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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1893-9-22, Page 7Sr:17I0ii ii "?r, 1RD . HIS INDIA\ DRID A RC/MANOR OF TIER .--C%ANAI)IAN NORTIr-WE4T f'IIAPTE'IR V. AN Awrwnitlt IfA1.t'.i.inl'a, It is jnat as well, pot•hapo, that the mat- ter had become note:onus. Otherwise the Armours had lived in that unpleasant eon. .di tion of being constantly "dieoovored," It was simply 0 oath of aiming at abooluto secrecy, which had been frustrated by Frank hintoelf, or bold and unembarrassed acknow- ledgment and an attempt to carry things off with a high hand. The latter unto'so woe rho only ono possible. It had orginally been Richard's idea, appropriated by General Armour, and aaoepted by Mra, Armour and Marion with what grace was possible. The publication of the event pre- pared their friends, and precluded the necessity for reserve. What the friends did not know was whether they ought or ought not to commiserate the Armours. It vasa difficult position. A death, an accident, a lost reputation, would have been easy to them ; concerning these there could be no doubt. But an Indian daughter-in-law, a person inm000aeino,wasscarcely a thing Lobe congratulated upon ; and yet sympathy and oonsottsti^u might be much misplaced, no one could tell hew the Armous world take it. For even their closest acquaintances knew what kind of delicate hauteur was pos. Bible to them. Evan the "'centric" Rich- ard, who visited the cottages of the poor, carrying soup and luxuries of man studs, n000mpanying them with the moat whole. :some advice a Bingle man ever gave to families and the heads of families, whose laugh was so cheery and spontaneous,—nod fade so uncommonly grave and sad at times, —had a faculty for manner. With astonish- ing snddennesshe oouldraise insurmountable barriers; and people, not of his order, who occasionally presumed on hie simplicity of life and habits, found themselves put dis- tinctly ill at ease by a quiet curious look in his eye. No nuau was ever more the realuse and at the saute t Imo the man of the world. lie had had his bitter little comedy of life, but it was different trout that of his brother Frank. It was buried very deep ; not one of his family know of it: Edward Lambert, and one or two others who had good reason never to speak of it, were the only persons possessing his secret. But all England knew of Frank's mesal - fiance. And the question was, what would people do ? They very properly did nothing at first. They waited to see how the Armours would act ; they did not congratu. late ; they did unt console ; that was left to those papers which chanced to resent General Armour's politics, and those others which were emotional and sensational on every subject,—particularly so where woe. en were concerned. It was the beginning of the season, but the Armours had decided that they would not go to town, That is, the general and his wife were not going. They felt that they ought to be at Greyhope with their danghter•in•law,—which was to their credit, Regarding Marion they had nothing to say. Mrs. Armour inclined to her_going to town for the season, to visit Mrs. Lown - ley, who had thoughtfully written to her, saying that she was very lonely, and begging Mrs, Armour to let her cone, if she would. She said that of conrse Marion wenlcd see much of her people in town just the same. Mrs, Townley was avery clever and tactful woman. She guessed that General Armour and his wife were hot likely to come to town, but that must not appear, and the invitation should be on a different basis— as it was. It is probable that Marion saw through the delicate plot, but that did not make her like \Irs. Townley less. These little pieces of art make life possible; these tender fictions 1 Marion was, however not in good Lumor, she was nervous and n littleP etulant. She had a high-strung temperament, a sensitive perception of the fitness of things, and at horror of what was gauche ; and she would iu brief, make a rather austere person, if the lines of life did not run in her favor, She had something of Franke impulsiveness and temper ; it would have been a great bleeeing to her if she had had a portion of Richard's philosophical humor also. She was at a point of tension—her mother and Richard could see that. She wes anxious —though, for the world, she would not hn.ve had it thought so --regarding Captain Vidal'. She had never cared for anybody but him ; it was possible she never would, But he did not know this, and she was not absolutely sure that his evident but as yet informal love would stand •this strain,—whish shows how people very honorable and perfect -minded in themselves may allow a large margin to other people who are presumably honorable and perfect -minded also. There was no engagement between them, and he was not bound in any way, and could, therefore, .�i without slashing the hem of the node, retire without any apology; but they had had than unspoken understanding which most people who love each other show even be- fore a word'aof declaration has passed their lips. If he withdrew because of this scandal there might be soma awkward hours for Frank Armour's wife at Greyhope; but, more than that, there would boa very hard- hearted young lady to play her part in the deceitful world; she would be,as merciless as the could be. Naturally, being young, she exaggerated the importance of the event, and brooded on it. Ib was different • ,with her father and mother. They were ..shocked and indignant at first, but when the first scene had been faced they began to make the best of things all round, - That is, they proceeded at once to turn the North American Indian into a European ; a matter of no little difficulty. A governess was die. cussed ; but General Armour did not like the idea, and Richard opposed 10 heartily. She must be taughtEnglishand educated, } and made possible in Christian clothin P as �lra.•Armour put 10. Of the educatioto n they almost despaired,—all save Richard ; time, instruction, vanity, and a dress -maker ,µ. tnighb do much as to the other. The evening of her arrival, Lali would not, with any I g ur in , cot on clothes of 4 w Marion's •hick had been sent in to her. And the next morning it was still the same. She name into the breakfast -room dressed still in buckskin and moccasins, and though the grease had been taken 000 of hor hair it was still combed flat. 11te. Amour had tried to influence her through Mackenzie, but to no purpose. She Was placidly stubborn. It had been unwisely told her by Mackenzie that they were Marion's elothen. They scacoely took in the Net that the girl had pride, that she was the daughter of a chief, and a chieftainoss herself, and thp,t it wan far Froin happy to offer her Marion's clothes to wear. Now, Richard, when he was a Bad, had bees 00 a journey to the -South Sane, and had loathed mime of the peculiarities of the native mind, add he dill not suppose that .Anterioau Indians differed very 10 .1. from certain well -hie, ",, :lesions in Ittti.: mat - ters of form and good teeth. 11 hen hie mother told him what had ooetlrra'd before La'l entered the breakfast -roost, he went directly to what he hellovad was the cause, and advised teat with conciliation. He also pointed out that Lail was something taller then Marion, and that she might be possess- ed of that general trait of humanity,—vani- ty, Mrs. Armour had not yet got used to thinking of the girl in another manner than an intrusive beteg of a lower order, who was there to try her patienoe,but also to do thelr•biddiug, She had yet to grasp the fact that, being her son's wife, oho must have, thereforo,a position in the house, exercising a certain authority over the eervants,who,to Airs, Armour, at firetseened of superiorstuff. But Richard said to her, "Mother, I fancy you don't quite gnafl the position. The girl is the daughter ofpa chief, and the de- eoendant of a family of chiefe, perhaps, through many generations. In her own land she has been used to respeot, and hae been looked up to pretty generally. Her garments aro, 1 fancy, considered very smart in the Hudson's Bay Country ; and a finely.deeorated blanket like hers is ex- pensive up there You see, we have to take the thing by comparison : so please give the girl a chance." i And Mrs. Armour answered wearily, " I suppose you are right, Richard ; you gen- erally are in the end, though why you should be I do not know, for you never see anything of the world any more, and you moon about among the aottagere. I suppose it's your native eense and the books yon read." Richard laughed softly, but there was a queer ring in the laugh, and he Dame over stumblingly and put his arm round his mother's shouldee. "Never mind hots I get such sense as I have, mother ; I have so much time to think, it would be a wonder if I hadn't some. But I think wo bad bettor try to study her, and coax her along, and not fob her off as a very in- ferior nferior person, or we shall have our hands full in earnest. My opinion is, she has got that which will save her and us too,—a very high spirit, which only needs oppor- tunity to develop into a remarkable thing; and, take my word for it, mother, if wo treat her as a ohieftainess, or princess, or whatever she is, and not simply as a dusky pereon, we 'shall come off better and she will come alt bettor in the long run.—She is not darker than a Spaniard, anyhow." At this point Marton entered the room, and her mother rehearsed briefly to her what their talk had been. Marion had had little sleep, and she only lifted her eyebrows at them at first. She is in little mood for conciliation. Site remembers l all at once that at supper the evening before her sister-in-law had said Howto the butler, and had eaten the mayonnaise with a des- sert -spoon. But presently, because she sat, they waited for her to speak, sl o said, with a little flutter of maliciousness, "Wouldn't, it be well for Richard—Ire has plenty of time, and we are also likely to have it now — to put us all through a course of instruc- tion for the training of chieftaineases? And when do you think she will tie ready for e drawing-room—Her Majesty Queen Vic- toria's, or ours?" "Marion!" said Mrs. Armour, severely ; but Richard came round to her, and with his fresh child -like humor pot his arm round her waist, and added, "Marion, 1'd be will- ing to bet (if I were in the habit of betting) my shaky old pins here against a look of your hair that you may present her at any drawing-room—ours or Queen Victoria's— in two years, if we go at it right ; and it would serve Master Frank very well if we turned her out something after all:" Mrs. Armour said almost eagerly, "I wish it were only possible Richard. And what you say is true, I suppose, that she is of rack in ]ler own country, whatever value that may have 1" Richard saw his advantage. "Well, mother," he said, "a ehiefteanees is a chief- tainese, and I don't know but to announce her as such and--" " And be proud of it, as it were, ' put in Marion, " and pose her and make her a prize,—a Po tahontas, wasn't it 7—and go on pretending world without end 1" Mar- ion's voice was still alightly grating but there was in it too a fa[nt sound of hope. "Perhaps," she said to herself, "Richard is right." At this point the door opened and Lali entered, shown in by Colvin, her newly - appointed maid, and followed by Mac- kenzie, and as wo said, dressed still in her heathenish garments. She had a strong sense of dignity, for she stood still and waited. Perhaps nothing could have im- presser) Marion more. Had Lali been sub- eervientsimply, an entirely passive unin- telligent creature, she would probably have tyrannised over her in a soft persistent fashion and despised her generally. But Mrs. Armour and Marion caw that this stranger might become very troublesome indeed, if her temper were to have play. They were aware of capacities for passion in those dark eyes 0a musing yet so motive in expression, which moved swiftly from one object to another and then suddenly became resolute. Both mother and daughter came forward and held out their hands wishing iter a pleasant good morning, and were followed by Richard, and immediately by General Armour, who had entered soon eater her. She had been keen enough to read (if a little vaguely) behind the scenes, and her mind was wakening slowly to the peculiar. ity of the position she occupied. the place awed her, and had broken her rest by per- plexing her mind, and she eat down to the breakfast table with a strange hunted look in her face. But opposite to her was a window opening to the ground, and beyond It were the limes and beeches and wide per. feet sward, and far away a tittle lake, on which swans and wild fowl flattered. Pres. ently, no she sat silent, eating little, her eyes lifted to the window. They flashed d instantly, her face lighted up with a weird kind of therm, and suddenly she got to her feet with Indian exclamations on her lips, and, as if unconscious of them all, went swiftly to the window and out of it, waving her hands tap and down once or twice to the trawl and the sunlig¢ht. What did she say Tr said Mrs, Armour, rising with the others. "She said," replied Mackenzie, as she hurried towards the window, "that they were her beautiful woods, and there were wild birds flying and Mil -ming in the Water, as in her own Country." By this tdmo all were at the window, itieherd arriving lata, and the Indian girl turned on them, ler body all quivering with excitement, laughed a low birdlike laugh, and thea, clapping her hands above her head, she swung round and tan like a deer towards the lake, elieking iter head back as an animal does when fleoing front his pursuers. She Would scarcely kava been recognized es the same plaoid, speech THE BRUSSELS POST. less woman in a blanket who eat with fnid• might herself shuddering at the thought ed !rands day after day en the Anil rod' te. that curve to her when alto naw Lalli hover - Thu watahere turned and looked at each iug on the bridge. Whatever Varian's faults, other in wonder, Truly, their lash of civil- were, Elle hats a fine dislike to anything that lvhtg a savage would not lack In iittereet. seemed unfair. She had not ridden to The old general was hatter pleased, haw. hounds for nothing. Site had at heart the ever, at this display of activity and excite- apurtmiaii s [nstfnac, It was upon this basis, 01000 then at yesterday's tnoiturnityy. Iris Indeed, that Richard appealed to her in the loved spirit, even if it had to be sulndued, first trying days of LAIN life among them.and he thought on the instant that he Ta oppaae your will to Marlon on the basis might possibly come to look at the fair of auporlor knowledge was only to turn her savage as an nebual and not a nominal into a rebel ; and 0 very effective relief she (laughtor•in-law, He haul a keen appreeda• made ; for alio had a pretty gift at the re. Lion of courage, and he thought ho saw in tortcourteous, and she could take as much, her face, ae she turned upon thorn, a look and as well, of she gave. She rebelled at of defiance or daring, and nothing could first at assisting in ali'e educative, have got at his nature quicker. If the ease though by fits and starts she would teach had not been oe near hie own hearthstone her (English words, and help her to form long he would have chuckled. As it was, he ssntoncea, and WAS, on the whole, quite pa• said good•humorodly that Mackenzie and tient. But Lald's real instructors were loirs, Marion should go and bring her back. But Armour and Richard ; her hest, Richard. Maokanzle was already at that duty. Mee. The first few days Nile made but little Armour had had the presence of mind to progress, for everything was strange to her, send for Colvin, but presently, when the and things mode her giddy, :the servants, general spoke, she thought it better that the formal routine, the handsome furnislt- 1llarion should go, and ootneelled returning ingo, Marion's music, the groat house, the to breakfast and not making the matter of many precise personal duties set for her, to too much importance. This they did, be got through at stated times, and Mrs. Richard very relnctently, while Marion, Armour's rather grand manner. But there rather pleased than not at the spirit was the relief to this, else the girl had shown by the strange girl, ran away over pined terribly for her native woods and the grass towards the lake, whore Lali had prairies; this wee the park, the deer, the now stopped, There was a little bridge at lake, the hares and birds. 1i'hi le ohesa one point where the lake narrowed, and saying over after Mrs. Armour words and Lali, evidently seeing it all at once, went nhraeos in Englieh, or was being shown towards it,and ran up on it, standing poised how she must put on and wear the clothes above the water about the middle of it. which a dressmaker from Regent Street For an instant an unpleaeant possibility had been brought to maka, her eyes would came into Marion's mind: asppeoe the ex- wander dreanuly to the trues and the lake cited girl intended suicide! She shivered and the grass. They soon discovered that as she thought of it, and yet --I She put she would pay no attention and was that horribly cruel and selfish thought straightway difficult to teach if she was not away from her with an indignant word at placed where she could look out on the herself 1 She had passed Mackenzie, and park. They had no choice, for though her Dame first to the lake. Here she slackened, resistance was never active it was noverthe• and waved her hand playfully to the girl, so less affective, as not to frighten her,—and then with a P,esently she got on very swiftly with forced laugh same up panting on the bridge, Richard. For he, with instinct worthy of and was presently by Lalt's side, Lali a woman, turned their lessons upon iter own eyed her a little furtively, but, seeing that countrh and Frank. This cost hire some - Marion was mush inclined to be plea -ant, thing, but it had its reward. T.tere was no she nodded to her, said some Indian words more listlessness. Previously Frank's name hastily, and spread out her hands towards had scarcely been spoken to her. Mrs. Ar• the water. As she did so, Marion noticed mour would have hours of hesitation and again the beauty of those hands and the impotent regret before she brought herself graceful character of the gesture, so mach to speak of her son to his Indian wife. so that she forgot the fiat hair, and the un- Marion tried to do It a few times and failed; stayed body, and the rather broad feet, and the general diel it with rather a forced voice the delicate duskiness,which had so worked end manner, because he saw that his wife upon her in imagination and in fact the was very tender upon the point. B00 evening before. She put her hand kindly Richard, who neverknewself•oonseiouaness, on that long slim hand stretched out beside spoke freely of Frank when he spoke at all ; her, and, because she knew not what else and it was toeing Lali's eyes brighten and to speak, and because the tongue is very her look earnestly fixed on hint when he perverse at times,—saying the opposite of chanced to mention Frank's name, that de• what is expected,—herself blundered out termined him on his new method of inatrae- "How !Howl Lali," tion, It had its dangers, but ho had calm - Perhaps Lali was as mull anrprised at lated them all. '1'he girl count bo educated the remark as Marian herself, and certainly at all costs, The sooner that occurred the very much delighted. The sound of those sooner would she see her own position familiar worsts, spoken by accident as they and try to adapt herself to her responsibili- were, opened the way to a better under- ties, and face the real state of her husband's standing, as nothing else could possibly attitude towards her. • have done. Marion was annoyed with her- He succeeded admirably. Striving to tell self, and yet amused too. If her mind had him about her past live, and ready to talk been perfectly assured regarding Captain endlessly about her husband, of her prowess Videll, itis probable that then and there a in the hunt, of his strength and beauty, she peculiar, a genial, comradeship would have also strove to find English words for the been formed. As it was, Marion found purpose, and Richard supplied them with this little event more endnnable than she uncommon willingness. He humored her so expected. She also found that Lali, when far as to learn many Indian words and she laughed in pleasant acknowledgment of phrases, but he was chary of his use of them, thatlioie:ltad very white andregular teeth. and tried hard to make her appreciative of Indeed, Marion Armour began to discover her new life and surroundings. He watched some estimable points in the appearance of her waking slowly to an understanding of her savage sister-in-law. Marion remarked the life, and of all that it involved. It gave to herself that Lali might be a rather him a kind oftear,too,because she MIS senst• striking person, if she were dressed, as her Live, and there was the possible danger of mother said, in Christian garments, could her growing disheartened or desperate, and speak the English language well—and was doing some mad thing the hour she waken - somebody else's slster•in-law. ed to the secret behind her marriage. At this point Mackenzie Dame breathless- His apprehensions were not without cause. ly to the bridge, and called out a little For slowly there Datta into Leli's mind the sharply to Lali, rebuking her. In this element of comparison. Shebecame conscious Makenzie made a mistake ; for not only did of it one day when some neighboring people Cali draw herself up with considerable dig called at Greyhope, Mrs. Armour,inhersonee nity, but Marlon, noticing the masterfu of duty, which she had rigidly set before her, nature of the tone, instantly said, "Mae- introduced Lali into the drawing -room, The kenzie, you must remember that you are visitors veiled their curiosity and said some speaking to Mrs. Francis Armour, and that pleasant casual thfnge to the young wife, but her position in General Armour's house is she saw the half -curious, half -furtive glane- the same as mine. I hope it is not ueees• es, she caught a sidelong glance and smile, sexy to say anything more, Mackenzie." and when they were gone she took to look• Mackenzie flushed. She was a sensible iug at herself in a mirror, a thing she could woman, she knew that she had done wrong, scarcely be persuaded to do before. She and she said very promptly, "I am very saw the difference between her carriage and sorry, nilea ; I was flustered, and I expect I others', her complexion and theta. She haven't got used to speaking to—to Mrs.. s.ggerated the difference. She brooded on Armour as I'll be sure to do it in the it. Now she satdownoast and timid, and future." hunted in face, as the first evening she came ; now she appeared restless and ex- cited. As she spoke, two or three deer carne trotting out of the beeches dawn to thnlake side. It Lali was pleased and e :cited before, she was ever-whelmed now, Her breath came in quick little gasps ; she laughed she tossed her hands ; she seemed to become dizzy with delight; and present- ly, as if this new link with, and reminder of, her past, had moved her ea one little expects a savage heart is moved, two tears gathered in her eyes, then slid down her cheeks un- heeded, and dried there in the sunlight, as she still gazed at the deer. Marion, at fir.•t surprised, was now touched, as she could nob have thought it possible concerning this wild creature, and her band went out and naught Lsli's gently. At this genuine act of sympathy, instinctively felt by Lali —the stranger in a strange land, husbanded and yet a widow,—there Dame a flood of tears, and, dropping on hen knees, she leaned against the low railing of the bridge and wept silently. So passionless was her grief it seemed the more pathetic, and Marion dropped on her knees beside her, put her arm round her shoulder, and said, "Poor girl! Poor girl!" At that Cali catigito her hand, and held it, repeating after her the words, "Poor girl I Poor, girl 1" She did not quite understand tlem,but she remembered that once just beton she parte I from her husband at the Great Laikes he had said those very words. If the fates had tsp. pareutly given tliings into Frank Armour's hands when he sacrificed this girl to his re• venge, they ware evidently inclined to play a game which would eventually defeat his purpose, wicked as it had been in elect if not to absolute motive. What the end of this attempt to engraft the Indian girl upon the striotest oonventien of English social life would have been had her introduction not been at Greyhope, where faint likeness- es to her past surrounded 1180, it is hard to conjecture. But, from present appearanoes, it would seem that Richard Armour was not wholly a false prophet ; for the savage had Awn herself that morning to posseos, in their crudeness, some striking qualities of character. Given oharaoter, many things are possible, even to those who are not of the elect. This was the beginning of better things. Lal[ seemed to the Armours not quite . so impossible new. 'Had she been of the verty oomntoia order of Indian "pure and simple,' the task had resolved itself into making. a common savage itltn e v oryconrmonIfe rope. an, bit, whatever Lali was it wan abund- antly evident that she mast be reckoned with et all points, aunt that she was more likely to become a very startling figura in the Armour household than a utero eneum. branee to be blushed for, whose eternal all. wine was pre•erable to her enlnpeny, :Years after that first morning Marion (To 130 Cog0i,r000.) SWIGS OP THE PEOPLE. Hach le be Learned ar :a Notion 'through Ila Popular Rosie. Int the folk•songa of the different nations of the world men of science will one day recognize a body of evidence of great value in the study of popular origins, racial re. lotions, primitive modes of thought, auaf- ent customs, antique religions and many other things which make up the study of ethnology. These felk•songe are the eohoes of the heart beats of the vast, vagueir- resistible people. In them are crystallized habits, beliefs and feelings of unspeakable antiquity ; yet not in the words of the songs alone. Study nt folk song texts is only half study ; indeed, it is study of the lesser half of the subject in respect of troth fulness. The words of the people's songs are a record of externals chiefly, and very often they are only half truths. If we would know the whole story which their creators put into them, consciously or uneensolously, we must hear also the music. As the term implies, the folk -song is tho product of a people ; and a people do not Ile. 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To the Qreat Soreeh Aoaericaa dfetlrrine Co.: CZAR Gesms:—I desire to say to you that I have suffered tor many years with a very serbns disease of the stomach and nerves. r tried every medicine I could hoar of, bet nothing done no any appreciable good until I was edvleed to try your Great south American Nervine Tunic and Stomach and Liver Cure, and since using nevem! bottles of It I must any that I am sur- prised at Its wonderful powers to cure the eton- Itch and general nerruue system. I1 everyone knew the value of this remedy as I do you would not be able to supply the demand, a. A, lLIaooEE, Ex -Treat. Muntgom,ry Co. Reneee.t Wmetasoi, of Rrownsvalley. Ind„ sayer ; ” I had been in a distressed condition for three years from Nervousness, Weakness of the Stomach, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, until nay health was gine. I had been doctoring con- stantly. with no relief. I bought one bottle elf South American Nervine, which done mo more good than any :00 worth of doctoring I ever did in my lila I would advise every weakly per. son to use this valuable and lovely remedy; s. fete bottles of It has cured me completely.. I consider it the grandest medicine In the world.' A SWORN CURE FOR ST. VITAS' DANCE OR CHORE,. CRAWroRDSVILLE, IND., June 22, 1887. Illy daughter, eleven years old, was severely afflicted with St. Vitus' Dances. or Chorea. We gave her three and one-half bottles of South American Net, vine and she is completely restored. 1 believe it will euro every case of St. Vitus' Dance. I have kept it in my family for two years, and am sure itis the greatest remedy in the world for Indigestion and Dyspepsia, and for all fortes of Nervous Disorders and bailing Health, from whatever cause. State of Indiana J0HB T. Mrs= Montfgomery Courtly, } gs' Subscribed and sworn to before me this June 22, 1887. CHAS. W. WRIGIOT, Notary Publl'c e INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA The Great South American Nervine Tonic Which we now oiicr you, is the only absolutely unfailing remedy ever discovered for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and the vast train of symptoms and horrors which are the result of disease and debility of . the human stomach. No person can afford to pass by this jewel of incal- culable value who is affected by disease of the stomach, because the ex- perience and testimony of many go to prove that this is the oNb and coax ovlo great euro in the world for this universal destroyer. There is no ease of unmalignant disease of ;the stomach which can resist the wonderful curative powers of the South American Norville Tonic. 3001tnla9 11. HATA, of Waynetown, Ind., ant's: "0 owe my ince to the (irest South Anaertenn Nervine, I hall been It bell for eve tn0nthe trots the Colette of an exhaueted stomach, lnrltgeotton, Nervous Prostration, nod a general shattered condition of my whole eyelnm. 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