Show stops Sm oldrig I brooklyn my dear said mr dyke rumpling his hair around over i his is head lierd and gazing at himself in tho the glasa glam my dear do you yo know I think thin k I smoke too much it doe ent agree agre e with me at all jast just what I ic have always thought thou cht chimed mrs dyke aud and besides it makes the room smell so you know this room g im about the room retorted mr with a snort im not that it affects the health of tile room im talking about rny my health this trip and I think ill break off short you dont catch mo nid smoking any more and mr dawned and stretched himself and plumped down in his hii easy chair and glared out of the tile window at the rain how lo 10 w are freyou you goi going ng to break off inquired ired mrs endyke drawing up her sewing cair chair and gazing U up into her lier husbands U ly I suppose the best way ia i not to t think of it at all ull the beat best way is for you to sit there and cackle about it growled mr it anything will distract my attention from it that will cant ye think of something else to talk about dont yc y e know some subjects that dont smell like a tobacco plantation certainly cooed coded mrs dyke rather nonplussed nonplus sed wo we might bt talk about tho the rain I suppose e this is really tho the equinox how ions lonz will it last dear gast the equinox sputtered mr dont tou you know that when a man quits u ta smoking it depresses deF depresses him flaat what ake dyo want to t talk a L about depressing t things ings for alois the timo t i me to makere cheerful if you dont know any cheerful things keep quiet ae i t of course con assented mrs endyke you want subjects that will draw your mind away iway from the habit babit of smoking like you used to io do wont it be nico nice when the long winter evenings evenings come and t the b e fire is lighted ii and biou you have your slippers slipper and paper caper just the time I want a cigar reared roared mr e bounding around in his chair and scowling at his wife aint ye got sense enough ati your tongue for it minute the way youre keeping it up drive me back to ray mv habit babit in le less than an hour ho be continued solemnly and then my blood will bo be on your head oil oh dear dearl sighed mrs kyke I maom to did Y you on notice about the comet they say it is going to drop into the sun and burn up 01 there ye go again yelled mr BI r S poo you c cant ant open oven your r mouth without wi phout suggesting something that breaks me down what dye want to talk about fire for who W ho wants fire when hes stopped sto ais smoking two wo minutes more a and ill have a pipe in n my mouth and mr groaned gr caned dismally in contemplation of the prospect pee t im glad youre going to stay at 11 home ome today to day continued mrs soothingly be sure sore to catch cold if you went out and by and by well have a pi ping hot diviner it squealed mr endyke bounding out of hia his chair and plunging around the room YOU M got to say something about a pipe I knew how bow it would tie be you want me to die diel you want mo me to smoke an early grave fencl fetchet fet chit dont give yourself any unea uneasiness youre on the track andar and mr burled buried his face in hia his hands and shook convulsively I meant it fur for the best my dear mur murmured inured mrs dyke I thought I was drawing I it replied mr open dyke drawing Dra youve driven mo me to it instead of keeli keeping roe me from it you know how bow its ies nao done nel A all I you need now is a lightning rod and a dish of milk toast to be an inebriates home wheres that cigar I left here on the mantle gunine my death warrant show me my only imported doom drag forth my miniature nunia ture coffin cof fial and mr swept the contents of the shelf upon the floor door and howled dismally that it asked mrs MrsS poop endyke pointing to a small pilo of snuff on the chair in which mr had been Eitt sitting ilig That looks like it P wah yelled mr endyke mal grasping his hat and maling making ing for thedoor tho door another time I swear off you go into the country you hear and mr dashed out of the house for the nearest tobacco shop I dont care muttered mrs when he hu swears off ot again im willing to leave and in tho meantime I suppose suppose c hell be healthier without his pipe so ill hang it up on the wall where hell never think of looking for it and b having b cono consigned ned the tobacco to the flam names mrs irs poo gathered her heir sewing solving materials around her and double clinched an old resold tion never ever n to loso lose her temper no matter m lonte r what happened i |