Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-06

"Strellick doesn't dare say his
souls his own" said the married man.
That's a fact, too. I understand that
his wife made him join the church"
"a good thing for him." commented
the mans wife.
81 don't deny it," said the married
man, "but it's pretty tough not to be
able to draw a long breath without
asking your wife's permission"
care you talking about his inhaling
cigarette smoker" asked the mans
wife. IF you are, I think it was just
as well that she stopped it. You know
that you've been feeling a great deal
better since you stopped smoking"
"Pooh!" said the married man. Il
don't notice a particle Of difference.
I wasn't feeling badly, anyway"
you're looking a great deal better"
"Nonsense!" said the married man.
81 don't really think that an occasion
al cigar or pipe hurts man. It's only
when it's carried to excess that it's
injurious. I'm thinking seriously OF
beginning again"
"Of course, as you say, you know
best how YOU feel" said his wife.
"You know that | wouldn't wish to
deprive you of any comfort or dictate
to you in any way
81 should hope you wouldn't" said
the married man. You'd be badly
fooled if you did. Pm not Strellick."
I'm very glad you're not, dear"
said his wife Il should be sorry to
have my husband afraid to say his
soul was his own It's your soul, my
dear. and it's your own brain and
body that you are hurting-and your
own heart. You used to tell me that
it was my heart, but that was when
you were in love with me-"
who's been telling you that I'm not
in love with you now" asked the man.
His wife smiled sadly. We'll, il
you are bound to kill yourself | have
MT any right to say anything she
sighed. But you have a better color
and your eyes are brighter and your
face fuller than they used to be when
you were smoking SO much
What are you talking about?" ex-
claimed the married man. Il never
smoked so much. l was always a
moderate smoker. 1t wasn't because |
was feeling any effect from it that
I stopped. l just did it to please you.
Because | wanted to please you | said
T would try it for a little while. II
yau had been like Mrs. Strelllck and
thrown my cigars into the furnace you
wouldn't have got me to stop, | prom
Use YOU that Honest, how man
can let a woman boss him the way
Strellick does is beyond me-"
81 think she ought to be ashamed
of herself" said the mans wife. i
call it unwomanly. Still, If [ had
husband like Mr.. Strellick there's no
telling I'm pretty well satisfied with
my own, though"
THAT'S good" said the man in
eratifed tone. Il was only thinking
of a cigar, say, after dinner Or"
You know you wouldn't be salts
fed to confine yourself to that" said
the mans wife.
do you mean to say I haven't got
any selfcontrol?"
You know I don't. | know you bet
ter than that. If you could keep from
smoking at all as long as you have |
know you've self-control to smoke
one day, or to keep on without ever
smoking. | was telling Mrs. Richie
the other day that there wasn't any
danger of your relapsing; you had
too much strength of mind She was
saw that it wouldn't last. She MOTTO
ed, too, how much better you were
looking. She said she believed you
grew handsomer all the time. | felt
a little bit jealous. 1t was so nice,
though, not to have you all smelly of
tobacco and to know that you did it
to please me, and that your appetite
was so much better, and your nerves.
Still. I'm not going to be selfish. If
YOU don't want to please me any
longer and would sooner spend your
evenings in the basement"
"Oh, I'm not particular about smok-
ing said the married man. 1T would
probably make me sick II I began
again, anyhow"