The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-19

but after I laid down and became per-
fectiy still I began feeling the pleasant
enects OF the drug and oh! what relief
and such exquisite pleasure / was trans
ferred to perfect bIissfu1 state It is
hard to find words to describe nv pleas
ureable sensations. as I seemed to leave
this old world of trouble and misery and
was transplanted into a garden of Eden,
where trouble is unknown and a penniIess
man changed to millionaire / simply
lay perfectly at ease, both physically and
mentally. All my troubles had flown and
left me at peace with the world I shall
never forget the exquisite pleasure re-
ee1ved from my first smoke after I recoy-
cred from my sickness. Horace and Fred
ieft and Frank insisted I should spend
the night with him, so undressed and Law
on the opposite side of the layout while
Frank smoked and talked to me- while I
lay with eyes closed. feeling like lord.
and the first thing I knew dropped off in
peaceful slumber. which lasted till
morning. When T awoke the after effects
began and felt sick at the stomach with
the Dig head similar to the way one feels
'after drinking too much the night before.
All the forenoon / sat around the store
IN drowSy state. my mouth was dry
with a very disagreeable taste but toward
noon 1 began to feel normal again, and
concluded never to indulge again. as the
unpleasant after effects outweighed fine
nleasant sensations. Just as soon as I
mad my dinner I found myself wandering
over toward Franks room, as he and T
had become fast friends during the night
When / arrived IN front of his house I
met Horace standing at the front door
He grabbed me by the arm and insisted
on going to his room a few minutes as
he had something to tell me. When we
We're safely In his room and the door
locked he Whisnered and told me his board
was due and the Iandlady had been after
him. He didn't have the money, and in
tended moving during the night and
wanted me to help him get his trunk out.
/ promised that would when everything
hecame still. In the meantime I went TO
Franks room and found him smoking,
which / was aware OF before entering the
room. as / could smell the sweet. pungent
odor from the smoking and cooking of the
hon (opium).
When I entered I found him all alone
smoking and reading paper. er1ioying
himself immensely. He was awfIIfv glad
1 came over, as he began thinking
wouldn't come. All smokers like company.
or course nulled off nv shoes. coat and
vest and laid down. Frank cooked a Mill
and handed 1t to me, which smoked with
great pleasure
After smoking four or five / began to
soar among the clouds again, as I have
already described. 7 got such a fine load
aboard that when Horace got ready to
move / couldn't walk, as the first smok-
ing VIII cause one to become dizzy and
stagger on irving to walk He had TO
get someone else. Frank and I then re-
tired when all of sudden there was A.
i1ght Knock at the door. When Frank
-onened 1t, in walked his mistress She
sized me up, but said nothing OF course.
1 insisted on leaving, but they wouldn't
hxa 20 ~
large enough for three We Law and
smoked awhile. then all hands fell asleep
till morning. very Intimate friendship
sDrang up between US. T had sent nv
lady home to her people about four weeks
before this meeting with Frank and T7Ios-
sic. as / shall call his lady when referring
to her IN the future. Every night would
find me- Immediately after dinner. with
Frank and F'lossie. indulging in the pleas
ure of smoking the seductive drug. We
would lay and plan all kinds of things we
intepded doing. The first thing to be done
was to send for my lady, whose name was
Sadie. as I felt sure she would get stuck
on the pipe and all four of us get nice
little fiat together. Frank and could
pal together and Sadie and Flossie do like
wise. We had grand ideas in view, If they
were carried ont The next day I sat
down and sent Sadie money to come back
to me Immediately. In the meantime
Frank and had gotten nice, coy little
four-room fiat. two bedrooms, parlor and
kitchen and dining-room combined No
one in New York had any neater Oh. nicely
furnished fiat than we had and what
grand plans we Matched. We moved in
right away and for four nights we had q
fine time. / got telegram from Sadie to
meet her at the depot, as she would leave
Boston at ] O'Clock p. m. and arrive in
New York at p. m. We got everything
IL 4I11
had bought silk hats and new clothes
that day. and when we arrived at the
depot to meet her we were a couple Of
milhonaires. We didn't have long to wait.
as the train pulled In on time. We walked
down the platform and watched the pas
sengers pass, when all Of a sudden l saw
my sweetheart. I was delighted and ran
over to where she was grabbed hold of
her, and gave her a kiss before she knew
it. When she recovered from the shock
she started to get angry, as she didn't
recognize me, dressed as was.
Well, I introduced her to Frank and we
went to the fiat with her valise and gave
her chance to meet F1ossie. Both girls
dressed and the four of us went out TO a
restaurant to have a table d,hote dinner
After dinner we went home, with the ex-
pectationp Of q fine smoke. When we ar
rived there the girls changed their street
dresses for loose fitting tea gowns, and
Frank and also prepared to be comfort
able. When all was ready the layout was
produced and lit. Then we all lay around,
as I have already described Sadie had
been taking in every move made, but had
said nothing.
Frank cooked and smoked the first pill
and Flossie the naxt- When 1t came to
Sadie she refused to try it, SO Frank
passed it to me and I placed the stem to
my lips. when all Of a sudden Sadie
reached up and, jerked 1t away, saying at
the same time / should never smoke
around her. Well, that was nice how
do-you-do. We had all been planning
what swell time we were going to have