Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-05-19
HOW JEIILIFER
STOPPED SMOKING.
BY KENNETH HARRIS.

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wsan't that sort of a girl. She would
have let him smoke himself black in
the face and her love would not have
whimpered-not just then, at any rate
though the odor Of the weed was a
deadly offense to her delicate nostrils.
No, there was never a word said about
conditions, but she was a truthful
young woman withal, and when she
was asked about 1t she admitted that
1t was disagreeable to her. But if you
sit a little way off and on the other
side of me where it won't blow INTO
my face | shan't mind it in the least
she added.
But Jellifer 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 a
slave to the habit, and In his imagin-
ings Of the domestic life to be his
pipes had figured to a certain extent.
The home atmosphere OF hts dreams
was always a little bit hazy. 1t was
a beautiful collection of pipes. that of
Jellifer's, too, but he hardly hesitated
lie called in his particular friends and
within a week every stumpy clay, we'll
Drowned meersohaum, 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 Jellifer's girl didn't.
That made 1t all the harder, too. Still.
she seemed appreciative and the young
man felt repaid. In curse of time
they were married and If Jellifer
missed anything he most assuredly
didn't show 1t. II 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 a 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
where she could sit and not have to
breathe a lot of stale tobacco smoke.
But nothing of the sort happened in
this instance. A nursery started, but
nc den.
OF curse Jellifer became a bore and
a braggart. He would tell all the old
crowd what idiots they were, running
fhaIr aAnetiVtfsnne md rot,lJl;n thatr
'ntellects 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
he burst the letters of habit.
There was no compulsion about il.
Nobody ever asked me to stop. l sup
pose | was as bad a case as you ever
heard of. l simply smoked all the
time. | stopped for meals and that
was about all. But I decided I'd quit.
| didn't fool with a limit of one cigar
or pipe after each meal, or once a
day, or anything of that sort. l told
my wife-she wasn't my wife them
told her | 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 1t takes is a little will 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, it came one summer
when both young Jellifer and the lady |
seemed to be a little run down and,
after some discussion, it was decided
they should go across the lake where
some friends of theirs were staying,
and remain there through the hot
weather. OF course Jellifer couldn't
20. The best he could do would be to
run down Saturday afternoon and stay
till Monday. He 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 hey sat and chatted over old
times. Matson lit a cigar.
''That smells kind of good" said Jel-
lifer. unthinkingly.
Matson passed over his cigar case.
NO, sir" said Jellifer, stoutly, ri
should say not. OF course YOU can
waste you substance and get tobacco
heart if you like, but as for me"
He was alone the next night, and after
yawning over a book for some time he
eotupand began to walk about the room.
He noticed his old tobacco jar on the
top of the bookcase and he took off the
lid and smelled 1t. There wasn't much
smell to 1t.
The next night he vas in Michigan
and the next.
On Monday night he suddenly got UP
from his chair. put on his hat and went
out. When he returned he took from
his pocket a package Of cut plug of q
remembered brand and a pipe-a nice
new cob, yellow and shining with var
nish. He put these on the table and
then sat down and looked at them.
at would be kind OF good. he muir