The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1859-03-04
OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH A, 1859.


considered a fair iudge) that she, on
more than one occasion, made eyes al
him, was in love with him, and only wait.
ed for him TO make the FIRST advances.
Jones self.conoeit was tickled TO death,
70 think that a married lady, and one to
whom as yet he bad never spoken. should
| fall desperately iu love with his exterior.
II was too much for him he must pro.
oeed the passive state would not do any
longer, even in matters Of love. Jones
self-conoeit always gets the better Of him,
aud bringing his courage up to TIE stick
ing point, he determined to call, when
the husband was out. and took friend
Tour iniormant) along to witness the i'm.
preston he had made upon the dentists
wife.
A few mornings since, when all Of the
prelminAries 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 60 again, and was consequently
so Hurried himself that his friend was
obliged to open the ooversation.
"Is your husband 10, madam ?" in.
quired Jones' friend Of the lady.
"No sir, )" she answered politely, che
has just stepped out, but will be in again
shortly.
Jones touched his friend, as much as
to say, "allright :" be having previously
led him to believe that at that time of the
day the dentist was generally absent for
several hours.
A running conversation then took place.
during which Jones managed to take a
leading part, and had so worked his wires
as to introduce the subject Of love. and
was quoting verse from popular au
thor, when the door opened, and the dem
tist, hale, hearty man stood before
them.
Had twouty four FOUNDER been touch
ed off under the chairs Of our two enter
prising young men, il could not have
lastoniShed them more. Jones was speech
less, ana guilt stood out upon his face in
huge drops of perspiration, His friend,
tortunately--yet unfortunately-came to
the rescue.
Good morning, SIR" said Jones'
friend TO the dentist. who, unsuspecting.
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
I'm sorry to trouble you, SIR" said
he to the dentist, "but my friend Jones
has boon suffering greatly from tooth.
| advised him TO call and if necessary,
have it out"
Jones, who had regained his poss es
sion somewhat, looked daggers at his
frioud but a wink from the latter greet.
ed him, and he said nothing.
"Ah, yes ] see your friend has been
suffering With The tooth-aohe Horrible
affliction, sir, horrible !" And tho den
tist invited Jones to seat in an arm
chair.
Jones had not decayed tooth in his
whole head, and assented readily, think.
ing to himself that when the dentist saw
the fine state Of his mouth he would inn
mediately pronounce III neuralgia alfec.
ton, and dismiss him.-Short- sighted
Jones
The dentist after overhauling Jones,
was about addressing himself to Jones'
friend IN reference to his fue teeth, when
he discovered that he had left. Upon
announcing the fact to Jones, the latter
looked pale, and shook like an aspen.
"Not i'll, hope ?" said the dentist.
ooh, no." said Jones, "only a slight
chill :" but he folt as ifhe had been de-
serted when he most needed his friends
services.
The dentist despairing of finding bad
tooth, pitched upon one that had been
plugged, which was near where Jones
pretended the paid to be, and before the
unsuspecting victim was aware the for.
ceps had been inserted, Jones writhing
in 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 sight Of The den
lists pretty wife, peeping from behind |
N'fN ANANA'tfea ANNA9 bbhf hAeNA WIN lhu0n= /
ter, evidently having seen thro the Joke.
Jones, who would have liked to have rest.
ed while after the wrenching he had /
received, but was afraid possibly that his
love might tell tales ou. Of school, rose
from the chair asking the amount of
damage, happy expression in this in
stance, parted with five dollar bill with
some reluctance, and left We remem-
Der seeing him enrolling something from
piece of paper in the evening. and upon
our asking TO look at it, his placing il
lurriedly in his vest pocket. Since we
.hink Of il, now. il must have been the
Doth, the very sound tooth, which Jones,
n his love scVape, had been deprived of.
.t'is unnecessary to state. we suppose,
hat Jones has cut his deserting friend
We rather think no takes another street
when coming down town, for the dentists
wife had lost favor in his eyes.
EFPrinter's devils ar generally la
les men notwithstanding they have
retty hard names. Some time ago one