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WINCHESTtRJLPEATING ARMSCQ.
! T declar’ ter goodness, D’rindy,” he
said, seeking for some way to express
his gratitude, “yuh han’s es sof’es er
moss patch, an yuh es putty es th’ sun
set on th' mount’in. ”
“onet yer Jaw, Zeke. Yer pokin fun
at me. An yer eyes can’ see ternight
nut her.”
1 1 rn art t- at last and strong.
It was tho first compliment a man had '
cv-r paid to her 1<- ks. She might live •
out h< r lonely life unbless, d here in the ■
vai: y and the horizon cf her daily ex-|
isteneo be the long blue peaks and h< r
simple household duties, tut the memo
ry cf the words that she had heard
• would dwell with her always. Her
soul could thrive upon a crust that
i other women would spurn.
Silence fell upon them, the gliding
water lapping the bruised face and lul
labying the perturbed spirit, the soft
hand of the girl weaving a spell for ti e
! wounded warrior. Long time they sac
thus, and i ver and anon his single eye
sought the face above it. Something of
wonder was stirring within him. Hers
was a beautiful face. He had never
known it before. He had seen it a thou
sand times. How was it that the fact
1.1 (scaped him? ‘‘She ar’ putty as th’
sunset on th’ mount’in,” he assented
dreamily, indorsing his own compli
ment, ‘‘an er dem sight puttier.” The I
remaining orb blinked at her dreamily I
and close beside its mate.
‘‘What yuh sayin, Zeke?”
‘‘l war er-sayin er dum sight puttier;
thet’s what I war er-sayin, ” he answer
ed faintly.
j ‘‘Who?” she asked softly. Then pres-
I ently she added, ‘‘Sal Bolor?” Ono of
Ezekiel’s eyes opened wide; the other
struggled in vain beneath its thick blue
curtain.
ho 1 Sal Boler?” t
She turned her face away and fixed
her gaze upon the distant peaks. Her
reply v.nts just audible mid full of
. pathos:
‘‘Yuh went thar, Zeke. I dicin’ mean
ter hyah hit, but th’ parson talked so
loud. War she trooly a widder, Zeke,
an—an—did she trooly wanter come an
be —Mistis Ezekiel Sykes down een
Raccoon Holler?”
It tvas out at last, and the sentence
sccnu <1 to end almost in a moan. One
tear fell down from above him, but it
sp 1 .. lied onlv the little hand that sooth
ed his wounds.
‘‘D’rindy,” he answered after a long
silence, ‘‘l 1 ad er mind ter keep my
jaw shot, but hit hain’t no use now.
An I don’ care noway. D’rindy, Sal
E der lies done j’incd ter er city feller,
. an hit war Irni what shot thot ar’ eye!
Hit makes yih jump, an hit made me
jump, too, at fust. D’rindy, of any
' man hed er saidternie y< Middy morn
in win n I tvent out er thet gate, ‘Eze
kiel Sykes, Sal Boler is j’ined ter er city
feller, an th' city feller is goin ter lick
yuh afo’ night, ’ I’d er said he war er
dinged fool’ es uoworser, an teres face.
But them ar’ is th’ two things lies come
erbout. An I inns’ say thet, while I
d'n’think no better er Sal Boler, but
'•’ tl c<iutraryv. it<■ do set her down fcr
(i- huzzy, hit inns’ be ’lowed thet thar
cs sutliin n» re in city fellers ’n I most
gincrally hmu let on, only hit ain’t er
fair fight t< . opt nup with subbinders
on the ear wdien er man is hung een his
coat slecvt'. ’
‘‘An did ynli see ’cr, Zeke?”
“No. 1 sc< d whe.r she w;>r said ter be
er livin, mi then me an tho city feller
iltc t I id gimme a lift got ter jawin, mi
Lit come out that Sal Boler was done
j'incd uni er him two weeks or more.
, One word started ernui her, ” he added,
“an ernuiher started the subbindcr. ”
Ezekiel was expanding under the hu
mane. treatment and could afford even
to indulge in pleasantry.
Mrs. Sykes dissipated the charm that
had been woven about them by appear
ing suddenly with a great quantity,
though limited variety, of the physic
that ‘ ‘natur’ ’ ’ had called for in behalf of
Ezekiel, and to which the patient took
i kindly, not to say greedily. Dorinda
watched him eat with a vague unrest in
her heart. There is nothing at any time
attractive to a woman in the sight of a
hungry man at his meals.
But w hen Ezekiel went in to lie down
upon his mother's bed, as he used to
when a boy when tired er troubled—
and was he not still her 1 y?—the de
serted girl stood tip gazing on the
mountains veiled in their violet mists
into which the blue sky of the ending
day was melting, their depths shot with
roseate rays. The scene was miniature el
in her shadowy eyes, where a softer
light was beaming.
“He’s come back free, an he said my
han war soft es er patch cr moss, an I
war es putty es the sunset on th’ moun
tains; he said hit!” Her eyelids drooped
over their orbs, and her chin sank upon
her breast. Them, starting as from a
dream, she followed jnto the house.
That night when Dorinda lay dream
ing in the little shedroom so full of her
own life there came down the valley a
deep, booming, roaring volume of sound,
and the house trembled responsive to its
vibrations. Nearer it approached, and
her room was filled with the fierce light
I i's an electric flash, which seemed to cx
■ p’ de there. Blinded, stunned, tcrrifii d,
j she groped toward the door and lifted
the latch. She was almost thrown down
by the storm that burst in upon her.
i The air seemed full of timhgrs, stones
and flying drift, and the ’Thunder was
| as the thunder of the waters that come
: down at Tallulah when the river is full.
Her voice when she called was beaten
back as a feather in her throat. The i
timl ers of the littk room seemed about '
to fly apart. Gasping with fear, unable :
to close the door against tho mighty i
i blast, she gave herself up for lost. With '
her limbs Benumbed, she tottered and <
' fell. There, as she lay awaiting death, .
. a num c.mio, an I in tb.o screaming fv_ry i
' of the storm lifted her in his arms. |
I There was a moment in which the del- '
I uge splashed her face, and the next in
i stant she was drawn into the warm
kit< n. She saw by the tremulous light
■ f '.' • i rieus Same the half Llack
en.-.i fa •. • *' Ezekiel Let over her, and
faintly as one calling afar off heard his
motht r's voice:
“He holds th’ thunder ccn es han
An rides upon th' st- rm,”
i just as the pars nus:d to line it out at
: Zebvlon. Then came darkness.
When D rinda gained consciousness,
her ad pt. d mother was bathing her
face. They were alone, Ezekiel having
withdrawn at her command. The storm
was now at its height, and the room
was full of the sudd> n and fearful
blaz's. D rinda struggled to her feet
again. II- r lips me ved rapidly, but all
s und was 1< st in the din of the battle
wag-d ab ut them. Suddenly she broke
frr-m th” eld r woman’s and rush
ed to i} ; - porch. 1’ ran in-tant her
mother thought that, crazed with fear,
I
she had tlirown herself into tho gierm, i
but in the next back came the girl I
tlirough the furious elements drenched !
and with her hair blown wildly over i
. hr r In "f nude shoulders. Tlie lightning
trembled ov< r and seemed to lick her
i form fr-;m b ad to foot, and by the ‘
| sheen cf iis liquid, wavy Game die saw ■
| that the girl’s hand clinched the little ’
; pho graph cf Ezekiel, firn from its’
i frame cf mica, while her face in its
I autiful triumph seemed almost glori*
fiecL The s. crct v/as written there.
“D’rindy, D’rindy, child!” the cried.
“Why hain’t yuh tele me afo’?”
The words, screamed as th y were in I
the night from the heart of the" woman, I
did not reach tho girl, who covered up !
the little picture in her chilled bosom
and crouched shivering by tho smolder
ing fire. Ker companion gazed upon her
piteously, then kneeled beside her and
pointing upward moved her lips. Do
rinda understood and followed her ex
ample. Still raged the storm. Such a
one had never before burst upon Raccoon
Hollow. Suddenly there was a noise as
though the mountain itself had been
riven asunder, aud the house shook un
til the crockery danced upon the shelves.
Then all grew still. Rising to her feet,
the elder woman drew the shivering girl
I to the bed where the old man, deaf to
I the storm and oblivious of life, slept
the sleep of second childhood, wrapped
a blanket about her and thrust her un
der cover.
“Ma,” she moaned, and the word
sounded as it did when on that sad day
years ago the kind hearted woman re
ceived her as a charge, “Ma, kiss me
onct, please, ” just the appeal made to
the dead that lay unresponsive to its
frightened offspring. It was the first,
time that she had used it since. With
tears streaming from her eyes the wom
an bent and kissed her thrice, and her
lips when she rose were wet with the
tears of tho girl.
“An him er-lovin nobody but ole
Tom Boler’s gal,” she said. “Hit’s
more’n I kin make out. ’ ’
CHAPTER IV.
In tho morning, when Ezekiel looked
forth from the doorway, an appalling
spectacle met his gaze. The mountain
had actually split asunder, and one-half
had sunk far down below the other. So
sharply was the Hue drawn that a groat
pine, yielding one half its trunk to the
departed, upreared the other with the
firmer rock, its white riven heart blaz
ing the hillside like a monument. Pale
with astonishment, Ezekiel gazed long
upon the scene, but there was something
yet more appalling reserved f->r him—
not a stalk of corn was left in the val
ley! His mother came to him and was
silent, too, in awe at the desolation ap
parent and tho change in the familiar
eld mountain. “All gone, ma, all gone!” |
he groaned. The lips of the pale woman |
t i ’ibled. She was wont, to say that Jier
faith was like the mountain, but was
not the mountain split at last? Her !
hand rested upon him as it had, oh, so I
io: y, many times •when trouble op- ,
presst d them.
“Tii’ Lord'll icrvido, Ezekiel. -He j
kep’ us in the night, an ho kin keep us |
in the day. ’ ’
“I be’n hyarin that, ma, all those ;
years, an now look! Poorer an poorer j
year een an year out. Es fur me, I war ’
whupped when pa got inter troucl’ ’ith ;
the law an wo had tev sell alitor pay
out. Th’ liord maybe did p'rvide, but j
hit’s be’n mighty hard livin s' nee.”
“Hush, Ezekiel!” tho woman whis
pered. “Hit’s blaspht•my! Leave lilt
crlone. Th’ righteousTl never bog bread.
Leave hit alone. Th’ han that kin split
mount’ins kin pervido fur hits oevn. ”
The light had come back to the weary
face, and it was almost beautiful in its
new faith as she turned humbly and
went about her household duties. But
Dorinda, watching her, thought that
her step was feebler than she had ever
seen it.
“Ann’ Betsey,” she said, putting her
arm upon her shoulder, “don’t yuh give
up.”
“Giveup? No, deary; lain’ter-givin
up. But es thcr Lor J hod er tuck ns las’
night I wouldn’ er-liftcd a finger ter
Lender him. Hit warn’t his will, D’rin
dy, an I’m willin ter wait. ”
It was a gloomy day for Raccoon Hol
low. Ezekiel, under the lingering pains
of his old misfortune and the new,
wandered about disconsolate, and when
the morning dawned again the last of
the Sykes’ meal went into pones of
bread.
The mystery of the mountain spread
far aud near. The day upon which the
fortunes of the Sykes family seemed at
their lowest ebb was signalized by the
arrival of an excursion party from The
Falls. Ten or twelve ladies and gentle
men on horseback and in vehicles rode
over to see the wonder, bringing a well
ordered lunch. They chatted over the
catastrophe, climbed the mountain, and
presently the ladies rendezvoused at the
little house. Here the lunch was spread,
and Dowinda brought water from the I
spring and rendered many little kindly
services. After lunch the party swarmed
unceremoniously over the pre misos, in
cluding Dorinda’s little room, which
delighted them as much probably as the
mountain interested. Especial attention
was devoted by the ladies to the deli- i
cate traceries upon the mica frame to
which Ezekiel’s photograph had been
carefully resorted. A handsome, grave
young gentleman was asked to examine
i it. He did so, and turning to Dorinda,
! whose cheeks flushed, perhaps by the
praise already bestowed, asked:
“Where did that mica come from?”
“Well, now, isn’t that just like Cap
tain Moore!” exclaimed, one of the la
dies. “We were not talking about the
mica, sir, but the tracings. ’ ’
He smiled. “The tracings have great
merit,” he said, “but there is more
money in mica that will split into such
large clear sheets than in all the art
that can be put upon it. You say that
you found it near here?” This to Do-
“Yes. sir.”
“And will you go with me to see it
in the morning, if I return?”
“Yes, sir. es yuh wants me an th’
mountain hain’t sunk ’ith hit.” The
party began to prepare for departure.
Pre.-- ntly there was a brief consultation
among the gentlemen. Th-n as some
were galloping away one cf them ap
proached ? r . dykes and poured a hand
ful of small silver into her hand. “For
your kind attentions,” he said. Before
she comprehended h° mounted and gal
loped away, leaving her speechless with
surprise and emotion. Ezekiel came out
<>f the wood where he had concealed his
disfigurement all day, and there on the
porch ho and Dorinda f und her sitting.
Tears were running down h“r cheeks,
and she made no effort to restrain them.
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' She held out the hand blessed with 30
much silver.
“Ezekiel,” she said, and then her
eyes lifted upward and finished the sen
tence. He comprehended.
“Yes, ma,” he said gently, “yuh ar’
right, an I ar’ wrong, cs ar’ most com
monly true. ” But the girl put her arms
! around I. r and kissed the wrinkled
cheeks in silence.
Early the next day sensitive Ezekiel
took to shelter again, for Captain Moore
kept his promise. Ezekiel v.-a.s hidden
I on the mountain, from which he beheld
the gentleman and Dorinda pick their
way aero”- the rift to the far side. It
v-'C-s a difficult journey, and though the
girl was as agile as a deer Ezekiel no
ticed with a queer pain at his heart that
the stranger insisted upon extending his
hand to her every time occasion offered, :
and that it was always accepted.
‘ ‘Dad blast th’ fell-, r!” he said. “He'd
better git her ter help him, stidder him
cr hclpin her. ”
The girl was in a particularly merry
mood. Did she suspect that the single ;
eye of the disfigured doctor was upon
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‘‘Dad blast th’ feller!”
her? She was a womaii, and the curious
can argue the conclusion. Her laughter
rang out across the rift, and ho found
himself angry and uncomfortable gen
erally. Heigh ho, Ezekiel Sykes! You
cannot understand nature after all, can
you? See that leap she has just made,
her hah - flying and poke bonnet waving.
How beautifully done! The gentleman
does not follow—all, but he does, and
she beams upon his success. Look out
above your bowlder, Ezekiel, with your
' one capable eye and mutter, “Dad blast
him!” as much as you please. They are
not concerned about you.
The mica was found more than ever
uncovered by the slide. A wonderful
1 seam it was, hemmed in by quartz. The
I gentleman said little, but was evidently
deeply interested. Finally he ascertain
ed, by casual questions, that the owner
ship was vc ted in Mrs. Sykes. But the I
next day ho came again, and again the
girl accompanied him. He was trying
to folk >w tl o in. And thf history if
■ one day was tts tire history of its prede- I
! ces.-or, even down to Ezekiel.
But at last, standing over the mica,
the captain ;md the girl held a long and
earnest conversation. Ezekiel saw her
give him her hand impulsively, and
they came back, her face flushed, her
eyes sparkling. The truth, as it appear
ed to Ezekiel, was unmistakable,-and’l
lie was full of rage when he saw the ,
stranger depart and Dorinda wave her I
bonnet in response to a wave cf his hat. |
But, alas for Ezekiel, there was no time ;
for questions. A second large party had
come up from Tiie Falls and swarmed |
over the place, and back into the friend- |
ly shadows of the mountain the young I
man carried his poulticed ear and.pic- ]
turesque scars. When this party left, I
the trustful and hospitable old lady was j
again blessed with coin.
So ran the summer away, but ere it
had ended the little home, or “Aunt
Betsey’s, ” as it had come to be known,
became a regular rendezvous for visit
ors, who got their midday meals, bought
strings of bead corn, posies of gay flow
ers and queer bits of quartz and mica,
with delicate traceries upon the latter.
The cow and chickens had come back.
The pigs, too, returned—yes, and tho
beehives. And everything about the
yard straightened up, as with now life,
from their leaning attitudes. From the
rafters of tho kitchen were hung yarns
and provisions and shoes for the long
winter and scores of other articles of
home use, and on tho shelves were bolts
of cloth, canned goods and all the neces
saries of life. Dorinda’s gown was as
nice as anybody’s. The smile of God
seemed to rest upon Raccoon Hollow and
; the riven mountain.
CHAPTER V.
How was it with Ezekiel? The clouds
still hung low. The intuition of the
young woman had placed her in posses
sion of his secret before ho knew that
he had one, and with the perversity cf
her sex she turned the tables upon him.
Her smiles were distributed among the
tourists, and she learned to give keen
I answers to their good humored banter -
ings. Often he had tried to tell her of
, his misery, but with the training she
I had been receiving from the beaus and
j coquettes ho was no match for her.
One day she went to him with a great
secret.
“Oh, Zeke!” she said. “I ar’ er-goin
ter tell yuh suthin. Th’ parson war er
long terday an tickled nigh unter death.
He do say hit’s all er joke erbout Sal
Bolcr’s gittin j’ined to thet ar’ city fel- i
ler, which war er drummer an er-foolin
yuh. Th’ parson say cs how hit’s all |
ovt r Calliny, an folks es or-forking er
bout ‘Zeke- Sykes’ los’ widder. ’ ” She
. held her sides and followed up the in
formation with a most provoking spasm
of mirth. Ezekiel gasped for breath.
His voice was hoarse when he spoke at
last.
“Th’ parson tole yuh?”
“Os course. He come straight from '
Sal’s, an she tole ’im ’ith her own ;
mouth. Now yuh kin go back, an Sal j
kin be ‘Mistis Ezekiel Sykes down een I
Raceoi .a Hollt r. ’ ” There was just the
faint st tn.me rin her voice, but Ezekiel ■
was beyond the comprehension of fine •
shadings then. She had expected an
outburst; there was none. The young
man waiktd off, and the signs were un
mistakable ; he was crushed.
“Z k°, ore yuh b.urtcd "bad sure
’r.ough?” si - e called after him repent
antly. He made no reply. When he
camo back later, she was sitting on the
steps.
“M%” he said, “I’m er-goin ter Th’
Fall :, aa may: I won’t- come back ’n
er w< :k, an mt.yr.c hit’ll lx-two. They
do ‘ la v rl-ar ar’ more chance fur
mount’in men in Alabam’, an I’m er
gittin - rt- rw ;ip-it down here. I’ll tork
**-.yuh when I’m done terkin ter them
thet knows. Thar bo some erbout Th’
Falls new thet knows.” He kissed her
check, an cad caress for Ezekiel, and
affected not to ece her anxious lock.
“Gcodby, D'rndy, ” he said as he
parsed her on the steps. “New frien’s
es better’n ole frien’s.” A great lump
rose in tho girl’s throat ; she could not
speak. He passed through the gateway
and took the road that led to The Falls,
walking listlessly. She watched him for
a moment, then rose and darted after
him, her light step giving out scarcely
a sound. If he heard, ho made no sign.
Presently she laid a hand upon his
shoulder, at. I then he turned and looked
down into the violet eyes, while a trem
bling seized him.
“Zeke,” one said, a little smile quiv
ering upon her lips, “when yuh gitter
: Alabam’, won’t yuh write er letter?”
“One writes ter yuh now, an one es
I cmough. ’ ’ He blurted tho words out
and drew from under Iter touch.
“01'., Zeke!” She locked at him with
j such reproach that ho was half ashamed.
Then she laughed, pointing her finger
at h : m. “Zeke, I do berlieve yuh ar’
cr-:-l ; ppin off ter court Sal Boler ergin. ”
She bent almost double with the idea..
“No, I Ls n’t, ” he said hoarsely.
“Yuli ar’, Zeke! Yuli ar’! An, oh,
Zeke, cf yuh be, look out for drummers
on th’ road!”
Ho turned and strode off without a
word more. She leaned her back against
a tree weak with laughing, her feet
tlirust out in front. Presently she called
him.
“Zeke!” Ho turned and glared back
at her in silence. “Zeke Sykes, ” she
continued, “yuh ar’ er bigger fool ’n I
seen this year, an thar’s be’n some big
ones round hyar, th’ Lord knows. ” Her
face was flushed, and she held out her
arms. “Zeke, t:ike me erlong ter Ala
bam’, -won’t yuh?’ ’ He camo back doubt
ing, but the arms were not lowered, and
into them he walked, speechless with
the change from despair to happiness.
He held her for a long time.
“D’rindy, ” he said, “an yuh love me
arter all?”
“Yes, an afo’ all, f’rom th’ fust time
when yuh used tor tote me on yer back
over th’ rocks. Oh, Zeke, I hain’t
never loved m. body else in th’ whole
worl but yuh!” Tears crept from under
tho half closed eyelids, and then there
was silt nee as he pressed her close to
him.
“Well,’’said Ezekiel finally, “I war
er fool, mos’ tzooly. ’ ’
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Two more incidents close the idyl of
“Sinkin Mountin,” as Zeke’s signboard
at the fork of the roads has it. The cap
tain’s letters, spelled out with much
labor, gave assurance of a sale of the
mica deposit at a good price. This is
one. The other is: In the closing hours
of the season Ezekiel, wandering about
the hotels, met face to face tho drum
mer who had made him a jest through
out one corner of Carolina. He spoke
not a word, but kept his eye on the
practical joker until ho had drawn his
1 own arms entirely free of that fatal
( coat and dropped it to the earth. Then
he slapped his thigh.
“Stranger, ” he said, “yuh be er-look
in on Ezekiel Obadiah Sykes.”
A smile came to the other’s face.
“Ah!” said he. “ ‘Natur’s doctor.’ ”
“Th’ same. Stranger, Sal Bolcr’s
husbun thet wa’n’t ar’ goiu ter git
: whupped een erbout two minnuts. ’ ’ He
' launched forth with a mighty subbind
: er, and—well, trull), is truth—the next
instant was knocked off his feet flat on
his back. Rising to a sitting position,
stunned, dizzy and astounded, he gazed
J a moment up into tho smiling face of
| the scientific boxer above him.
“Ezekiel,” ho said to himself softly,
I “Ezekiel Sykes, yuh be er dinged fool
I mos’ trooly. ’ ’ Slowly picking up his
coat, he turned his back on the assem-
“Dzekicl Sykes, yuh be er dinyed fool.”
bling crowd and took the road for Rac
coon Hollow. As he approached the
house after his long journey the humor
of the situation overcame him, and he
chuckled quietly to himself.
“Th’feller be full er subbinders es
er hog be full er fleas,” he said, and
then as Sinking Mountain rose before
him he added, cocking one eye and com
ing to a standstill, “Hit ain’t onpossi
ble thet it war th’ same chap busted
thet ar mount’in!”
THE END.
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Anything that may he penetrated by
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Some years ago when the domestic,
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machine represented the best there was
in the sewing machine line this state
ment, which is made on the authority
of an expert, would not stand the test
of proof. But today sewing machines
make loop and chain stitches through
cloth of any kind and thickness, heavy
duck, wood veneers, leather, heavy car
pets, rubber and anything that a needle
can go through.
A woman who sits at home, with her
foot working the treadle of a purring
mechanical seamstress, may see the nee
dle make 600 stitches a minute. This is
| high speed compared with hand sewing,
but one of the great sewing machine
! manufactories of the world recently con
structed a wonder which zips through
! 3,500 stitches in 60 seconds.
That means 14,000 separate and dis
tinct movements in the stitch making
part of the machine, for each complete
stitch requires the needle to enter the
cloth, first loop to be formed, the needle
to be withdrawn and the second loop to
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3,500 times while the hand of the clock
is going between two marks on the dial.
—Chicago Record.
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Interesting Information that Should be Care
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Story of a Mother and Daughter.
From the Chronicle, Chicago, Illinois.
A Story remarkable in many respects is
told by Mrs. George .trgile which contains I
much information which will be appreciated
by thousands of women who arc suffering
as she did, and they will find relief from all
their trouble, so easily, so quickly, and so
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Mr. George Argile left his native home in
Yorkshire, England, eight years ago to em
brace the greater opportunities this country
offered. He was fortunate in immediately
securing a responsible position on his
arrival in Chicago with the Chicago and
Rock Island Railroad Company. Faithful
to his duties he received recognition by pro
motions and to-day is in sole charge of the
team tracks of this groat railway system.
The position is known in railroad circles as
foreman of the teams that load and unload
freight.
After one year and a half in the employ
of this road be sent for his wife and children,
who arrived safely here and in good health.
After some two years residence here Mrs.
Argile commenced to feel badly. Like
thousands of other women she had womb
trouble of over twenty years standing. At
first this trouble, in Chicago, was not suf
ficiently acute to interfere materially with
her household duties, but in course of
months it developed to such a degree that
it proved exceedingly painful to her to at
tend to the many little duties required to
keep a house neat and tidy. This condition
continued to grow worse and worse till she
was forced to recognize that if she did not get
skillful medical aid, she would grow into a
confirmed invalid. During this period a
neighbor whom she h id known for quite a
while told her that she was using Dr. Wil
liams’ Pink Pills for Pale People with ex
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would rid her of all her troubles without
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ago and found that after taking the first box
she felt an improvement, not great, but
sufficient to realize that if this better feeling
continued she would be on the right road.
With the second box, she knew that she
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and strength, felt a buoyancy of spirit she
had not experienced in years, and the pains
from which she had sufl'. red so much were
quickly growing loss. To-d iy it has boon
five montl s sii sbo began t.ik ! ’>g the pills.
She is r licved of all 1 er pains, has regained :
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was left in her throat which seemed to efil of ;
her. Thon, too, she did. not regain her olip
I lively spirits. She was languid in her move-j
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furthermore it became perceptible that she
was growing nervous. Her vendition dur
ling the following year al';er her sickness did
not improve, in fact, I thought it was a little
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but probably being with her constant]) did
not fully realize that site was decidedly get
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“ It was only in the forepart of last year
that I became seriously a larmrd, as her lan
guidness, her constant tiredness increased
and she became so nervous and so fretful
that if any person spoke to her, it would
make her cry. Her appetite got poorer w ith
everv month, and I did really wonder how
the little thing could live on v.bat she ate.
Her complexion became sallow and assumed
a greenish hue, and she became what 1 called
‘skin and boms’—very thin indeed. This
was her condition some four months ago.
It was at this time that 1 had taken a few of
the pills, and commencing to get faith in
them made Emily take them. I say, im
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quite true, but certainly afler the third week
I could see an improved condition in her,
and this improvement continued up to the
second month, slowly but surely. '1 hen tha
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her appetite returned and grew better with '—■>
every day, she commenced to fatten up, she
became more cheerful and lively and her
nervousness at times left her alt''.'.'tthcr.
“In the last two weeks her <■ uiplcxion
has regained the ] ( rfi et color of h< tilth, her
cheeks are fleshy and plump and she is as
lively as a cricket. Iler appetite—well the
less said about that the better, she is eating
all the time, and fill the time is hungry.
When she now comes home from school, in
stead of listlessly crawling into the house
to lie down to rest, she is romping all over
the bouse and cries ‘Motlur ymi don’t
know how good it feels to be full of life,
bow glad I am that 1 don’t feel tired any
more.’ She has completely thrown off her
nervousness, and al 1 those sympmms w hich
for three long years made me fear very
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“All this I know to be due to Dr. Wil
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nothing else, and I am indeed thankful that
Providence brought the (bought to me of giv
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was in before I took them, and I saw the
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day both of us look and Jze wi 11. J c.-.n do
the work in my house < very tiny ns I did
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I one of the liveliest, most cheerful and plump
; girls in our neighborhood, and that is say
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j are noted for splendid health am! < xcellent
I spirits. We live at 4760 Wentworth Ave.
“'Hie above, is a cornet statement of the
facts concerning my case and that of r.iy
daitohter Emily.
(Signed.) ’ Emily Argile.”
Sworn and subscribed to before ric thia
fourth day of Fehrur.rv, 1,896.
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