AN OLD DETECTIVES S T ORY.
Mil Richard Wood was not at home when, says an interviewer, I rang the bell at his residence, Norfolk House, Cornwallis-street, Hastings, but whilst I was inquiring he was pointed out crossing the road. His hale and hearty appearance, ereofnass of stature, and cheoriness of manner, seemed almost to belie the fact that ex-Detective Sergeant Wood was, as he subsequently told me, turned Go, and that many years of his life had been spent in active service, exposed to all weathers, and engaged in arduous work such as cannot fail to tell on the physical frame. I asked a few questions about his experience. " Yes," he said, '■ I was often exposed to risk, sciatica and rheumatism being my chief troubles. I had sufferwl from them, offand on, for about fifteen years, aud a little while ago I was very bad with them, I think no man has ever had rheumatism and sciatica worse than I have. When i was in the police force 1 have lain on the door all night in the police station, and they have had to bring me borne in a eab. ; ' "A short time ago 1 hear you had an exceptionally bad attack ?" " Yes, and n,y wife thought ] .should not get over it. My case seemed hopeless. You can hardly name a medicine that I have not taken. But these bills that cured me us soon as I got to know them—Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, I mean —arc nothing like other medicine. I was induced to use them through reading of the wonderful cure of a woman at Dungeness, and having clone so I consider they are the medicine for any person ailing. I feel quite a new man. The Pills have put a new nerve into me. I used to have a good nerve at one. time when in the police force, and wanted it for some of the jobs that 1 had to do. The continuation of this sciatica and rheumatism—l also used to, sulier from pains in the head—tended to weaken my nerve. But now I have the nerve to go out and hit a lion. The sciatica and rheumatic pains have entirely gone from the hips and shoulders and other parts.
Further interrogated the ex-detective said he regarded the Pills as " the best medicine that is made." U e Wlls equal to walking aiiiiost any distance could walk to Eastbourne, n; or miles.
Perhaps Dr. Williams' Pink l'ill. s f ol . Pale People never hail a more enthusiastic endorsement. Mr Wood was only too anxious to tell in his interesting and intelligent manner of the line remedy he had proved Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to be, as they are in all the many disorders which arise from au impoverished state of the llr.od and nerves, such as ananiia, pale and sallow complexion, general museular weakness, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, pains in the back, nervous headaches, early decay, all forms of female weakness, hysteria, paralysis, locomotor ataxy, sciatica, palpitations, low vitality, and wasting from any cause.
Dr. Williams'Pink Pills are obtainable from all leading chemistsi, or from tho
Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Wellington, N.Z., who will forward (post paid) on receipt of stamps or post order, one box for Bs, or half-dozen for 15s 9d. Important !—Be sure and see that the I'iils are put up in wooden boxes, which are about •>!. inches in length and 1 inch thick.
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Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 159, 20 July 1897, Page 4
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578AN OLD DETECTIVES STORY. Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 159, 20 July 1897, Page 4
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