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Durham Chronicle (1867), 12 Aug 1897, p. 8

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{or a day ““0““ not [a one during ble to. a speC'unon 01 uu. living martyrdom. Frau her smooth brown head pretty feet in bar. 5‘ . n were hearty: But that health of field would thil She had tried allopathy. homeopathy. hydropatby; she had consulted various kinds of practitioneroâ€"botanic. elec- tric. magnetic. and meameric. She once travelled to London to consult a renowned medium. . There came into t a mo of medicine. and he tent than {or a day or two. sided by a mighty and by bill; as large as life. he. Aunt Mona was in n flutter of hope. She wrote to him me with her. not old enough. would as soon have pal union. The great Magnetic Healer was a tall man with a black board. He solemnly bowed aunt into a his chair. and me .to a smaller one. - ...... . m... "I am no miserable." said Aunt “ I have mh terrible dreams.” "Do you drink green ta?" and Great Healer '4 -L. “lwv â€"'w__- “NC : occasionally hot pork apple fritters for supper." r01 Mona. sobbing. 'I'v “I have a sure cure for you." said no. " It is called the 'Elixir of Life and Uni- ’ This small bottle 0! ad aunt. “ My good lady it will last you your than one drop only every other day. until you are cured, will be sufficient." Pocketing his fee of two guineas. the renowned Magnetic Healer bowed us ---‘ mu nun? planninz the treasured bottle. “ What :\ mercy I went to him 1" she cried. “ If he had but come here afew years ago! What do you think of him. Maria ‘3" . “ If it cures you. Aunt Mona. it will be a good thine." said 1. But now a dire Wartime betel! this lden remedy. Somo few days later ohnny. the youngest of the little oneg. :It don't look much of wed ”van. q," Ian-v rmwâ€" , H ' got hold of it. and drank the whole at a draught. No evil ensued to Johnny. but. his mother was (rightfully put out. and her. Upon the manning of one of those per- fect days. cloudlees. serene and balmy. which only the month of June can bring to earth I took m sewing and started over tony Aunt ona's. Passing through the garden. I found nny manna. Louise. and Kate. sitting under the arbor oforoaee and honey- suckles. shelling e duh of early green pm for dinner and chatting and laugh 1 ing very merrrly. . ‘ " Where is your mxstress?" I said to Sarah. who eat in the heat kitchen-Jar I had gone in the backymy. “Groaning and mum somewhere aboutâ€"34 she always is. '33 Marie." replied the and nnree. who had lived with them fm' years and had a habit of mying what she 910”“- r... - Hm. rnnm ensuing from tho of my‘i‘n‘émwh: egfieaeed. In a little room opemng from the ‘ rlor. I found Aunt Mona. an old woo len shawl around her shoulders end crouching disconsolately over the‘ ate. in which roared a fire more be- tting January than June. “How do you do. aunt 1'" I said. “ Are you any worse than usual?" “ Ah. my dear. don’t ask. I am mis- taken inwardly." weekly sighed she. “ I got the receipt trom the old herb aoctor. I cent (or big: here yesteraey, ~â€".__._ A. L there was would assure 118 " said Aunt Mona. it." interrupt- words and “fair. {at and forty.” As she stood "bg' Aunt Mena's suede. rosy checked .bright eyed. 1n the exuberance of health. and the prime of a beauty Wthb tune had improved ratherjhan im fired. the contrast was too pemtul. t have felt 1t. for replaqe tidable." J area f" I don’t much think Aunt. Mona ex- pected we read acquiescence; she looked startled. s. Barrow ran out to Kate and Louisa Aunt Mona was then growing hysterical. . "To tell you the truth. Mona." and ht oi Garoline Borrow. It is innpoemble .to keep such ideas away when one's WLf state of health." he added with depreca- rtion. “ She would make a most excel- ' lent stepmother." “ Yea, I see you have been thinking of ' mg from n after her. ”1â€"1 have no right. 1 know. to speak so, but do you not Aunt Mona think you are v~â€"___ _unf“:un‘o"’ . 1 “ I am‘sarry for it. if I am.” replied my uncle. “ but I'm only taking your aunt at her word. For years she has been telling me she was going to die. and that 1 had better be looking out for a second wife. I don't see that Ioould choose a nicer one than Mrs. Berrow." He set off down the garden with his long strides to overtake Mrs. Berrow. ‘ Upâ€"stairs ran I to Aunt Mona's room expecting to find heir drowned in hy- sterical tears. and sonely in need of " . Not a bit 0! it. She sat before a mirror arranging her still abundant and beautiful hair. which during these years of illness. real or ‘ ’ “J ' 1v tucked before a mirror arrgnging . augmed anything but V specks of the Widow Barrow. “Dre heald every word you have been‘ sayxng below.” Shoe exclaimed an rily. ' t @119: open wmdow. “.1 t ank aunt; I am sure of that. though she does look so fre§h and young." t " She is egghtâ€"andfthirtz tms summer, "- na'nuflnf_anfl_ you LDBL. 111mm. . " She does not paint or use powder, aunt; I am sure of that. though she does look so fresh and young." . " She is eight-andâ€"thirtg thls summer, (1 regard to your health. but only to your husband's money: And now I want Ian'muâ€" U â€"-â€"â€"â€"- you to promise me never to take an- other drop pf medicine unless prescrib- ed by him.” “ I never W111." “ And oh. 'Aunt Mona. try to be cheer- ful and to make home a happy place for you: hugband and children. Thjnk how O, one chil- of over [181' IMO- “I never thallght 0f. Maria,” she 80m}: 331 of it; I Will U?" And she began fort] evening she dressed went to the 13911.31? yea $Uon$hmlon."§nnaaxs; she invwea friends to little parties at home. The pills and herbs and physics and demo- tions were pitched away. and the bot- tles sold by old Sarah. Uncle Tlgomas was charmingly sunny tanpered m the house. as he always kind beenâ€"but he did not give up his ViSL’tS to the WldO'W Ben-ow. . . . . “But he will In time. Maria." and aunt privately to me. a world of com- fident hope in her vowe. :' Only yester-l beat down With back. ee. you s nth or two after this, all It was a mo . . things having been om on 1n the t s. Borrow. nicest possible way, one oold morning, for December had 1!) Aunt come in, presented herself Mona’s parlor. a sxmle on her ever- pleasant face. . . -- n __..-_..- Isl-win; I‘ll" In- With her “A11 the _ can}? 1.01 an] vuv uuu u Aunt Mona buster intzvheppy tears and put her face down upon her old friend's neck to soib them away. We all went to the wedding. but neither of them told Aunt Mona whet I learnedâ€"that the plot was concoct- ed between them to bring her to her 8811368. ' ‘ ‘ 7 ~‘-_ Ant! 3811363. And it did it. as you have seen. And there never was a woman more free from “ nerves” and imaginary aches and pains than Aunt Mbna is now. Ronni“ obtained from the \ncolmn “1m 0! Large Animal». (éoml â€"' ~â€"â€"-.â€" , _._._ , 1n easy due, for the process depends ' ' the animals to gradually withstand hrger and later doees of of protective power 330 render ‘ vice as an antiâ€"tox1n. Dr. Calmette tells; us, says Longmans’ Magazme, that he carried out: a very large num- ; her of experiments before he met with 1 J . But it .is not necessary here to discuss has venous eifg'ts: suffice it. best method of pro- cedure for the purpose ot vaccinating large animals destmed to produce arm‘- rum consists in injectmg them from the outset: with gradually ‘ titles of the venom of Mly folowed. in order that the in- ' tuons may be media 188 frequent? the .animals do not thrive wel . A DIPLOMATIC) ASSURANCE. Th9 Briatisl} Government. said the fl PROTECTION FROM SNAKEu. Ireadi prey of constipation, does not realize the friction under which he labors, until the burden is lifted from him. Then his mountains sink into mole- hills, his moroseness gives place to jollity, he is a happy man again. If life does not seem worth living to you, you may take a very different view of it after taking The Chronicle is the most wide ly read newspaper published in the County of Grey. 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