THE MAN WHO COUGHED.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11198, 22 August 1898, Page 4

THE MAN WHO COUGHED.

It was a cold chilly night in London. ' Th* air seemed to penetrate into.the very marrow of my bones. I had steeped out of my chanv bers, and started to walk slowly along a very quiet] street in' the district known as: St. James's, near Piccadilly. I was undecided as to what I should do, and was trying to settle the question when I heard a cough close behind me. Looking around, I saw a gentleman just coming out-of a house. The light of' a street-lamp fell upon his face, revealing th* . Eeatures of a. man of. middle age. He was thin md, pale, and as he started in the same direction I was going he, tucked a big silk haridkershief close about his neck, turned up the collar of his great-coat, buttoned his coat, pulled himself down into it as far as he could, wid coughed again. I followed him. Iv half a minute he began soughing—not, an ordinary temporary cough, but a^dry, hard, hollow sort of "cough that seemed to begin from the^knees and cause a shudder of his whole body. ■ X could not.help a.leelirig of what is sometimes called the "creeps ",';up ;and. down my own spine as I asked: myself, " Is consumption abroad; to-night after more victims? " Singularly.enough, the next, day I read the following letter: —; ■ "I think I should_ be neglecting my• duty very much, in not giving you an account of the good, effects Scott's Emulsion had on me.. About: a' year ; ago I. was seized, with a very bad cold, followed by a nasty dry, hard cough and a pain in the left-lung, and after a time was obliged to. give up. my employment. I still continued .to get worse, - and' lost flesh rapidly. From Bst 61b I was reduced to.7st . 41b. 1 was-utterly prostrate, and could hardly walk. I, resolved to tryl,Scott's Emulsion. I am glad to say that the effect it had on me was marvellouß, for after taking two largesized bottles I,was greatly benefited, the cough - was much easier and the night sweats left me, and I* began to gain flesh. After' taking, it for eight weeks I was much stronger, and I was able to walk about without feeling fatigued. I> steadily gained in weight, and at the time I am writing I am able to do a hard "day's work without feeling the least fatigued, and "weigh Bst 101b. My friends and relatives can, vouch for the same.., You can use this letter as you please. I remain, yours very truly (signed) C. LEGG, Jun.,060 Wellesley street, Stepney, Green, London, E., England, October 26, 1896." ,; ":-'\ . Now, why could not that man who had consumption in every liiie of his face have.read the foregoing letter instead of'me?- But perhaps it is not top late yet, and he may. see it. Perhaps somebody who .wilLread it has; consumption, in his or. her family. ■ Perhaps the reader rof. these '.-lines -- this - moment is weak, poorly nourished,;susceptible- to coughs and colds,-■bronchitis, pteven threatened withtonsumptibn. If. soY I can only refer you' again to the letter quoted above, and ask you to try Scott's Emulsion yourself. ' : ; '—22