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

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8166, 25 April 1895, Page 4

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

Ono», long ago, I vr\% witneis tn a duel \n Q%\il<\vn\«. The two moa h*d hoen hcnoin frio «d>, bat h*i qnanrMlad aboat (of oourne) a wnmdn. Bplondid fol'owi both — yrmnti, brainy, on'l nmbitioat. A» they fl^oo lian ol»ar sp» *« araontf the plno trues noar Paoramento, pals as lilies, steady M rooks, wapo'is in hand waiting tor tho word, fc*r> r'«'ns{ Ban sh'ning »tW»rt tho line of vision, th-"» Mrevnto-i ft pioUiro too often •onn in 185f). Tho piitoln oraokcd almost aimnUmuouily. Ono roan sto^d oroot, evidently nntouched ; the other foil upon hit hick and lay stra'ght and •bill, Seconds, surpinac, aid ipoutatori rnshed to his tide. Ho was •• *H thee," mind a« well aa body. "'No, non't disturb mo," ho naid oootly to tho dootor, " I'm shot fatally and shill do in five minutes, 0»H Jtok and be nuiofc." Pintol ntill in hand, hid Antagonist <nmo and bent over hii erst* whilo ohom. Tho rxoitom^nt among the otowd \t»s IntM!***; tho <Iy«ng man alone was calm. "Jack, my darling old boy." he said, " t v^iva me and forgive her. Kirn mo and let mo gn " A minute moro and he wan dead, wit>> Jnok lying aoross his body, crying liko a, oaby. After I h>ve told you atntlnr and very diffnro t itory 1"l show whorein they toaoli thi n>mo Union. Thera is no tragedy in this ono ; never* thelesH it is of widor human Interost thau tho other, A woman hid Leon ill more or lorn all her life, Tho rieta In are common" placo onongh, ftD^ y«t th y will appeal to millions who oare nothing for the joalnuilea of young men in bvo. "At timeH," the s»ys, "I lafferod from pains a*i tho biok o r the head, and a ten c of weight, and felt tired and weary, yol it was not from wor only. I had a strange feeling, t>o, of aomofchtng hanging over mo, as of boto evM or danger that I could not explain or define, "My appotito wa« variable ; nnmetimot I oould mt anything »nd Again I oould no*: touch any fnnd at all. Hut I was never laid tip, at it weie " P'eme note tb 1^ last ■ ntonoo. H may teem liko tbo veakest, hut really is the strongest p^int In this lady's statement. We will tel you why i" a m ment. She goeg on: «• Sti'l I was often in misery, but got aVng fairly w^ll until August 1890, wh»n I had a sevoro nttaok of rluimaiirm Firnt the great tie of my right foot and to thumb ( f my right hand grow hot and painiul. After a t'me tho trouhlo extended to my back find hips, I oould not (straighten myxolf ; I was almost bent do'ib'e. M^nth after month I was like thin, ge'tin? little o- no sleep at night Medioil tr« tmenfc proved or no benelit to mo. In Peo*mb r, 1891, tho pain almost drovf ire mad. My fnn» wa< iwollen to nearly twice iti n'tur-il ni/n, and mv oyo» were so oo"ered by ihe on!ar»«(< Hds that I oould to >roely see. The'o was a oon«tvit ringing in my em, and the dooton said I had o'ynipV«s, lf For days and day I coold not walk acroei the floor, and for iomo timo I wai able to moveabou-. only by taking hold of the furnitcue o* other objects. When a'l other meins hud been tried and had fa-lod Mothor Poigel's TiiMtivc Syruo w s rocommended to me. A single hotfc'e did me • deal of good. I kept on wi'h it. and «oon was Btrongor and in hotter hoilth than for forty yeara previously. I still take an occasion*' do«o, and cont nue in good h alth notwithstanding my ago (4S), «nd the « change of life.' I to'l everyone what tho Syrup has done for me and give you pormi si n ti publish what I havo «aid. Yours truly («»ignod), (Mr.) M,ry Janb Miink<s, 18, W.lkor's Buildings, Brewery • one, Thornhi 1 Lees, near Dowsburyj Yorkahiro, Oot^ber 12th. 1892 " Now for the loiiDn of both these incidents ; vhat is it? This, that it is not people in desperato extremities who luffor most. Pain is in proportion to tho rosistanoe to ' ircaie. Those who turroaoor, who ore in despair, who give up, have pro»ont puni hment large'y romittod Rymg persons are tho mo t comfortable of all. Hop'tettnesa and disso'ntinn administer their own anodyne*. Thoso who are vot hud t>p, who are ill, and yet work nnd ttniggle, need pity and help. This lady was one, and to inoh Mother Selgel always proves * friend.