, 1903-01-19

picture; that she had a pair of brown
eyes,, a head of hair that excited the
envy of every other girl in her set;
that her complexion was good; her
teeth even and white, and her figure
1.-the and graceful. To say that ex-
presses nothing. All these things a
girl ma. have and yet not amount to a
row of pins, but if the combination
is right and the something that looks
out of the bright, brown eyes is the
one thing the young man has been
wanting, it is easy to understand the
facility with which a habit may be
formed.
Cocaine, opium, hemp, hashish,
whisky and tobacco-ali these are
nothing to it." unused the person of
experience after Eddie had gone his
way, to find out that the GOODNESS
OF his last reception had been purely
duce the delirium, the madness, the
intoxication, ~stupefaction, dwelling
idiocy, ecstatic delight, gloom and
despair that this girl habit does?
Eddie's right, too. he'll never get over
it If it isn't this one it will be an.
other. and SO the old thing goes. 1t
would be a good time, though, for
him to swear off,"
The reason that the person of ex-
perience said this was that it a
New Years Eve. So obvious vas the
idea that it occurred to Eddie also.
and he turned it over in his mind all
the time that he was putting on his
clean collar, and he thought of it over
and over, and in all its various aspects
as he walked to the house, and all
the time that her father was talking
politics and the war of the rebellion
to him he was still thinking what a
good time it would be to swear off.
After a little he had an opportunity
to talk to the girl himself. If q young
man conducts himself in a proper
manner, and there is nothing in par
ticular to be urged against him,
these opportunities are bound to oc.
cur sometime or another. At first
they did not talk very much, which
was principally because they had SO
much to say that they didn't like to
Idlh dDtIl, Dul IL was uOl udlu ~ SCI
tc New Years resolutions.
81 don't drink more than a strictly
temperate nan should" said Eddie,
land l don't smoke to excess. I'm
in doubt what to give up. Most peo-
pie have bad habits or vices, that
they may abandon, but I am in a
dickens Of a fix, owing to the state
of perfection l have arrived at"
"You have my sympathy" said the
single redeeming vice."
There is one habit I've got that
1 might give up" continued Eddie. re-
f1%ectively. ITS got a terrible hold Of
me, and I'm getting anxious about it,
but I've got to have help. Your father
suggested that | should taper off some
| time ago and offered to help me, but
you're the only one who can do it,"
Tell me what it is" said the girl"
Coming around here seven nights
in the week to see you,' said Eddie,
taking her hand.
She tried to withdraw it, and look
ed at him in some distress.
"Of course, if you don't a to
come" she began.
NO." said Eddie. Il don't want to
come-not oftener than l have to. l
want to stop at home and see you
seven nights in the week-except
when we have to go out. Will you
help me?"
"Hark! The bells are beginning to
ring now. Look at your watch.
will you help me?"
ooh, l don't know, Eddie, IL guess
So"
"Then." said Eddie, raising his
hand as the whistles from the factor.
ies and the blast of horns added their
clamor to the bells, II swear of right
now"