The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
Both Were Ill, and Met by
Chance After a Separation
of Over Twenty Years.
NOW WELL AND HAPPY
One Of the Many Incidents Of the Remarkable
Work Being Accomplished by Healer
Francis Truth at 440 Geary Street,
Absent Cures.

Life Is full of startling surprises and
every dav events are occurring which
awaken the thoughtless to reflection
and afford the romantic opportunities
for induIging in their pastime of study
ing the cause and effect of mundane
happenings.
A few days ago the strange reunion
of a couple who had bee-I separated for
twenty years occurred in the parIors
of Francis Truth, the remarkable heal
er, at 440 Geary street. Sufferlng from
ills of long standing and attracted 10
Healer Truth by the newspaper ac-
counts of his marvellous victories over
disease, this couple chanced to cross his
threshold almost at the same moment.
The husband, afflicted with sc1atca,
sustained himself by crutches; the
wife, suffering from organic troubles
and an affection of the knee joints, was
obliged to use cane. Both made prog
ress with difficulty.
Seated side by side and awaiting their
turn to see Healer Truth, the strangely
reunited couple began a conversation,
which resulted in the discovery OF their
relationship. The eXtraVagant JOY dis
plaved by them as they fell into each
others arms affected the onlOOkers
with surprise, and, when they learned
all, with tears of sympathy and JOY
The couple declined to give their
names, and they are known TO none but
Healer Truth, who is pledged to Sc
crecy. 1T was a happy reunion, he
said to a reporter yesterday; but for a
time at least L must remain silent con-
cerning it. Both are patients OF name,
and both will in a few days be cured
and able to return to their home IN the
East
From other sources it was learned
that the couple lived in New Hamp-
shire twenty years ago, When the nus
band came West to make mis- fortune
Ashamed to acknowledge his disap-
nointments. the husband did not write
to his wife for nearly two years. Then
she heard a report of his death. BY a
coincidence the husband was informed
that his wife also had died suddenly.
The husband then came to Canforn1a
and spent many years on the Comstock
lode Subsequently the supposed widow
came to this city, and for several years
conducted dresSmaking parlorS on
Geary street. Illness Crept upon both,
and by combination of circumstances
they were simultaneously led to Healer
Truths parlOrS, where their reunion
occurred as narrated.
This is not the only strange event
that is connected with the career or
Healer Truth in this city. His achieve
ments have been and are now the Won
cures effected in the mildeSt manner,
are in many respects marvellous. Pa
tients who were for years hopeless Grip
pies have thrown away their crutcheS
after their first treatment at his hands.
Persons who were totally blind nave
reioiced in a complete restoration of
their sight. Opium fends, men with
lost vitality, women who for years suf-
fered from debilitating weakness have
cause to rejoice at the fate that brought
them in contact with Healer Truth.
Many persons who have been cured
recently, and not few who have been
mentioned in the press, have objected
to the use of their names, for the rea-
son that they have been annoyed by
numberless visitors who called upon
them for a verificauon of Healer
Truths cures. For this cause many
have requested that their names be
withheld from publication. Among
these last week was one woman cured
of female weakness of eighteen years
standing, another of goitre, several
cases of nasal catarrh, one of catarrh
of the stomach, several of lost vitality
and one of a terrible skin disease given
up by other physicians. Mrs. NJ. ]. De-
boise of 2127 Mission street, who was
victim of hip disease, was. after few
treatments, radically cured, and she has
discarded her crutches. Miss Dora
Gardmeyer, formerly of 216 O'Farreu
t.,
Cal, could not hear herself talk for
years, and was losing her power of
speech when she met Healer Truth. In
less than six treatments she was to her
great joy, permanently cured.
The absent cures of Healer Truth
continue to increase in number. With
every mail come the assurances of his
victories over disease of long standing
which had become chronic Hundreds
of letters are received daily from all
parts of the country asking for terms,
methods of treatment, etc. These COM
munications are treated with the strict
est confidence, and not a single COM
plant has thus far been heard. Mean
while Healer Truths offices are the
Mecca of unfortunates of every walk of
life, and the results to all have been
highly gratifying. Not a single failure
thus far has been scored by Healer
Truth-a record unequaled by any
medical practitioner in the State. Hun
dreds of unfortunate poor have been
treated free of charge with astonishing
results