The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26
G.. M. D.
a REedIoy, u Mystery, n EEarveI and q
Miracle.
The Story of q Dream.

"Get money honestly IL you can, but get
money" was foolish fathers advice to his
Son' Get money, II you can honestly, makes
but slight alteration in the order of The
words, but varies The sentiment cons:der.
spiy. There is no harm in making money.
IL tansWereth all things. Used rightly it is q
power Tor good, and there is m ney enough
IN the world to form lever by which the
mass OF humanity cOull be lifted, to q ceY.
tain extent, out OF its depths of sorrow and
ueSPhlf. Money we must have for money
makes the mare go. Some can make money
VINO haven faculty for saving. Would Won
save you must know how to deny those who
would borrow and never repay, as well as
,hose who beg simply because they are too
lazy to work. There are men who never
want to SEQ you except to ask the favor of n
loau, Ihcy will ask for just one word with
you, ana that one word is sure to be MONEY.
An 1mpecunious fellow met ,ich acouainr
ISanoe, AGd not liking TO ask directly for a
ioSn' sald' "Friend Smith, if you had ten
collars IN your packet aud was to ask you
ior the loan OF FIVE how many would remain
III your nockct?' Ten dollHrs, to be sure"
iepiieu the rich man, without moments
hesitation lie had gumption, and krew too
4 m9cn 10 part with his money by any such
rule of subtraction
o see, said the imnecunious man thus
rebutted. lie was able to owe. uo WAS one
ol 'he Mlcawber sort--AlwaYI waiting for
h9mechlng to turn M, How like some peo.
PIE VINO are SICK. They think to get we'll
" letting disease take care OF itself. But
uiseaSes do not heal them selves, and too
iate their victims fult often find this out to
tnelr sorrow as death seizas upon them.
had they been wise in timc they miyht
nave nave added many years to thair lease of life.
me cure was nigh them, "A it is nigh to MI
VINO read this medley. These paragraphs
n, nTh the story, as paticnt perusa! will prove
ihNse who have keen insight aud can read
between the lines may solve the ccnundrum
toe sooner for it, but upon all, light will
Dawn ere they read the final word of our
story.
Light will dawn, we said, and so it will,
light of hope and help. Light is what a
certain individual wanted. Mr.. Jones we
VIII call him. lie was very sick, Con-
sumption had fastened its faugs upon him
nc had long neglected catarrh, and laughed
at the idea of taking anything for it when
ADVISED to do go, and so went from bad to
worse. His lungs became diseased, q hack
ing churchyard cough rackcd him almost to
pieces, and he was fast wasting away.
mere shadow of his former SELF he scarcely
siept at oil at night, or slept o1ly to dream
horrible dreams. 1alk of nightmnrel q
whoie circus troupe, horses and all, seemed
10 make his bed the arena OF their wild per,
1cfmances. In this case money did not
make the mare ga, Tor he spent deal OF
money on doctors and phrSics and was moth.
ing bettered. He nte little, and was fgst 90
vile widow and his four bIi .ht ch,l iron
Orphans, when, 10! on one even ful night he
dreamed for once Il ID light and happy d cam
"nIcl our next paragraphs will relate
Dcath, the black vsagcd monster, hal
until then stared hjm in the face bnt the
dream brought Inn hope. He saYa bright
white white robe angel in his dream, who
sald, II come to brn you good news. Here
is your cure-surp, SAFE, harmless and r.lio>
PIE get well ani SEEK to take health there,
by to others. Behold tho cure w With
these words the angel was gone, but ere the
trail of light which followed him had van.
Hhed the dreamer iaw gtttering in the light
three golden letters--G. NJ. d. What can
1t mean p he said to himself, as he awoke
from his slumber. al have had a Good Many
OreamS before, but never such as this"
Startled and sNrprisad he aroused his wife
ana TO her relate d his vision Alas, she
could not solve tIe proble,a. Remcinber.
ing all the medical advice, and the physic
ana the cNnenSe involved since her husband
bscame Sick she expressed a nope that fhe
IetteIS were not intended 10 suggest thGt a
GoOd Many Doctors must yet be consuIred
IN addition to all that had been interviewed
He groaned in reply and remarked tbot If
he had TO consult any more there Would
have to be God Mine Discovered in order
to pay them.
Every day for a week En and his faithful
In the dictionary, in such newspapers as
they happened to have, in books, on pla
cards on the wals-everywhere thev SOUGHT
hoping to find q clue. Letters stand for
words, and they hoped to light IL, on thc
words that should suggest the cure. They
GrleVed Many Days over their lack Cf good
luck, rs they said, and the Coed Man
Dreamed again and again, but saw no more
angels. Hope deferred maketh the heart
SICK. con, that the angel lad Guided Me
Definitely ana Given More Directions" he
exclaimed again, and again.
Nearly two weeks bad cla,sod since the
night OF the Great Mysterious Dream, when
there came to the house pamphlet Tired
with his e1Gausting oluce work, which he
shil pursued, determining if possible to die
ln the harness, Jones was about TO throw the
pamphlet in the fire when something
Ptolhpte9 MN to examine it. Surely,
Inou8ht he, here can he nothing that will
LLtEhCE inns Gloom Most Distressing, or
dlVe Me, Djsheartcned, any relief. Poor
m'il, ne haf worked letters over in his mind
ana made SO many combinations with them,
that they occurred in almost every sentence
he uttered. They entered even into his
prayers. l'cavcn Grant Ne Drlvcrance,
ne would say, nor Let digen.e Grind Me
Oo,"n, and so forth, ad inGnimm, and n
mile or two beyond.
3, Mentally tortured and suffering in every
eI noeI vi MS body, what wonder that he real
pxgG after page OF the pamphlet 1t was a
Mork on diseases, and in the morbid state Of
MS il'ho its contents seemed TO suit him. II
SPOKE OF almost cv,ry disease flesh is heir
10 put on, loyl Glimpse Nest DpIightful
VI nGnt stole in upon him. "EurekaI En-.
ieEM ne cried. "Wi!c, ] have it, have H."
Everybody in The house heard him Crv
eureka, and ru'hed to the rcom to hear
Hn "n"c ne mad found. All expected to see
some some Great MiNcIe Done. and then comc
tne explanation. Simple of course. bnt yhv
naa ne not thought OF it before? O What
revelation Here was hope for him and ,i"I for
a. consumptiges. Here, hope for suffer inc
trends and heghbors. That nfgGt he ,carnSS roy
couid sleep, but when he did he AGAIN sow
1Grght vision of golden letters, in fact, n
Hlittering Monogram Dcciphered rr"Jiiv
and reading G. NJ. D.: and again p p p
and yet again r. p, and one huge p, oronnd
which these others were entwned. and "IIn~ fhnp
w. ID. M. A. All the letters blcnoed vnf
each was distinct. All he had seen in fhc
book, MI ne again saw in his vision.
Dream Most Glorious. DIN. G,-G.MD
Again he rang the changes: backward
forward, every way. Gold Medal DcccrwoJ