The Opelousas courier., 1897-12-04
A MOIHER'S EEEORT,
"A Mother Sees Her Daughter in Il Pitifu,
Condition, but Manages to Rescue
Her.

From the Aeto Era, GJeens5urJ, Ind.
The st. Pau correspondent for the Nen
Era recently had an item regarding the case
OF Mabel Stevens, who hal just recovered
from a serious illness of rheumatism AMI
nervous trouble. and was able to be out for
the first time in three months. The letter
stated that it was a very bad case ana her
recovery was considered such a surprise to
the neignhorS that it created considerable
gossip.
Being anxious to learn the absolute facts
in the ease, q special reporter was sent to
have a talk with the girl and her parents.
They were not ut home, however, being
some distance away A message was sent
to Mr.. Stevens, asking him to write up a
tho following letter was received from Mrs.
Stevens:
est. PAUL, IND, Jan. 20, 1897.
Editors Neeo Ere. Greensburg. Ind.
DEAR SIRs: Your kind letter received
and I am glad to have the opportunity to
tell you about the sickness and recovery Of
Mabel. We dom want any new5pape no.
toriety, but in a case like this where q few
words Of what [ have to say may mean re-
covery for some child, T feel it my duty to
tell you of her case.
1.-Two years ago this winter Mabel began
complaining of pains in her limbs, princi-
paliy in her lower limbs. She was going to
school, and had to walk about three quar-
ters of a mile each day, going through all
old and doing so we'll in her studies that |
disliked to take her from school but we hal
to do it.
For several months she was confined to
the house, and she grew pale aud dwindiel
down to almost nothing. Her legs and
arms were drawn up and her appearance
was pitifu!. Several doctors had attended
her, but it seemed that none of them did
her any good. They advised us to take her
to the springs, but times were 50 hard we
could not afford it, although we finally
managed to get her to the Martinsviile
baths. Here she grew suddenly weaker,
and it seemed that she could not stand it,
but she became better, and it seemed that
she was being benefited, but she suddenly
grew worse, aud we had to bring her hone.
"She fingered along, and last winter be
came worse again, and was afflicted with Il
nervous trouble almost like the st. Vitus'
dance. For some time We thought she
wouid die, aud the physicians gave her up.
When she was ut her worst a naighbor came
in with a box Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People aud wanted us to try them rs
they were advertised to b. good for such
eases, and her daughter had used them for
nervousness with such good results that
she thought they might help Mabel.
" tried them. The first box helped
her some, and after slis had taken three
boxes she was able to sit up in bed. When
she bad finished a half dozen boxes she was
able to be out n about. She has taken
aooet nine boxes altogether now. and she
is as we'll as ever, and going to school
every day, having started in again three
weeks ago. Her cure was undoubtedly
due to these pills"
(Signed) MRS. AMANDA STEVENS"
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