11l tlie days of iliis youtli (says “M.A.Ih”) the into General Bullor met with un accident that came within an ace of spoiling the whole of the career which, even at that early date, he had mapped out for himself. He was felling trees on his father’s estate, when the axe slipped, und the keen edge cut deeply into his knee. So severe was the wound that the doctor who was called in declared that immediate amputation of the limb was absolutely necesmry, hut the sufferer stoutly declined to submit to any such operation. “No.” be said, emphatically to his father. “‘My chances of a military career would he spoilt, and I’d rather die at once and ho buried with both legs than go through life with one-’’ Happily, by skilful nursing, the injured limb was made whole once more, and gave its owner uo further trouble. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and &' ,Ac never fails. Is 6d ’ 6d
READY FOR USE. PENNY BAGS.—As a guarantee of quality see the name 11 KEQi&STT’S” is on each bag.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2257, 31 July 1908, Page 1
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178Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2257, 31 July 1908, Page 1
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