Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-10

morphine habit The pictures are too
dark and desOlate. Too we'll do | re.
member the sad faces Of my friends
and relatives, as, with hearts bowed
down with grief and sorrow, they saw
me falling lower and lower every day.
They talked and plead; but they might
as we'll have plead with me to stop the
sun in its onward course. as 10 stop
my opium habit. / was boand hand
| and foot as secure as any convict n
prison. | thought Of nothing but NOR
phine and how to raise the money to
secure more when my supply was ex-
hauSted. It's chains were fastened
tight about me, and | was as a help
less as child | lost positions as
soon as my employers would discove.
| my habits, which would only be a
short time Friends deserted me, re-
latives looked upon ne with scorn and
derisiCn, my money was fast disap-
pearing. Or had disappeared, and l
found myself without friends or money
ana addicted to the habit which was
worse than death
Il becam ne reckless. sold nv clothes
from of my back TO get morphine.
! What a pitiful condition I was in. I
/ had almost given up in despair and
| felt shat | was doomed and ruined
| and knew that / would soon go to my
grave disgraced and dishonored
/ While pOndering over my helpless
! condition thought OF you and the
| great work yon were engaged in ana
I wrote YOU as you will no doubt re-
member explaining my condition.
received 9 very kind and sympathetic
letter from yoN: and to my heart it
| Wa-5 tle first ray Of hope that | had re-
ceived in many a day. In that letter
you stated that could be cured by the
remedies Of the keeley Institute. and
restored 10 manhood, If would place
! myself under the treatment and follow
| Instructions SO on {: Sep
tcmber morning YOU remember. | left
home perfect physical wreck dis
couraged and as melancholy as a per
son could be for the Kelley Institute
! at Greensboro. 4 do not like to dwell
upon this picture for it is sad one
to me, and have told you OF it before.
Il will pull the curtain aside and
look at the other picture which is far
more pleasant. When | arrived at the
Institute and was greeted by YOU so
1 warmly, and your other attendants.
your kind words Of sympathy and en-
| courageTent were precious 10 ne and
shall live in my memory as long as life
shall last. You know how | entered
on the treatment and tried to follow
your instructions. | never passed 4
pleasanter time in my life than l did
at the Kelley Institute. Every one
was so KIND and sympathetic, and /
really became attached to the dear Old
| Institute before | had been under its
roof many days. | have had several
occasions to be grateful and feel hap
py, but the happiest moment of nv
! ,ite was on that cloudy October morn
Ting when Dr. Williams called me into
! his office and told me kindly that i
| had been without morphine for over a
week. | felt ike shouting. coulsi
| scarcely believe Il. and yet | knew II
was true. and that | was saved from
| death ana abstraction, and restored .
! manhood again all through the mercy
Of God and ycur devoted kindness and
| 1he instrumentality OF the Keeley
| cure. | have held it ever Since
still remain cured. and by COd's
help | expect to remain so = ] can
not express my gratitude and appic-
clatlon. ! have been saved and re-
deemed and may GOO abundantlv
bless you and the keeiev treatment
for what YOU have done is my dai j.
prayer x | stand ready III all times
TO speak for you and the heelov en- :
the grandeSt and greatest institution
on earth. Please remember me kindly
to every one at the Institute and if |
can ever be OF service to ycu III any
! way. please command me-
Your grateful friend