The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-21
"CIGARS FOR TWO"

wretch exclaimed Mrs. NOlant 10 ner
friend, Mrs. Washburn, young wife
who had just gone to housekeeping.
He smokes, but he is not az abomi-
nable wretch am sure he is not, re-
piled Mrs. Washburn, little startled
by the hard name applied to her hus-
band, whom she both loved and es-
teemed.
"Not a wretch p
=" No, I'm sure he is not. :"
90 Yes, he is any husband, especially
one who has been married only year,
and won't leave off smoking, when his
wife desires it, must be a wretch.
"No; YOU overstate the case. He is
everything n husband ought to be-so
kind, so devoted, SO indulgent-but,
then, do wish he would not smoke.
You must break him of it, the cruel
monster -
"Nay, do not call him such hard
names. love him with all my heart,
although he does smoke. "
"Well, suppose You do; young wives
are apt TO be foolish.
Foolish p
eyes he sees, | dare say, that You
love him, and so he takes advantage of
you.
"Why, Mrs. yolant, don't You love
your husband %
"Well, / suppose / do; there is no
need telling him of it. | make him
think don't think anything about him.
Why, can manage him as easily as l
could kitten.
q don't like that ! think there
ought to be love and confidence between
man and wife.
I" Pooh -
"You cannot be happy with him.
+" should not If / became his slave.
"Not his slave -
Don't YOU believe it. When you
have been married as long rs | have,
you will get rid of some of these sentl-
mental notions, which answer very well
for year or so. but become very incon-
venient after that.
" For my part, | always mean to love
my husband rs | do now, even if it is
sentimental.
90 See if you do Husbands must be
carefully managed, or they become
tyrants. Now, my husband smoked the
first year after marriage; but then he
was a little careful about bringing his
cigar into the house, for | told him, up
and down, that | would not have it.
" should suppose he would have re-
belled.
Z" He did, but not ut first. One night,
about a year after we were married, he
brought home "a whole bundle of cigars,
and put them on the mantel-piece.
Taking one, he coOlly lighted it, and
proceeded TO read the evening paper,
g That is Just the way my husband
does.
A." was downright mad at his impu-
dence, but did not say a word. The next
day | bought n monstrous great snuff
box and filled it full of rappee. In the
evening he lighted his cigar as before,
but no sooner had he done so than l
seated myself opposite to him, and
drawing out my snuff-box | took gen.
erous pinch, shutting the filthy stuff into
my nostrils Mt the risk of sneezing my
head off. >.
" How funny -
"My husband did not think so. He
looked at me with establishment. You
mean TO learn, / replied It's filthy
ing, says /. We debated the matter a
long time, and at last he gave up the
point, and promised to throw away his
cigars if | would throw away my snuff. "
And he never smoked any more 2"
asked Mrs. Washburn, laughing.
9 Yes, he began once after but /
took TO snuff again, and he gave it up. :"
Are you sure he don't smoke now 2"
If he does, he never lets me see
him. My sitting-room is not all smoked
mp, as yours IS.
1t was d glorious trick.
:" That it was, and advise you to try
it upon Mr. Washburn."
couldn't take pinch of snuff any
more than ! could swallow an elephant
Smoke, then. There are some little
cigars sold at the apothecarys made on
purpose for ladies' They are so mild
that they wouldn't make you sick
though, even if they did, you wouldn't
mind, so they cure your husband of
smoking"
g 1t seems too bad to play such a trick
upon him he is always so kind. and
permits me to do just as l please" said
the tender-hearted Mrs. Washburn."
What else could he do ?"
1t looks kind of mean to me"
"Not bit. -
"I don't know as it would succeed. &"
Nonsense | am sure it would. He
never would let You smoke, for these
husbands have an awful horror of any
improperly in their wives
Then, he says he has always smoked.
and cant leave it off, +"
Pshaw the old story"
"I am almost tempted to try it.
"I would"
It seems so unkind, though, that |
have hardly the heart to do it. +"
GO You are notional, my dear Mrs.
Washburn. When you have been mar
RED"