The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-11
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| ''9racioasi Gracioors tsrar5onn! VIII:
sncA language a. that Il. Wig, Il il really
| saough 10 turn my &ait wbite 10 bear yoa
~ Il. You never used profanity before;
how and where have you iesrned itf''
Mother. dear. that Was snly slip 4
kprouiae not to let you hear il again. told
the boys down in Cubl that would be il
| trouble wjths1ou when got back home its
! vsa lfsful."
you don't mean 70 tel nr that the col.
'diers that We women have heail xorkinE our.
6ngers of to help use such language rexu-s
larry"
u am afraid the most Of them DO. nother;
nadn1hopa part Of the business of SOL
= Il ~ III pc we're e.ceptions.s
80 ~ haf esety resssR
IT, nIS tbl - q xsp!i ne (ne 81 the excep-
tions. considering my homo training. yxt ~
am sorry to ssy that ] an 6qt,"
~And was proud to think that my boy
was soldier"
"You have heard people say. mother, that
man would swear like trooper We'll,
you never heard one swear like trooper,
for there h only one class of men that can
Do that besides the Troopers, and that ia tho.
'doushboyA' l was 'douahboy' and those.
Cuban hills were d. fearfully steep md
fesrfully muddy. That il what made us,
swear, and then. beides, swearing ia one
Of tho things we learn in the army, but we-
can learn to quit it after we are out of tie.
army. and am out.
'WiI, saw you smoking cigarette in,
the library to-day, and while / did not speak
of 1t ct the time because there was company
with you, want to tell you how much it.,
hurt me. When you left me to 80 to the
front and answer your country call for sol
diers tobacco had never touched your lips,
and now you return to me cigarette fiend. -
Hardly fend Jet, mother, for ! have.
only been away Eve months, and it would
hardly be possible to become a cigarette
6snd in that length of time"
Don't talk to me about time. From the.
day that the first cigarette passes young
man's lips be is 6end and nothing more"
We'll, can stop smoking a. we'll a. stop.
swearing, and suppose it will be necessary.
but II did Afford fellow lots of comfort dur.
ing . hard march or 1t resting times between.
drills. and then Ill the fellows smoked, and
II seemed natural, as though II was part
sf the business Of soldering. and eaess ID
T."
n think I could have stood it better had
y been anything but cigarettes."
Have you been reading up on the suhject.
Of cigarette smoking. and have all the,
rtatistics. st your fingers end, for If you
have won't attempt to enter into discuss
son Of the subject with you, - am not pre-
pared to say positively just how much injury
man might do himself by smoking cigar~
cites such ~ we smoked IN the army. Yos<
zee. mother, they we're not the .tailormadss
kind. bat were rolled strictly BY hand"
And what, pray, does stailor-made' mean
whepyo apply Il 70 cisarettesr
That y the kind .you cun buy in stores
We had a,fev q those u Chisksqap9a. but
after we,sot td Cuba the cd man wouIdn u
put up the price-1 mean wouldn't furnish
the money to buy them because they cost
more than in the states"
will! Will! Will You have become
really vulgar. To think Of my son ever re-.
ferring " his father as the old man,
"Why. mother. l didn't say anything Of
the kind You are certainly mistaken"
Didn't say it. indeed Didn't just now
bear you say the old man wouldn't furnish
the money"
Maybe ] did, but the remark was not.
meant - any 6krespect to father. To ex-
press the same thing in society language L
should say that the monthly salary of $lH
allowed us private soldiers by the govern
ment was not sufficient to enable us to pur-
chase any of the standard brands of ready.
made Cigarettes in Santiago, Cuba. The old
man In my former statement referred to the
government, or. more commonly called,
Uncle Sam"
Il supposs that Is another thing you
learned in the army?"
II guess il is.'
will. whsp the doctor was with You thiA
morning heard you ask him il be wouldn't
prescribe whisky. You surely, surely haven't
hken 70 drinking"
Only a. rsmsdy, mother"
Tell me. pray. what on earth could
histy euref A happy heart, probably"
we found Il very good as chaser for
uuinins In cases Of malaria while we were
soldisring, and shaking and burning in Cuba.
i sort Of dried person up inside after q
Sard soaking and nothing dry to put on the
puts;ds."
Il would hsvs rather had son of mine
NmaiAsd In he tent and been called = cow.
efd ~ 70 have him acauire the whiaky
kabits
That wouldn't have been bad idea.
hthsr, mother u The tents had been any pro.
leeaon. but tAsy wsn't. We didn't count
IN thsm at all. But never mind. we will cut
shs whisky and viii take my quinine
hraisht. = did before went to war"
VIII, b that gum you are chewing! r
'hought you despissd gum, and anyone who
'ould uss itf'
That = Whist have said, mother, dear.
sat ! don't happen to Be chewing gum at the
For goodne1 saks what Il It, them.
1T Y hit Of the filthy weed called to.
baeco."
What, and you chew tobaeeol should
Dsvsr havs believed such thing possible for
! soa of mine"
Nov, mother, don't give me another lee,
'uss on the wickedncss OF my ways. To.
lacco chewing Is another one of the thinss
viii have to forget. know, and I can d.
lucA habit?"
"Lsafned to smoke first. and then found
euldn't smoke at drills OF on guard. 30 had
g mad something to take the place Of cigai.
ktea. 70 learned to chew.
II il was necessary II ,bew at ali I should
ave chewed sticks tetese would have
sarned to use tobacco
Maybe you would, mother, Int. I hartIl,s
blink 20. for all the boys learued 10 chew.
csscco in the army, and It didn't pay te bo