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"I do," replied the stranger, with a confident smile. I DO REPLIED THE STRANGER WITH A CONFIDENT SMILE
s settled back to hear his account of himself. “From my earliest youth, when I used surreptitiously to remove the unsmoked ends of my father’s cigars and break them up, and, in hiding, smoke them in an old clay pipe which I had presented to me by an ancient sea-captain of my acquaintance, I have been interested in tobacco in all forms, even including these self-same despised unsmoked ends; for they convey to my mind messages, sentiments, farces, comedies, and tragedies which to your minds would never become manifest through their agency.” The company drew closer together and formed themselves in a more compact mass about the speaker. It was evident that they were beginning to feel an unusual interest in this extraordinary person, who had come among them unheralded and unknown. Even Shylock stopped calculating percentages for an instant to listen. “Do you mean to tell us,” demanded Shakespeare, “that the unsmoked stub of a cigar will suggest the story of him who smoked it to your mind?” GER AS THE ASSOCIATED SHADE SETTLED BACK TO HEAR HIS ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF FROM MY EARLIEST YOUTH WHEN I USED SURREPTITIOUSLY TO REMOVE THE UNSMOKED ENDS OF MY FATHER'S CIGARS AND BREAK THEM UP AND IN HIDING SMOKE THEM IN AN OLD CLAY PIPE WHICH I HAD PRESENTED TO ME BY AN ANCIENT SEA CAPTAIN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN TOBACCO IN ALL FORMS EVEN INCLUDING THESE SELF SAME DESPISED UNSMOKED ENDS FOR THEY CONVEY TO MY MIND MESSAGES SENTIMENTS FARCES COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES WHICH TO YOUR MINDS WOULD NEVER BECOME MANIFEST THROUGH THEIR AGENCY THE COMPANY DREW CLOSER TOGETHER AND FORMED THEMSELVES IN A MORE COMPACT MASS ABOUT THE SPEAKER IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THEY WERE BEGINNING TO FEEL AN UNUSUAL INTEREST IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY PERSON WHO HAD COME AMONG THEM UNHERALDED AND UNKNOWN EVEN SHYLOCK STOPPED CALCULATING PERCENTAGES FOR AN INSTANT TO LISTEN DO YOU MEAN TO TELL US DEMANDED SHAKESPEARE THAT THE UNSMOKED STUB OF A CIGAR WILL SUGGEST THE STORY OF HIM WHO SMOKED IT TO YOUR MIND
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