THE SMOKER'S REVENGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2736, 25 January 1890, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE SMOKER'S REVENGE.

Scexe : A railway compartment— "Madam, do you object to smoking?" No reply. The question is repeated with a similar result. Thinking the lady deaf, the male pabsengcr made a pretence of lighting his cigar. "Do it, if you dare '">. exclaimed Madam Potin, with an unearthly gleam in her eys. " Just to see what'll happen, here goes !: ! he said, stung by the lady's tone. And he applied the match. Til's lady bounced from the seat, and, snatching the cigar from his lips, threw it out of the window. " There is a compartment for smokers !" she hissed. The gentleman, quite taken aback, thought it best to be quiet, while secretly bemoaning his lost Havannah. Five minutes silence. Madam Potin flushed with her trumph. Suddenly the lady's muff appeared to become instinct with life, and presently a little poodle put out its head to take a breath of air. The gentleman rose, smiling affably, seized the little dog by the tail and tenderly dropped it out of the carriage window, saying, in dulcet tones, " Madam, there is a compartment for dogs"! At these words, Madam Potiu flew at the " wretch "' and tattooed his tt'ith her nails. At tlio Police-court Madam Potin was sentenced to a fine of Llifeancs, and 50 franos damages. "I'll go attd buy 50 francs' worth of cigars "! exclaimed the jubilant plaintiff.—Le Plaisir A Paris.