The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-10-15
until the line of patients had gone
through their treatment, then took ne
into hic nu,n nflina nn11rnd nnt nenrlY

water added, enQ Sald: Dflnk IL.
"Wbat is it," I asked. "No matter"
was the reply; "drink H." l drank half
Of it and said: "Why, its whiskey."
"Dfink it all" said DR.. Keeley. ''When
you need whiskey, I would as readily
give you that as anything else" drank,
went to dinner, weL walking in the
afternoon, and never thought Of it again
until went back to the Office at the reg
ular hour. Nor did I want sny more,
nor want TO take the two ounce bottle of
whisky which was handed me st noon
next day with injunctions to take the
dose in about twenty minutes. That was
the end of my drinking, and all chat has
passed my lips since the S1st day of Jan
uary. Formerly a drink of whisky would
have set my brain on fire, and in an
hours time I would have walked ten
miles to get the second one, and had it at
all hazards. When [ saw that it had
ceased to make me it's victim and slave, l
could have cried for joy. I knew from
that moment that the bichloride of gold
had gotten the upper hand, broken the
fetters of disease and made me whole.
Yet was not entirely out of the woods.
When this hour of temporary temptation
had gone by, I passed through such an
experience as is apt to follow q prolonged
debauch, and for two weeks could
scarcely eat or sleep. Then, suddenly,
as if I had stepped out of the blackntss
of an African jungle into tine quiet sun
shine of Central Park, I broke out of my
living tomb and knew that l was cured.
The knowledge came to me like a bene-
diction from heaven.
LIFE WITH A NEW MEANING.
had taken with ME for company my
son, a little lad who had not quite
reached his 10Th birthday, and who, as
"Master Felix" is known to thousands
who have never seen him. He saw and
heard everything at Dwight The stake
was large one to bim, and he watched
the process anxiously. When we came
away life bad q new meaning for us both.
He has had happy summer, for he has
never doubted, and has never had fear,
whether I was with him or absent. To
him, as to me, the memory of that hand.
full of white houses set among stately cot
tonwoods or the prairie, will always
come up stepped with the fragrance of
the May blossoms that first taught hope,
aud then impressed faith in The work that
was doing.
Master Felix knew every patient there,
and studied them all without prejudices.
Elected al honorary member Of the
Bichloride of Gold Club, 10 which ] had
also been elected, he attended every
meeting, and by gift Of books laid the
foundation OF the club library which was
called by his name. His companions
there and mine were Mr.. Opie Read, edi>
tor of the arkansas Taceller; ex Con.
gresham Tarsepy, of Michigan; George
Work, of New York; Judge ]. D.
Thayer, of Warshaw, Ind.; State Sena-
tor Rust, OF Wisconsin; Captain Robert
Ayres, late of the United States Army, a
graduate Of West Point and a veteran of
the war, and many others who have given
me permission to use their names, and
who are sound and enthusiastic in the
faith. They are all members of the
B:chloride of Gold Club, at Dwight, o
voluntary association of patients and
graduate of the Keely Institute. intend
ed, like other clubs, for the convenience
aud benefit OF its members. The number
of its members enrolled in the books up
to August 81 Was $50, and of this total
only six had come under discipline and
had their names stricken from the rolls.
DR.. Kelley guarantees cure of 95 pei
cent. Of his patients. The club keeps a
paternal and watchful eye on all who go
out from under its roof, and it reports q
loss of less than l per cent. Those are
from the ranks of men sent there unwill-
ingly by their parents or guardians, and
in no case cf men who voluntarily sought
freedom from disease.
AN UNDoUBTED CURE.
No one who has not been similarly
cursed with the disease Of drink cen
know the icy of the moment in which my
cure came to me as fact. | do n1t be.
lieve, know that I am cured, and am
satisfied as to its permaneucy. l did moi
doubt twenty years ago that was cured
of the chills and fever; 1 did not doubt,
when this last May came around with its
blossoms of spring, that my cure vas per
manent, and that the appetite for drink
was eradicated l do not understand the
processes, but | know the fact. Said Mr
George Work, of this city, who was one
of my companions at Dwight, II tell my
friends that all I know about it is that
went to Dwight. and there DIR. keeley
cured rne :" sad as be said this thought
unconsciously Of the blind man by the
pool of Sloan. and his reply TO the
doubters who gathered around aud tor
mented him. To all of US who suffered
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