The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-13
VOL. XVII---NO. Is.

week-on that horrible dead flesh. Present
iy in came Emily and sat down to the table
Fall to, my friends, said the hearty anc
hospltable Frager, who saw that did but
J.. pay with my knife and fork, and put ne
! tn'hs INTO my mouth. This tillet of roe.
Duck Is done to a turn"
Des'rous 10 conceal the fact that the am.
putated hand had cut off NV apnet;t. 7
look out my handkerchief and held IL 10 NV
mouth. '" ~
What is the matter 2" asked IN. cour.
sellor. DieiIenbach looked inauirinpIv a
me
~ have a tooth that pains me, r.n,;ed
DO you suffer from decayed tooth ~
hastily inquired Emily.
! One lie begets another. "At times" 7
answered, "whrn eating, one Of my double
teeth is very ap, to ache"
We must have it Out" said DiefTenbach.
in tone Of decision that made me trembls
for the safety Of my thirty-two perfectly
sound grinders. And up she jumped, and
hurrying into the next room, returned in.
stantly with an instrument case.
Pray give yourself no trouble on nv nc.
count, Miss E'nily," said, 1.-The pal. Al
! ready diminishes'
We must have it out" repeated Emily.
firmly. a bad tooth is like bad con.
science, it may be stilled for moment, but
never rests. You are never sure of being An
! hour free from pain"
am really extremely obliged to vou.n
said !, dcprecatinsly, and observing with
horror that the desperate dentist drew from
her case hideous instrument, in form some
thing between boat hook and cork screw.
" Vt least allow me tO examine ysur
teeth
81 must really Decline" replied, setting
my jaws firmly together. "If once open
my mouth | thought to myself "this de-
mon is capable of breaking every bit of ivo-s
ry have IN IT," And | muttered q host of
excuses, which sufficiently showed IL aver
sion 10 operations on the teeth. Disffenbach
did not seem to listen TO me, but drew an
armchair to the window, and bade the SER
want bring in basin and water Then.
with an angelic smile, she invited me to sit
down in the chair.
Satan himself" thought I, "must have
brought me to this house. and straghtway
declared that could not consent to sub.
NIT to any operation, and that, as to tooth
drawing, II was clean against my princi.
pies"
81 will 10 nothing at all to your mouth"
replied Emily; but the teeth are one Of
my favoritc studies, and beg you will allow
NE to examine yours"
thought it rather an odd WISH but did
not like to refuse, lest she should think me .
coward. did make some objections
not give her the trouble, and SO forth; but
all shis was of no use. | at last had 10 sit
down in the chair by the window, and open
my mouth. Just as did so, the counsellor
left the room. Ny heart sank within me;
was now completely within the power Of this
hehd and her lorceps She took sort Of
probe, and scraped and poked about my
mouth in manner that was anything but
agreeable. | endured the pain, however,
and said nothing. Then she took some
other instrument, and scraped and scratched
again. The sufserirgs Of Job can hardly
have exceeded mine.
Have the goodness to wash out your
mouth, said the operator, handing me .
glass of water | did as was bid, and dis.
covered, to my horror, that my gums bled
prOfIsey.
Nothing more dangerous" said this in
iernal DIe.ienbach, than to have the gums
growing too low down upon the teeth. I
have separated them little"
Small thanks to you,' thought !, and
hoped, with sigh, that nv tortures were At
an end. Not BIT of il. Emily sgsia ruer-
mayed in her instrumcnt-cass.
81 will rot trouble you any more, said,
closing my mouth.
"Only one moment" said the determined
dentist, and in an instant thrust some hide
BUS piece of mechanism into my mouth asd
yrapplcd 4 tooth. Before | knew where I
was, blue lights danced before my eyes, and
felt as if my jaw WAS breaking. The next
moment a magnificent double TOOTH with
wo prodigious fangs, was waved in triumph
before my eyes.
IL must have come out very soon" quoth
feffenbach, with imperturbable camncss;
decay had begun and would shortly spread
0 the other teeth, and caused you great
"a n"
| was more dead than alive. Nv tongue
.onvuisiveIy sought the horrible gap left by
nv departed and irreplacsable grinder.
" You have two other double teeth that
will not last you long continued Emily;
: if you please, we will take them out at
'nce, and save future trouble. Ny hand 10
u. and should be Of opinion to have them
'ut." She tiourished her diabolical instru.
nent, but shouted with terror. and sprang
rom the chair as if scorpion had stung me-
"As you please" said Emily with charm
'S nHho, anu Ghe'S''"s eobct"st uet iHssTo'
nents, left the room with gracious gesture,
eaving me splitting blood, and musing over
his new and abom nable adventure. Never
vas any suitor SO infamousy treated. Near.
y shot through the head by one lady, and
lavlng his tooth wrenched out by another.
gazed sorrowiully at the recent occupant
II my mouth, had never caused me . mo-
ncnt = pain, when the counsellor, whose ear
ny shrl.s Of agony had reached, hastily en-.
cred the room and inquired what was the
natter.
Concluded next week