Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-04-14
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NATIVES SMOKING CURE.

NV "oo hNVOhD az wa Aut uIsl " oNeIY lfOllCt n
4avorite with the master; yet the scholar who,
Oltener than any of the rest, caused a sha io to rest
uPcH bis brow. | knew her when a grown up
young lady j-she was FIRST ia every party Of.
pleasure; q ~tayotito with all the gentlemen, yet a
coquetto, who, oftenor than any other, caused a.
shade to fall upon their hearts. knew her, too,
when a true-hearted woman, she gave her hand
with her heart in it, to Richard Forrest, the editor
OF one of our village newspOpors. Now, Richard
was a dne fellow, but, like a good many other
'nice young men, ne had one habit-ho would
smoke. This habit annoyed Matte quite as luch
as it would most young ladies, but she did not
commence curing him Off as they would have
Aone-with prayers and tears cntreaiing him for
the love he bore her, to give up the noziOus
weed not she. Matte took a plan less thread
bare, and it was this wise:
They were boarding AMI had a nice room, sec
ond story front. On u certain evening. JUS, before
dark, Matte busted herself with putting he- room
in perfect order-pluced every chair where it be-
longed, arranged the books on the table, and the
mantle ornaments in the most tasteful manner.
After taking a careful survey Of the room and
satisfying herself that everything was where it
should be, she went to a bureau, aud took from
one OF the drawers q small package, neatly folded
IN tissue paper; some jewel, probably, you will
say, with which she intends adjoining herself to
meet her lord She carefully unr0lled the paper,
and took from it q new, spotless tobacco pipe;
shen opening at one end a roll of carfully sealed
silver paper, she commenced stufing the pipe
with the fine cut tobacco. How strange her little
white fingers looked, diving into the hateful stuff !
The pipe well filed, she laid it carefully on the
table, placed a match beside it, to await the COM
ing Of her better half
Soon she heard the street door open, and q
well-known ~footstcp in the hall below. Quickly
lighting the match, she applied it to the herb in
the pipe, seated herself, and as her husband en-
tered, sat quietly by the stove, with wreaths of
blue smoke curling gracefully over her head,
which was thrown back in that peculiar position
Of enjoyment which gentlemen assume while in
haling the weed.
Mr.. F.. had opened the door with visions of
Mattie's smiling face, looking lovingly on him
floating through his mind. How different the pic
tuIe that met his astonished gaze On hearing
the door open Matte looked up, and taking the
pipe deliberately from her mouth, bid her hus-
bad good evening" as though nothing unusual
bad happened; then quietly resumed her smoking.
Richard regarded her with q mixture of surprise
and horror for a few moments, and then gave vent
TO his feelings in words
why, Martha, what am / to think q? Have you
suddenly los: your senses
4 do not see any strong evidence Of such being
the case,' answered the lady addressed; then, as if
just comprehending the GAUGE Of his astonishment,
L - L. --1zI 7 I'll
that you are SO astonished merely because l am
enjoying a comfortable smoke? Has no one ever
informed you that l smoked
We would hero state that one Of Martha's faults,
was that she would not always stick to the truth
as closely as she ought to have done. Like thou
rands of others, she would do evil that good
might come
Each particular hair seemed to stand on end,
in contemplating the tale unfolded by that reply.
The only outward manifestation he made of the
state of his feelings, was an emphatic impossible!'
accompanied by a look of horror.
why impossible, my dear? If had taken to
smoking only lately, / am but following in your
footsteps, thereby showing a willingness to be
guided, as a dutiful wife should be, by the incli-
nations of my husband, and a laudable desire to
consult in all things, his tastes; since it adds to
your enjoyment, and you have told me how much
all your pleasures are heightened by being shared
by me, | have concluded it is my duty TO keep
you company in this delightful enjoyment, in
stead of each of US enjoying it separately. How
delightful it will be to sit together during the
long winter evenings, aud thus taste the thoughts
of social intercourse. Come, sit down; l have
h.-n 49, -; ro.J;rns. e. rcu. rraC-r ~.
Old fashioned pipe
By this time Richards brain was well nigh
s~tnpehed.
1t cannot be possible that you would so degrade
y0urselfl Am l dreaming, or is this real! Tell
me, Martha, tell me that you are not in earnest
why, Richard. it seems to me that you are
making a great ado about a small matter. l DO
not think it so dreadful to enjoy q harmless, in
nosent pipe, here in my room, occasionally, where
no one con possibly know it but yourself. Be-
side il there il any degradation in tie practice, as
yos limited q moment ago, l am only coming
down to a level with my husband. You expect
me 70 love you Notwithstanding the habit, WHY
not vice versa And if it makes no change in
your feelings toward me, care not what others
think and Matte now looked up in his face with
Bucn an e1pSesSIOh VI VeberdtIOu IOE Nun, nDu al
his actions, that he almost laughed, annoyed as
he felt.
efaiCome, Matte said he. more pleasantly than
he had yet spoken, let US make an agreement
II 700 will leave off smoking, l will use but one
cigar a day, for a week, and then give it up entire
ly. What do you say p
Il do rot see why ! should not have the same
privilege as YOURSELF said Matte, pretending to
, be offended, ii is probably quite as difficult for me
to give Up a long established habit then, after a
moments consideration, she added, However,
since / consider that proviso in your favor, an
acknowledgement Of the superiority efths strength
of woman's will over that of the stronger sex, !
will accede to your proposition
If Richard ever smoked that 'one cigar a day