HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1884-10-30, Page 5THE HALF-CASTE.
AN QLD GOVERNESS'S TALE
FQt'NOEDI ON FACT.
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"It is all a tie—an infamous cheat:"
he cried. "Don't believe it, Zillah!
Don't be frightened, little fool( I
promised to marry you, and, by Heav-
en: marry you 1 will:-
-Lieutenant Le Poer," said I very
quietly, *`that may not be quite so easy
as you think. However, I do not pre-
vent you, as indeed I leave no right; 1
only eek lay dear child Zillah Here to
grant me one favor, as for the sake of
rev love to her"—there e Z 11ah sobbed) -- 1
"I doubt not she wait uamely, that she
should do as every other young woman
of common sense and delicacy would
do, and wait until to -morrow, to ask
the consent of one who will then probe
ably be here, if he is not already ar-
rived --her guardian, Mr. Andrew bunt-
(friend."
Lieutenant Augustus burst out with
an oath, probably very mild in the
ipess-room, but very shocking here to
:two wooer's ears. Zillah crept farther
from loin' anti ]tearer to me.
"I11 not be cleated sol" stormed he.
"Come, child, you'll trust your cousin?
I. mel cons away to-night's''—and he
tried to lift tier on. the car, which bad
approached -the Irish driver evidently
much enjoying the scene.
"No, cousin; not to -Might," said the
gin,
ererrletiss Pryor witlllnme1, and It properand
bridemaiels, sand a wedding-dresand
all that --that is, if I marry you at all,
► s
vl icll 1 event unlessMist,' Pryor thinks
you will kindS
y, be to Inc. ,. o good-bye
till to -morrow, cousin,"
Ile was so enraged by this time that
Ilei 1 f
tried forcibly to drag]ler on theear.
But I wound myarmsround xuy ea
child"s waist and shrieked for he! .
"Paoli, sir," said the sturdy
rsh-
aafiintNtfii11nihalf hi amusement.
hlindignato, "yeti bettlier lav
the women alone. I'd rather not med-
dle with an abduction,"
So Zillah was set free from the lieu-
tenant's grasp. for, as I said before, a
scoundrel is often a great coward. I
drew the trembling and terrified girl
into the house --he folinwing with a
storm of oaths and threatendngs. At
last I foreibly shut the door upon nim,
and bolted h1nl. out. Whether this in-
dignity was too much for the valorous
soldier, or whether he felt sure that all
chance was over, I know not; but when
I looked out ten minutes after the coast
was clear. I took my erring, wronged,
yet still more wronged t Ian erring
t:bild into my bosom, and thanked
Heaven sine was saved.
The next morning Mr, Sutherland are
rived.
After this night's events I have little
to say, or rather I prefer to say but lit-
tle, of what passed during the remain-
der of that summer, We all traveled
to England together. going round by
Yorkshire in order to leave Mr. Le-
Poer's daughter:' at their own home.
This was Mr. 'Sutherland's kind plat;,
that tale two girls might be kept in ig-
norance of the whole affair, and espec-
ially of their father's ill -deeds. W hat
they suspected I know not; they were
merely told that it was the desire of
Zillah's guardian to take her and her
governess home with hint.
So we parted at Halifax and I never
saw any of the family again. I had no
scruples about thus quiting them, as I
found out from Mr. Sutherland that I
had been engaged solely as governess
to his ward, and that he had himself
paid my salary in advance; the whole
of which, in some way or other had
been intercepted by Mr. Le Poer. The
money of course was gone; but he had
written to me with each remittance,
and thus I had lost his letters. That.
was hard!
I also found out, with great joy and
comfort, that my Zillah was truly Zil-
lah Le Poer—her father's legitimate
daughter and heiress. All I had been
red to believe was a cruel and wicked
lie. The whole history of her father
and mother was one of these family
tragedies, only too frequent, which, the
actors in them being dead, are best for-
gotten. I shall not revive the tale.
In late autumn Mr. Sutherland sailed
for India. Before he quitted England
he made me sole guardian in his stead
over Zillah Le Poer, assigning for her a
handsome maintenance. He said he
hoped we should all live happily togeth-
er—she, my mother and I—until he
came back. Ile spent a short time with
us all at his country seat—a time
which, looking back upon, seems in its
eight days like eight separate years.
I ought to speak of Zillah, the un-
moved center of so many convolving
fates. She remained still and silent as
ever—dull, grieved, humiliated. I told
her gradually and gently the whole
truth, and explained from how . much
she had been saved. She seemed grate-
ful and penitent; it was clear that her
heart had never been torched. by love;
she was yet a . mere child. The only
evidence of womanly shame she gave
wa's in 'keeping entirely out of her
guardian's way; nor did he takemuch
notice of her except in reproaching him-
self to me with being neglectful of his
charge; but he had so thoroughly trust-
ed in the girl's uncle as being her best
protector.
The only remark he ever made on Zil-
lah's personal self was that she had
beautiful eyes, adding, with a half sigh,
"that he liked dark Oriental eyes."
One day his mother told me something
which explained this. She said he had
been engaged to a young lady in India,
who onthe eve of their marriage had
died. Ile had never cared much for
woman's society since, and his mother
thought would probably never marry.
After his departure I learned the whole
story. My heart bled over every pang
he had suffered; he • was so good ,and
noble a man. And when I knew about
his indifference to all women,1 felt the
more grateful feirthe' trust hceeiliowed
in me, 'by making"me Zillah's 'guard-
ian in his absence, and wishing me to
write to him reenlarly of her welfare.
The last wools 1, s;rad were :ts ting ma
to go and see his mother often; and
then he bade God bless me, and called
eee "his dear friend," He was very
kind always!
we had amulet winter, for my health
was not good -L being often delicate in
winter time. My mother and Zillah
took care of rue, and I was very grate-
ful for their love. I got well at last as
the springtime advanced, and went on
in my old ways.
There are sometimes long pauses in
one's life—deep rests or sleeps of years
in which month after month and season
after season, float'on each the same;
during which the soul lies either quiet
or torpid, as may be. Thus, without
any trouble, joy or change, we lived for
several years --my mother, Zillah Le,
Poer and 1. One morning I found,
with a curious surprise, but without
any of the horror which most women
are supposed to feel at that fact, that I
was thirty years old!
We discovered by the same reckoning
that Zillah was just nineteen, 1 re-
member she put her laughing face be-
side mine in the glass. Thera was a
great difference truly. l do net mean
the difference in her from me, for 1
never compared that, but in her former
self. She had grown up into a woman,
and, as that glass told ale, and my owe
eyes told me. a very striking woman
too. l was little of a judge in beauty
myself; still I knew well that every-
body we inet thought her handsome.
Likewise, she had grown up beautiful
in mind as well as ni body, I was very.
proud of my dear child,.
I well remember this day, when she
was nineteen and. I thirty. I remem-
ber it, I say. because our kind friend in
India had remembered it likewise, and
sent us each a magnificent shawl; far
tett meguil eetet it was for a little body
like ine, but it became Zillah splendid -
1r. She tucked me under her arm as it
I' had been a little girl, and walked me
up and down the room; for she was of a
cheerful, gay temper now just the one
to make an old heart young again, to
upon worn r with i p 11 a one spy tt e► i h the '
brightness of its own long -past morn-
in1 reeoliect drinking thus at the tune
—I wish I had thought so oftener! But
it matters little; I only chronicle this
day, as being the first when Zillah un-
consciously put herself on a level with
me. becoming thenceforward a woman,
and my equal—no longer is mere pet
and a child.
.About this time—I may as well just
state the fact to comfort other maidens
of thirty years' standing—I received an
offer of marriage, the first I had ever
had. Ile who asked me was a gentle-
man of my own age, an old acquaint-
ance, though never a very intimate
friend. I examined myself well, with
great humility and regret, for he was
an excellent man; but I found I could
not marry him. It was very strange
that he shout' ask me, I thought. Illy
mother, proud andpleased- first, be-
cause I had the honor of a proposal;
secondly, that it was refused, and she
kept her child stilt—would have it that
the circumstance was not strange at all,
She said many women were handsomer
and more attractive at thirty than they
bad ever been in their lives. My poor,
fond, deluded and deluding mother, in
whose sight even I was fair! That
night I was foolish enough to look long
Into the glass, at my quiet little face,
and my pale, gray, blue eyes—not dark
like Zillah's—foolish enough to count
narrowly the white threads that were
coming one by one into my hair. This
trouble -1 mean the offer of marriage
—I did not quite get over for many
weeks, even mc-uths.
The following year of my life there
befell me a great pang. Of this, a grief
never to be forgotten, a loss never to
be restored -1 cannot even now say
more than is implied in three words—
my motber dietil After that Zillah and
,_ lived together alone for twelve
months or more.
There are some scenes in our life—
landscape scenes I mean—that we re-
member very clearly; one strikes me
now. A quiet, soft May day; the hedg-
es just in their first green, the horse -
chestnuts white with Sowers; the long,
silent country swept through by a
traveling carnage, in which two wom-
en, equally silent, sat—Zillah Le Poer
and T.
It was the month before her coming
of age, and she was going to meet her
guardian, who had lust returned from
India.
Mrs. Sutherland had received a letter
from Southampton, and immediately
sent for us into the country to meet her
son, her "beloved Andrew." I merely
repeat the words as I remember Zillah's
doing, while she laughed at the ugly
name. I never thought it ugly.
When we had really started, however,
Zillah ceased laughing, an became
grave, probably at the recollection of
that humiliating circumstance which
first brought her acquainted with her
guardian. But despite this ill-omened
beginning, her youth had blossomed in-
to great perfection. As she sat • there
before me, fair in person, well cultured
in mind, and pure and virgin in heart—
for I had so kept her out of harm's way
that, though nearly twenty-one, I knew
she had never been "in love" with any
man—as she sat thus, I felt proud and
glad in her, feeling sure that Mr. Suth-
erland would say I had well fulfilled the
charge he gave.
We drove to the lodge gates. An
English country -house is always fair to
see; this was very beautiful -1 remem-
bered it seven years ago, only that it
was autumn, and now spring. Zillah
remembered it likewise; she drewbaek,
and I heard . her whisper uneasily:
"Now we shall soon, see Mr. Suther-
land."
I did not 'answer her a word..
We rolled up thePenne under the
large chestnut -trees. 1 saw • some one
standing at the portico; then I think
the motion of the carriage must have
made me dizzy, for all grew indistinct,
except a firm, kind hand holding me as
I stepped down, and the words, "Take
care, my dear Cassia!" , It was Mr.
Sutherland(
He scarcely observed Zillah, Mlle the
hall I introduced her to him. , He
seemed surprised, startled, pleased.
Talking of her to methat evening, he
said, he had not thought she would
have grown up thus; and I noticed him
look at her at times :.with, a ,penyiye
kinduese. Mrs. Sutherland whispered
tome that the lady he had been engaged
tolike Zillah
was a half-caste which
accounted for it. His mother's prophe-
cy had been right; he had come back ae
x
he went out—unmarried.
of} admiration for hernt to b guardiahe n He
was so tall, so stately. Then his thick,
curling fair hair—just. like a young
man's, with scarcely a shadow of gray.
She would not believe that he was over
forty --ten years older than myself—nn-
til by some pertinacity I bad impressed
this fact upon her. And then she said
it did not si ify, as she liked such
"dear old sous" as bila, and me :much
better than any young People. Her
fervor of admiration made me smile,
but after this night I observed that the'
expression of it gradually ceased.
Though I was not so demonstrative
as Zillah, it will not be supposed but
that I was truly glad to see my old
friend, Mr. Sutherland, He was very
kind, talked to me long of past things,
and as he cast a glance on my black
dress, I saw his lids quiver; he took my
hand and pressed it hke abrother, God.
bless Min for that!
rent one thing struck me—a thing I
had not calculated on—the alteration
seven years had made in us both. When
he took ale down to dinner, I accident-
ally caught sight of our two figures in
the large pier -glass, Age tells so differ-
ently on man and woman; I remember
the time when lie was a grown man, and
I a mere girl; now he looked a stately
gentleman in the prime of life, and I a
middle-aged. old-ivaidlsh woman. Pete
baps something mare than years had
done this; yet it was quite natural, only
Iliad never thought of it before.
So, when the brat meeting was over,
with the excitement, pleasurable or
otherwise, which as a matter of course
it brought to us all ---when the bad sev-
erally bidden each other goodenight,
and Nir. Sutherland had said smilingly
that he was glad it was only good -night,
not go d -bye ---when the whole house
was quiet and asleep—to use the psalm-
ist's solemn words, "At night on ray
bed I communed with my own heart in
lay chamber, and was still."
.'Cassia. tone
I want to speak to you, par-
r
ticularl ', said Air. Sutherland
one nloriling, as after breakfast he
about to go into his study. Zillah.
placed herself in the doorway with the
r ttpp obstinacy,half womanish, b' half
girlish, that shsanetimes usedwith
' g andan m c
to my surprise.
Zillah was on excellent terms with him.,
considering their brief acquaintance of
three Weeks. In that time
she had
treated hila as I in my whole life -time
had never ventured to do—willfully,
jestingly, even crossly, yet lie seemed
to like it. They were very social and
merry, for bis disposition had apparent-
ly grown more cheerful as he advanced
in life. Their relation was searcely
like guardian and ward. but that of per -
feet equality—pleasant and confidential
which somewhat surprised me. until I
recollected what opportunities they bad
of intercourse, and what strong friend-
ships are sometimes formed even in a
single week or fortnight when people
are shut up together in a rather lonely
country -House, This was the state of
things among us alt on the mornin„
wheu Mr. Sutherland called me to his
study. Zillah wanted to go likewise.
".Not to -day," he answered her, very
gently- and smilingly. "I have business
to talk over with Miss Pryor." (I knew
he said "Miss Pryor" out of respect
yet it hurt me --I hail been "Cassia"
with him so many years. Perhaps he
thought I was outgrowing my baby
name no's)
The business he wished to speak of
was about Zillah's coming of age next
week, and what was to be done on the
occasion. "Should he, ought he, to give
a ball, a dinner. anything of that sort?
Would Zillah like it?"
This was a great concession, for in
old times he always disliked society. I
answered that I did not think such die -
play necessary, but I would try to find
out Zillah's mind.
I did so, It was an innocent, girlish
mind, keenly alive to pleasure, and new
to everything. The consequences were
natural—the ball must be. A little she
hesitated when I hinted at her guard-
ian's peculiarities, and then she offered
cheerfully to renounce her delight. But
he. his eyes beaming with a deeper de-
light still, would not consent. So the
thing was settled.
It was a very brilliant affair, for Mr.
Sutherland spared no expense. He
seemed to show a restless eagerness in
providing for his young favorite every-
thing she could desire. Nay, in answer
to her wayward entreaties, he even con-
sented to oneu the ball with her. though
saying " he was sure he should make
an old simpleton of himself." That was
not likelvl
I watched them walk down the room
together, and heard may people say
with a smile what a handsome pair
they were, notwithstanding the consid-
erable difference of age.
It was a very quiet evening to me.
Being strange to almost everyone there,
I sat near old Mrs. Sutherland in a cor-
ner. Mr. Sutherland asked me to dance
once, but I did not feel strong. and in-
deed for the last few years I had almost
given up dancing. He laughed. and
said merrily: "It was not fair for him
to be beginning life just when I ended
it." A true word spoken in a jest!
But I only smiled.
The ball produced results not unlike-
ly, when one considered that it was
meant for the introduction into society,
of a young woman,' handsome.. attract-
ive, and an heiress' .A week or two at -
ter Zillah's birthday. Mr. Sutherland
called me once more into his study.
I noticed he looked rather paler and
less composed than usual. He forgot
even to ask me to sit down, and we
stood together by the fire -place. which I
reme 'ber was filled' with a great vase
of 10that Zillah had insisted on place
ingilibrer.. It filled the room with a
steon ; -rich scent, which • now I' neer
perceive without its bringing back to
my mind that room and that day.
He said: "I have had a letter to -day
on which I wish to consult with you be-
fore showing it to Miss Le . Poer." (I
was rather startled by the formal
words, since he usually called her "Zil
lah " as was natural.)
"It is a letter—scarcely surprising
in fact to be expected after what I no-
ticed at the dinner -party yesterday;, in
fact—But you had better read it your-
self."
He took the letter from his desk and
gave it to me. It *as an earnest and
apparently sincere application for the
hand of his ward. The suitor, the Hen,
Henry French. was of good family and
moderate prospects. t had noticed he
was very attentive to Z:tlah at the hall
and on Mae occasions since; still I' as
a good deal surprised, mare soeventhala
was MI: Sutherland, who bad evidently
watched her far closer than 1. I gave
hire back the letter in silence, and
avoided looking at his face.
"Well, Cassia," he said after a pause,
and with an appearance of gayety,
"what is to be done? You women are
the best counselors in these matters,"
I smiled, but both be and I very soon.
i became grave once more.
"It is a thing to he expected," con-
tinned be in a voice rather formal and
bard. "With Zillah's personal attrac-
tions and large fortune she was sure to
receive many offers. Still it is early to.
begin these affairs."
1 reminded him that she was twenty-
one.
"True, true. She might, under other
circumstances. have been married long
before this. Do youthink that she
o
I suppose be was going to risk ale
whether I thought she was likely to ac-
cept Mr. 'reach, or bad hitherto formed
any at.taebmant. But probably delica-
cy withheld hies, for he suddenly
#topped and omitted the question.
Soon he went ou in the same steady
tone:
01 think Zillah ought to he made as -
minted w th thcircumstance. Mr.
e
1+r rich atates thatthis letter to me is
the first- confession of his feelings.
Tlaat was honorable on his part. Ile is
*gentleman of good standing, though
far her inferior in fortune. People
might say that he wanted lier property
to patch up the decayed estates at
11 store -Brook.
his was spoken bitterly very bitter-
ly for a Iran of suck kind, nature as
•Andrew Sutherland. Ile seemed COB.
1$0ious, Of it and added: "I lady wrong
him, and if so 1 regret it. .But do you
not think, Cassia, that of all things it
must be most despicable, most mean,
Meet galling to a man of any pride or
honest feeling. the thought of the
world's saying that he married his wife
for money, as a prop to bra tailing for'
on1 uldl did ttsahthousand deaths
In the passion of the moment the red.
color rushed violently to his cheek, and
then be became more pallid than exer.
I watched Lim, myeyes
were opened
now, I held fast by the marble chim-
neyspiece, so that I could stand quite
upright. firm and quiet. He walked
hurriedly to the window, and dung it
open, saying the scent of the lilacs was
too strong. When he came back, we
were both ready to talk again. 1 be-
lieve I spoke first --to save him the pain
ar doing so.
"I have no idea," said 1, and I said
truly "what answer Zillah will give to
thin letter. hitherto I have known all
her feelings, and am confident that
while she stayed with me her heart was
untouched."
Isere I waited for hire to speak, but
he did not. I went an:
"Mr. French is very agreeable, and
she seems to like him; but a girl'e
heart, if of any value at all, is rarely
won in three meetings. I think, how-
ever, that Zillah ought to be made ac-
quainted with this letter. Will you tell.
her, or shall I?"
"Go you and do it—a woman can best
deal with a woman in those cases.
And," he added, rising slowly and look-
ing clown upon me with that grave and
self-possessed smile which was likewise
as sweet as any woman's, "tell Zillah
from me, that though I wish ber to
marry in her own ruck and with near
equality of fortune, to save her from all
those dangers of mercenary offers to
which an heiress is so cruelly exposed,
still, both now and at all times, I leave
her to the dictates of her own affections
and her happiness will ever be my chief
consideration in life."
IIe spoke with formal serenity until
the latter words, when his voice faltered
a little. Then he led me to the door
and I went out.
Zillah lay ou a sofa reading a love -
story. Her crisp black hair was tossed
about the crimson cushions, and her
whole figure was that of rich Eastern
ri
luxuance. She had always rather a
fantastic way of dress, and now she
looked almost like a princess out of the
Arabian Nights. Even though her skin
was that of half-caste, and her little
hands were not white but brown, there
was no denying that she was a very
beautiful woman. I felt it—saw it—
knew it!
Atter a minute's pause I went to her
side; she jumped up and kissed me as
she was rather fond of doing. I half
shrank back—her kisses were very pain-
ful to me just then. I came as quickly
as possible to my errand, and gave her
the letter to read.
As she glanced through it her cheeks
Hushed and her lips began to curl. She
threw the letter on my lap, and said ab-
ruptly, "Well, and what of that?"
Zillah stopped me—
"Oh, I heard something of the sort
from Mr. French last night. I did not
believe him, nor do I now. He is only
making a jest of me."
I answered that this was impossible.
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lah's having known the matter before,
and having kept it so quietly. Mr.
French's statement about his honorable
reticence toward the lady of his levo -
tions must have been untrue. Still this
was not so remarkable as Zillah's own
secrecy about her having a lover.
"Why did you not•tell me, my dear?"
said I; "you know your happiness is of
the first importance to me as well as to
your guardian." And, rather hesitat-
ing, I repeated. word by word, as near
as I could, Mr. Sutherland's message.
While le spoke Zillah hid her face
among the cushions, and then drew it
out burning red.
"IIe. thinks I am going to accept the
creature then? He would have me
marry a conceited, chattering, mean -
looking, foolish boy!" . (Now Mr.
French was certainly twenty-five.)
"One, too, that only wants me for my
fortune and nothing else. It is very
wrong, cruel, and heartless of him, and
you may go and tell him so."
"Tell who?" said I, bewildered by this
outburst of indignation, and great,con-
fusion' of personal pronouns.
"Mr.; Sutherland, of course! Who
else would I tell? Whose opinion else
do I care for? Go and say to him—
No," she added, abruptly; "no, you
needn't trouble him with anything
about me. Jest say I shall not marry'
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Pxw s by court at 1 °a e am. lu.i' - t . td..c-
tiCe,. eh,iui lin]. ;1, t:.. tt t C ,;� :. n ill
which they aro ht:d by tho nit«..a::
Mori.
These l'tr,ts are r,,'' , 'e,i r,f r." •'i9is
substances ori'y, uu t r.t'e ri .•,o ', i .. 1
calomel or any other injurious tar;.., ,u i.1.
A Sufferer from Headacltu wrack,* t,
"Arm's PILLS are invaluable to toe'
and
are my constant companion. 1 h;tte been
a severe sufferer from llcaducl,r, mei your
PILLS aro the only thing 1 cauld It•ok to
for relief, One dose will tolleisl. mote my
bowels and free my bend faeiii ilan. They
are the most effective and the t ,sleet 1:113510
I have over found. It is a lilt ,rare to ins to
mosaic in thole praise, and 1 rtteigs do so
when occasion offers.
NV. L. i'AG1:, of W. 1. Page S. Pro."
Franklin St., liicltmonti,Va., d mat::, 1+N1.
"I have used Avert's Prar,s iia menber-
less instances a5 recommended nay y. ii. and
have never known then] to fail to net tm,i•iish
the desired result. Weconsuu.tiy! tel, them
On hand at our ]tome and prize Cain as a
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FOR DISSEBPSIA•they are 31112211 BUMP.
J. 1. 11.,rr:S."
Maxie, Texas, Juno 17,1882.
The REV. FRANCIS 21. 1tat:Lowe, writing
'from Atiau&s Ga., says: For some dears
past I have boon subject to constipation,
front which, 312 spite of the use of medi-
cines of various kinds, I suffered increasing
inconvenience, untilsome months ago I
began taking AYER'S PiLLs. They havN
entirely corrected the costive habit, and
have vastly improved: my general health."
AYER'S CATHARTIC PILLS correct irregu-
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thorough action give tone and vigor to the
whole physical economy.
PREPARED BY
Dr. J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
YOUNG,
OLD, AND
MIDDLE -
A11 experience the wonderful
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Children with Sore Eyes, Sore
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DR: 11 C. WEsT's NERVE AND BRAIN TBEAT
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