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

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8169, 29 April 1895, Page 4

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

Onoo, long ago, I w«i witness to a duel in Ctlifornirf. The two man had been botoui friujdr, ha\ h»1 quarrelled about (of oourio) a woman. Splendid followi both — young, brainy, and ambitious. Ao they atoo lin a ol i ar spa c •mono* the plna treis near Paorainonto, pal? as lilies, ateady m rooks, wapon* ia hand waiting lor the vrord, tht rising aan shining athwart tho line of vision, thiy nres^ntel a picture too often aeon in 1856. The pistols oraokcd aliioit aimuUviuonslr. One roan etoid oreot, evidently nnioached ; tho othor fell npon hit back and lay utra'ght and itill, Seomda, aurpioi*, aid spootatoi'J mihod to hin side. Ho was " <tll there," mind a* well aa body. "'No, non't disturb me," he laid coolly to tho dootor, " I'm shot fatally and ah x\\ din in five minuter Gall J«ok and bo ouioK," Pistol still in hand, hia Antagonist oame and bent over his crab« while oh am. The fxoitom nfc among tho orowd was intjnkn ; tho dying man alone was calm. "Jack, my darliog old boy," he *aid, " fvgivo me and fo-givo her. Kin me and let mo gn " A minute more aad he waa dead, with J«ok lying across hia body, crying liko a oaby. After I Inve told yoa another and very diffore t atory. I'l show wherein they teaoh the tame lesion. Thero is no tragody in this one ; never* thelen it ia of widor human Intoroat than tho other, A woman hid keen ill more or loss all her life, Tho deta la aro ooimnn» plftoo enough, and yot th y will appeal to milliona who owe nothing for the jeal'usles of young men in l->vo. 11 At time*," aho o»ys, "I suffered from pains a*-, the baok of tho head, and a acn e of weight, and felt tired and weary, yot It was not from wor' r only. I had ft strange feeling, too, of aomothing hanging over mo, aa of aomo evil or danger that I oould not explain or defuio, "My appetite waa variable ; aometimos I oould fat anything and again I oould not touch any fond at all. Hut I was never laid vp, as !( were " Pleaio note the last amteno*. T t may teem liko tho veakeit, but really ii tho atrongoat point in thia lady's atitement. We will teM you why in a moment. Bho goes on: "Still I wrh often in mirery, but got ft'< ng fi'rly w U until August 1890, when I had a severo nttaok of rhumatism. Firat tho great toe of my right foot and tbo thumb rf my righh hind grew hot an i painiul. After a time tho trouble extended to my back nnd hips. I oould not ottaightA myaolf ; I was almost bent double. Month after month ( waa liko lhi», gotins? Htt'e or no sleep at night Mcdioxl treitmont provud o( no benefit to mo. In Dooemb-r, 1891, the pain almost drove we mad, My fao wui twol'en to nearly twioe its natural »ize, and ray oyea were ao covered by the enlarged lids that I could loarooly aeo. Thoro w.ia a oonetmt ringing in my e\r§, and the dootors aaid I hal e>ynipoWs. "For daya and dayi I ooa'd not wa'k aorosa the floor, and for some time I wai ablo to movo about only by talcing hold of the furnitate o' other objoots. Whena'l other meani hid been triod and had failed Mother Poigel'a Curative Syruo w s rocommended to mo. A ainglo bott'e did me • deal of good. I kept on with it. and aoon waa stronger and in hotter health than fo • forty yean provioualy. I still Uko an occasional dote, and cont'nae in good h alth notwithatandiog my age (48), «nd tho < ohango of life,' I tell everyone what the Syrup haa done for mo and give you permi si n tt publish wh«t I have said. Yours tiuly (Signed), (Mr*) MiJiy Jank Milnks, 18, W lker's Building!, Brewery ' one, Thornhi l ! Leos, near Dewsbury ; Yorkshire, Ootnber 12th, 1892," Now for the locson of both theae inoidents; what ia it? This, that it ia not people in doaporate OTtromities who tuffer most. Fain ia in proportion to the resistance to rieoiio. Those who surrender, who are in deapiir, who give up, have proseat puni htnont large'y remitted. Dying poraons ate the moit oDmfortab'e of all. Uopole'snoia and disso'utinn administer their own anodynoj. Thosi who aro not laid up, who are ill, and yet work and btrugglo, need pity and help. This lady waa one, and to saoh Mothor Selgel always proves a friend.