The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01
A Faithful wIFE'S
ANXIETY.
She Pleads for the Life Of Her Husband but is
Told that He has but One Month to Live.
A Sturdy Wolverine Farmer, Weighing 1863 Pounds. Re-
: duced to Mere Skeleton in Four Short Months
After Being Turned from the Physicians
Door to Die He Lives to Become His
Former Self. He Tells the Story. :
From the Democrat, Caro, Mich.

: sFourteen years ago." said II. NJ. Under
wood, who has ior the past five years held
the office of School director in District No.
Z, Indianfelds township, and is well known
throughout the county, my brother and i
moved Into this county. Twas wilder
ness then, and we located in the pines here
with nothing but our hand, 10 carve out our
homes. 1t was an unequal struggle; but
hard work and economy won the day and
two years ago. with my forty acres nearly
clear of debt, ! began IL feel that the worst
was over. In April of that spring | was as
sisting in driving logs down the Cass River,
when was taken with slight but constant
pain in the left side below thc heart. As
days passed the trouble increased my appc-
tite fell away and | visited one of the best
known and most successful doctors in Caro-.
the county seat. | was informed that J had
IN inward abscess and must cease work.
at was hard to quit work when knew too
well that it only meant another mortgage
OIL my little farm. but within u few days |
was obliged to return 10 my home. The
medicine furnished by the doctor gave me
slight relief but could detect no perma
nent benefit My appetite was gone; !
could no. sleep, and each day, found me
growing weaker. | next visited Dr. A. l..
Seeley, of Mayviie who, from the first, said
that he had but slight hopes of beneiting me
and recommended that | 20 to II sanitarium.
With no money this | could not do, even
though it would save my life, and with
medicine that the doctor furnished | re-
turned to my home feeling that tine last ray
Of hope that ever would be my former self
was fast disappearing. Days passed and
was rapidly losing flesh. During the awful
months which passed that summer-and
] can never forget them-l was reduced in
flesh from weighing los pounds 10 llo.
SLOWLY the long days and the awtG! nights
passed until another seven days had beer:
added TO the awful days of torture; md still
no relief, and my weight was now 40
pounds, nerves shattered and my system in II
deplcrable condition. At this juncture my
wife sad that something must be done, and
with assistunct ] was taken to Muyville,
where DR.. Sceie.y was again consulted. After
making u thorough examination my wife
earnest.y pleaded that he do something for
me. He said that he could do nothing; re-
lief might be found at II sanitarium, but
otherwise he would give me just one more
month to live. Sorrowtully she turned from
the physicians door, and what l considered
my last journey home was soon to be UNDER
taken. had read in the Caro- Democrat of
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
them, and with faith less than the grain of
mustard seed asked her to step into the
drug store and secure u box. This she did,
and after a jolting ride over a poor road we
finally reached home, tired worn and in
sorrow. | took the first pills that night, and
left my wife sitting sorrowfully comparing
the Ackering hopes of my HE with the fj,int
rays of light from my bedroom doci, while l
thought only of what the docto: had said.
The forepart of the night | was restless rs
usual, but, do you believe, during the latter
part Of that very night | caught nap, the
first sweet and resting sleep | had enjoyed
for months. continued the medicine the
next day, and the following night slept,
yes sir; slept greater portion of the night.
"Oh, you cant imagine how brightly the
over, and how the faint rays of hope were
famed into flame. But my father and
many Of my neighbors shook their heads
and said Simply something quieting about
those pills. twill be back again, look out
for the after effects But here are the after
effects" said Mr.. Underwood standing erect.