The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-26

ordered the suit: that I had broker m
He smiled quietly. a. IL to
himself, ana said: An right. old fel-
low; bct do not be disturbed about the
suit. ! kept the contract just three
days."
Another man said: There were two
men In this town who wor on. thes
breaker Of h contract to pay the other
for . ten-do,lar hat. Finally. one OF
them weakened. saying to himself IL
he thought out q scheme to ave him
self he did not mind giving SO for q
smoke. While he meditated over the
matter. however, ne thought out q
scheme to ave himself on the hat. He
went to the hatter's and bought . ten
dollar hat and had IL charged to the
other fellow. Then he called ON the
other fellow. ana. pointing to the hat.
said: See that hat. old boy? II II one
I have Just had charged to you on that
swear-on contract The other fellow
cried out: How in the dickens did
you md out that I had been smokdng?'
Never mind said the other. A little
bird told me-"
well, I swore or" said another club
man. and to make the matter memoir
able I handed . dozen fine Havan
cigars to q friend, telling him TO
smoke them, an I had worn on. I was
llAC &nC III8A u AOo1o NV nEst oay
pretty bad. h second horrible. and the
third no trouble at all. because he be-
gan again Il smoke. About h third
day my resolution died out. and then
/ thought Of the n Havanas. ! met
my friend. Where are those twelve
cigars I loaned your ] asked. Here
he said: Il knew you would want
them again And he too one for de-
posit charges. ] smoked the rest"
ser .u-D~o - na,o CofA onAfhAe r1rrh-
man, "and II was just as easy as any
thing you ever heard of. did II by
logic. ! found / was smoking n
cigar after another and never getting
enough. so I said to myself that II I
had to deprive myself at some time /
might rs well begin with the first as
with the steenth cigar. Thus ! convin-
ced myself 1 would have no greater diff
ficulty than in refusing the steenth
cigar. and such proved to be h case.
1 had not the slightest longing for to-
bacco after ] had made up my MIND
that / had quit. I kept a box of cigars
on the mantel. for I said I might want
to smoke. and i did not intend to treat
myself as one in whom I had no con-
hdence
Now mark what happened. About a
month after 1 had stopped smoking I
began to have periodical Indigestion,
IOiiOWeu ny CTdInpS. which Cdilt ou at
n certain hour OF the evening of each
day and grew worse n worse until
they were quite serious. i tried all
kinds of diet, and even starved NY
self. but without relief. At last. on the
night of a strikers ball. i was actually
unable to get out. although l had made
a great effort and succeeded In dressing
for the entertainment. I lay in bed and
groaned for several hours. The next
day was New Years and of course
there was a holiday dinner at my
house. Said 1: I have dieted and
starved myself and IL Is doing no good.
! viii eat n u a meal and then
die So I sat at the table and ate
everything in s~ight-made a regular
feast of II. Then, as I was booked for
the grave. or thought / was, I said I
would make a complete job OF It and
smoke a cigar. The taste had not
plagued me in the slightest all hat
time. But 1 smoked now just to go
put of the world in decent style. like a
good dinner. Having lone my duty I
patiently waited for the pains to begin.
They did not do so. nor have they at
any time since lone so. ] have not had
trouble from that day to this"