The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-11-15

Dolly and myself some acquaintance eAiS-
ted. | looked upon Dolly with that dis
interested feeling which metaphysical
young men with vivid imaginations usu-
ally bestow upon young and pretty women.
[ had 40 doubt that Dolly, who was prac-
tical and red-lipped, looked up at me from
her everyday level with the profound re-
spcct that my transcendental turn OF mind,
superior attainments and indetiuablc long
ings demanded But | did not want Dol
ly to see the pipe. | knew that III her
practical wav she would regard it simply IN
the sense OF tobacco, and possibly object
to it, So, when ! saw her small galters
occupying the centre Of a periphery OF
lace edging, on level with M eyes,
concealed the coveted t.eisure in my bo-
som. aud reaching my room, locked the
door, and prepared to give myself up to
metaphysics and Putfer's meerschaum.
The filling and lighting of Il pipe IS an
operation which should exclude all inde-
corouS haste \ moments carclcasuess OF
/ trjhing on the part OF the snoker-a hur-
ried or reckless packing Of the weed at
the insertion Of the cherry stem-produces
! asthmauc laGoring, phthisis and not un-
/ frequently asphyxia and extinction Of the
vital spark The wouId-be smoker pro
! tracts LINGERING. Wheeling existence, and
/ his pipe at last goes out. | filed Puiiers
meerschaum with the genuine Latakia,
/ manufactured in Connecticut.) carefully
and deliberately, lit it, and applied my
! lips to the amber muuth-picce. You, oh,
! tobacco loving reader, know the rapture
/ of that draught-thc strange, indeinaJ!e
/ thrill which pervudcs your very being;
/ the delicious absorption Of that inhnltesI
mai drop OF uicotiana, following Your veins
( from your fingers end to the toes ot your
: boots Talk Of an infant at the breast :;
the shipwrccked mariner squeezing the
/ wet canvas in his mouth; the Arabia Pc
,raem traveller transported 10 Arabia Fc-
/ liX at 4 wcll-anytfins IN the way of :"
/ first draught and they are but weak com
/ PARSONS. / drew rocking char toward
the window, threw myself In 1t ut the na-
/ tional position, contemplated the toes Of
my slippers, and smoked Puiter 5 meer-
schaum.
1t wanted but few minutes Of twilight,
From nay windows could see the round
red sun modestiy pulling iIeecy blanket
over him a. he sank to rest. The noises
OF the city came to me hushtd and mel
lowed. / noticed that irregular rythmct-
ical bcat-so often spoken ot--ot that vast
human sea which weiled through the an
@Ular channel Of the great metropolis be
low my eyre on Russlan I'M. But the
fog WAS steadily pulling through the cleits
and passes Of the sand hills, cncompasSing
the city like the AsSyrian hosts, and nest
ling lis white face IN the green marshes.
So it crept in and around, until 1t fell
softly upon the house5op AMI drlitad like
long pennous across the street and thro'
my open window it stole quietly, filing
the atmosphere with its moist presence.
and shutting out the material and real Ia
its thin and unsubstantial yapidity. It's
moist salt bre 9TH tanned my cheek and
forehead like the wing Of some great sea
bird. It flowed through my chamber and
shut out the distant objects already indis-
tinct, and sat upon my heart like huge
incubus. I smoked steadily but laboriously
and the rising smoke wreaths seemed tc
Glide and mingle with the fog, until the
only discernable object was the bowl OF
NV pipe, rendered a luminous, lurid spot
Ike the setting sun in the bank Of fog
, Then a great quiet fell upon me.
With nv eyes fixed upon the red ligh
, thought of the strange and fabulous or
t igin Of the "mecrschaum." pictured L
! myself bleak cliffs, whereon the North Sc,
l lashed in fury, sending It's spume in yisci,
: flakes on the clayey bank, to be colIecte,