TO A.O.E.

Otago Witness, Issue 2779, 19 June 1907, Page 70

TO A.O.E.

fChnstchurcb, N Z.) (A reply to a stranger's note of appreciation.) To one who knows thee best as unknown friend Stand forth m tby true form and let me see The fountainhead of sympathies which blend The kindly thoughts from thee with thoughts from me. Deep in yearning hearts there flows a tidte Of pure desire to gam p. friendship true; Which even changing years would ne'er divide, Nor distance hide its charms from eager view. A simple word oft causes bitter strife (If -wrongly understood t»y erring m-exi), A kind deed never fails to 6weeten life, And bring to withered hopes gay bloom again ! Ships passing in the eerie gloom of night Flash signals to each other gliding by ; The welcome bemns of living silver light Reflect a mutual hope and common tie. And so it is with friends on Life's strange seas When one friend cheers another with kind deeds ; Pure kindness drifts through life on Time's swift breeze And falls on fallow ?oiils as God-sown seeds. Dunedin, June, 1907. — R. R.

Many have testified Rhztjuo has permanently cured them from rheumatism, etc., after all other remsdies had failed. All chemists and stores. 2/6 and 4/6.