"Smoke Away, Then."
The 6mart boy is sometimes intolerable, and deserves the reljjiff he occasionally gets. An old well-intentic«d lady and a smart youth were the only occupants of a railway compartment. After the train moved out of the station, the youth took out a cigarette and, lighting it, puffed away, much to the old lady's disgust. By-and-bye she said : "Don't you know, my boy, that it is wrong to smoke!" "Oil," replied ths youth, as he emitted a volume of smoke from his mouth and nearly choked the old lady, "I smoke for my health." "Health!" exclaimed the other, afteT the effect of the smcke- had been overcome ; "you never surely heard of anything being cured by smoking?" "Yes, I have," declared the youth, in a tone intended to set off his suparior knowledge ; "that's the way they cure pigs !" "Smoke away, then," promptly retorted the lady, as she Gettled herself in p corner ; "there is probably some hope for you yet !"
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Otago Witness, Issue 2561, 6 May 1903, Page 71
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