TOBACCO LEAVES 



To puff the smoke sideward " You 

 have forgotten me for another." 



To puff the smoke through the ears 

 " I believe what thou tellest me." 



To puff the smoke through the eyes 

 " I will marry you." 



To swallow the smoke chokvngly "I 

 am hooked." 



" Is smoking offensive or defensive? " 

 inquired a brawny man, with a broad smile 

 and a bad cigar, as he settled himself in 

 the empty seat in the smoker, alongside of 

 a thin, dyspeptic individual who was look- 

 ing sadly out of the car window. 



" I should say it was both," was the 

 weary reply. " Judging from the stench 

 of that ' gutter - ' you have in your 

 mouth, you ought to be able to offend and 

 defend yourself against the whole world." 



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