Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1887 — The First Smoke. [ARTICLE]

The First Smoke.

Anxious Mother—How pale you are, my darling. Surely you are not well. V) hat have you been eating? Young Hopeful—Nothing, mother. I am all right. Practical Papa—Eating! Nonsense! Ask him what he has been smoking. You can’t fool me cn the look of a boy after he has been smoking. Anxious Mother—Have you been smoking, dear? Young Hopeful —No, mum. Practical father, thrusts his hand into jacket pocket of young hopeful, and brings forth a bundle of cigarettes, from which several have been abstracted. Young hopeful hangs his head, but looks up wlieD asked where the money came from to purchase the cigarettes, and answers the question thus: “I rented out my bicycle for half an hour for ten cents. ” Tableau Threatening look from papa, and young hopeful ordered to bed supperless.— Philadelphia Bulletin