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

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8168, 27 April 1895, Page 4

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

Onoft, long ago, I wm witness to a daol •n CMiforni*. Tha two men h*H betn bo out frio >&f, but h&i qnanrollod about (of ooano) a woman. Splendid fellowi both— yonnuf, braiov, and ambitions, A« they iroo 1 in a ol*ar spi c nmoa? the pine troti near Saorainonto, pal* aslllirs, iteady at rooks, weapon* in hand waiting tor the vford, r.h« rising san shining athwart th« lino of viiion, th^v nrevntoi a pio v -uro too often seen in 1856 The pi » toll oraoked , al'noit nimult-jneoualy. One m*n ato'd erect, evidently an<ouohed ; tho other fell upon hi« back and lay stra'ght and •till. Seoondi, ourffvnr, a-id speutatori rushed i to his oide. He was •• *1I »he'e," mind a» well an body. u 'Mo, oon'fc disturb me," he »aid ooolly to tbo dootor, " I'm flhot 'ntally and sfnll die in five minutes, C»ll Jaok and bo aatokj 1 Ptttol tttU in, baud, his Antagonist oamo and bont ovtr hii «r>t< while chum. Tho fxoiteavnt among the orowd was intdn»>e ; thw dying man aloue was oalm. "Jaok, my dkrliog old boy " he laid, n forgive me and forgive her. Kiu me and let me go " A minuto more and he was dead, with Jaok lying aoron his body, crying like a naby. Aftor I hive told yon an-thir and very differe t story. I'U «how wherein they teooh the »me lesion. There is no tragedy in thl* one; nevortheleii it u of wider humin interest than the other, A woman hid boon ill moro or leu all her life. The deta li are oom-n-in-plaoa enough, and yob th y will appeal to millions who oaro nothing for the jealouiles of young men in l^ve, "At times," »ho liyß, " I infTcred f rom pains at thn baok of the head, and a ion c of weight, and felt tired and weary, yet ib was nob from wor ' only. I had a strange feeling, t?o, of something hanging over m% at of iome evil or dangor that I oould not explain or define, "My appetito was variable ; sometimes I oonld rat anything and again I oould not touch any food at all, But Inw never laid up, as it were " P'eaio note the latt rntenoe. H may ooem like the weakest, but really is tho strongest point in this lady's st%tement. Wa will tel you why in a mimont. Bhe gooi on: "Still I was often in miiery, hut got airug fairly w-'l until August 1800, whfu \ had a severe Dttaok of rhumntitm. Firat tho great tie of my right foot and tt~o thumb ' f my right h»nd grow hot and pamiul, After a t'me tho trouM") extond^d to my baok and hi s, I oould not straighten myself ; I was almo t ben 1 " do-ibK Month after month I was like thi>, ge'ting; little or no sleep at night Modioil treatment proved or no benefit; to me. In Ueoamb'r, 1891, tha pain almost drove ivs mad. My fuos wai swollen to nearly twioo iti natural size, and my eyes wero bo ooverod by the enlarged lids that I oould soaroely see. There w.ll a constant ringing in my eirt, and tho dootora said I had eitNiipiiia. "For days and dayi I coald not walk aorots tho floor, and for some time I wai ablo to move about only by taking hold of tho furniture or other objects. When n 1 other moani hid beon tried and had failed Mother Soigel's Curative Syrnp w s rooommended to mo. A single bottle did me •» doal of good. I k«pt on with it. and noon wai atroncor and in better heilth than fo* forty years previouily. I still take an occmoml dose, and oont'nue in good h ftlth notwithstinding my age (IS), «nd tho ' change of life.' I tel everyone what the Syrup has dono for me. and give you perrai si n ti tnMiih wh»t I have said. Yours ttuly (^igned), (Sfrw) M..«y JA^fB MitNßfi. 18, W.lkor's fluildiuga, Browory ' one, Thornhi'l Leoi, near Dewabury; Yorkshire, October 12th, 1892," Now for the lesson of both tnoio inoidents; what ii it? This, that it it not people in desperate extremities who mffer most. Pain 11 in proportion to the roiistance to rueaße. Thoie who mrreuilor, who are in despair, who give up, have protent punihment large'y remitted Dying persons ato the mo t oomfortab'e of all. ETopMesineis and disso'ution administer their own anodynes. Thosa who aro not laid up, who aro ill, and yet work and htrugqle, noed pity and help. This lady waa one, and to suoh Mother Selgel always proves a friend.