The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-16


course. I tfsA - sAOw ~ NAAE I ID
pPeeiated the bonor. and all went well
until be suggested that in solline my
pain aiis~iator I raise the price from
Is to 30 cents and vhack up with him.
| have no doubt that the people would
have purchased at the price. a. there
TAD been an epidemic OF the measles IN
Town 7li tie patients wanted some
thing 10 brace up 10. but WIKI indigna-
tIol burning III my face | said the
mayor my | wish 10 say right here TO
The pubic:
The standard price of my Pilgrim
Pain Al!eviator is 25 cents.
Whenever you find n human hyena
asking mora for it set him down as a
swindIer Look fixedly at the cork of
every hottie before iuying and see that
the initials n. J." are stamped on it.
LOOK FOR the yaller label. ANY other
sort rs q fraud.
Ny botshs have been emptied of
tier contents and vinegar and other
liquids substituted. Protect yourselves.
There Is no graft about the ~allevia-
tor. It is straight goods first and last.
The druggist who advises you to take
Old Crow whisky in place of my allie
viatOr is n horse thief and a swindler
n is inviting his own doom.
When the mayor found that | was
not Oh the Whack he compli1!ented ne
as an honest man and said that he had
only been testing me. Having eaten q
boiled dinner at the tavern, | sought
the public square and offered my wares
for sale, but when had Sold Il dozen
bottles .Le bGyer Of the first one began
to double UP AID howl with pain and
accuse lGe OF selling a rat eXtlyminator
in dis~u.e [ knew at o1ca that the
mayor WAS behind the game to get
even with me, but | had no show.
While | Wa offering to drink the con
tents OF a whole bottle and forfeit 500
If single sp-&n OF pain followed |
wa seized by numerous hluds and
thrown ilto Il horse pond and became
the sort Of the popu!aCe. | was flung
i'll again and again. and when exhaust
e at ll.t | WAS ordered to leave town
IL 4 hurry. ! HrAt. hTt Is ! drove
along in TIE darkness j. occurred to me
TO say 10 myself:
lie who is honest hath Il clear con
science. bat 10 and then it may be
jI>t as Vel 10 whach up with u graft
er and save going in swimming against
your Will"
That Hight l slept the sleep of the
shivering and the just on the prairies,
and an h0u. after sunrise Icame to the
cabin Ct Il pioneer and asked for break
fast. The pioneer had taken a skate
and left Il grass widow. She was
selrci.-T tar another bus AID. and
Notwithstanding my dilapiCl:ei ap-
pe&rance she looked upon ne fav0.4-
BIZ. | sou It to cool her ardoT By re-
f%elring ID ~ cid v2a:ln back in InGi-
ana. but il Was Il failure. Finally She
came ri~nt It ne with:
ST.. 90 y3u scorn this lovih5 heart
OF don't yOu?"
| told her. that | didn't, but men
toned fifteen or twenty difficulties in
the way Of u getting married even if
we were inclined. She said that love
conquered all difficulties and that I
might drive my outfit into the stable
and go to blowing and consider all
questions settled. When l declined she
charged me with toying with her young
heart and appealed to three men who
were passing. They didn't render any
opinion on the toying business, but
| proceeded to pitch into me and ham
mer me until | was an object for COM
miseration and was laid up for the en-
suing fortnight. ! seek the betterment
Of mankind and always have an eve
out for the sOrrering and downtrodden.
but it is no snap. Human nature seems
all mOlasseS Hntil you get below the
surface. Then you find the Cl:le and
the th1Tns and have to use 0rnica to
restore yolr ri&t:ne beauty. &C facet
tW!!ci means that no sGuar2 L ~ets
IA square tt~H. y. lad
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