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or $500, to accept his proposition So the
next morning / went to his office and told
MIN all o. X. About seven or eight days
iater we received word to call at his Of
nee, which we did. He at once gave us
papers TO sign, which I could see were
orders OF release and privilege to with
oraw bond. as / had $500 cash put l1p with
the city chamberlain. We Withdrew the
pond and [ paid the lawyer $500. received
Tue receipt and went home, never more
TO hear Of the case.
Wei, 1t seemed as If fate was deter
mined that should be a drug f1end, after
Two years OF being without a drug of any
KIND and not even having desire for
any On the other hand, I did not want
TO smoke, nor have anything to do with
the pipe, as / could see the consequence
OF lnduig1ng In the pleasure of smoking
the seductive juice Of the poppy, but at
the homes Of very nearly all of my ac-
qualntances would visit there would be
the tempting layout, with the little lamp
sending its mellow rays Into the CHASTITY
faces around it. It is a picture fnlpossi-
BILE to describe by words One of the
most noticeable characteristics Of all
smokers is to exclude all light, except the
small, CHASTITY light given from the lamp
on the layout; even in daylight you will
find the room darkened as much as pos
s1ble. as they had rather endure suffoeat-
ing heat than have light stream into the
room. But that is only one of the pecul-
farfties of smoker, and one you will
ind all smokers guilty of. But every one
VIII have his or her, as the case may be,
peculiar traits.
II IS very interesting and comical to
go TO an opium joint and watch the diff
ferent characters You will see all sides
or life, and scenes that will impress you
all your hfe- You will probably see a
young fellow over there begging some
habitue for Gods sake to give him a few
pills CHATS what they call the opiIm
when cooked ready to smoke), as he has
terrible yen-yen (Chinese for habit.
You look upon him with pity and say to
yourself, Thank God, am not in his
place, and never will be-" Don't be too
certain about that my friend You know
not what fate has in store for YOU. I
went all through the same thing had the
same feelings of pity, and made the same
remark that I would never allow myself
to get habit. For over three years I
was mixed up with smokers and drug
users all the time night and day, and
lived among them. Once in a while I
would take smoke for pleasure, but that
would end 1t for week or ten days, so I
was called a pleasure smoker. as all such
periodical smokers are called.
There Is not the least doubt of one
thing, and that is, would have acquired
the habit a great deal sooner than did
II 1t had not been for my mistress fight
Ing with me all the time about it, The
first time / smoked she was on a visit to
her people up in Maine. shall never
forget my first experience Of smoking
around an opium layout.
One day a friend insisted I should call
to see him that evening as he wanted to
introduce me- to a very nice young fellow
and also show me a curiosity. When the
appointed hour arrived the rain was fall
ing in torrents, with the wind blowing a
hurricane, such night as only New York
can produce in November. 1t was a typi-
cal night to be initiated to what was to
follow. / hated to start out In the
weather, but as I only had to go around
the corner. / went, and met my friend
standing in the doorway waiting for me-
We went up to his room and found an
other Of our friends waiting for him and
me to return. While we We're talking an
OTHER party came, whom he wanted US to
meet. After being introduced and shaking
hands, Frank (the new friend invited all
Of us to his room on the floor above.
] shall now give the reader the names
Of all In the party. My friend who invited
me over was named Horace Swami of
Louisville. shall tell short story pre-
emily about Horace. He was a hummer.
The other party's name was Fred Hare.
Now we have all entered Franks room
He leads the way and turns up the gas.
Oh course, nay eyes take in everything
very quickly, but see nothing different
than any other furnished room, only
everything seemed kent very orderly and