The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-26
HOW JELLIFER
STOPPED SMOKING.
BY KENNETH HARRIS

Jellifer was not in 50 many words
| given his choice between the wee
little whimpering love and the green
god Nick O'Teen.' because the girl
wsan't that sort of girl. She would
have let him smoke himself black In
the face and her love would not have
whimpered-not just then. ct 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 it she admitted that
It was disagreeable to her But II you
sit little way on and on the other
side of me where it won't blow INTO
my face l shan't mind II 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 certain extent.
The home atmosphere of his dreams
was always little bit hazy. 1t was
a 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 backened corncob was distribute
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 course of time
| they were married and IL Jelllfer
missed anything he most assuredly
didn't show It. II Mrs. Jellifer had
any fault to find with her husband she
certainly took nobody into her conf
| dence. Talk about your turtle doyesi
1t was predicted that within 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
|
where she could sit and not have to
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
n braggnrt He would tell all the old
crowd what idiots they were. running
their constitutions and muddling their
intellects 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 IT.
Nobody ever asked me to stop. / sup
pose | was as bad case as you ever
heard of. l simply smoked all the
time l 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 a
day, or anything of that SORT. ! told
my wife-she wasn't my wife then-I
told her | was going to quit. l said,
I'm not going to smoke again She
didn't believe l 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-
miretion. Well. it came one summer
when both young Jellifer and the lady
seemed to be little run down and,
after some discussion, It wan decided
they should go across the leke where
some friends of theirs were staying,
and remain there through the no.
weather. or course Jellifer couldn't
CO. 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 vas lone
| some.
The third night OF his bereavement
he dragged Matson home With MIN
and they sat and chatted ever old
times. Matson lit cigar.
THAT smells kind of good" said Jel-
lifer. unthinklngly.
Matson passed over his ciga' case.
mo, SIR said Jellifer. stoutly. "I
should say not. OF course -ou can
waste your substance and get tobacco
heart IL you like. but as for me-"
He was alone the next night end after
yawning over a book for som. time he
gotupand began to walk about fae room.
He noticed his old tobacco iar on the
top of the bookcase and he trek of tho
lid and smelled it. There wSsn't much
smell to 1t.
The next night he was in Rtchigan-
and the next.
On Monday night he suddor ly got up
from his chair. put on his hat and wen.
out. When he returned he took from
his pocket package Of GU. plug of a
remembered brand and a pire--a nice