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Flesherton Advance, 17 Jan 1884, p. 2

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_ point* T*e*J|TeOei T| , . H.rra. lUron Alfred V*rc de Vein, Of mo i ou wtn no new renown Y,,u thuutfht todaacth* euautrytelk And 04K>kn*TS when TOU cam* to town. be- Wordsworth, Shelley, Cowper, Hums, Withdraw i u soora, u.l *il retired ! The lut of oiu HI liuiuliBd Karl* I* out a i>laoe to be desired. Baron Alfre.l Ver* <1 Vere, Wo thought you |irou i to bear your name, Tour pride i> yot oo nute for ours. Too proud to think a title fame We hail the genius -Dot the lord; fcWe lure the poet's truer charm*, A limpid siufer with hit druauis It worth a hnu Iced coats uf arms. Baron Alfred Ver* de Ver*. I tea >ou march, I hear TOD nay " Bow. bo , ye lower middle classes ! " la all the burden of your lay. We held you first without a peer, e) AD<! princely by Tour uuble words The Senior Wrangler of our bards U now the Wooden Hpoon of lord*. Baron Alfred Ver* de Vere.3 You put strange memories in my head ; For j ml flTe decades now nave flown Since we all mourned young Arthur dead. Ob, your wet eye*, your low replied Our e**n have mingled with your tear : To thick that all such agony Should end m oiakiug you a peer I Baron Alfred Ver* de Ver*, Our England baa had poets too . They sanij aome grand old songs of yon, But n*Ter reached such height* H you. Will Sbakspear* wa* a prince ol bards, Our Milton was a king to hear. But ha- 1 their manner* that repose Which slam pe the cute of V er* d* Var ? Baron Alfred Ten d* Vera, KuU>, uw your b* are MI* aud*u*nt. Snob , ing of Snob* i at TOUT door, To trace yoar long land deep) descent A man's a man for a' that, -And rich ou forty pound* a year i If rank be the true guinea stamp To win Parnaaaoa die a p**r I Trait me. Baron Ver* d* Ver*, When nawlM eat their noble*! words. Hi* grand old gardener and his wife Bmile at the alra of poet lord*. Howe'er it be. It teem* to me, Tii only noble to becood. Plain aoufs are more than coronet*. And simple liTe* than Baron hood. I know you, Baron Vere d* Vere : Too pia among yoar halli and bay! ; Che jaded light of your Tain eye* Is wearied with the flood of praise. in (lowing fame, with bound!*** wealth, But tickenlng of a vague disease, Tou are so deal u> simple things. Tou n**d* must play mob pranks u lbs* Alrre-l. Alfred Vera d* Vere, U Time be heaTy on your bands, An there no toiler* in our street*. Nor any pour in all these lands? Oh I teach the weak to ITU-ITS and hops, Or teach the great to help tbe low, fray heaven for a noble heart. And let the fuolieb title go. -J>aJl MM A I.. >- rnr OUrSBBW. Mis* Jennie ts a wlnsom* girl Tbe fairest lass of many , And I would be abeartlou cbnrl Old 1 not luTe Miss Jennie Hot when Into my hit mug ear Her tide of paielon guthes, I scream aud ran away, for fear Bhe'll ss* my Mil-tale blushes. Hiss Busts U to sweet and mild, And love* me. oh I so d> arly I can't reject the little child - 'Twould driTe her crazy, nearly, Bat a* she bangs upuu the gat* An<l Kings ber nopeleos sorrow, I murmur : ' It is get ing late. Pleas* com* around to-morrow." And tnnre U ro*y, romping Belle A l tiwrn la |>ruud Opbelia And peusiT*. lofty-minded Nell, 'And prattling little Delia . And 1 am wooed b> Kloie*. And cuurted, too. by Jessie, Wbile Mimie fall* upon her kneel, And ditto obaruiiug Heule, Tbere'D still anotber-bomely she Tbe gaunt. uucxiifa Kli/.a When flrit he came a-wooiug me, i Hi. buw I did neepl** her I Bnt as sbe fondly lingered near There fell, like dripping honey, This sweet uuurance on my ear Hue ha 1 a heap of money ! Bo. though I slab for Jennie's earl* And Delia so impautoued, And barker fur the other Kirls Bo sweetly, grandly fanhiuued, II serin* decreed that I (hould part From all these char Jiing witches, And sacrifice my manly heart To gauut Kliaa's rlobea Bay, what Is lit* " Tii to be born A helplea* nal> ; to greet tbe light With a sharp wail, as if tbe morn Koretol I a clou ly noon MI- 1 night ; To weep, to sleep, and weep again, With sunny smile* between and then ? And then apac* the Infant growl To lie a laughing, sprightly boy, Happy, definite bin little woeft, Were he but conscious of bis joy! ; To I.e. in short, from two t > ten, A merry, moody child and then '! And then, In coat and trousers clad, To learn to say the decalogue, And break it, an unthinking lad, With mirth and mischief ail agog I A truant oft by field aud fen, And capture butterflies and then ? And then, Increased In strength and sixe, To be. am M, a Touth full grown, A hero In his mother's eys*. A young A'Killo in his own ; To imitate the ways of men In fashionable sin aod then ' And then at last to be a man. To fall in love, to woo and wed I Wilb seotbiug brain to scbenie and plan To gatutr gold or toil for bread ; To sue for fame with tongue and pen, And galu or loee tbe prise and then ? And then in giey and wrinkled eld To mourn tbe speed of life's decline; To pralae ttie tceue* our youth beheld, And dwell in memory of lang syne; To dream awhile nf darkened ken, To drop into bis grave and then ? ANJMPOSM SPITE OP HfflSELF; A Story of a Year. BT OBOBOB ITLB. " Economy Bouse. Rooms 2.1 cents a niffht. For gentlemen only. Clean beds." Buch was tbe inscription that stared at me from over a bare-looking doorway M I tramped wearily up one of tbe great thoroughfares of the metropolis. The very word " bed " sounded luxuri- ously as I read it, for I had had a hard day, climbing up high door-steps with my "book thatsellt on sight," and then sadly climb- ing down again, without having sold it ; and I was utterly worn out. I felt in my pockets. I bad no need to (eel there ; I knew well enough what tbsy contained just a quarter of a dollar, rot another cent. Should I sleep and go without a break- fast, or breakfast and go without sleep ? My heavy eyes and weary body won the battle, and a ftw rooiijeut* later I was itreMhed oat upun a lulls iron bed in s> little wtitewanhed room, very muob like a oell a a prieoii. The mattress w* rather hard, I remember, and tbe overingii uot ovec waruj; but they were) uOtiitely pc*. fcrabl* to a cold bench, with the nighl fog ter a blank*!. Yes, it bad come to this I How strange it was to nuUiza tbat I, whose prosperous buiimes* entorjTues bad made my nuie eo well kuowu tUiuUKUout mo ouuutry luui it waa familiar to every child in every little Tillage m tbe laud, aud whose equipage and household luxuries had formed the subject of many a uewnpaper paragraph iii the "flush" tioiei gone by should now be sleopiug in a cheap lodging house, without a cent in my p Mket, aud no hope of a meal next moruiui{. But *o it wan, and ao aooustouied bad I beoome to poverty of late that it aoajroely troubled me to realize it ; not enough at all evanw, to drive sleep away ; for in a very few momenta I bad dropped into that delightfully demo- cratic state which, like death, pats us all upon a level. I bad a strange dream tbat niifht. 1 thoutiht I waa being carried through the air by a great bird, a soft, dowuy kind of bird, tbat made great luitlmjj with its wings ; and I thought that it WM such a pleasant, kindly oroa.ure, and carried me so gently, tbat I would just let it have lu own way with me, and finally it dropped me softly upon something as soft as itself, when I fell into a still deeper sleep that waa altogether dreamles*. The little lodging-bouM room seemed to have expanded when I awoke next morn ing, ud. what was stranger still, sons one bad come in the night and covered the ceiling with beautiful frtMooc*. Aud tbe bed, too, how wide and soft it wa I I wa willing to swear that when I got into it last night I had to lie very straight, or my poor sore feet were in the cold air , while now I might scramble about at my sweet will, and li* crosswise, even if I saw fit to do eo. Then again, tbe room wae filled with beau ful furniture and objects of all kinds, prominent among wbioh wan a highly ideal- ised portrait of myself, hanging O v*r the carved wooden mantel. But the prettiest thing of all in the room was a pretty little lady ; not a girl exactly, hut about the age my wife would have been if I bad ever had one. There she sat, as placidly as though it was all right and real, working at a piece of embroidery in a cosy armchair by my bedside. This was another dream, of course, but stub a pleasant one that I feared to speak, lest I should awaken and lose u all. So I lay there, turning matters over in nay mind, and wondering if this were tbe way with most dreams, and if ths distinctness faded out of them when we awoke, and left only *i blurred impression behind. " Would you like your breakfast now ? The doctor says yon may eat anything you like that is nice and digestible," said th* pretty little voice that seemed tuned to utter only kind and cheerful words. "if ad am, "I aaked.witb as much respect- ful dignity as uy position permitted, " would yon kindly inform me who I am, and what I am doing here ? how I got here, who yon are yourself, and any other facts of a personal nature that occur to yon? I admit that at present I feel a little bewil- dered." " Your name ie Richard Rollins," said the little lady, in a sort of reproving tone, such as she might have used in speaking to a wayward child. " Yea, that tallies with my idras, at least." " And," she continued, " you are a cruel, wicked man, who runs away from home and pretend* not to know his own wife when he is brought back again." " Then YOU, I suppose, are my wife, and thin i" my house, and I never was au agent for tbe ' Universal Instructor,' and I did not go to bed without a cent m my pocket last night in the Boonomy House?" " Now, dear Dick, you talk in such a nice, reasonable way that I oan scarcely believe you are not quite well agaiu. Do, darliug, try to remember. You cannot be very wrong in your head now. Your eyes look so bright and clear, and your voice sounds so uioe and quiet. When you went away you thought tbe Fenians aud tbe NilnliHtH liad formed a league to murder you, and that I was the member appointed to commit tbe crime. You have got all over that, you see, and yet, now, you pre tend not to know me." I began to see light now, though dimly. I had been mietaken for some other man whose name and appearance were identical with mine and bad been brought here while in the deep sleep of complete exhaustion. Tbe big, soft bird of my dream bad been produced by the motion of tbe carriage or whatever means bad been used in oonvey- ing me. I determined to set myself right at once. " Madam," I said, " if yon will kindly waive the question of our relationship and allow me to get up and drew, I will be pleaeed to go down to breakfant and talk the whole matter over with yon quietly." " Oh, do you feel well enough to get np .'" he naid. " Quite, quite. I only desire a little privacy and a little time to make myself presentable." " That's a good boy," sbe said, stooping over and pressing a pair of soft, oool lips on my forehead. " I will humor yon this time," and she all pped quietly out of tbe room with asmile of indulgent pity on her face. The garments that lay waiting for me were certainly not those I had worn the previous night, but they fitted me perfectly, and when I had slipped on the embroidered dressing gown and soft, warm slippers, I seemed to have gone back to the old, luxurious days again. A dainty little breakfast awaited me in the sweet, warm-looking dining-mom, where everything was so fresh and pretty and in such perfect tMte, that It looked like some dainty genre picture by Leloir. Only two chairs were placed at the table we bad finished oat meal, 1 punned my ahair from tie table and pliaged boldly into the subject of the linage mistake which, brought me there. Madam, 1 I began, " the truth iiiBMl be told, aud told at OOM, and I can only beg thai when yon know it ynu will forgive my involuntary intrusion on yoar kind bospit Bitty. Yon have made a grave aod terrible mistake in having brought me here. I am Kiobard Hollina, aud fruio your words and acuuuc 1 broeunio tbitt I r*uabl* in a marvellous degree another man who bear* the same name as myself. Bat I am not your husband. I am a poor man without a friend or relative in ins world. II you will kindly return me the mean garmns which I wore yenterday I will leave your hour* at once. You will admit tbat I have treated you witb studied respect, aud have only "renamed so tar upon your error as to eat a meal at yoar table, a meal wbiob 1 ooufee* I should otherwise in all probability have been obliged to fort-go." Ob, Dick I Diek!" moaned tbe little lady before me, banting into tear*, "I thought you had entirely recovered, and here yon are talking more wildly than ever. Ob, my heart will break with thia disap- pointment." How I longed to kisa away tbe tears froiu tboee kindly bright blue eyes, aud take the sweet little woman in my arms aud huah ber grief to rest upon my bosom. Take care," I said ; " if yon tempt me too far yon may make your life a torture of shame and remorse when yon really learn .ml might be positively tar, some boyiab mark and in one of them " my wife " sat, looking like the embodiment of domestic sweetness. I let myself forget the truth, and dropped into the pleasurable delusion until I had finished my breakfast. I felt like a miser- able swindler, sitting there in some other man's place, eating ha food and chatting with kit wife, but the temptation WM too great for a poor devil snob aa I waf at tbe time. And then I thoufcht, " it U only for an boor or two ; af ter that, poverty, loneli- ness and fatigue once more, and perhaps won* things, for aught I know." Bat when the troth. Listen to reason before) it is too late. Once more I eay I am not your bus- baud. Ood knows be is a man that any- one in the world migbt eavy. Bat I am not be. Think, think of some mark by which your husbejid identified some soar in tattooing." She started up at the last worda. Yea," she said, " you have a little blue star upon your arm just above tbe wrist. Don't yon remember bow yon used to feel ashamed of it, and said naughty words about tbe big boy who indooad you to pat it there T" She had no need to poll an my sleeve and point to the tell-tale maik; my face must have been proof enough tbat she would find it there. Now," she said, " will you give np your foolish delusion? I cannot believe tbat yon are insane. You are only or uel and hateful, and want to break your poor wife'e heart. Your voice sounds just as it used to before you were taken ill, and your eyes do not wander now. I believe you have got another wife somewhere, and want to get rid of me by pretending not to know me. What have I ever done that you should treat me so T All tbe long time tbat you 'ere deranged I watched over you and oared for yon. When they wanted to take you away, I refused to let yon go. And after you wandered off tbat time and lost yourself, I might have bean free if I bad wished it. Bnt X did nor wish it. I have searched for yon, and waited fer you, and been aa faithful as though you bad been well and with me. And this is my return for all." And she sank sobbing on tbe sofa. How was I to convince her that abe aod not I waa laboring under a delusion. After cogitating this question for some time,* I came to tbe conclusion that my bent and safest plan was to giv* up tbe attempt, evidently a bopclem one, of explaining matters, and simply leave tbe bouse at once. It was all very well to make the resolution, but when it came to carrying it out I discovered tbat I waa not a free agent. My attempt to get back my own clothes proved fruitless, so I resigned myself to the necessity of walking through tbe streets in dremiing-gowu and slippsr*. Bnt here again I waa thwarted ; the lower windowe were all barred, the doors looked and tbe keys bidden from me. Now, what was I to do ? Wait until tbe doctor called and try to get bis help ? That seemed a feasible plan. So when, a little later in tbe morning, the white haired and benignant medioal man made his appear- ance, I appealed to him in the most earnest and straightforward manner to relieve me frosn my false and embarrassing position. He blandly agreed witb all I said, and spoke in terms of the highest commenda- tion of my good taste and honorable feel- ing, but concluded by saying : " I think, however, that you had better remain of oourse, you understand, under suob condi- tions as will save you enforced residence here from any appearance of impropriety. Your wife I beg your pardun, this Isvdy might send for some elderly female relative or friend to aot aa her companion, and any other such expedient sa you approve might be made use of. Bnt I think on tbe whole you had better remain." Here I oauKbt him glancing meaningly at my psendo wife, who stood listening intently to every word we uttered. " My Ood, man I" I shouted, provoked beyond endurance, " do you call youracK a physician and do not know tbat I m a perfectly satie man. Look in my ey, feel my pulHe I you most see tbat I an not de- ranged." ' Ob, not at all. Not at all," said the old doctor, in a tone of the deepest earnest- uess. " I only tboughtit might relieve tbe lady'* feelings. She is a little on ynu understand," and be touched bis forehead witb a little twirling gesture of the finger. It wa bopeleen. I saw plainly this bouse wa* to be my place of residence whether I wished it or not, and until the real head of it waa discovered, if he ever WM. I xliould old A u-i t bar au smiling iu ber ariucuair by the fireside, We used to drive oat together in th* family coach, not in the afternoon parade through the park aod back sgaln, out on into the oooiitry, where we could see Nature, Bot yet made ooiumouplaoe b< unsympalbstio crowds. In everything our tau>M agreed Every day aoms new point of sympatb; would develop itself. Suoiatini**), when I thought that all this most end soon, my heart would seem to nee np in my throat and choke me. If tbe true husband ever returned I oould faoe him with a clear conscience, for not by one action had I wronged him. H* might for give me, but for my part I felt tbat the da; I lost the companionship of this dear arc kindred seal woald end for me the possibi lily of bappiuee*) in life. Towards tbe end of tbe year I saw a singular change oome over the mam, IT ol my friend and companion. 8be became a lit lie lees (ami liar aod sometimes I dis- covered a look of doubt and terror in ber eyes. At last one day I found her weeping bitterly. Tremblingly I asked ber to explain the cause of ber lean. At firat she could only Bob, but at last be wbiapered : " It is only tbe old question of yoar delu sion." It waa the fint time in many months that either of us bad alluded to tbe subject, Heaven knows how I waa tempted for i moment to lie to ber, and deny my identity, tiui I reeisted tbe unmanly suggestion ol my own weakneaa, and said : Do not let us speak of that" No," she burnt oat, in a tone almost of defiance. " I have not told you tbe truth. I am beginning to doubt myself, and not you. Sometime* I seem to see a difference, not in your faoe or form, not in any outward thing, bat in your soal. I never loved you before you left me aa I do now. I almost doubt tbat I loved you truly. Then it was merely affection, now u is something deeper and Btrongsr. Look in my eyes, and toll me truly. Are you my buebaod?" If I should live for centuries, I should never forget the anguish of that moment. But at last I nerved myself, but such an effort aa tbe victim of tbe inquisition most have made when be acknowledged the heresy tbat condemned him to the torture, and said in a faint and hollow, but distinct tone: " I am not > our husband. Farewell !" Sadly I arose, and with downcast head left ber pretence. I bad opened tbe door, and waa about to cross tbe threshold when I beard the rustle of a woman's drees com ing down the stain, aod before I bad made another step a pair of aoft, warm arms wers olaepea tightly around my neck. " Dou'l leave me," pleaded the sweet voice tbat I bad loved BO well. " I cannot bear to part with you. You are mad, yon are my husband t" Firmly bat gently I unloosened ber clinging arms. " Friend of my BOB!," I said, " I lore yon too much to wrong yon. You know tbat I am not your husband." The red blood of shame rushed into ber faoe. and she sank into a seat aod covered ber fao* with ber bands. Without another word I rushed into ths street, utterly exhausted by ths effort I had made, and almoat bating myself for tbe cruelly that honor had demanded of me I had insulted the woman I loved, sod now sbe would despise m*, perhaps. " Well, better so," said my oonnoienoe ; but " No, no," said my wretched aud tortured heart. Fortune aeensed to turn in my tavor after this time. " Seemed," I nay, for il waa, in reality, the moat wretched period of my life. I raa aororaan old employee of mine, now a wealthy man, thanks to help I gave him in my days of prosperity, and be proved to be possessed of tli* rare human virtue of gratitude. H* took me into bis employ, and placed me in a position of trust and dignity. But I was gloomy and spiritleiu, for the one being who made life of interest to ms seemed separated from me for ever, aud 1 believe I should, indeed, have gone OMM, iui i taJn* tbe out of his beard as* hair and a*M his tricks of speech. It WBcaseiBxpgam*, ao4 many a time 1 WM ou the briuk ol detection. " When I tost you I had already o*> tamed an immense sum of money by tan mewH, and had oouoladad B*> live a qoisA and steady life, if I ooold do ao. You wil remember bow careful I waa to IIT* privately after we were married. I *a* afraid of your bearing ths reports abost me, and I tudloualy kept every utwspaper from yon that contained any allusion ts me ; for a>t that time they were full af sneers at "tbe poor bankrupt, Rollins, wn* is now living in luxury," sto. The anxiety and strain of those days brought oo the brain iron bles, which I havs never been f re* from until the present time, when they tell me I must die in a few boon. Try t* forgive me for my deception, and forget BBS aa soon aa you can. ALTBCO Lumis." What a flood of light was let in upon rnj mind by this revelation. I remembered Landis very well now, aa a boy who had been very like me in appearance and whs) bad afterward turned out badly and iliaaf peared from oar native town. Here too wan an explanation of th* mys- terious paragraphs about me which had puzzled me so much from time to tisaa, and tbe mysterious tattooed star WM a mystery no longer. For Landis and I bad taken the freak, a* boys often do, of imitating tbe mark* we bad seen on sailors, and bad used tbe sans* star of ueedle-pomte to do tbe work with. Need I tell how I flew to the Bide of her I loved and from whom nothing but < wa* ever again to part me ? All these things happened many ago, and I am now getting on in Uf* with a sweet aud good wife and as fine a pair of boys as any man in tbe land But I shal never forget bow for one year of my life I waa an impoator in spite of myself. POM TRB WHETS, I HER AID URINARY (MAIS THB mmmr BLOOD PUMMVUB. There Is only on* way by which any illiiss;easl cured, and that li by removing ths eaoee whateTsr it my be. The great medical aatbosv tie* of the day declare that nearly *T*ry llnsSB I *J*jo*ed by deranged kidneys or liver. To restore bee berefore I* the only way by whlcb health oan be ssonreii. Here I* where Wansvr'e stems* mrr has achleTed Its (real renut \tlod II aetl directly upon th* kidneys and flTer and by pie*- them I u a healthy condition '-* *'rnn anil palD frum the njnem. For all Kidney, UT* n.l Urinary tronblss, for th* dlMnasing dlsv rden nf women, for Malaria and illjsl**! troable* generally this great remedy has DO equal. eware of impoetors, ImltatloDi and oonooctlo s said to be jus* as food. For Dlabetea ask for Wawver'a Mule *tr > mrr For sals by all dealer*. II II U tKM ll.t < Toronto, Ont, Hooheeter M. T IxiDdon o. 4! n. i. 3. ating manner x>uld uive m* rsllef or CBATTBB IL " Maiden Has*., Fab 1. 1 ). Gentlemen I suffer*! with attacks of *ick headache." Neuralgia, fernal* trouble*, for year* la I 1 excruciating liictor ooi _ used BOM bitters. Tbe first bottle Nearly cured me;" Tbe second mad* m* a* well and strong as when a ctiilil " And 1 have been so to this day." My huiband was an Invalid for twenty year with a >erlous " Kidn*y. liver aud urinary complaint, " 1'ronounced by Boston's best physicians "Incurable! HeTen bottles of your bitter* cured him sad know of tbe " Live* of sight persons " In HIT nslgbborbood that have been **ted received the two , your bitten. mad, but for a strange circumstance, which j mt>*t trrnhle and i suddenly altered tbe whole complexion of , N " "nediein* or , my life. One morning, just as I waa about to leave | my lodging for tbe office, a letter waa handed to m*. 1 kn*w the handwriting at once. It wa* from hrr. I hastily tore open the envelope, and three letters fell out upou the table. The one tbat firat caught my eye waa in tbs same hand as tbe adores*, and I eagerly seized and read it. It contained only these few worda : " DEAB FBIBHD, I letters, here enclosed, and send them to ' b-J."'.! '"*"' mor * * Uiln * tb<m wlth t you without comment, aa they speak for ^""BT almost have to oooapy bi* place. So, after a few more fruitless attempt!, I gave np the straggle, and allowed myBelf to be carried along by tbe tide of droumBUnoes. Certain thingi, however, I iniiited upon ae tbe only oouditioni upou wbiob I would remain paewiTe. Tbe dontor'n BoggestioD as to a companion for tbe lady moat be carried out at ouoe, and I rnuat be treated merely ae a gaest in tbe house. " Ton bad better bumor me," I said, " for I might beoome violent, yon know, if I ihould be thwarted." Tbe doctor opened hit eye* at this last remark of mine with an expression of HUT- priee aad intoreit, but be did not alter bit manner towards me in tbe least. I learned that my " oaM " afterwards formed tbe subjot of a most interestiafi article in medioal journal, for which the doctor received great credit in his fraternity. For a whole year I lived in thii strange and falee position, growing day by day more deeply attached to tbe dear, affection ate little woman who Ml before me at every meal, who sang tweet, simple little soni for me in the evening, witL kind, mother BO tip ihrrlv tbernselvi "With kindest wishes for your happiness, I remain, Your friend, E R. Tbe next letter I picked np was in a strange hand and ran as followi : OCTOBER 3rd, 16V I ORXKN Co. IN'ANB Ami.ru / " DBAB MAIUM, Tbe endowed packet waa banded me by a patent calling lum-clf Alfred Landis, just a year ago, witb tbe request that I should keep it for a year, and then Bend It to its addreea. " Tbe patieut, Landis, bad been suffer- ing from aente mania, imagining, bimswlf the victim of a conspiracy. A little while before bis death, however, be had a lucid interval, aa frequently ocean in such oases, and it waa in this brief time tbat be wrote and handed me this packet, witb the requeet I mentioned. Very respectfully, JAMBS BDDC, M. D., " Bun't Greenville Insane Asylum. " To Mrs. Eleanor Rollins, New York. I opeBed tbe other note with an eager hand, and read as followi : " DIAB KI.BA.NIIB, When you receive this I Khali have been dead for a year, and beyond the reach of all worldly reproach. I cannot bear to think of your having such a shook as thia letter must give yon, until absence baa had time to obliterate in some degree your affection for me. " My name u not Rollina. That is the name of an old playmate of mine, whose strong resemblance to myself oaed to create a great deal of comment. "As I grew to manhood I fall into temptation, and disgraced myself and my family. I was ashamed of my name, and concluded to change it and leave tbe section , of country where I was known. Richard i Rollins at this time was growing wealthy, ' and his name and faoe wen known all over t the country. I commenced a system of swindling by passing myself off under bis Do mlnelee? Mn. S. D. 8U*k. KIDNEY-WORT THE GREAT CURE "^cir" ^HMEUM-ATISM- * It u for fell the psainfii) iHipaac of th* E KIDNIVS.LIVIR AND 8OWSLS. * It cl*an*ee the mum of the acrid poi* * Skat O.USM the dreadful enOknnf which * onljr the victim* of Rheumatism en re^ll**. - THOUSANDS OP OASIS 8' th* iront form* of ml* terrible dlM*e Sav* l-o-i quickly r*UTed. and In *h jrt Urn* PCMriCTLY CURIO. rw i. 91. uortnoM DST. MIIJI tt\ pm 1 ' Dry on be urnt by mall. WELLS, RICHAHWON *< Burllni KIDNEY-WORT THE ONLY VEGETABLE I CURBS ^ ^aBtBsBVBsBWa) *>' Loss of Appetite, Indigestion, Sour Stomach, Habitual Costiveness, Sick Headache and Biliousness, Pi to*. g. p, bottle, gold by all Dni*>. CMra tiACB to **" a nmlnuB lunation or RmncerlaaPen- anshlp at the BFBNOU it* BuauriM ooiiLBOB O Iranian free

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