The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-08
HOW JELLIFER
STOPPED SMOKING.


iiftIs whinpering love and the green
sod MEX O'Teen," because the glri
wsan't that sort Of a girl She would
have let him smoke himself black ~
ths face and her love would not have
xhimpered-Dot just then. al any rate
though the odor OF the weed was a
deadly onense 10 her delicate nosITiis.
No. there vas never word said about
ct-ditions, Snt she was a trutnIul
young woman withal, and when sne
was asked about il she admitted tnat
il Was disagreeable to her But II you
sir 4 little way on and on the otner
side Of ne where II won't blow INTO
NJ face shan't mind it in the least
she added
But JeIIifer was not the man to ac-
ceut any sacrifice like that at tne
hands of the woman he loved de was
disappointed. certainly, for he was
slave 10 the habit. and in his imagln-
iugs OF the domestic life TO be MS
uiues had figured TO a certain extent
The home atmosphere OF his dreams
was always . little bit hazy. II was
4 beautiful collection OF pipes, that OF
Jellifer's. too. but he hardly hesttated
He called In his particular friends ana
within a week every stumpy clay, we'll
Drowned meerschanm. amber-tipped
brier. long-stemmed Saxony porcelain
and blaekened corncob was distribute
ed. The tobacco jar he kept as
relic
SHUT right up. A man knows what
that means. A woman doesn't and it's
quite likely that JelIifer's girl didn't
That made it all the harder. too Stil,
she seemed appreciatiye and the young
man felt repaid In course OF time
they were married and il Jellifer
missed anything ne most assuredly
didn't show it II Mrs. Jellifer had
any fault to 6nd with her husband she
certainly took nobody into her conf
dence- Talk about your turtle doyes'
1t was predicted that within year
JelIifer would be furnishing den
where he could sit by himself and
smoke to his hearts content Such
things have happened. Of course. and
the smoking has gradually extended
So that eventually the lady would
have TO fix up a little room Of her own
= vnere she could sit and not have 10
breathe a lot of stale tobacco smoke
But nothing Of the sort happened ID
this instance. A nursery started but
} No den
of course Jellifer became boro and
a braggart. He would tell all the old
crowd what idiots they were. running
J their constitutions and muddling theif
iateilects by their persistence in the
unclean vice Of smoking He would
glory in his own improved health to
an extent that was absolutely sicken-
ing and boast Of the ease with which
be burst the fetters Of habit
There was no compuision about it
Nobody ever asked me to stop sup
pose l was as bad a case as you ever
heard of. / simply smoked all the
time. l stopped flr meals and that
was about all. But | decided I'd quit
| didn't fool with limit OF one cigar
or pipe after each meal. or once q
day. OF anything OF that sort told
nv wife-she wasn't my wife then
, told her / was going to quit. said
I'm not going to smoke again She
didn't believe could stop. but from
that DAY 10 this I've kept my word
All it takes is a little viii power
There's only one way TO quit and
that's to quit" And so on
And then you ought TO have seen
Mrs. Jellifer's look OF pride and ad-
miration. Well, 1t came one summer
when both young Jeliifer and the lady
seemed to be little run down and
: after some discussion, it was decided
, they should so across the lake where
some friends OF theirs We're staying
and remain there through the ho'
, weather. OF course Jellifer couldn'
90 The best he could do would be K
. run down Saturday afternoon and stal
till Monday. lie slept in the fiat and
went out for his meals. 1t was lone
; some
The third night OF his bereavement
he dragged Matson home with min
: and they sat and chatted over olS
times. Matson lit cigar.
/ THAT smells kind Of good" said Jel
: lifer, unthinkingly.
J Matson passed over his cigar case.
, mo. sir" said Jellifer. stoutly, 4
: should say not OF course you car
, waste your substance and get tobacc'
, heart II you like. but as for me-"
I He was alone the next night, and aftel
: yawnjng over a book for some time h'
: gotup and began TO walk about the room
| He noticed his old tobacco jar on th'
! TOP of the bookcase and he took on tn
! lid and smelled II. There wasn't mucl
smell 10 it.
: The next night he was in Michigan
and the next
\ On Monday night he suddenly got al
! from his chair. put on his hat and wen
: out. When he returned he took from
I his pocket package Of cut plug Of /
/ remembered brand and pipe-a MIC
! new cob, yellow and shining with var
I nish. He put these on the table AM