Ruby's Reward.

BY MRS GEORGIE SHELDON.

Author of "The Forsaken Bride,' "Brownie's Triumph," "That Dowdy," etc.

CHAPTER XXIV.

IN THE MIDST OF LIFE THERE IS—DEATH.

When Mrs Gordon heard of Ruby's rejec tion of Mr Edmund Carpenter, she was much disappointed and depressed. She had set her heart upon the match, for it Beemed to be the only avenue of escape from their troubles. To Mrs Gordon, accustomed to affluence as she had been, the restrictions of poverty wore little less than a series of calamities.

A calamity more grievous than all others, however, waa destined soon to overtake the Gordons. The holidays drew on apace—those days that had always been so full of gaiety and excitement—and though our friends could not fail to feel, more keenly than ever, the difference in their circumstances and the pinching poverty that would make itself felt whichever way they turned, yet two of them at least smiled bravely into each other's face and cheerfully went their round of daily duties. "I am afraid, petite, it is going to be rather a lean Christmas for you this year," remarked Mr Gordon, regretfully, one morning during breakfast, as his eye caught the flaming: advertisements in the paper that ho had been reading. Ruby looked up with her brightest

smile. " No, indeed, Robert," she said. '• I ex pect it will be a very happy one, for I have a delightful little- project in my head. Be sides," she added, with grave sweetness and a tender gleam in her eye, " I believe I understand better this year than I ever did before -svhat Christmas means." Her brother looked up inquiringly. "'Peace on earth, good-will toward mon,' " she quoted, in a low tone, adding : " We can at least have that in our hearts, if we cannot give lavishly from our purses this year." The week before Christmas was bitterly cold and stormy, and one evening Robert Gordon came home shivering with a chill and a fearful hoarseness and pain in his chest. The next morning he was in a high fever and raving with delirium: A physician was summoned,' bub his grave face as he examined his patient, and his' evasive answers when questioned, struck a sudden terror to Ruby's heart.

She obtained a substitute for her class, and at once took her position by tho bed side of her idolised brother, and refused to leave him during all those anxious days that followed.

He grew constantly worse; human agency could avail nothing, though the best of nurses and advice was procured, and in a week all thab remained of the noble, generous, and talented Robert Gor don lay cold and still in the pretty parlour of that little house, where so recently that cheerful little circle before mentioned had been gathered. If it had not been for Walter, Ruby felt that she must have sunk beneath this bitter blow. As soon as he learned of Mr Gor don's illness, he went to the afflicted family, and remained with them until the end.

He was remarkably efficient—gentle as a woman in the sick-room ; active and self reliant out of it.

He took all care from Ruby—for Mrs Gordon was paralysed and utterly useless, in view of this new trial -and when all was over, arranged for the last sad rites, so that the sorrowing ones were not harassed in any •way with the details. The respect that was shown Mr Gordon by all classes at this time testified to the esteem and love with which he was re garded by business men and all others with whom he came in contact during life. A long line of carriages, filled with friends and acquaintances, followed him to his last resting-place, while many kind offers of sympathy and assistance had been already tendered the bereaved widow and sister.

Walter Richardson and Edmund Car penter met again in this house of mourning for the first time since the evening of the grand reception in Mr Gordon's former ele gant residence. Walter greeted the son of his former benefactor kindly and courteously, but he was met with a frowning brow and a haughty manner that amounted almost to rudeness.

Poor Ruby was heart-broken. She seemed fairly dazed by this mighty grief that had overtaken her so suddenly ; and it was enough to make the strongest weep simply to Took into her white face and note the wild, hunted look in her sunken but tearless eyes.

When her brother's body was borne from her sight and laid within the costly Gordon to.nb, the tension on her overstrained nerves gave way, and she fell back fainting in the carriage.

Mrs Gordon shrieked, and lapsed into bysberics, crying out that Ruby, too, was dead ; and Walter, hearing the sound, and fearing the worst for his darling, leaped from his own carriage, and rushed to their aid.

A glance within the coach showed him Ruby's ghastly face and inanimate form ; and, with compressed lips, he sprang away to a fountain near by, wrenched a cup from its chain, and bore it, full of water, back to the senseless girl. He entered the carriage ; he gathered his loved one into his arms, and bathed her face and temples until she began to recover consciousness. .

Just as she drew a deep breath and un closed her eyes, Walter chanced to glance up, and saw Edmund Carpenter standing by the open door of the carriage, and glaring at him with something of the ferocity of a wild animal as it is about to spring upon its prey.

Ruby saw him also; and, suddenly realising whose arms were supporting her, she sat up, holding out her hand for the cup of water. She drank freely, and the clear, cool liquid revived her more fully.

" Thank you, lam better," she said, with i long-drawn sigh. "Hush, Estelle! I will not be weak any more. It is all over; let us go home now."

Walter half arose from hi 3 seat. "Shall I tell them to drive on?" he asked. "No; stay with us, please," Ruby said, laying a detaining hand upon his arm. • Then, turning to Edmund Carpenter, she added:

" Will you kindly give the order, Mr Carpenter ?" He bowed gravely, and turned away to do her bidding; but, in striving to con trol the rage that suddenly flamed up in his heart, he bit his under lip until his teeth met through the flesh. He had read a great deal during those few moments that he had stood by that carriage door. Walter's face had told its own story as he ministered to the girl whom he loved so well, while the fact of Ruby's clinging to him and desiring him to remain with ncr had shown that her heart turned to him in this time of sorrow as to no other, and the Bight had aroused a demon of jealousy within him.

Mrs Gordon recovered her composure somewhat before reaching home, but once there, she shut herself in her own room and would see no one.

Walter led Ruby into the now desolate parlour, feeling that he could not go away and 1< the delicate _girl alone with her crushu... fadef.

" Tell me what I can do for you,- he said gently, as she looked around and shivered slightly, remembering whose pre sence would never more brighten that " Nothing," her white lips murmured, as she sank weakly into a chair and closed her

Cy"Shall I call Jane?" Walter asked, fearinw she was going to faint again. "No. Oh, please do not let anybody come here now," she burst forth with a pathetic sob. . He bent down before her, saying, with infinite tenderness, while his eyes were full of tears : " Let me take off your wraps, Ruby, and make you comfortable, then 1 will leave you, if you wish." He removed her heavy cloak, untied her sable bonnet, and laid it aside, took off her thick overshoes, and then drew her chair close beside the glowing grate. "Are you comfortable now ?" he ques tioned, his heart beating with a sweet, fond hope, for she had let him wait upon her like a trusting child, and as if he had the right to do so. " Yes, thank you." " Can I do anything more before I go ?" The sorrowing girl shook her head. She could not speak, for his gentle kindness had unnerved her, and two great tears, the first that she had shed, flashed out upon her silken lashes and rolled down her cheeks.

Walter bent lower over her, his heart aching for her " You will let me know—you will send for mo if I can be of any use at any time ?" he pleaded. She looked up at him. . There was a world of tenderness in his face, and his eyes told her, as plainly as eyes could tell, how dearly ho loved her, and how he longed to comfort her. Sho broke down utterly then.

Reaching out her hand, she clasped the one that he hud laid upon the arm of her chair and cried, helplessly

" Oh, Walter, how can I ever bear it and livo ?"

That clinging touch, the appealing look and agonised tone were too much for the young man's self-control. He was on his knees before her in an instant, and had drawn her into his arms and laid her head upon his breast. " My darling, how I long to comfort you ! Oh, if I could but shield you from all sorrow !" he murmured, fondly.

His tendtr tone, tho sense of protection, of sympathy and love thus thrown around her,' when she felb so utterly desolate, opened tho flood-gates that had been so long closed, and she burst into a storm of tears.

The young lover said not a word ; he did not attempt to soothe her, bub held her close to him and lot her weep until all her wild grief was spent. Then he laid her gently back in her chair and stole softly from tho room.

He found Jane in the kitchen, and asked her for a cup of tea. She had just taken one to Mrs Gordon, and soon had another ready for him.

He took it and returned to the parlour. " Will you drink this, Ruby ?" he asked. " I know you need ib." And, as if it were enough for him to simply make the request, she drank it. " Now could you eat just a little bib of somebhing'?" he pleaded, knowing how little she had eaten during the past week, and longing to see tho colour come back to her wan cheek. She shook her head with a sad smile. He did not urge it, for he saw that she could nob; bub his heart was throbbing with a great ; new joy in spite of his sorrow for her, for the sweet, shy glance that she had lifted to him told him that she did not re sent his impulsive and almost unconscious freedom of a few moments ago. It almost told him thab she owned and recognised his right to be her special comforter, from the fact of his own great love for her. Ho knew that there must be a verbal understanding between them very soon, bub nob just yet while sho was so sorrowful; it would seem selfish and inconsiderate to press her for any confession or pledge at such a time.

The short wintry day was drawing to a close; darkness was settling about them, and with it the funereal gloom seemed to deepen in that quiet parlour. Walter knew that he must not linger there longer, though he could not bear to leave the almost heart-broken girl alone with her grief. But he had duties. He had become a teacher in one of the evening schools for drawing this winter, and was occupied three nights in the week. This was one of them, and presently he told Ruby that ho must go. " You need rest, too," he said, tenderly ; "and you will rest, will you not? Re member that you have taxed your strength very severely of late, and you will break clown if you do not give yourself proper attention. Promise me that you will try to sleep to-night." " Yes, I will try," Ruby answered, feel ing that it was very pleasant to have him so°thoughtful for her. " Tell me if I may come again soon ?" he added, in a lower tone. "I know, of course, that you will not care to see visitors at present; but, Ruby, you know that / must see you again very soon." Her face flushed crimson for an instant, for she knew what he meant, and she was too truthful to pretend to misunderstand •him ; so she simply murmured: " Yes, do come soon."

His handsome face lighted, and an ex pression of endearment trembled on his lips. But he repressed it, and held out his hand to take leave of her.

She arose, and laid her own within it, and as she did so gave him another quick, shy glance that spoke volumes to him and sent the blood bounding through his veins to the glad pulsations of his heart. He hesitated a moment, then bent and touched her forehead lightly with his lips, released her hand with a lingering pressure, and then went away, knowing that he had won the heart of the beautiful girl who had been like a poem and an inspiration to him ever since ho first met her on that bright summer day more than two years before ; knowing, too, that when he should come to her again Ruby Gordon would tell him that some time, when he should feel it right to claim her, she would be his wife.

CHAPTER XXV.

THE PLIGHTED TROTH.

Walter waited three days before going to Rubyagain, curbing hi 3 love and impatience as best he could, and leaving her to the rest and quiet which she so much needed.

But on New Year's Eve he presented himself again before the door of that little house in which his heart was centred.

Jane showed him into the parlour, a wise look on her good-natured face, and then went to call her young mistress. Ruby soon came to him, still looking pale, and Man, and very sad in her black robes ; but, as she laid her small hand in her lover's outstretched palm, and his fingers closed over it with a touch and air of right and ownership, the rich colour swept in a crimson tide to the golden rings of hair lying lightly upon her brow. He had come determined to settle their relations at once, to remove every barrier, and, still holding her hand, he bent toward her and said, in a tone that was tremulous from very tenderness :

" You know, niy darling, why I am here to-night; know that I have come to ask you a question, the answer to which will either make or mar my whole future life, and I must settle it at once. I must have some assurance from you before I can be satisfied. I do not need to tell you how dear you are to me, for I must have betrayed it in a thousand ways, and yet you are all the world to me. Ruby, do you

love me ? Will you some time, when lam in a position to claim you, bo my wife ?" Ruby Gordon was too sad, and the realities of life were too stern just then, for any prudish holding back, or for anything but a straightforward answer. She had'known that she loved Walter for a long, long time, and sho knew that nothing could comfort her now, in her sorrow and loneliness, so much as the con sciousness that the great, true heart of this noble young man was all her own, and that she could have it to lean upon in this trial and through all coming years. She lifted her grave sweeb face to his, but the look in his eyes was too much for her, and her golden head drooped again, while the flush "upon her cheek deepened, as she murmured :

" You know that I love yon." He dropped her hand, and his arms wore around her in an instant. " And the rest of it, Ruby—you will be my wife some time ?" he whispered.

"Yes."

Walter Richardson's face grew luminous with the great love and happiness that thrilled him as he caught this low-breathed pledge. Ho drew her gently to a sofa, and, with liia arms still clasping her, seabed her beside him, and laid her bright head upon his breast. " My own darling, I may say it now," ho said, " you have crowned my life with happiness. It is a sad time, I know, to talk to you of happiness, and yet, dearest, I trust you are not unhappy in my love. At all events, you shall loan upon my strong, true heart, and let me try to com fort yon." "You have already comforted me more than I can express. What should I have dono without you, Walter V Estelle has been ill, almost paralysed, and I should have been utterly alone through all this trouble but for you," Ruby murmured brokenly, while she lay still in his arms with a sense of perfect rest and content, and let the tears, which would not be stayed, rain over her face.

He wiped them tenderly and in silence. He knew that no words, however fond, could assuage her grief for her brother ; only time would serve to heal the wound ; and yet he felb that she was comforted and strengthened by the simple knowledge of his lovo and presence. "I should nob trouble you thus,' she said, at length, trying to control her sorrow, and 'looking up with a pathetic attempt to smile, " bub oh, Walter, my brother was everything to me." "I know it, darling, and no ono can ever fill his place in some respects. But, as far as may be, leb me be ' everything' to you in the future. I will work hard ; I will strain every nerve to make a position in life worthy of you ; and I hope it will not be so very long before 1 can take care of you as I wish you to be cared for. You can never know, dear," Walter went on, "how I have rebelled against the hard fate that has been yours during1 the last few months ; and yet, Ruby, I never should have dared to break tho seal that I had set upon my lips, if you had nob lost your fortune."

The young girl .sat up and looked afc him, a gentle surprise in her beautiful eyes. " Why nob ?" she asked. " Because of my own poverty," Walter answered, flushing. " You arc very proud," Ruby returned, with a look that thrilled him; " but you

arc not poor." "What can you mean by that?" he questioned, smiling. "You have a grand intellect and rare talent; you are kind and noble ; you have energy and ambition, a brave, true heart, and, besides all this, an untarnished name and character. No man should ieel' poor' with such manly attributes, and any woman should feel proud to give her lovo to such a man."

Walter's face kindled, and bending for ward, he kissed the lips that uttered such noble words.

"Is thab your feeling toward me, Ruby ?" he asked.

" Yes, Walter; lam very proud of you, and- "

"Well, dear, tell me all; my heart is hungry for it," lie pleaded, aa sho stopped and blushed.

" And I havo been very fond of yuu for a long, long timo,!: she confessed, with drooping lids. "How long, Ruby?" "Ever since that first summer at Red ville; lam nob quite sure bub ib began that evening when vfe sat beside the pretty spring in the pasture near Mr Ruggles's house • but lam very sure I found it out that day When I found myself slipping over that horrible precipice from the natural bridge, and thought I was looking my last on your face. But you saved me, and somehow, ever since, I have had a feeling that I belonged to you." Walter's heart leaped within him with joy as he listened to this confession, and he drew the slight form of his beloved closer within his embrace.

" I have been far richer than I dreamed if I have had the gift of your dear love so long," he said, tenderly. Then he added : " But, Ruby, my love is a good deal older than yours." She lifted questioning eyes to him. " It was born on that day when you and I both took the car on the corner by your brother's house. Just think," he said, smiling. " I saved you from a fall, and in return you stole my heart." "Well, since you have succeeded in ar resting the thief, I do not believe your loss is irreparable," Ruby returned, with a little gleam of her old pleasantry that cheered her lover immensely.

" No, nothing remains but to pronounce sentence upon the culprit, and that we will reserve for the present. But, my darling," he continued, gravely, " I want to ask you about the near future ; do you know what Mrs Gordon's plans arc ?" " No, Walter, she has said bub libtle as yet; of one thing, however, lam quite sure, she will not remain here. You know that Estelle will be quite rich—now."

Ru by's voice faltered and broke over that last word.

" Yes," Walter returned, "I heard that Mr Gordon's life was heavily insured ; but was it all made over to her ?"

" Yes, Robert had the matter attended to several years ago."

" I wish some of it con Id have come to you," Walter said, regretfully. " I suppose he had no idea that I should ever need it, for I had so much money of my own then. But lam glad for Estelle, for she does not seem able to bear being poor, and now she will be very comfortable. Ifi seems hard, though, that it could only come to her through Robert's death." " It does seem Tjani," Walter assented, " and yet it was a wise provision on youv brother's part, and 1 have no doubt that Mrs Gordon will .share liberally with you. I hope so, at all events ; for, darling, I can not endure the thought of your toiling in that school."

" You do not consider it a—disgrace?" Ruby said, turning n startled look upon him.

" No, indeed; fap from that. I have always folt that ifc was a very noble thing to do ; but you are not the most rugged person in the world, and I fear the tax upon your strength." " It can be no worse for me than for hundreds of others," Ruby replied, " and it Avill be a mercy to me now to have constant employment, for I could hardly bear my sorrow if I had to live an idle life. My grief would wear mo out."

" Oh, how I wish 1 were in a position to warrant my taking you at once to a home of our own," Walter "sighed ; " but I shall have to be patient a little longer. Mr Conant is giving me a commission this year, besides my salary, and as it has been, and promises still to be, a busy season, I am likely to do very well. Next year, if I desire it, ho will give me an interest in the

business ; then, my darling, I shaU.passthe sentence of the law upon you for the depre dations you committed so long ago, ne concluded, with a fond smile. ~_„„„ "What a sense of power and indepen* dence it gives one to feel competent to take care of onVs self !" Ruby said, statedly. " I have enjoyed the feeling intensely durino- the last few months, while I can see S vouhave grown wonderfully*.U-idmnb since'l first became acquainted with you " Thanks, dear ; I know there has been something of a change in me in that respect; and, though I haye seen some rough times since my go°d friend Mr Carpenter died, SinthSend, I know it will prove the best thing that could have happened to me to have been cast upon my own resources. But I am afraid, Ruby, that even at the best, it will be a long time before I can give you such a home as ,\ on have always been aC"An elegant home isn't the most essential thing in tlie world, by any means I have been very happy here in this humble place, Ruby responded, glancing about the small room, while the tears rushed to her eyes How little the loss of fortune and the elegancies of life seemed to her compared S?ho greater loss that had left her so "ft! is very true," Walter assented " and I have no doubt there is a great deal oi unhappiness in the proudest homes. ISut by the way, have you ever learned who was the purchaser of your brother's beautiful residence ?" . -, , " I only know that it was appraised and turned into the hands of Robert's creditors, and then was placed in the hands of a broker to be sold. I never liked to question Robert, for the lose of his home-into which he had out so much of his heart and brain was the saddest blow in the world to

him." „ ,j " Well, then, I have some news for yon, Walter" .said, smiling, "for our friend, Mr Run-glos has bought the place just as it stood on the day you left it. Not a thing not even a picture or an ornament—has been disturbed." "Can it be possible?" cried Ruby, her sad face lighting with positive joy for a moment. . " Yes. He did not, however, intend that it should be generally known that he was the purchaser at present, but it leaked out, as such things will. Me Ruggles is be coming a very rich man." " Do you suppose that he intends to come to Philadelphia to live ?" Ruby inquired. " I cannot say. 1 have .seen him only once since he and his wife were here, and then only for a few moments." Ruby sighed. She know that that "once" was on the day of her brother's funeral, when Mr Ruggles had come, with many others, to pay his last tribute to a ■ man whom he both loved and respected.

[To be Continued.)

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1887.

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One gives relief; if you suffer from cough try them but once ; they will cure and they will not injure your health; they contain only the purest drugs, skilfully compounded. Sold everywhere in small tins. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEET, both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTJNAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild pre paration, and is especially adapted for Children. —Sold in tins by all Chemists. Proprietor, THOMAS KEATING, London. ExpoTt Chemist and Druggist. A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. BEECHAM'S PILLS , (£?T?* Skl*i^ Are admitted by && 0n.4 thousands to be &/ x^s-^^^ZiyfL^L worth a Guinea a ffj^Y \^Hi\ Box for Mi°us *°& //*>£}/ x&^A nerTOUS disorders, g\iy/ \ \i\ such as wind, and B'frf'DWVHG'V \~''f\ P.ain in the stomach, S I JoA.I Jar) J. I I aick headache, gid- L 1/21 n| , , m W 8 diness, fulness and I*3 I & 4*iL.B»s&. /fiqf swellingaftermeals, \\*& /tj I dizziness and drow liAV ""'■'■' /'Sr/ siness, cohl ciaills, V-ScT y^?/ flushings of heat, \viKv loss of appetite, "*t&& shortness of breath, N^*i K^\lS^rf costiveness, scurvy blotchesontheskin, MWpl disturbed sleep, StffiP* frightful dreams, and all nervous and trembling sensations, &c. The first doso will give relief in 20 minutes. This is no fiction, for they havo done it in thousands of cases, Every sufferer is oarnestly invited to try one box of taese Pills, and they will be acknowledged to be WORTH A GUINEA A BOX. For females of all ages theae Pills are invaluable, as a low doses of them carry oil all gross humours, open all obstructions, and bring about all that is required. No females should be without them. There is no medicine to be found to equal BEECHAH'S PILLS for removing any obstruc tion or irregularity of the system. If taken according to the directions given with each box they will boou restore females of all ages to sound For a weak stomach, impaired digestion, and all disorders of the liver, they act like ' TItA.GIC " ancl a few doses will be found to work wonders upon the most important organs of the human machine. They strengthen the whole muscular system, restore the long lost complexion, bring tack the fSntmiff,' 1'8 (Uia arouse Wl*o Mtio* with the ROSEBUD of health the whole physical energy of the human frame. These are " FACTS" admitted by thousands embracing all classes of society; and one of the best guarantees to the nervous and debilitated is, Boecham's Pills have tno largO3t sale of any patent medicine in theworld. BEECHAM'S MAGIC COUGHPILLS ™ulln°£? a& f-° r CS nghs in Kea9ral,A S thma, Diffi culty in Breathing, Shortness of Breath, Tightness and Oppression of the Cheat, Wheezing &t, tW -^^awi unrivalled; and anyone labouringuade? any of the above complaints need only try One 3ox to prove that they are the best ever offered to thepubho for Asthmatic and Consumptive Coughs Hoarseness and Oppression of the Chest. O.Cy speedily remove that sense of oppression and diffi culty of breathing which nightly deprive the comfort to those afflicted with the above distress ing and, when neglected, dangerous complaints JSS,^ ? OrSOll *rouWcd with any of the abovo Th Pi ™S^ e, Beeoh^'» Co^aa Pniiß a trial? remove™. TlOlßnt Coug'a wiU a shorb time be fi l nt"^ lo:r>~F a.«?I1- blio aro roque3ted to notice ir«Utirprds BEIScn AM ' S Pills, St. Helens," of the lm a G°^ rnmenti tamp affl«d to each Box oi me nils. If not on they are a forgery. Prepared only and sold wholesale and rotail by the proprietor, T. Beecham, Chemist, St Helens Lancashire England, in boxes at l'sflfifiSS \?'a- 9a??-- Sold oyaU Druggigts and^Patew Dealers throughout the Colonies. "•*>*—* uU dirootioa« are given with each bos. GRANDPAPA'S MAGIC SALVE Patknted. Prepared by MRS VIALOUSE, Kyber Pass Is. 6d. PER TIN. A certain cure for all wounds, sores, sprains corns, burns, scalds, bruisescarbuncles, boils and ■whitlows, also inflammation caused from bites of misquitoea, sandflies, etc., etc., etc. A single JPJ" will give satiifactory proof of its efficacy, h dbiiL Cliemist3 ' For testimonials seej



Business Notices. *"*-■ jfA Cheapo PLEAeAwSH -_ *"~"" I AND .. ]■■ Wefc^^ct I Effectual Remedy. Ifil wWm * I JnfH forded »" »* andoS^ tf §—' ' ■ | >$?*¥ immediaterelief in Co vi Ijng'B Km JlEßEoli. jljlJljlj—Cjrrjj; Wm'jM °^ recomraendinrj your P^a* f pWtfb H 4 Q^ O^W |5> I WmM Wesleyan Minister, f m@Ek^i»^ B?<f^ E> <f* BB BJ ©cr^i w/MsMlm have used your T,ttnt<i k, i"^) FOR. COUGHS, iWßgm SERVER for a^aftS o,?* | BHONCHITIS, ASTHIYIA, §mMsi throat> and (leem it only jl, JHqARSENESS, WHOOPING OOJUChJ §lM k™*. T U Ih* Z have «paS5; f D.FF.CULTY OF BrEATHINC. MAk S^^ftlfi |mDALL AFFECTIONS QFTHE LUNCS,M»|| suffer m a simUar manner^ I Bronchia, Trachea,& Larynx"^^S ISiA xßealFriend'totiiePii^CHEß^MQEßAW^^ ■«'„' I mw Public Speaker. kWmmk romßf- e^art. Lv- is S d,256d,4s 6d & 6«. o f-Ji ££?15& [if PREPARED ONLY BY wWWM SERVER is eXcellent |§ME£MCal Hall, Victoria STREETyi^^^ - J3OLD EVERYWHERE, • IMPORTANT TO PURCHASERS ! Purchasers are requested to see that each packet of Lung Preserver, offeited them fit sale is a fac-simile of the above drawing, and that the words " Baxter's Lun^Ptßgerret Christchufch," are blown on the bottle. .% Refuse all others as counterfeits. AGENTS FOR AUCKLAND: Messrs SHAELAND and Co., CLOSE BROS., P. HAYMAN and Co,, and N.Z. DRUG COMPANY. CONSUBVIPTBON CURABLIIT 1 "MR G. T. CONGREVE Of CONSUMPTION AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT, . Showing that direful disease to be curable in all its stages ; with observations on ASTHMA, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, Etc." From the " Christian Herald," March 31, 1886. Mr G. T. CONGREVE'S TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTION AND OTHER CHEST DISEASES " Continues to be made a great blessing to sufferers, far and wide, in every, part of the in^' The world and we ourselves owe him a debt of gratitude. Not long since ire placed a youno- lady under his care, who has recovered her health, and we..seed only point to the cases (Mr Congreve is publishing one every week), many of which had been sriven up as past all hope." . „, _ ... ~ » There can be no doubt that for Consumption and other Ghest Complaints M Conereve is a specialist of the first order, and stands unrivalled. Certainly there haa been no other discovery in medical science from which the consumptive patient may eather so much hope as from his." ■ ... . __ r_ " The one hundred and thirty-three cases which are recorded in Mr Longreves book are a most convincing testimony ; but what have been long a marvel are the cases of cure which have been published for several years past in the weekly journals (our own. included) once every week." (The reader is. referred to,the "Christian Wond," " Chi-istian Age," " Christian Globe," &c, &c.) The author (Mr Congreve, of Coonibe Lodge, Peckham, London), has been orgenfl]' entreated to make his treatment known in all the British Colonies. The pace Of tb» Book is- SIXPENCE, OR SEVENPENCE, POST FREE. Published by UPTON AND C&, AtJCKLANDi And may be ordered through any Bookseller. "~ /CHARLES O MITH, |jj|^ *^ MANUFACTURER OF BASSINETTES, *^e!-s-Si Vp^^^W PERAMBULATORS, INVALID ' ,^^^^g W!M*Mmivd Perambulators of any raake repaired or taken in Fi£&sr^&b exchange. Price list post free. /^^^^^ rp^§E||il AUCKLAND PERAMBULATOR FACTORY, \(JJf (Near iYeeman'sßay.) BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOK KARANGAHAPE ROAD, AUCKUND. THOMAS EYAM f Begs to caU attention to his splendid Stock of Boots and Shoes manrfactared byHmselk SPECIALLY^SUXTED TO THS PRESENT SEASON. Every Boot made by the House is guaranteed to keep the feet dry. 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