Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-06-06

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Few minutes ago l strolled by the door
and l saw him playing cards with a
stranger, and smoking and drinking,
100, all at once"
Boys will be boys" said Mira VIII
.ington.
But for Or. Temple Of all people"
Why shouldn't a doctor? It's a
shame the way men have everything
Think Of It, a special smoking room.
And women have no place to take a
puff except on the sly"
Mrs. Temple stared at her in awe;
The woman in this book smokesi-
perfumed things!"
"All women smoke nowadays" said
Mrs. Wellington, carelessly. Don't
gou?"
The politest thing Mrs. Temple
could think Of In answer was: Not
ret"
Really" said Mrs. Wellington,
Don't you Ike tobacco?
q never tried IT,"
It's time you did. l smoke cigars
myself"
Mrs. Temple almost collapsed at
his double shock: "Ci-cigars p"
Yes; cigarettes are too strong for
ne; will you try one Of my pets?"
Mrs. Temple vas about to express
Ter repugnance at the thought, but
Mrs. Wellington thrust before her a
portfolio in which nestled such dainty
shapes of such q warm and winsome
brown, that Mrs. Temple paused to
stare, and, like Mother Eve, found the
'ruit Of knowledge too interesting
onCe seen TO reject with scorn. She
lung over the cigar case in hesitant
excitement one moment too long. Then
she said in a trembling voice; II
should like to try once-just to see
what it's like. But there's no place"
Mrs. Wellington felt that she had
already made a proselyte TO her own
beloved vice, and she rushed her VIC
i'm to the precipice: There's the OBJ,
seryation platform, my dear. Come
IN out"
Mrs Temple was ~shiyering with dis,
nay at the dreadful deed, What
would they say in Y|psilanti?"
What do you care? BE a sport.
Your husband smokes. If it's right
or him, why not for your
Mrs Temple set her teeth and
crossed the Rubicon with a ~resolute
4 will"
Mrs. Wellington led the timid
aeOphyte along the wayering floor of
he car and flung back the door OF the
observation car. She found Ira Lath-
rop holding Anne Gattle's hand and
evidently explaining something OF
great Importance, for their heads
we're very close together. They rose
and with abashed faces and confused
numbIings of half swallowed explana.
ions, left the platform to Mrs. Wei
,Ington and her new pupil,
Shortly afterward Little Jimmie
Wellington grew FESTIVE and set out
or a brief constitutional and a breath
Of air. He carried a sipbon 10 which
he had become greatly attached, and
made heavy going for the observation
room, but reached the door in fairly
good order. He swung it open and
brought in with it the pale and waver
ing ghost Of Mrs. Temple, who haC
been leaning against it for much-need
ed support. Wellington was stupefet
to observe smoke pouring round Mrs
Temples form, and he resolved t.
perform a great life-saying feat. H.
decided that the poor little woman
vas on fire and he poised the siphol
like a fire eytinguisher, with the noblj
Intention Of putting her out.
He pressed the handle. and a strean
Of yichy shot from the nozzle.
Fortunately, his aim was so yer,
wobbly that none Of the extinguishe
touched Mrs. Temple.
Wellington was about to play h,
siphon at her again when he saw he
take from her lips a toy cigar an.
emit a stream Of cough-shaken smoke
The poor little eXpeTimentalist wa
too wretched to notice even so larg
a menace az Wellington. She tire,
the cigar away and gasped;
, 81 think I've had enough"
From tie platform came a EoiC
very wen known to Little Jimmie.
/, said; You'll like the second one be
ter"
/, Mrs. Temple shuddered at II
!, thought, but Wellington drew himse
4. up majestically and called out;
. Like second one better, eh?
/. suppozhe it's the same way wit
husbandsh."
Then he stalked back to the smo
ing room, feeling that he had annih
lated his wife, but knowing from e
d. perience that she always had a com
p back. He knew it would be good, b.
he was afraid to hear it. He role
d. into the smoking room, and sprawlir
across Doctor Temples shoulder
q. dragged him from the midst Of
/ highly improper story with alarmiI
news,
DOC, your wife looks kind O seed
| Better go TO her at once"
DR.. Temple leaped to his feet ar
| ran to his Wife's aid. He found her
!. dismal, ashen sight
sally! What on earth ais your"
Been smok-oking," she hiccoughe
The world seemed to be crashiI
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