Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-02-06
That odious Cigar.
BY THE OLD 'Ui


love and protect her for life, those curls of
yours are very luxurious, almost feminine
Do you wish me to clip them to the
stern warrior crop as Brutus says"
BY no means. only wished to remark
that Mr.. Richard Snivcller was right when
he observed that the human hair was
great retainer of tobacco-smoke.
Tho young gentleman coughed slightly
as the color mounted to his FACET was q
good sign that he had not forgotten how to
blush. The ingeniousncss of youth is al
ways pleasing.
'And do you know, Clarence continued
the fair one, that [ think the Countess
Merlin was right, when she said that the
scent of tobacco was the vilest of odors
Strange that people will cultivate a taste
for weed that is at first repugnant both
to men and animals
Nothing more was said upon the subject
but that same evening Clarence Linton
gave away 8 koz cf Leon d'0ro's, and
very elegant cigar-casc, and thenceforth
smoked no more.
The wedding of the pair occurred few
days after this conversation, and they en-
tered upon the occupancy of little band
4
( small to permit the bride the luxury of a
biiou of boudoir, and our hero the enjoy
ment of a sanctum. Married people cannot
always be together and must have their
separate cages, wheels within Wheels, as
'Samivel says
Business called Clarence from home a
good deal, but he always left it with re-
/ grct, and returned to it with ardor.. AS he
still thought Julia was peerless creature,
and himself utterly unworthy of her, and
as she had been something of a coauettc
| before marriage, and as he had more than
one Notwithstanding female relative, what
wonder he became Jealous The posi-
bility of her flirting, of her loving another
than himself once entertained, he became
suspicious and uncomfortable.
One day he tapped at the door Of the
boudoir, and was admitted after strange
delay. He thought he detected the we'll
remembered and well-known odor of ci-
gar.
Have you had visitors julia he asked
No-I have been quite alone all the
afternoon, was the reply. But she looked
confused as she said this
Your brother Tom hasn't been here p
No onc-I told you once, was the
somewhat pettish reply, as the lady left the
room in a flutter.
There's a hateful mystery here that |
must fathom p thought Clarence. Some.
body has been here, in spite of her denial
Some gentleman-one of her old flames
smoking-confound his impudence This
then, is the meaning of love, honor and
obey !! ., -woman--woman ?
Some days after this incident, Mr. Clar.
cncc Linton announced, with very grave
face, that business suddenly called him tc
New York, and that he should be absent
for three or four days. He was duly kissed
and counsclled, and departed, in company
with brown umbrella and a carpet bag
But in the hush of evening he returned
opened the street door with his pass-key
went up stairs and tried the door of the
boudoir. 1t was locked
who's there 2" cried a futtered voice
from within.
Me-! was the gruff and ungrammatical
answer
The door was opened. Clarence sprang
in, grasping his umbrella
-"as though it were weapon
To smite the gazer dead"
The smell and smoke of tobacco filled
the room.
| woman! woman where is hep he
shouted.
'Who? asked the trembling lady.
know not care not answered
Clarence, savagcly. 'But show me to him,
and III run him through
And he made sanguinary pass through
the empty air at an imaginary foe.
You are beside yourself, said Julia.
'Pll soon be alongside of somebody else, ;
was the ferocious reply.
There is nobody here but t. said Julia.
Hold up your right hand and swear 2
thundercd our Othello.
8 / wont 7
You wont =
The lady had kept her right hand be-
hind her, but Clarence seizing her arm, ell
evated it, and 10 she was holding half
smoked cigar! He was astounded at first,
and then burst into loud laugh.
"Do you remember" said he, 'what the
CounvNerlin says about the vileness of
tobacco smoke 2"
"She was rightW answered Julia, throw
ing the cigar out Of the window. at is
odious. Now I'll tell you the whole story.
Curiosity prompted me to experiment and
try to discern what there was in cigar so
fascinating to American gentlemen and
Spanish ladies. You interrupted me once
before, but / thought your absence would
! give me fine chance to try it Tonight