The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-03-01


Soon afterward Mrs, Turner went
into the Kitchen to see about dinner,
utterly unconscious that her guest.
Howard Halliday, was lying upon the
couch in the parlor. where he had gone
an hour before with severe head ache
He certainly had not intended listen
ing, but 1t had happened so quickly he
had not had time to make his presence
known. He was not very penitent. He
felt there could be no harm in reading
another page In sweet, unselfish life
He had begun his acquaintance with
Doris by being amazed at her quaint,
old-fashioned sincerity, and he had not
been in the hou\ six hours as Jacks
guest before the young lady gave him
a surprise that made him very nearly
angry. N AN. s..s # qes
1t was just after tea, and they had
adjourned to the broad porch to enjoy
the lovely sunset He had pulled out
his cigar case, and with an air of easy
assurance turned to Doris.
you have no objection to my smok-
ing?"
Indeed have. Ihate tobacco smoke,
and even If did not, / should object
on principle"
For once in his life Towards grace
of manner forsook him, and he thrust
his cigar back into its case as awkward
ly as schoolboy, his face crimson.
Doris sat demurely swaying back
and forth in her light rocker, one pref
ty, rounded arm appraised, toying with
spray of honeysuckle. Apparently
unconscious that she had said or done
anything out of the ordinary, she
smiled in friendly manner into the
gentleman's clouded face.
you are the first young lady ever
met who objected to the odor of a fine
cigar" he said, half rebukingly.
Il am the only one who has been
courageous enough to tell you so; or,
perhaps it would please you better to
say am the only one selfish enough to
deprive you of such pleasure. But
I'll warrant many a lady has been
forced to tell polite lie, rather than
make herself disagreeable by telling
the truth, she said. good naturally.
$50 you do not tell untruths for the
sake of being pleasant, it seems" Mr..
Halliday said, interrogatively, tinge
Of sarcasm in his voice.
A"Not when a principle is involved. I
claim that the use of tobacco in any
form is unwholesome, unclean, selfish
and extravagant, SO of course cannot
sanction smoking, even though the
cigars may be of the finest"
F'.Oh! l see you are one of the adj
vanced thinkers, or reform women,
who are slashing right and left at the
small vices of the sterner sex. You
wish men to be little less than angels,
lacking physical force and manly indie
pendence," he retorted, hotly.
ri belong to the class who believe
raen should be as free from vices as
women; good, pure, and true; of the
finest physical development, and brave
enough to resist temptation, no matter
in what guise it may come" she said,
quietly. @
"A rather heated argument followed,
In which Mr. Halliday felt himself de-
cidedly worsted. To cover his defeat
he gladly accepted Jacks invitation to
call ON his "best girl" q
That tilt of words was by no means
the last, nor was 1t the last in which
Mr.. Halliday left the battlefield in
gloriously. It must be confessed, his
self-approbation was often hurt, and
that in thinking over their discussions
afterward Howard frequently assured
himself he barely escaped disliking his
friends sister. That women should