" Kiss me, Jack and let me ga."

Manawatu Herald, 9 April 1895, Page 3

" Kiss me, Jack and let me ga."

■ 0 ■ Ooce, long ago, I was witness to a duel in < alifornia; The two men had been bosom fii-ndp; but baa" qnareJUd about (of cour») a woman. Splendid . fetldwi both— young, brainy, and ambitious. A.9 they stood in a clear apace among the pine trees near Sacramento, pale a* lilies, steady as rock->, weapons in hand .waiting for the word, the rising sun shining athwart the line of vieiou, th«j pTesenM » pidure ioo often seen in 1856. The pidtOie ctaoked almo9t pimultaneiusly. One man fliood erect, evidently un'ouched ; the othir fell upon hia back and lay stra ght and still. Second", surgeons, and Bp<catora rushed |to hia side. He was •• all there," mind as will fls.body, "No, don't disturb me," he he Raid coolly to the doctor* " I'm shot fatally and shall die in five minutes. Call Jack and be quick." Pistol still in hand, j his antagonist came and bent over hia '-rßt- ' while chum. The exciiement among the crowd was intense; the dying man alone was calm 'Jack, my darling old buy." he said, " fotgive me and forgive her. Kiss me and lei me go." A minute more and he wa3 dead, wiih Jack lying across his body, crying like a baby After I have to d you another and very different story, I'll show wherein they tetch the same lesson. There is no tragedy in this ope ; nevertheless it is of wider human int-reai than the other. A woman had been ill more or less all her life. The details are commonplace enough, and yet they will appeal to millions who care nothing for the jealousies pi young men in love "At times,' she says, " I suffered from pains at the back of the bead, and sense of might, and felt tired and weary, ytt it waß not from work only. I had a strange feeling, too, of something hanging over me, as of some evil or danger that 1 could not explain or define. "My appetite was variable ; sometimes I could eat anything and again I cou d not touch any food at all. But I was never laid up, a* it were. 1 ' Please note the last sentence. It may seem like the weakest but really is the strongest point in this lady's, statement. We will tell you why in a moment. She goes on : " Still I was often in misery, but got along fairly well until August, 1890, when I had a severe attack of rheumatism. First the great, toe of my right foot and the thumb of my right hand grew hot and painful. After a time the trouble extended io my back and hips I could not straighten myself ; I was almost bent double. Month after month I was like this, getting little or no sleep at night. Medical treatment proved of no benefit to me. In December, 1891, the pain almost drove me nmd. My iace was fwollen to nearly twice its natural aifce, and my eyes were so covered by the enlarged lids that I oould scarcely see. There was a constant ringing in my ears, and the doctors said I had erysipelas. " For days and days I could not walk across the floor, and for some time I was able to move about only by taking hold of the furniture or other objects. When all other means had been tried and had failed Mother Seigel's Curative >yrup was recommended to me. a single bottle did me a deal of good. I kept on with it, and soon was stronger and in better health than for forty years previously. I still take an occasional dose and continue in good health notwithstanding my age (48), and the 'change of life.' I tell everyone what the Syrup has done for me, and give you permission to publish what 1 have said. Yours truly (Signed), (Mrs.) Maky Jane Milhes, 18, Waiker'B Buildings, Brewery Lane, Thornhill Lees, near Dewsbury, Yorkshire, October 12ib, 1892-" Kow for the Ussonof both these incidents ; what is it ? This : that, it i« not people in desperate extremities who suffer most. Pain is in proportion to the resistance to disease Those who surrender, who are in despair, who give up, have present punishoxnt largely remitted. D>ing persons are the most comfortable of all. j Hopelessness and dissolution adm.nifter ' their own anodynes, i hose who tie not laid iti>, who are ill, and ye. w* rk und struggle, need pity and he p This lady was one, and to such Mo. her Seigel always proves a friend. '