Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-10-06

4 10r lew seconds. and ] was now iY1lg
fiat, with nay head resting on one Of the
gnarled roots of an elm tree-one Of the
half-dozen in the elamp, which had evi-
IDENTIFY fallen into high state Of delight,
and were Waiting round and round me in
the most ludicrous fashion.
Then the fence over which had clAm-
bered began its tricks-noW rising, now
falling, as if to crush me, until the palings
nearly touched my nose, and then rising
| again to bend over in the other direction.
| The feeling Of GOODNESS that had felt in
| my head now began to steal all down my
back. and along my legs. and arms, till it
reached the extremitieS, when, like some
heavy gas, it began to aow back again.
inch BY inch, to my spinal marrow, and
then slowly along it to my head.
! Next my heart began to futter in q
strange way. Just rs If it had been suddenly
| endowed with PAIR OF doves wings and
was trying to hy out Of my breast; and all
| the sensation Of lightness vent on incress-
ing, until / seemed to be lifted up and
dropped down, again and again, till took
| tightly hold OF an old piece Of root with
one hand, wondering the while what was
| coming next:
And the eigErG All, that was sticking
still between two Of my fingers. Il had
gone out, and it didn't matter. did not
wasn't to light it again, for felt as If had
had enough, especially when at the end Of
| u few moments there came the sensation of
/ having Just swallowed q small powder in a
teaspoonful Of jam, and not liking it at
all.
Ugh! That was the most dreadful part Of
| the whole affair, worse even than the throb,
| throb throb that came now in my head
Just as If drops of molten lead were falling
from one temple to the other, and then be-
/ ing forced back again.
| / believe groaned Just then, and won
| dered whether / WAS going TO die. ! know
| | mentally declared that the cheroOt must
have been horribly bad one, and recall
ed the fact that had often heard men say
that some cigars were so bad they could not
smoke them, and this must have been one
/ Of the bad ones.
an never buy another of that fellow, :"
l said to myself.
And then yswned frightfully, and ut
I tered another groan.
At last fresh thought entered my mind.
| This was not the effects of the cigar. but
Of indigestion-thoseh hard, suety puddings
which We had for dinner.
"Perhaps," / thought, "a few whiffs
might do me good. --.e- 49,.
| fatup against the pahngs, and, with
| hands trembling, and cold perspiration
/ standing out all over my forehead, l felt
| Tor the inatch-box, struck light, and plac-
| ing the cigar end between my lips, drew and
| pulled till it was once more well alight.
How strong it tasted this time, and how
| hot and pungent seemed the smokel 1t
wouldn't go right either, but seemed to
| treat my mouth like an ll-eonstructed
chimney, and ran backward down my
throat, and made me choke; got up my
nose, snd made me sneeze; into my eyes
till was half blinded; and then-ohl how
Ishuddered, and felt pale all over. | must
be going to die. / never felt so strange
before-it was simply horrible; and lean
ed back against the palings, the cigar drop
ped from between my fingers, and then /
Slid sidewise to the earth, and lay gasping
for air, faint and helpless; for that was q
very, very strong old cheroot, with al rank
ness in its nature that / should not even
care to foster now.
How long l remained there cannot tell
it must have been sn hour before felt
sufficiently recovered to sit up; and nearly
another before climbed the fence and
stood swaying on the other side, feeling so
far from like freebooter that | imagined
must have committed q murder to have
been in such state of horrible nervousness
and dread. l remember casting away the
matchbox and sneaking in at the side door
and up to the doFmit0ries, where hastily
crawled into bed, sinking soon after into
a strange vacuity-half stupOr, half sleep
from which l was awakened by a shrill
voice at my side, crying out
''Plee, Sir, here Jones, Sir. in his bed. i"
Then the figure Of an usher loOmsd near
me-. and g series Of questions began, to all
of which l responded with sighs and the
plea of sick headache.
Then up came the house keeper to feel
nv pulse and head, and declare me free
from fever.
"He'Il have to see the doctor in the morn
ing," said the dame.
But ! did not for Isgot up next morning
as well as any Of my school chums; and l
did not try another cigar that half.