The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-08
HOW JELLIFER
STOPPED SMOKING.
BY KENNETH HARRIS.

wsant that sort of q girl. She wonl'
have let him smoke himself black II
the face ANA her love would not hay
whimpered just then. at any rat
though the ouur OF the weed was ;
deadly offense 10 her delicate nostrils
No, there was never a word said abou
conditions, but she was truthful
young woman withal, and when sh'
was asked about 1t she admitted tina
it was disagreeabe 10 her. But If you
sit a little way off and ON the othel
side OF me where ii wont blow into
my face | shan't mind IL in the least,
she added.
1 But JelIifer was not the man to ac'
cept any sacrifice like that at the
! hands of the woman he loved, He was
! disappointed, certainly, for he was j
| slave TO the habit. and in his imagin-
| ings Of the domestic life 10 be his
| pipes had figured to a certain extent
| The home atmosphere of his dreams
was always little bit hazy 1t was
beautiful collection of pipes, that OF
Jellifer's, too, but he hardly hesitated
He called in his particular friends and
within week every stumpy clay. we'll
Drowned meerschaum, amber tipped
brier, long-stemmed Saxony porcelain
and blackened corncob was distribut-
ed The tobacco Jar he kept as a
relic.
Shut right up. A man knows what
that means, A woman doesn't and it's
quite likely that Jellifers girl didn't
That made it all the harder, too Stiil,
she seemed appreciatiye and the young
man felt repaid In course of time
they were married and if Jellifer
missed anything he most assurediy
didn't show It. If Mrs. Jellifer had
any fault to find with her husband she
certainly took nobody into her conf
dence, Talk about your turtle doves
1t was predicted that within a year
Jellifer would be furnishing den
where he could sit by himself and
n0ke to his hearts content Such
things have happened, Of course, and
he smoking has gradually extended
20 that eventually the lady would
have to fix up a little room of her own
where she could sit and not have 10
breathe lot OF stale tobacco smoke.
But nothing of the sort happened in
this instance. a nursery started, but
no den.
OF course Jellifer became bore and
a braggart He would tell all the old
crowd what idiots they were. running
their constitutions and muddling theiI
intellects by their persistence in the
unelean vice of smoking He would
glory in his own improved health 10
an extent that was absolutely sicken-
ing and boast of the ease with which
he burst the letters of habit.
There was no compulsion about it
Nobody ever asked me to stop. | sup
pose | was as bad, a case as you ever
heard Of I simply smoked all the
time. | stopped for 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
day. or anything Of that sort | told /
M wife-she wasn't M wife then-l |
told her I was going to quit | said /
I'm not going to smoke again She (
didn't believe | could stop, but from |
that day to this I've kept my word |
All IT takes is little viii power 1
There's only one way to quit and |
that's To quit" And so on.
And then you ought 10 have seen I.
Mrs. Jellfer's look Of pride and adj
Well, 1t came one summer
when both young Jelliler ana the lady
seemed to he a little run down and,
after some discussion. II was decided
they should 90 across the lake where
some friends Of theirs were staying,
md remain there through the no.
weather. OF course Jellifer couldn't
20. The best he could DO would be 70
run down Saturday afternoon and stay
tin Monday. He slept in the Hat ana
went ont for his meals. II was lone
some
The third night of his bereavement
he dragged Matson home with MIN
and they sat and chatted over Old
lines. Matson lit a cigar.
"That smells kind OF good" said Jel-
ifer. unthinkingly.
Matson passed over his cigar case.
NO, sir" said Jellifer. stoutly, =
should say not OF course Won car
waste your substance and get tobacc1j
ient If you like. but as for me"
lie was alone the next night. and aftef
over a book for some time he
,otupand began 20 wall, about the room
le notted his old tobacco jar on the
on of the bookcase and he took Off the
id and smelled IT, There wasn't much
NELL to H.
The next night he was in Michigan
mi the next
On Monday night he suddenly got up
rom his chair. put on his hat and wen.
mt When he returned he took from
lis pocket a package Of cut plug OF q
remembered brand and a pipe-a nice
lew cob. yellow and shining with va
fish. He put these on the table ana
hen sat down aud looked at them.
ut would be kind of good" he muir
mred. but 7 told Endora wouldn's.
won't. either
1t was nearly bedtime when he Openel
he package OF tobacco and filled the
,ipe For few moments be SAT suci.
ng at the stem. Then he got up