Four Hours too Late.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4750, 18 June 1894, Page 3

Four Hours too Late.

" Oh, God;l if I could recall tlio past threo orfoiir hours,, See wjinttrouHos a mim jfiay, Dtini*'upon himself' nil jin a ni^nen^",- 1 - s v/ j ilrJnmes Curtiss and' Mr'O. S. Binnett, both' of-'Sail Francisco, 1 liad been intimate friends for years,' Last summer tlicy f qunnvellcd for_ tho first iimo, each accusiug tlio other of wrong, Better thoughts'prevailed, and' tlioy were reconciled, But you can't undo wlia| is onco done, Memory.keiit tlio record on hor slate.' They avoided each other:« much as possible. Still living os"neighbours, men must meet some tnue,.Tliese two met in the street. Tho quarrel was renewed; 1 'Bitter words'flow 'fiist ; and thick, And - j'o himself with rage, drew his .pistol and shot Bennett dead on the spot.' Later in the day lie used the above lnngvinge—so laden with self-reproach and" sorrow. Yet, how useless, liow hopeless, how Vain. ! ; But was-Curtis right in-saying that trouble may come all in a moment ? Trno, .it,often seems.so, but :s thdro not a deeper fact- which wo "don't sco ? It matters nothing what tlio nature of tho trouble is. Thercfovo lotus consider a diil : ereiit ease on the same principle! An intelligent woman 'says:— "In October, 1590,1 had annttack of illness from which I iicver expected to recover. I had aching rains all over mo add a cough that nearly shook ine to pieces. I obtained no good sleep night or day,and Mto tnk to my beit., I-pj fed with liquor, food from hn invalid's cup, for I could not raise myself in bed. My I heart fluttered so yoii could hear it boat [on the pjllow, and often pains struck through it as though somebody liad stabbed me, I lay perfectly helpless land,could .scaroelybreathe,? A doctor attended 1110 over a month, but I grew | weaker and weaker, Sometimes at night I was so bad lie feared I would not live 1 till morning. He called in a consulting physician and boih agreed llmt my con[ui.tioii was ; c"ili«'al. !■; wss;;fcdwitli brandy to keep me alive. Mr husband and daughter stayed with mo almost constantly. Noiwrofthe medicines administered had any effect. I wits almost at death's door. : "At this time Mrs Keeling, of Mutl'cy. near Plymouth, a f'icnd of mine, urged inc to fry n medicine called Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup. I procured a bottle, and after a few,days I was able | to take and digest sufficient food to give inc some strength, and the,worst , symptoms were greatly abated, Afar having used six bottles of ihe Syrup my health was completely restored, and I have sin'co jell 1 b kr llm for the priviou ikifiy ycm.- My two daughters have also been cured of indigestion by it. I will gladly answer any enquiries." (Signed) Mrs Louise Jackson, Builders' Arms Hotel, Bridgo llosd, Hammersmith. London, January 11th, 1892. In tlio letter bom which the nbovo is an extract, Mys Jackson fmilier savs that for over twenty years before the attack of October, I'BilO, sholiad suffer, d Irian a disordered ■ stomach and liver. She had had n had taste in the mouth, a poor appetite, and what little die lite gave her pain. She fell dull, languid, aiuKirecVaud had a miserable sinking feeling in the stomach, great pain in the chest and sides, palpitation, giddiness. e»d f-eq»>.nllg fdim fnc street and had to be msi'-tcd home . . !

So we perceive that inherent n epiisc long in operation, at last produced the crisis winch came near ending her tile. It is always thus, whether we recognise (because or not, The crime committed by Cui'lis was tlic sudden passionate'iie 1 - of a man who allowed thoughts of hale and vengeance to take possession of bis mind and breed tlio .condition which made murder possible. Li the very different case of this lady's illness it was an enemy of her body, indigestion and dyspepsia, which at 'length broke out into, violence. The lesson is the same. Watch the beginning of evil and cheek it while yet it may be easily controlled.