Threatened Men

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 December 1916, Page 2

Threatened Men

(By Walt Mason)

"Doc. Whiskers says "1 am not joking wliei, saying you must cut out smoking, or cross to t'other shore." T listen to the admonition of that renowned and learned physician, and then I smoke some more. The docs, are fond of threats and bluffing; they like to scare you while they're stuffing their pills into your craw; they like to raise a little riot about your exercise and diet, while brandishing the saw. Long years ago the doctors told me that graveyard vestments would enfold mo, unless I ceased to smoke; T heard their rede, then, late and early, I kept on smoking good old hurley, and. quite forgot to croak. At least a dozen famous surgeons, apothecaries, and cliirurgeons. have told me of my plight: "Unless you can your old rank briar, the nicotine will knock you higher that Gilroy's famous kite." And still my briar is a fixture; I still consume the Four Flush mixture, and buy it by the pound, the while the docs stand round and threaten, reproaching me that I'm forgettin' I'll soon l>o underground.