Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-03-13

Small thanks to you, thought /, and hoped
with sigh, that my fortunes were at an end.
Not bid OF 1t. Emily again rummaged in her
instrument case
VIII not trouble you any more l said, clos
ing my mouth
Only one moment said the determined den
tlst, and III an instant thrust some hIdeous piece
OF mechanism into my mouth, and gruppled a
tooth. Before | knew where | was blue lights
danced before my eyes, and / felt as if my jaw
was breaking. The next moment magnificent
double teoin' with two prodigious fangs, was
waved in triumph before my ewes.
1t must have come out very soon, ouetb
Dlef1enbach with imperturbabe calmness; de-
cay had begun, and would shortly have spread
TO the other teeth, and caused you great pain
You have two other double teeth that will
not last you long continued Emily If you
please, we will take them cut at once, to save
future trouble. My hand is in, and | shonld
be of opinion to have them OUT She fourished
her diabolicai implement, but l shouted with
terror, and sprang from the chair as if a scor-
pion had stung me.
AS you please, said Emily, with charming
smile, and gathering together her instruments
left the room with gracious gesture, leaving
me splitting blood, and musing over this new
and abominable adventure. Was ever any
suitor so UNANIMOUSLY treated. Nearly shot
through the head by one lady, and having his
tooth wrenched out by another. / gazed sor-
rowfully at the recent occupant of my mouth
which had never caused me moments pain
when the counsellor, whose ear my shrek OF
agony had reached, hastily entered the room
and inquired what was the matter.
Your daughter" replied l. in no very friend
y tone, has been pleased to extract in spite OF
MY resistance, perfectly sound tooth from my
mouth an exploit for which am far from oblig-
ed to her.
Perfectly sound said Frager, shaking his
head; there | must beg to differ from you.
Emily understands teeth, and is incapable of
such mistake.-GOu should rejoice, instead
of Iamenting. At the price of a momen-
tary pang, you have been saved from such suf-
ierlng. The operation has been highly success
full, thanks TO my daughters skill. Ifyou com
plain now, what would you have done had your
jaw been broken, as sometimes happens in tooth
drawing? But you must need repose. short
siesta Will do you no harm, If you will accom-
pany me, / will show you your ROOM
gladly accepted the offer, well pleased to
have at last refuge from Nimrod's gun and
Dietienbach's instruments My host led the
way to d comfortable and well-furnished apart
ment, wished me pleasant nap and departed.
Left alone, | fell to musing on the events of the
day, and as | gazed through the window on the
beautiful landscape without, | thought to my
self what pity it was that such a charming re-
sidence should be rendered intolerable by the
yagaries of the owners daughters.-The old
gentleman was far too indulgent--verY weak
indeed-and seemed to think Detfenbach had
done me great service by robbine me of one of
my best teeth | made up my mind soon to
depart. l would wait to have q look at Oxen,
that my uncle might not be able to say l had
not complied with his wish that should see all
three daughters. AS to stop week, it was
out of the question. Before that time elapsed
should lose leg or an arm at the hands of DEF
ienbach, or be laid low by the bullets of MINI
rGd.-Nore beautiful girls had never seen, and
doubted that handsomer existed; but what is
the value of beauty in whose presence there is
no security for life and limb My thoughts tur-
ned to the youngest sister, Ernestne Judging
from her portrait, she was of softer mood than
her elders. Her fathers account of her partial
lty to spiders and other vermin was not very
encouraging, but at any rate with her one risk
ed neither death nor mutilation.
/ would gladly have smoked cigar, my Gus
tom o. an afternoon, but the state of my gums
rendered It impossible. / was quite exhausted
by tde various extraordinary adventures that in
SO short time had occurred TO me, and | felt
inclined to sleep. The afternoon was very
warm, so l pulled off my coat and laid myself
down IN my shlrt-slecves on Il soft and excellent
sofa. Sleep soon closed my eyes, but it was
neither pleasant nor refreshing sumber.
he incidents of the day were reproduced and
exaggerated in my dreams. First came Louisa
and shot my nose completely off. as if it had
been the 3eak OF popinjay at a shootng-match.
Then Emily appeared with a a horrible screw,
which she insisted on passing through my head.
he dream was a succession of CHASTITY visions,
each one more painful and oppressive than its
predecessor. L tossed about, and groaned, and
persplred with terror, but my prosecutors would
not leave me. After Nimrod had shot a hole
right through my body, so that the sun shone
through, and the landscape behind me was WISH
DE TO those IN front Dietfenbach approached me,
n StVfra ! l. i
strung my thirty-one remaining teeth So that
was rs toothess as an old man of hundred
and giieyously did | bewail myself But nv
sutleungs were not over. Dehenbach pro-
duced long slender sharp-pointed instrument
Of polished steel, and insisted upon operating
upon me. for disease of the heart. | naturally
protested against this, and made a desperate de-
fence, bat all was in vain: invisible hands seiz-
ell me, tettercd me, that | could not stir
my breast was barred, and With,a iiendish laugh
my persecution drove the iron into my heart
1 hereupon | screamed out aloud-and aw okc
My dream WAS not al a dream, although it
seemed one to me for some seconds after | open
Cd my eyes. Emily stood beside me. "A lancet
IN her hand; my arm was bandaged, and from
the vein dark-red streamIet gushed into a
basin, held by maid-servant
'MerciIu heavensn | exclaimed, already
weakened by the loss of blood, what is ali
this 2
HuSh, hush! sald my murderess, Tor such |
now held her to be; keep yourself quiet, or
you will bring on fever
You want to bring me to my grave
"By no means. BY this prompt bleeding |
have probably saved you from it. Not aware
that you were installed in this apartment, l
entered, and found you in a high
fever, quite delirious. There was nothing for
it but the lancet See how feverish your blood
is
saw nothing, but felt weak. LET my hand
fall back upon the sofa cushion and closed my
eyes 'Bled to death, thought to myself, and
stirred not, for | was quite resigned to my fate,
and convinced that there was chance of my
escaping alive from Wiesenthal. rather think
my senses left me. At least l remember little
of what passed, until, an hour and half later,
I found myself walking in the grounds with
Fragcr walked bat slowly, for tie blood
letting had really weakened me
4 go too fast for YOU said the counsellor,
who observed that had difficulty in keeping
up with him; and he slackeued his pace. Ny
poor friend he continued, you little thought,
when You started on pleasure trip to Wesen-
thai, that you would leave some of your blood,
behind you. i cannot imagine what evil spirit
has taken possession of my daughters. | as
sure you that they are usually the gentlest kind
hearted creatures in the world.
ascribed this astonishing statement to pater-
nal blindness, and, to avoid contradictiur NV