The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-17
A CURE THAT
DIDN'T QRt.
Lesson to All Careless Youn,
Wives Who Object 10 To
bacco Smoke.
xxk1o. indeed. wouldn't have nv ~.
I'm band stop smoking for anyth,r.~
said the bride of three rarsA&

<xA1o indeed. I wouldn't have nv -.
I'm band stop smoking for anv,h,s.~
said the bride of three month.
she set her ten cup down ~
brushed cake crunb Off her nav -, ~
iabot II tried TO cure him az /, ~
first month we were married, but nsss.
since" 'a
30, why" chorused the dainty fer,,...
group around the tea table WAS ~ !.
cross and obstinate?"
"N-no, not exactly" returned .hs -,
hesitatingly. 1t was like this: ". ~
a perfect Jewel OF fiat in the wona.,tss,
YOU know, to start the honeymoon. ara !,
was all a dream, except for the hcr.ss
smoking. Freddie never was w.thous
cigar and it was dreadful whepey..
| wanted to come near him or curl n.
hair, there was always one Of the n..,s
things in his mouth or hand, and r..s
TO get burnt sometimes. l coaxsd -
pleaded and cried and did everythi,. :
could think of TO make him stcn ~
he wouldn't for love nor money. Hs ,.ss
to smoke anything from funny littla as,s
cigars that cost something terrible dor,
TO cent-apiece stogies. And he'd ten :.
] didn't know anything about cigars. a.,
the happiest state In life was 90 all m !,
easy chair with one of those urlv l,s,
havanRs and smoke and smoke and 6,ssr
and let the smoke curl up like a for.,s
fire. and watch the beautiful whlte "a
get longer and longer. pntil II drupn.s
Off. and then you wanted to eat the siuk
II was so good. Think Of that talk Inn
a husband of n month"
Perfectly shameful" came I syms..
thetic murmur from the rest
AT last l grew desperate. and one ~
found sample package dropped q ~
back door. II was Nix-I-Gar, or Ga6 ~
Smoke, forget which. but anyway
said on the label that Il was warYsnteA
harmless. and would cure any case q
smoking, and all you had to do WA d
put some in the coffee every morning
and the person would never know. wSl
/ put IL away for safekecping and forruf
all about II for few days, then an
morning when I was In hurry I esns
across the package in the china clceN.
and fixed the poor dear boys coffee VIII
good big dose. He swallowed II M
lamb and | was so happy, when al ii
once he gave dreadful yell and clutcAsa
his hair. %. Freddie. darling. what + ar
| cried. jumping from the table, hecAuue
I thought 1t might be q ut or somethiw
lie tipped over the coffce and gave a.
other veil and threw plate at me.
What Is II. woman he shfisket
I'm poisoned, that's what II a. MIR
dered, O. Lord' O. holy Moses! etov
standing there. you Lucretia BoreiA ~
shant witness my death agony. neGA
for doctor. can't YOU. before turn ~
a CHASTITY corpse. o. Lordv
II dashed all right. I was frighteoo1
nearly to death and after time, whsa
the doctor had come and looked Aftef NJ
and used stomach pump on the IN
darling. | went out ia the dtchen a.
hunted up that package that had ~
warranted harmless. What on earth =
you suppose had given him?'
Red pepper" said one.
Trough on rats" said the hostesA
Worse. worse" sighed the bride. RI
mixed the tobacco cure with some 0lhQr
sample packages that | had saved ~
had given the dear. precious daruno >
great dose of washing powder, ~
magic kind. No. he didn't die. Of couu1A
but | Just saved myself from Q divers
by a hairsbreadth. lie swore l uied %
poison him for week. ] never ~ >
word about his old cigars now. klen ~
heart" and she smiled eontenttdly ~
reached for another cup OF tea