"KI3S ME, JACK, AND LET ME G0;

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8167, 26 April 1895, Page 4

"KI3S ME, JACK, AND LET ME G0;

Onoe, long »go, I wu wltnaaa to a duel In CNl'fornu. The two men had betn bo on friiMdc, bat h»d quarrelled about (of course) a woman. Splendid fellowi both— yonutf, brainy, and ambitloni. As they «roo I in a obar ap»ne among tho pinn trees near Saoramento, pals aa lilies, ateady ai rooks, wapona in hand waiting for tho vrord, fch» riaing aan shini- q athwart thn Hoe of vition, tiny ores^ntsi a pioturo too often scan la 1856. Tho pUtoW oraoktd almost simnltinuously. One man §to>d oreot, evidently un'ouched ; the other fell upon hit baok and lay utra'ght and still. Sooonds, ■•irfnonr, a^d spectator* r ahed to hia tide. Ho was "all iho c," mind a» we'l as body. "'No, non't diutarb mo," he eaid onolly to tho dnotor, " I'.n shot fataly and shill d'» in five minutes, Call Jack and bo ouiob." Pistol still in hand, hit nntagouiit camo and bent over hia erat* while chum. The fxoitooi nt among the orowd was Jntjnsf • the dying man alono won calm. "Jack, my d»rling old boy " he sad, " f vgivo me and forgivo her. Kill me and lot mo go " A minute moro and ha was deal, wit 1 ' Jaok lying aoroaa hia body, crying liko a. naby. After I h 'ye told yoi an^thir and very diffore t story T'l show wherein thoy toaoh ths »ima 1 -non. There is no trv T edy in thjs ono ; novortholen it ii of wider human interest than the other, A womMi hid leon ill more or lota all he^ life, The dota la aro ooinoi nplnos enongh, an 1 yet th y will anpoal to mlllionn \v'>o oare nothing for tho jaal uilos of young mon in 1-vo. "At timew," sho a»ys, " I snfforod f rom pains a*: tho btok o' the head, and a sen c of woight, and felt tirod and weary, ye 1 ; it was not from wor only. I had a strange feeling, to,t >o, of something hanging over me, as of so ro evil or danger that I oould not explain or define, j 11 My appotite wa« varhbl" ; somokimes I oould rat anything and again I oonld not louoh any fond nt all. But I was never laid up, as it toerp " P'ewe note tin lant b ntono^. U may loom liko the voakeit, hut really ia tho atrongeat point In thia lady's statement. We will to'l you why i > a m ment. She goes on: " J^ti'l I was often in mifory, but got »Vng f*'rly w U until August 1890, \vhn\ I had a sovero nt^aok of rhuinnuFtn First tho groat tie of my right foot and t ! o thumb tt my right, hmd g'ew hot an-t pair ml. After a t'mo tho trrmblo extended to my back nnd hios I oould not ttraighton mynolf ; I wia almost bon 1 do bV. Mi nth after trouth T wm like thi», go tin? litt'o 0" no sleep at night Medioil tre tmenb prnvud of no benefit to me. In I'eormb r, 1891, the pain almost (hove we mid. My facj was awollen to nearly twioe its natural »iz>>, and my oyo« were ao oovered by the enlar^ lids thit I oould ao-irooly ace. Tho-e wai a oonstmt ringing in my or«, and tho dootors said I had e'ynipV»s, ''For days and doy I could not walk aorosa the floor, and for somo »ime I wa» able to moveabou". only by taking hold of tho furnittue or other objoots. When a'l Other meana h»d been triod and had fa led Mother Se'gel's Cu-ativo Hyrup w s rocommanded to mo. A aingla bott'e did me a deal of good. I kept on wi'h it. and soon waa atroneor and in better heilth than foforfcv years proviou^y. I aUU take an occisiona 1 dose, and cont'nne in good h alth notwithstanding my age (43), »nd the ' ohanpe of life. 1 I toll everyone whali tho Syrup lias dono for me and give you pormi si n ti jru^lish what I havo said. Yours tiuly feigned), (Vfp.) Mary Janb Miinks 18, W-lker's Puildingi, Brewory I nuo, Thornhi 1 Lfes, near Dewsbury,, York-fhira, Ootober 12th, 1892." Now for the letson of both these inoidenta; what is it? This, that it ia not people in desperato extremities who tuffer most. Fain is in proportion to the reaiatance to r'i'eaee. Those who surreal or, who ore in despair, who give up, have prorent puni hmont largo'y remitted Dymg persons ate the mo t oomfortab'o of all. Hopelessness and disso utioa aduinistor tho'r nvfn anodynei. Those who aro not faid up, who aro ill, and yet work and btrugqlo, neod pity and help. This lady was one, and to saoh Mother Selgel alwaya proves a friend.