The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-05-01

have better term for it. Now have |
told you what am, you will like to know |
what | want? Very good. You shall
see"
The ghost in my body then began to
feel in my pockets, from which he drew |
out my meerschaum, loaded it from my
pouch, and lighted it with one of my
Vesuvians.
"Ah," he proceeded, whiting the weed |
rapidly, "you smoke very good stuff
Golden Leaf and Returns not a bad |
mixture, though prefer little Latakia
with it myself. Not at ALA bad body |
yours, either" he went on, eying the form |
in which he was sitting -"n not at all bad
body; and it fits me to T, only little |
short in the arms By the way, find one
Of your front teeth little loose, so don't |
say did that, when you come to yourself
again; and your nose is little long for
me, but dare say it blows none the worse
for that" shuddered as l saw him take
out my handkerchief and use it on that |
eherished organ Of mine.
"Yes, dare say now you feel the cold
little ; did at first; but it's nothing
when you are used to it. find your body
very hot--being heavier than ] am &C
customed to wear; but it won't be for
long, require it positively for this
night only as you say in your playbills,
and will return it uninjured by the time
we get to Chichester. By the by, let me
beg you TO be little careful how you
throw your arms about so much as you
did Just now, for my body Is Of q more
delicate construction than yours and, be-
ing 80 thin in substance, am afraid you
will scag it under the armpits. You will
observe, ladies and gentlemen he went
on in lecturers style, "thaJ if take
lighted Vesuvian and insertit in the COrnea
of the patients eye, he will feel no pain"
Saying this, my dreadful companion pro-
ceeded to illustrate his remark by making
a dive at my shadowy eye with burning
match. Ifelt no pain as the match burned
in my head, certainly
You will allow, after all you see, that
my shape has its advantages" the ghost
proceeded; but it also has its disadVant
ages Try the pipe now" | tried to take
the pipes it dropped through my Vapory
fingers. He placed it in my mouth |
could not hold it, nor get Whit from it.
Precisely so," said the ghost. "NoW,
this is Just what has brought me here to.
night A great smoker all my life, doing
my six pipes day regularly, | have been
defunct these two years-and during all
that time | haven't had smoke mot
blessed draw l miss my 'bacco dreadful.
There is provision made for smokers,
down with us, you will understand; but
we are governed by Board Of Directors,
whose incapacity quite equals that of most
Of your City Boards. There is a stock Of
bodies kept on purpose for smokers, so
that if you want pipe, you must go into
one of the bodies to enjoy it. But, if you
will believe me, the supply is so notorious
ly insufficient to meet the demand, that
there is no chance whatever for new
ghost TO get a smoke. When entered
the Society, all the bodies were out in use,
and booked for three years in advance.
My name has been down on the books for
two years, and there is no likelihood of
my getting body allotted me under an.
other tWelvemonth. Fancy two years
without a smoke Why, sir, the incom-
petence of our Board ispositively wooden.
l can only explain the reason why we put
up with such gross mismanagement in the
other world, because we have become so
used to It in this. Our constitutions, how.
ever, are being undermined to that extent
that the Board has at last been coerced
by popular feeling into passing a measure
empowering ghosts to render themselves
visible to single individuals at time in
order that they may effect an exchange of
bodies for short periods, always with the
consent of the person in question, for the
purpose of indulging in habit which the
directors cannot, however, but character
ize as peTniCious and injurious Under
this new act obtained your body"
"You never had my consent, tiend y l
cried.
"It is vulgar to call names, my friend"
the ghost replied, smoothing my mustache
with my fngersi "but you are triaing.
/ l asked you 10 change places with me, and
! you agreed, as you must be well aware.
/ But, dear me, here we are at Chichester;
however, must finish my pipe-think of
two ) s, and not blessed draw, my
4 friend. asf
The train was pulling up. My COM
panion leaned out Of window, putting fast
and furious.
aPlenty of time to change bodies" he
said it shall be done in an instant as
soon as the train stops" And he con-
tinued leaning out, and whiting away
great clouds of smoke, till we came to the
platform. He hurriedly knocked out the
ashes of the tobacco on the door-rail, as
the guard cried Change here-change
here; all change here, if you please"
A sudden glow of warmth seemed to
pass over me as rubbed my eyes, and
found, to my great delight, my own
smooth hands against my very own un-
wrinkled cheeks. l looked up for my
companion-he was gone-I Wass alone in
the carriage.
was greatly surprised, when got on
the platform, at being asked for my card
by very of1cious person; still more so,
on receiving magistrates summons in
the morning. The officious person de-
posed that he was the Secretary of the
, Antitobacco Alliance, and applied for a
conviction against the undersigned, under
one of the bylaws Of the company, for
smoking in railway carriage, the prop.
erty of the d. T. +. G. Company, contrary
to their regulations. He declared to have
seen me (only think D--ne leaning out Of
the carriage as it came into the Chelches.
ter Station, smoking meerschaum pipe
The guard gave evidence that the carriage
certainly smelled very strongly Of tobacco
. Ol arriving db OAblCu6bbcEt anu bHhb Wds
the only first class passenger. A meer
schaum pipe, answering the oficious per
sons description, was found on my per
son. Case was clear. Fined forty shil
lings and costs. Nay, more: the case O
! smoking in railway carriage has beer
gibbeted at all the stations ON the line
, where am hung up as caution anC
,, warning to the British public, in a solemn
black frame, with my name and address
, and the amount Of the penalty enforced
! at full length
! 1t would have been useless to attemp
to dispute the case before the magistrates
It is something to have set ones self righ
! with the pubic. = CtaaJersf Journal.
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