Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-12-30
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than one occasion, made eye him
was in love with him, and on aited
for him to make the first ad @os.-
Jones self -conceit was tickled tath
to think that married lady, one
to whom as yet he had neFe ken.
should fall desperately in Low his
Iexterior. 1t was too much fa lnS he
must proceed; the passive 81 fp1ld
not do any longer, even ia ~ Of
love. Jones self.conceit Al eets
the better of him and
laesspp. the sic 51iIIk, { 81 .
mined to call, when the husband was
out, and took friend (our informant)
along to witness the impression he had
made upon the dentists wife.
A few mornings since, when all of
the preliminaries had been arranged,
Jones having watched at the corner,
until he saw the husband depart, rung
the bell, and, with his friend, was shown
into the parlor. At the window sat the
dentists wife, who asked them to be
seated. Jones imagined he could see
the tell tale blush come and go again,
and was consequently so furried him
self that his friend was obliged to open
the conversation.
"Is your husband in, Madame ?';s.in-
quired Jones friend of the lady.
"No, sir" she answered politely, "he
has just stepped out, but will be in again
shortly ia
Jones touched his friend, as much as
to say, ''all right" he having previous
4 ly led him to believe that at that time
of the day the dentist was generally alb
sent for several hours.
"A running conversation then took
fplace, during which Jones managed to
take leading part, and had so worked
his wires as to Introduce the subject of
love, and was quoting verse from a
popular author, when the door opened,
and the dentist, hale, hearty man,
stood before them. -.s=a
/ Had a twenty four FOUNDER been
touched off under the chairs of our two
enterprising young men, it could not
have asto nished them more. Jones was
speechless, and guilt stood out upon his
face in huge drops of perspiration. His
friend fortunately-yet unfortunately
came to the rescue.
| tGood morning, sir" said Jones
friend to the dentist, who, unsuspeet-
ing, returned the salute politely, and
inquired the nature of their business.
| The inventive genius of Jones friend,
which he had often boasted to US about,
now showed itself
IL In sorry to trouble you, sir" said
he to the dentist, "but my friend Jones
has beer suffering greatly from atooth.
[ advised him to call, and if necessary,
have it out"
Jones, who had regained his posses
sion somewhat, looked daggers at his
friend; but a wink from the latter greet
ed him, and he said nothing.
'.Ah, yes l see your friend has been
suffering with the tooth ache. Horri-
BILE affiiction, sir, horrible p And the
dentist invited Jones to seat in an
arm chair.
Jones. who had not a decayed tooth
in his whole head, assented readily,
thinking to himself that when the den
tist saw the fine state of his mouth he
would Immediately pronounce it neu
dACCllOu; anu uIul OuOlI-
sighted Jones!
The dentist, after overhauling Jones.
was about addressing himself to Jones
friend in reference to his fine teeth,
when he discovered that he had left
Upon announcing the fact to Jones, the
latter looked pale and shook like an
aspen.
Mot i'll, hope ?'' said the dentist.
GOh, no." said Jones, ''oniy slight
chilli" but he felt as if he had been de-
serted when he most needed his friends
services.
The dentist despairing of finding a
bad tooth, pitched upon one that had
been plugged, which was near where
Jones pretended the pain to be. and be-
fore the unsuspecting victim was aware
the foIceps had been inserted, Jones
writhing with agony for an instant, fell
back into the chair at the same instant
that one of his best molars fell into the
basin at his side.
Jones, while splitting out the accumu-
lating blood, caught a sight of the den
slsr 5 pretty wife, peeping from behind
the folding doors convulsed with laugh
ter, evidently having seen through the
joke Jones, who would have liked to
have rested awhile after the wrenching
he had received, but was afraid possibly
that his love might tel. tales out of
school, rose from the chair rapidly, and
asking the amount of damage, "a happy
expression in this instance,) parted with
a five dollar bill with some reluctance,
and left.
We remember seeing him unrolling
something from piece of paper in the
evening, and upon our asking to look at
it, his placing it hurriedly in his vest
pocket. Since we think of it, now, it
must have been the tooth, the very
sound tooth, which Jones, in his love
scrape, had been deprived of. 1t is un-
necessary to state, we suppose, that !
Jones has cut his deserting friend
We rather think he takes another street
when coming down town; for the den
fists wife has lost favor in his eyes.
sA- DIR. Nettleton adopted the fol-
lowing as maxim for the government