"KISS ME, JACK, AND LET ME GO.'

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8165, 20 April 1895, Page 4

"KISS ME, JACK, AND LET ME GO.'

Onoe, long •go, I waa witness to a duel in California. The tiro men had bean bofom frlojdi, bat had quarrelled about (of oonrae) a woman. SpUndid fellow* both— young, brainy, and ambitioai. As tnoy itood in a olear spaue among the pine trees near Haoramonto, pale as lilies, steady j a* rooks, vrea noun in haud waiting tor tho I word, th« r'ling idd shining athwart the lino of viiion, thoy presentei a pioturo too often seen in 1858. The pistols oraoktd aloiost simultaneously. One unn atood oroot, evidently untouched ; the othor fell upon hit back and lay stra'ght and ■bM, Sooonda, aur, ion*, and spectators raahed to hia tide. Ho was ** all there," mind at wall »■ body. " No, aon't disturb me," ho aaid 000 l y to tho dootor, " I'm shot frttaly ftai ihill do in live minuter Call Jack and bo quiok." Pistol slill in hand, hit antagonist oame and bent over his erst' while chum. The oxoitem a nt among the orowd was lutaate ; tho dying man alone w.i 8 calm, " Jack, my dtrliog old boy," he said, ♦' fo'give me and forgivo her. Kin me and let mo go " A minuto moro and he wan dead, with Jaok lying across his body, crying like a oaby, After I hive bold you an>tlnr and vory differo t story. I' 1 ! show wherein thoy teaoh the aamo lesion. Thero is no tragedy in thU one ; nevertholoss it is of wider human Into eat than : the other, A woman hid keen ill moro or lest all her life. Tho detail are oomnrrnplaoo enough, and yet th y will appoal to millions who oaro nothing for tin jealousies Of yonng men in lovo. "At time*," she Bays, •• I suffered from pains a1;a 1 ; tho back of the head, and a son c of weight, and fe't tired and weary, yet It was not from wor - only. I had a strange feeling, t>o, of something hanging over mo, at of bo me ovil or dangor that I could not explain or define, "My appetite was variable ; sometimes I oould eat anything and again I oould not touoh any food at all. Hut I was never laid vp, as it wei c " Flo mo note ths last s ntenoo. U may seom like tho wenkeit, but really is the strongest p>iut in this lady's atatomont. Wo will to'l you why in a moment. She goes 01: " Jsti'l I was often in miery, but got a'tng f»!rly w H until August. 1890, wh'ii I had a seve c tt'ajk of rhumatmn First tho great tie of my right foot and tho thumb * f my right) hand grew hot and paiuul. After a time tho trouble extended to my back and hips, I oould not stt tighten myself ; I was alaio t bent double. Month aftor mouth 1 was like Ihw, getting little or no sloop at night Mediojl tro Ixent provod of no boneiit to me. In Oeocmb-r, 1891, tho pain almost drove we mad, My faoa wa« swollen to nearly twioo iti natural »'vo t and my eyes were 10 covered by the enlarged lids that I oould loarooly see. Thero was a oonstiat ringing in my oin, and the dootora said I had oryoipolis. " For days and days I conld not walk across the floor, and for some time I wai able to move about only by taking hold of the furuitaie or other objeots, Whoa a 1 other moans had been tried and had failed Mother Hcigel's Curative Syrap was re< commended to tne. A single bottle did me a deal of good. I kept on with it, and soon was stronger and in bet or health than fo forty years previously. I still take an occasional dose, and continue in good h alth notwithstanding my ago (48), and the ' ohango of life.' I teil everyone what the Syrup has done for me and give you permissi n Ij publish what I have said. Yours truly (Signed), (Mr«) M*ay Janb Milnxs, IS, W Iker's Buildings, Brewery Lane, Thornhil Lees, near Dewsburyj Yorkshira, Ootober 12th, 1892." Now for tho loiaon of both these inoidents; what is it ? This, that it is not people in dosporato extremities who suffer most, Fain is in proportion to the resistance to oiiciie. Those who surrender, who are in despair, wLo give up, have protent puni hmont largely remitted- Dytng persons ate the mo t comfortable of all. Hop*leasnoriß and dissolution administer their own anodynes. Thoie who aro not laid up, who aro ill, and yet work and (struggle, need pity and help. This lady was one, and to suoh Mother Solgol always proves a friend.