The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-02-16
" Kiss Me, Jack, and Let Me Co."

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"Kiss Me, Jack, and Let Ne Co."
Once, long ago, l was witness to a
duel in California. The two men
had been bosom friends, but had
quarreled about (of course) a wo-
man. Splendid fellows both--young,
brainy, and ambitious. As they stood
in clear space among the pine
trees near Sacramento, pale as lilies,
steady as rocks, weapons in hand
waiting for the word, the rising sun
shining athwart the line of vision,
they presented a picture too often
seen in 1856. The pistols cracked
almost simultaneously. One man
stood erect. evidently untouched;
the other fell upon his back aud lay
straight and still. Seconds, sur
geons, and spectators rushed to his
side. He was "all there" mind as
we'll as body. "No, don't disturb
me-" he said coolly to the doctor,
"I'm shot fatally and shall die in five
minutes. Call Jack and be quick"
Pistol still in hand, his antagonist
came and bent over his erstwhile
chum. The excitement among the
crowd was intense; the dying man
alone was calm. "Jack, my darling
old boy" he said, forgive me and
forgive her. Kiss me and let me
CO." A minute more aud he was
dead, with Jack lying across his
body, crying IKE baby.
After have told you another and
very different story, I'll show where
in they teach the same lesson.
There is no tragedy in this one;
nevertheless it is of wider human in
terest than the other. A woman had
been i'll more or less all her life.
The details are commonplace
enough, and yet they will appeal to
millions who care nothing for the
jealousies Of young men in love.
AT times" she says, | suffered
from pains at the back of the head,
aud sense OF weight, and felt tired
and weary, yet it was not from work
only. l had a strange feeling, too,
OF something hanging over me, as OF
some evil or danger that l could not
explain or define.
"My appetite was variable; some
times could eat anything and again
/ could not touch any food at all.
But wds neper laid up, as ii were."
Please note the last sentence. It
may seem like the weakest but really
is the strongest point in this lady's
statement. We will tell you why in
q moment.
She goes on: "Still was often in
misery, but got along fairly we'll
until August, 1890, when l had .
severe attack Of rheumatism. First
the great toe Of my right foot and
the thumb OF my right hand grew
hot and painful. After time the
trouble extended to my back and
hips. l could not straighten myself;
/ was almost bent double. Month
after month l was like this, getting
little or no sleep at night. Medical
treatment proved of no benefit to
me. In December, 1891, the pain al
most drove me mad. My face was
swollen to nearly twice its natural
size, and my eyes were so covered by
the enlarged lids that l could
scarcely see. There was a constant
ringing in my ears, and the doctors
said l had erysipelas.
"For days and days l could not
walk across the floor, and for some
time ] was able to move about only
by taking hold of the furniture or
other objects. When all other
means had been tried and had failed
Mother SeigePs Curative Syrup was
recommended to me. A single bot
tie did me deal OF good, l kept
on with it, and soon was stronger
and in better health than for forty
years previously. l still take an &C.
casional dose and continue in good
health notwithstanding my age (4S),
and the change OF life tell every
one what the Syrup has done for
me, and give you permission to pub
lish what | have said. Yours truly
(Sigped), (Mrs) MARY JANE MlLNEs,
Is, Walkers Buildings, Brewery
Lane, Thornhill Lees, near Dews-
bury, Yorkshire, October 18th, 1892"
Now for the lesson of both these
incidents; what is iti This; that it
is not people in desperate extremi-
ties who suffer most. Pain is in pro-
portion to the resistance to disease.
Those who surrender, who are in
despair, who give up, have present
punishment largely remitted. Dying
persons are the most comfortable OF
all. Hopelessness and dissolution
administer their own anodynes.