The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-04-26
G. NJ. ID.
A Medley, n Mystery, a Marvel and n
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TIE STORY OF 4 DREAM


money,n was O foolish fathers advice to
his son: Get money, if You can honestly,
makes but slight alteration IN the order
of the words. but varies the sentiment con-
siderably. There is no harm in making
money. It answereth all things, Used
rightly it is power for good; and there IS
money enough in the world to form lever
by which the mass of humanity could be LIT.
ed, to a certain extent, out Of its depths OF
sorrow and despair. Money we must have
for money makes the mare 60. Some can
make money who have no faculty for saving.
Would you save you must know how to deny
those who would borrow and never repay, as
we'll as those who beg simply because. they are
too lazy to work. There are men who never
want to see you except to ask the favor OF
loan. They will ask for just one word with
you, and that one word is sure to be money.
An impecunious fellow met rich acqualnt-
ance, and not liking to ask din e,tly for
loan, said, "Friend Smith, if you had ten
dollars in your pocket, and I was to ask you
for the loan of five, how many would remain
in your pocket?" 'Ten dollars, to be sure,"
replied the rich man, without moments
hesitation. He had gumption, and knew too
much to part with his money by any such
rule of subtraction.
Oh, see, said the impecunious man thus
rebuffedj He was able to owe. He was
one of the Micawber sort-always waiting
for something to turn up. How like some
people who are sick. They think to get well
by letting disease take care of itself. But
diseases do not heal themselves, and too late
their victims full often find this out to their
sorrow as death seizes upon them. Had they
many years to their lease of life. The cure
was nigh them, as it is nigh to all who read
this medley. These paragraphs tell the
story, as patient perusal will prove. Those
who have keen insight and can read between
the lines may solve the conundrum the soon
er for it, but upon all, light will dawn ere
they read the final word of our story.
Light will dawn, we said, and go it will,
light of hope and help. Light is what
certain individual wanted. Mr.. Jones we
will call him. He was very sick. Consump-
ton had fastened its fangs upon him. He
had long neglected catarrh, and laughed ct
the idea of taking anything for it when ad-
vised to do so, and so went from bad TO
wolse. His lungs became diseased, hack
ing, churchyard cough racked him almost to
pieces, and he was fast wasting away, a
mere shadow of his former self, he scarcely
slept at all at night, or slept only to dream
horrible dreams. Talk of nightmare! A
whole circus troupe, horses and all, seemed
to make his bed the erena of their wild per-
formances. In this case money did not
make the mare 60, for he spent deal of
money on doctors and physics and was
nothing bettered. He ate little, and was
fast going down to au untimely grave, leav-
ing his wife widow and his four bright
children orphans, when, 10! on one eyentful
night he dreamed for once a bright and
happy dream, which our next paragraph will
relate.
Death, the black-visaged monster, had
until then stared him in the face, but the
dream brought him hope. He saw bright,
white-robed angel in his dream, who said,
81 come to bring you good news. Here
and reliable. Get we'll and seek to take
health thereby to others. Behold the cure"
With these words the angel was gone, but ere
the trail of light which followed him had
vanished the dreamer saw glittering in the
light three golden letters-G. M. D. "What
can it mean?" he said to himself, as he
awoke from his slumber. ~ have had a
Good Many Dreams before, but never such
as this" Startled and surprised lie aroused
his wits and to her related his vision. Alas,
she could not solve the problem. Remem-
5ering all the medical advice, and the physic,
and the expense involved since her husband
became sick, she expressed Inc hope that the
letters we're not intended to suggest that q
Good Many Doctors must yet be consulted
in addition to all that had been interviewed.
He groaned in reply and remarked that If he
had to consult any more there would have to
be Gold Mine Discovered in order to pay
them.
Every day for week he and his faithful
spouse searched diligently for key to
the problem. In the dictionary, in s1ch
newspapers as they happened to have, in
books, on placards on the walls everywhere
they sought-hoping to find c!ew. Letters
stand for words, and they hoped to light
upon the words that should suggest the cure.
They Grieved Many Days over their lack of
good luck, as they said, and the Good Man
Dreamed again and again, but saw no more
angels. Hope deferred maketh tho heart
sick. "Oh, that the angel had Guided Me
Definitely and Given More Directions" he
exclaimed, again and again.
Nearly two weeks had elapsed since the
night of the Great Mysterious Dream, when
there came to the house pamphlet. Tired
with his exhausting Office work, which he
in the harness, Jones was about to throw
the pamphlet in the fire when something
prompted him to examine it, Surely,
thought he, here can be nothing that will
Pierce this Gloom Most Distressing, or Give
Me, Disheartened, any relief. Poor man,
he had worked letters over in his mind, and
made SO many combinations with them, that
they occurred in almost every sentence he
uttered. They entered even into his. pray
ers. Heaven Grant Me Deliverance, he
would say, nor let disease Grind Ne Down,
and so forth, ad infnit1tm, and mile or two
beyond.
Mentally tortured and suffering in every
fiber of his body, what won Ter that ne
read page after page of the pamphlet. II
was q work on diseases, and in thu morbid
state of his mind its contents seemed to suit
him. It spoke Of almost every disease that
flesh is heir to, but oh, Joy! rs he read, q
Glimpse Most Delightful of light stole IN
upon him. Eureka! Eureka!' he cried.
"Wife Ihave it, have it."
Everybody in the house heard him cry
Eureka, and rushed to the room to hear
what he had found. All expected to see some
Great Miracle Done, and then came the ex,
PLANTATION. Simple, of course, but why had
he not thought of it tbefore? Oh, what rev,
elation! Here YVES hope for him and for all
consumptives. Here, hope for suffering
friends and neighbors. That night he scarce
could sleep, but when he did, he again saw
bright vision of golden letters, in fact, q
Glittering Monogram Deciphered readily,
and reading G. NJ. D.. and again 7. Z. T.,
and yet, again T. p; and ono huge T. around
w. D. NJ. A. All the letters blended, yet
each was di:tinct. All he had seen i'll the
book, all he again sawin his vision.
Dream Most Glorious. d. NJ. &C. M.
D.-Again he rang the changes; backward,
forward, every way. Gold Medal Deserved.
M. G. D.-Misery's Great Dciverer,-till
time would fail to tell them all p. 7. z.
stood for Perfect Peace Promised for suf-
ferers. and sweet release from Frustrating
Purgatorial Pains. And again I. 2. was
Freedom Promised, and backward, p. f., it
became Pain Flees. Now lie could get well,
and once well, he would be Il missionary, q
Glad Missionary Devoted TO tho work OF
telling others how they might get deliver
ance. He went through the list of diseases
among th $50 of his own acquaintance, from
John Robinson, whose torpid liver gave him
constant headache and severe bilious attacks,
on through tho list of those suffering from
ulcers, coughs, weak and diseased lungs, to
his friend. General B, who WIS as near
tho grnve rs he. And for al these, as VOL
rs for himself, the Grave May Disappear from
present vision, and each may be Given More
Decades of life than they had hoped to have
years. Against the mider cases he marked
p. p. p. Against the serious cases he
marked G. NJ. D., not the Grizzly Monster
Death, which he so long had dreaded, but
something-oh, so much better, rs We Shall
presently see.
In short while our hero was well, and
went everywhere among his friends and
neighbors, telling of his good fortune and
showing the sick and the suffering how they
miuht ba hrolnd Some laughed and coil
tinued to suffer, refusing to be healed. More
were wise, took his counsel ana proved hi
vision CT the night as he had done.
"a vision. lnss bcguiling far,
Than waking dreams BY daylight are
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