thst altogether.' * Yon can't mean te> reb the place, because there's never any money left m it at night, and drink wouldn't be worth carrying away/ remarked Steedman, still unsatisfied. 'Besides, you arn't a thief, and don't need to <lo that, I think.' ' Bight, but I want to pet into that thop m the night time. Will yon do it 1 It's a big sum for little work, an i you know how they're treated you, although you've put so much money m their way/ Steedman seemed reluctant, but the other plied him rapidly with arguments till he doubtfully said thai he would try. Then after a little more talk Bil'y heard the clink of money, and the soft outgoing of the stranger. Left alone, Steedman sat dtinkint till .Billy, weary of listening with his e/es shot, and his breath eoing f» rejrularly, really fell asleep and did not wake till it waa time to get Up m the morning and do his usual housework. When he did rise his first impression was that the whole had be*n a ilream, but the bottle and two ronga on the tal>le, and the money which he stealthily touched m the pocket of his sleeping father, dispel'el thafc hope. Billy had to sit down, sick and trembling after the confirmation, to try to think and scheme how to act and what to | do.. His father snored heavily, while Billy's tears dropped on the boots he was brushing, and the hearth he was white-wash-ing, but the tears brought no solution. He saw that his father was going straight to ruin worse than any which had before threatened him, but dared not speak of it or hint at it to any human being. When Steed man wok* his first crave waa for drink, and ho went out to satisfy that. Billy followed him, bat saw nothing, though his father went to Wilson's for the drink. The shop Was npwly open, and attended only by the barman, the publican himself having not arrived, and Staedman himself regretted that he had not the plastic material with which to "take the east, as he was left alone m the shop for a mlnuie or two whil taking the dram. When he came out again he signed to Billy, ana! got some provisions, and they went home and had some breakfaat. Then Steedman surprised his son by sending him for a pennyworth of putty, * not too soft.' When that was fetched, he prepared a square pat on a card about two, inches square, Billy watching the process with distended eyes and fast-beating heart. 'That's a queer thing, isn't it ?' Steedman observed, when ha had the thing finished, and Billy faintly replied that he thought it was, ' With the square of putty m the palm of his hand, Steedman went out and again made for Wilson's. He passed it and repassed it, but did not. go m, as there was some one at the ' counter getting served. At length all was clear, and he passed m and ordered something. In getting it the man had to stoop behind the counter for a moment or two, and during the brief interval Steedman retched round the rail guardinc that end of the bar and lifted down the key of'the jijujp dwr, and was busy ymring tot wind* on ib* WW9 §1 pott; h bit MM) jffcft jfa fw» vmimwity