Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

"Oh, since was a whelp of cabin boy-that goes
replied just offhandedy as that. "A sailorman and
his bowl-you know about that"
But of course you've always been extremely moder-
ate" l ventured, quite believing it too, naturally
"0h have II" he roared, throwing back his head in
the enjoyment OF "reminiscences that doubt surged
through his mind. Have II"
/ concluded that he hadn't.
"And the tobacco3" 1 asked.
"Well, the old boy replied, If live three wears and
three months more,and of will!-Ill be cele-
brating my tobacco anniversary, pat hundred years
of tobacco"
How Sir Walter Raleigh and Mr.. Qup would have loved
the old boy! thought And what staggering blow
that was at the dcta of the antncotne doctors and
"Have-er-have you ever found that the tobacco
hurt your" inquired with fine idiocy but true to the
terms of the cross examination to which must SUBJ
"Well, what d'you think about that messmate?" he
asked me, with a wide grin of unauthorized mrthfu
continuing to blow great clouds of smoke at the
latticework thought had asked foolish question:
and said So
Even Tackled gingerbread
WHILE we talked, the same pretty young matron who
w had brought the decanter brought out plate
heaped high with slabs of smoking hot gingerbread just
out of the When the blthe old boy pick
the pieces and grab out two of the largest hunks for HIM
self said in what remember have been scared
you are not going to eat that gingerbread rcdhot
from the oven?"
ooh, amt II" said he and he crushed about half of
of the great smoking slabs his clean shaver old
mouth and it. Then he took several drafts of
his tobacco pipe to keep the pipe going-then he ate
gingerbread! He continued to smoke and to
eat gingerbread until his two slabs consumed.
So did refrain after that bonny amazing spectacle
from asking him any questions whatever to his diet
airy methods He ate everything and all of it there was
his greatgranddaughter told at dinner; and could
see much for myself 1t of the sodest, most
substantial dinners sat down to. There were
grandsons at the board but the old gentleman himself
easily surpassed them all in the cathocity and depth of
his appetite.
noticed that the splendid old boy bit dozy
after his heavy dinner and this led me to inquire
to his sleeping habits
"Oh, four or five hours night, he told me, all of his
posterity ranged around confirming it. "Never did
sleep more than that. Waste of time. I 60 to bed
about midnight now if I'm sleepy enough if not stay
up and read and let the young uns 60 to bed. Then
learned from the pretty young at-granddaughter
that it was his custom to get about five of mornings
Dress and 60 the kitchen for investigation of the
contents of the 1arder. If there happened to be cold
beef or lamb veal (vealD suchke he would partake
cups of cold coffee; this little snack staying him and
enabling him to rest content till the regular breakfast
hour for all hands, o'clock; at which time he sat
down and did his share of breakfast duty with the best
of EN-.
He had mentioned reading late at night found that
he read everything that to his hand newspapers
by the bale, magazines stories Chose of Captain
Marryat preferred), yea and love stories that folk
eighty ninety years younger than he called foolish
and enjoyed everything he read most heartily He also
read the Bble had been doing that all his life,
and is the habit with old fashioned sea shippers.
Oh, and then the matter of exercised What his at
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