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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; SUNDAY. yOYEMJBEB 24, 1001. 21 TtfC NO OTHER WAY. Hynopsl-. of 1'rrcrdlnir Clmpters. Mrs. Isabel Weyland. b widow, Is threat- ?.w.!lll.th'1btor,,' Prison. Her chief crmiitor, Mrs. Tlrymer, suggests a way out of tho difficulty, marriage with on Impris oned debtor, who. for a paltry sum, will assume Mrs. Wcyland's debts ulso. He proven to bo a young lawyer. Maciiamnra, who, through no fault of hi own. hns fallen Into dlro straits, Mrs. Wayland. In Pity, pays his small debt, sets him free and agrees to marry a condemned criminal. . (Copyright, Vj), by Uodd, Mewl & Co.) CIIAI'TUri lll-Contlmn.il. .A SlrntiRe MnrrlnKr, Mrs. Brymcr made no answer, but led the way, followed by tho parson and his clerk, and supporting tho trembling steps of tho brlde.i Homo brides tremblo with excesstvo ehyness or modesty. This lady, who had been through tho ceremony once, and then folt no shyness, trembled with shame and elf-reprcrucb. Tho people stood nsldo gaz ing stupidly at them. In this courtyard anything might happen. Mrs. Ilrymer took them Into ono of tho cells, where reigned a dismal twilight from a narrow grating ton feet high. Tho room was shaped llko a decanter, with polished walls of cement, so that escape 'was Im possible. Tho only furnlturo was a couple of narrow truckle beds, with matrosses and blankets. Mrs. Drymcr ushered tho party Into tho cheerful abodo and then retired. In a few moments she reappeared, bringing with her ft man In Irons. And at sight of tho wan Mrs. Weyland shrloked and throw horsolf upon ono of tho beds. "Heaven!" sho cried. "No! Not Never! Nover!" For tho man wan a huge, great fellow, I over six feet, with tho shoulders and tho j chest of a gladiator, but ho was a Jull ' blood negro:. Thero are, as everyone knows, two kinds of blackness; one Is tho shiny blackness which catches and reflects tho light, a cheorful blackness; tho othor Is a black ness which absorbs tho light and gives nono back. Tho latter was the blackness of. this man. His wool curled all over his (hood as black as his skin; his eyeballs wore whlto; his eyes shone In the twilight llko tho oyes or the devil; ho grinned and bowed tooth as whlto as Ivory. "There!" said Mrs. Brymer, bestowing no attention upon tho woman on tho bod. "There, my man! Is your brldo watting for you." V "No I could not I could not!" tho brldo repeated, moaning. "Madam I Pardon mo. You must olthor marry this man or go homo to bo arrested this very day. Toko your choice." "Why," sho whlspored, "what odds If ho does look like tho devil? What odds If he Is tho devil? Ho Is to be hanged 'a-Monday. Stand up," sho added, roughly, "l.oavo off crying and don't play the fool. You are 'not a school girl. Tho man can't hurt you." "Madam," the parson admonished her, blandly. "Allow mo a word. This, be lluvo mo, Is not the placo for hysterlot or for vapors. Every moment tpent hore en dangers Jail fover. Como. Lot us not waste time. I am hore to marry you. A very propor man ho Is, too If a trlflo dark In completion. I may already, I fear, have contracted this horrible fevor. Am I to go without ray fees or will your ladyship stand up and bo married without any moro fuss?" Mrs. Woyland clutched her adviser by tho hand. "You will carry mo awuy after the tho ceremony Immediately after?" "Surely surely. Be under no alarm. You are uulte safe." Mrs. Weyland Btood up. In her anxiety and torror she dropped hor mask, but no ono soemod to notice. A strango place for a weddlngl One might us well bo married In a tomb or with all thssa poor lost souls carousing, fighting, crying, laughing, blaspheming ground In the woman who was brought thero to bo murrlod would not give words to the thought. The cold, dark place, with iiU fetid breath, was tilled with tho whispers and volceB from the dead the dead who luid died a shameful und horrible death. The pluco wua nothing but a halt, a rest be tween tho court of sentence and tho placo or ' execution. Abovo the voices of the callous roysterers there uroso the stifled, gronns and moans and sighs ot the miser able coavlcta. Above the drunken bravudo ot the pone wretches who kept up a show of Indifference to tho end this woman heard the lamentations of despair. Instead of wedding bells she beard the clanking of tho Irons; Instead of the village children scattering flowers thero wus tho hoarse laughter of the women, half drunk, and tne 'ribald Jests of the men whose lives were to cud In a few hours. Surely thero uever was such a wedding. And lower and lower till sank the heart of Ihe bride. Y'Madaml" Mrs. Brymer held her by the arm. "Courage! Do not gaze about you. Korget where you are. 'Twill be finished In Ave minutes. 'TIs but an empty form. What matter for tho place? What matter for the man?" 'Then, the marrlago servlco was begun. Tho parson stood with his back to the wall. On his right hand was the clerk, ready to make tho responses. Bcforo him stood the bfido with her friend, Mrs. Ilrymer. Op .poslto was tho stalwart negro. Tho clerk pulled and pushed him Into his proper place. "Stau'd there," he said, "and do what I tell you, and hold your tongue oxcopt" when I bid you speak." V Tho man obeyed stupidly, keeping his eyes fixed on tho woman ho was about to marry. It waa a strango and hungry look such a look as a mere mortal might havo felt who met Aphrodltu herself In a forest glade and was at first struck with amaze uvat and with rapture For this black man had nover beforo Heen so close a woman of beauty so surpassing, of a color, white or red, so wonderful. He was about to marry her, aud In his bemused brain there were Dj SIR WALTER BESANT. surging strango thoughts about losing her In order to bo hanged. I'lly shame to hang a man Just married, and to such a wife! Ho said nothing, but In the twilight of tho cell his eyes were like balls of fire and his white tcoth gleamed and these signs of emotion remained In tho memory of tho bride. Tho sirvlco was short. Tho Introductory discourse was omitted. Tho minister put the question to tho bridegroom, "Wilt thou havo this woman to bo thy wedded wife?" with the other words. "Say 'I will man," said the clork. "Why," tho bridegroom replied. "I said I would If thcro was drink enough." The minister put tho question to the woman. She shuddered and trembled. "Say I will,' " whispered Mrs. nrymer. The clorgyman did not want any moro. lie went on, placing tho woman's hand In tho man's with words prescribed. Tho negro's great hand was cold and clammy, but It closed on the woman's llttlo hand with a dreadful asserting of ownership. Tho clork responded for tha bridegroom, Mro. Brymor for tho brldo. Then tho clerk loosened their hands, "Whero's the ring?" ho asked. "What ring?" replied the man. The clerk felt In his waistcoat pocket and produced a brass ring which might havo dona duty for a curtain. Tho clergy man received It on tho book and gave It to tha bridegroom, whoso hand was guided by tho clerk while ho put It on tho fourth "THBREI" SAID MRS. BRTMER. "THERE, MT finger of the left hand. Then the clerk, saying the words after him, for this ani mal, who could only ataro stupidly at bis brldo, tho clergyman read tho form, "With this ring I theo wed" He omitted tho prayer "which follows In the order prescribed; perhaps It was well perhaps tho omission was a sign of grace. Ho Joined their right hands together and said, "Thoso whom God hath Joined to gothcr let no man put asunder." And tbon, without further words, ho concluded tho servlco. "I pronounco that they be man and wife together " So ho releasod their hands and closed the book. "Now, madam," he said, "you aro duly ana legally married. I wish you every happiness. And as for you, my man, I wish you a long ropo for tho better enjoy ment or tho honoymoon." But tho bride fell fainting on the truckle bed. "Now," said Mrs. Brymor, "let us finish as quickly as may be. Your certificates, If you please, sir; thero are tho fees and this Is the name ot the bride. Fill It In without delay. Wo stifle In this stinking place. So thank you, madam, your mask has fallou off. Better put It on again. You follow," she turned to the bridegroom, "You shall have what you want, and as much as you want. What shall It, be; beor dr rum?" "Make your mark here," Bald the clerk. "Rum,"-ho roplted with u grin. "Plenty of rum buckets ot rum." "It Is forbidden, I bellevo, In the prison. But there are ways. Weill You shall havo It. We will keep faith with you. Hal You are lucky. You are, I believe, to bo turned off on Monday next, and today Is Wednesday. Well, you shall have your rum, as much as you can drink, In five days. You Bhall go drunk toTyburn. A lucky fellow, Indeed I Thank your stars that I found you bore." Sho raised her friend, who was still In a feeblo and fainting condition, and led her out Into tho court, where the air was per haps a little fresher. "Come," she aald, "it Is done now and there Is no moro to fee said. On Monday next you will be free." The parson and his man, the tees having been duly paid, followed, getting out of the Infected placo us quickly us possible. The negro, by namo Adolphus Truxo, stood at the door of the coll and watcbod them as they went away. The crowd parted right and left. "I saw her face," he murmured. It Is said that above all men tho negro la most moved by the beauty of a white woman. Slave women aro alt agroed upon the point. "I saw her face," the negro murmured. Perhaps for the first time ho remembered hl coming doom with regret. Thero camo out of the crowd a young woman. Could one havo taken her away, washed her and dressed her In a neat and becoming fashion, she might have been comoly. She was, however, as unwashed and unkempt as most or the women In the court. As for her dress, It was compose or nothing but a thick skirt of some rough stuff, discolored with droppings of beer, tallow candles, drippings of meat and fat pork and all kinds or nameless stuff. She wore above her skirt the black leather stays common to her class they are called loose Jumps and above tho Jumps a small Bhawl tied around her neck and covering her shoulders and part of her red arms; hor hair hung ou her shoulders In rats' tails; aha was barefooted; her toco was red with much beer. "Bam," she said, thus abridging his Christian name ot Adolphus. "Sho Is gone, then. Did you marry her, Ssm? What did sho give you?" "I saw her face," said the negro. "I don't care it you did. What did she give you?" Tho man made no answer. He was thinking ot the lady's face. "Is she coming back ngaln, Sam?" He still made no answer. "If sho does, I'll break every bone in her body and swing for It happy I will for I'm your lawful wife. Sam. I'm your wife, yon can't deny It." The man pullod himself together "There'o rum coming, Doll," he said, "nuckels ot rum. That's what I got by tho wedding." "But I'm your wife, Sam. I'm your true and lawful wife." The man turned und looked at her. Tho emotions of a negro's mind are hard to read upon a negro's face. Tho blackness covers and btdss all. Perhaps a disgust fell upon htm In comparing this poor, common crcaluro with tho woman whose faco was still In his mind. He lifted his big hand with his big, strong arm. It was as if ho lightly touched her check or brushed away the falling locks, or as If the wind of his action blew upon her face. Hut tho woman fell, Sho got up again Immediately without a word or cry, or a word of remonstrance. Her left cy0 was black for a fortnight afterward. Hut ho had knocked her dowu. Only a husband would havo dared to knock down Doll. There nro women who permit these familiarities to their husbands. They nro not exactly proofs of affection, but they aro proofs of tho conjugat tic. Had any other man knocksd Doll down the ad vanco would havo been received with spirit and retaliatory vigor. But It was her hus band. Thrro had been a ceremony of some significance In the cell: it was natural that tho bigamist's first wlfo should bo curious on tho subject oven In Bplto of njoofs, or oaths, of conjugal fidelity! that tho first wlfo should bo Jealous, even though tho second wlfo went away at oncei oven though tho next Monday would end both marriages. Therefore to bo knocked down by her hus band was reassuring. Doll was no longer Jealous. Not to bo Jealous with somo women Is to bo happy. Doll, rose smiling and prepared to receive the rum, price of MAN! IS TOUR BRIDE WAITING FOR YOU." a bigamous ceremony and the simulacrum of a marriage. ClIAl'TKlt IV. Fortune Turn Her Wheel. Isabol left tho gaol and drove away In the hackney coach. "So, madam," said her companion, "that Is over and done with. I am euro that tor n lady of delicate mind a condemned cell Is not a pleasing place, especially for the form of marriage, and the bridegroom was a creature faugh! lot us not speak of him. My heart was bleeding tor you. But that Is over. The man Is alroady I doubt not drinking the rum which I havo ordcrod for him. Such creatures are consoled In evory position of life with rum. You may flog thom at the cart tall." "Hush, Mrs. Brymer. I cannot bear It, Indeed. Do not over again, I entreat you, speak of that wretch.' "I will not why should I? On Monday next be will havo ceased to exist. A week or two later he will hang, u very utomy, by a hook In Surgeon's hall, but lot us not speak of him." Isabel proceeded to fulfill tho conditions of her freedom, paying the dressmaker's bill without question, giving money for Adolphus Truxo and for tho fees of the marriage ceremony. This dono sho found horself In the possession of about 75 for her whole stock, together with a certain amount of silver plate, Borne china and a tew Jewels nud hor One dresses. In a word she had enough to kcon her nuletlv and without ostentation for more than a year pernaps two years without asklpg help from any one. Now, a young and charm ing widow might very well look forwurd to making another mun happy within two years. But Isabel did a very foolish thine. No ono would believe that a woman In her desperate position would have done Bueh a ining. I have said that she had no knowl edge of arithmetic; addition and subtrac tion wero Greok and Hobrew to her under standing. Her purse, so long as one guinea clinked against the other, was the purse of Fortunatua a purse inexhaustible. Hod sho known. or hnd hn learned anything of tho rapid wasting of money, sne woum never havo done such a thing. There was one excuso for hor, however this was the memory of these two visits to tho prisoners of the debtor and tho criminal and of the men she had met thero. She was possessed by this memory, which was llko a terrible nlght mnro, which never left hor, day or night, Sho saw beforo her continually the pris oner from the poor side of the klng'B bench. He was alwnys present to hor, with his eyes, his lustrous eves, his ham and Intellectual face, his frlendlessness, his hopcleeonoss, his musical voice, his worda and manners, bo Incongruous with bis posl- nis pennuosa rags, it was more than Moorish cruelty that kent such a mun aB this a prisoner; she could not forgot him. And at the same tlmo she heard the clanking of tho Irons and tho loud bra vados of tho condemned prisoners and sho saw coming out from among thom that great raonBter that big hulk of a man rather that black devil with the eyos of flame and tho teeth of Ivory, whnun inii and hoofs were hidden, gazing hungrily uyuu urr, as it ne wouiu dovour her. The latter vlslou she could not drive out of her mind; the former she could nnri hih but by a desperate remedy. You shall hear. This young gentlewoman, who luri no more than enough to maintain her tnr , short time, whoso hopes of assistance from her own pcoplo were slender, lndeod, who could hope nothing from hor husband's people, tnougti they wero of exalted mnv actually sought out an attorney ho sure that she did not advlso with Mrs. Brymer and entrusted him with the task of releas ing mis unfortunate young lawyer. Tho attorney was passably honest; ho found out me meagerness or her resources! h nrnh. ably attributed her pity to a softer orao- uon; ne was so good, In short, as to study the Interests of his client: he mr.mi.in,t tho detaining creditor to take a half and bis oromer attorneys to abate a quarter of their claims. In the end. and after a dnv or two, Mr. Oliver Macnamara, to his great BoioDianmeni, louna himself obco more a fren man, clothed as a lawyer should be, free of debt and with 10 guineas Jingling In his pocket. The annals of the king's bench and the neoi are run or surprises of this nature. A charitable man sends to prison and releases so many whose debts are under so much; a woman dies and leaves money for tho pur pose; Raster offerings, Christmas gifts take tho form of releaso for so many poor prisoners. There are also In prison legions of fair women, who havo fallen In love with young and gallant prisoners! and of gentlemen who have fallen In lovo with ladlei. young and fair and prisoner but these cases are rare. You may Imagine moreover, the surprise with which Mr Oliver Macnaraara received tho attorney who brought him his freedom: he queried from whence It came: tho giver had sur prised him moro than tho gift Itself; for tho 1'idy was not rich! she had come, pro posing to hand over her liabilities to him by a marriage: sho would not trust; she was embarrassed; sho must want all her money, and yet she had brought him out sho bad freed him from his liabilities Why? and what was her reason? This ho could not learn; however ho walked out of the prison; ,hls heart was full; his eyes 'were dimmed as ho left theso accursed portals, and ho made his way back to tho Temple, where the news of his captivity had not reached the bench or the Judges In tho bar ho had been absent for threo months; he was now back again; he was ready to make another start; but had no doubts; ho was clothed reputably: and he had ton guineas In his pocket. As for tho lady, sho had sold her plate and Jewels; sho had also sold hor valuable drosses and all their lace and embroidery Mrs. Brymer was as good as to tako the latter off her hands at a sixth part of that which she had charged for thom but then, business know no friendship, and so, with a much more modest wardrobe, without a maid and with no moro than fifteen guineas In hor pockot, the young widow began the world again what she was to do now, how she was to live whon her alendor stock was spent, she knew not nor as yet did she ask bo long as thero was a Rulnea In her purse she would not think It necessary to ask. She changed her lodgings as Mrs Brymer recommended. Sho went out to the rural village ot Hampstead, five miles from Covent Oarden. ThlB delightful retreat was not then so much thronged as thirty years berore. reople had ceased, In great meas ure, to believe In the healing powers of the spa, but It was still frequented In the sum mer by thoso who came for tho gardens, open all day long; for the assembly, held twlco a week; for tho music, which played every ovenlng In the long room; for the cards over tho long room, where every kind of game in fashion might be had, with moderate stakes, and for the fresh air ot the wild heath, with tho forest beyond, In which ono could wander In solitude and safety, save for an occasional gipsy, and, If one got out of hearing and sight ot the Wells, tho chance of a footpad. Hera also are taverns for those who wanted a drink and refreshment the Flask. Jack Straw's castle, the Spaniard, the Wells tavorn, and many others. For a woman In trouble, such as the young widow, the loaellness of tho heath especially recom mended the place, tor hero sho could walk or sit and meditate, trying to lay that por slstent ghost of the black devil. Ho could trouble her no more yet she could not forget him aho oxpeoted him; she feared to meet him; It would not have surprised her if, all alone upon the heath with no one In sight, sho had come upon hlrn face to face, stepping down porhaps from tho gallows tree, clanking his chains In the broezo; beside the heath whore there was always some grlsloy form smeared with pitch, It woufd seem a troublo only expected If he had suddenly appeared to hor whllo she sat among the gorse and the heath und tho wild crab trees, ana had laid his huge clammy black hand upon her shrlnklnR shouldor. crv nc "Mlno! Min.i" ennnKing shouldor, crylnsr "Mine! Mine! with thoso hungry oyes and those grinning whlto teeth. I say that eho was never free from this obsclsslon: It was absurd becauBo tho man she expected over and over again, was hanged, hanged, hanged, by the neek till he was dead, dead, dead. He could do bor no more harm always this horrible creaturo was present to her In ber' brain. When she should have slent. he sat at her bedsldo; In her dreams ehe saw his flcry oyes and thoy threatened; thoy said plainly aB If they spoko aloud, "I shall claim you some time or other In tho other world you shall bo mine I shall claim you; I shall drag you down with me to the place whore tho souls of negroes are sent, you shall Bharo that placo with me, for you aro mlno, you are mine. Those whom God hath Joined together no man; not tho hang man, not tho dlBsectlng Bura-eon with hin knife, can ever put asunder," Sho was young. At four-and-twentv nn Is not always miserable; one forgets every thing disagreeable; the sun shines, the flowers spring up, the breath of summer is fragrant, the pulse of youth beats strong; people laugh and talk; there arise othor thoughts bolonglng to the namo of youtii and spring; new occupations engage the attention. Tho memory of the courtyard In Newiate became a dim and fading horror: the thought of the fetid cell and the marriage service lost most or lu terrors, but there still remained yet, grow dally leu terrible and lees threatening. Two months passed In this retreat. No one knew ber poverty; she lived In a sin gle room of a cottnge, her rent and her living being choap. In the morning she drank the waters and walked in the garden or wandered upon tbo heath. Sho was no recluso; she sometimes accepted an Invi tation tn a breakfast; In tho evening she attended the long room when the music played. Hero she made acquaintances and conversed with the company. It mav hn Kllnnnqrinn v W la n..1 no. ural that a wosasa so young and to at- envacremcnt 01 twelve good results.1 tractive becauso there was cortalnly no woman bo beautiful at the Spa would, under these circumstance's, look upon mar riage aB a fitting remedy for all her anxieties. Unfortunately hor position, the with that tuihn -iai.ii. . . noble earl-was tn his way. Most of the . visitors camo from tho city; many wore homely it substantial, tradesmen whom a title brought upon their knees; others were merchants, well-to-do possibly, who re garded a title with awe, but expected wcaim to go with It; tho beaux and fine gentlomen from tbo Inns ot court also looked for money and found out In sortie secret way that tho young widow had nonej thero were also beaux and lino gentlemen whom Isabel found commonplace and ompty beaded; thero were wits and poets with a good many who aspired to be thought wits and poets; she found them Intonsely vain; while they declaimed upon tho Bordld nature of riches they grasped nt every guinea, and thoy had no eyes for tbo beauty they were so fond of singing; they wero al ways, bo to Bpeak, gazing Into tho looking glass nnd admiring themselves and tbelr own cleverness. One mornltig Isabel made an unwelcome and disquieting discovery. It was thus: Out of the 15 guineas that lay In her purso when she came to Hampstead after two months only three remained. This old worry forced upon her the disagreeable ne cessity of reflection. Such was tbo gravity of the Bltuatlon that reflection brought on more disquiet, and the longer she reflected the more sho became filled with tho sense ot hor helpless position. What was sho to do when her last guinea waa gono? Consider how she was placed. Bne hud a father whom sho had offended. In flvo years, though she had on many oc casions made an attempt to gain his for giveness, he bad held no communication with her; she knew him too well to build much bopo upon a reconciliation, because rigid and unbending In his Judgments as ho was austere and narrow In his rollglon. She had a brother who was himself as uus tero, as rigid and as Inflexible as became a member of bis small conventicle. 8he had a brother-in-law. He was a ruined profligate living In a poor way, unworthy of his rank, In a corner of bis empty house. She had thrown away or lost her old frlenda whea she ran away with the man who lovod IssssssV ,uH People who trttvol and are constantly on the road are Tory liable to havo dyspepsia or somo other form of "stomach trouble." Thoy havo to live as thoy can, not as they would. Tho train won't stop for them to eat, they must cat whon the train stops, and in goncral tho food hurriodly swallowed in the "ten minutes for refreshments " is of an indigestible oharaotcr. It is small causo for wonder that under such conditions the stomaoh becomes disordered and disoasod. Ono of the peculiar features of tho times is that tho scores and thousands of pcoplo who don't have to travel persist in living as if they did. Thoy oat at homo or in tho restaurant as if tho time for refreshment waa limited to ten minutes and thoy wero in momentary expec tation of tho call, " All aboard 1 " to break in upon their hur ried meal. Tho very natural consoquenoo of this way of living is to recruit the great army of dyspoptics. Dyspepsia has many tages which range from mere discomfort to utter mental misery and physical wreck. But at any stago dyspepsia is a raenoco to health and happiness. Ordinarily wo think of dyspopsia as a diseaso affecting only tho organs of digostion and nutrition. But as a matter of faot the disoaso affeots tho wholo body. It causes physical lassitude, mental dullness and depression, head ache, muscular debility and constipation or irregularity. It is one of tho greatest handicaps to human happinoss and useful ness the world knows. Side by eide with these faots thero is another : Dyepeptia can be cured, has been cured, and is being cured by tho uso of Dr. Picrco's Golden Medical Disoovery. It cures dyspepsia at any Btage, and tho only difference botwoon tho ouro of an old and obstinato oase of dyspopsia and tho disease in its boginning, is a difference of time. It takes longer to otire a disease which has had years perhaps in which to root and a disease which has only just begun to show itself. But so uniform aro tho results obtained by the uso of Dr. Pioroo'i. Golden Medical Dis covery that it may bo affirmed that in ninoty-cight per cent, of oases a perfoot and permanent ouro will bo ob- v-iuuw. av aiirajro uvifD. Jib uiuiuob UIWByB ClirUS. Mr. Ned Nelson, the celebrated Irish Cormnedlan and Mimic. of 577 Royden Street, Camden, N. J., writes: "We fulfilled an weers. ana tne constant travoiintr ... - uu wuui oi mai urcaacu uiscase canea dyspepsia. 1 uad tried evvrvtliinc possible to cure it till last week while playing at B. P. KeetU's Bilou Th;tr Philadelphia, In the Nelson Trio, a professional friend of mine aivSaed I ml to try Dr. fierce' Golden Medical Discovery. 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Indigestion was my principal ailment, and I have beSlL WhW .BSEi with asthma, which, I believe, was brought on through the nedlSf l- .ly at& as I stated, after having used four bottles of your medicine i: hTo nofe tl(m;. l6wt sour stomach or painful bloating, and my asthma fa . M MLSSIl" ?- r feel better now than for the last ten years." disappeared. la Oct, X Tho euros effected by tho use of " Golden Medical Discovery aro real and lasting. A arge number of tho so-called "remedies" offered foV dvroensia. aro mero palliatives The most thoy can do is to givo some tom2wE Z physical discomfort. But tho " Discovery mafcos a perfect and pemanent cur Itdoca this because it is much more than a mere medicine fof dVspepsL ft cures diseases of tho stomach and other organs of digostion and riHion It cures diseaaes of organs seemingly remote from tho stomach, but which in alitv havo their origin m a diseased condition of the stomach and its allied rI Thus with the cure of dyspepsia and stomach trouble" comes Iho euro oPdis: eases of liver, kidnevs. hnart l.,. -j -.1 gans, when .these diseases, MY3iK oahavc their cause in tho diseased condition of thobrisani of digestion and nutrition. 6 Sometimes a dealer, tempted by tho, littlo more profit paid on the sale of less meritoriouB mediciW will offer the customer a substitute as beinir "iust as good" as the "Discovery." 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