White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-09-15

do it." said Percy Wharton.
There is but one way" said the den.
fist, with hesitation.
Name tit shall be done at sny sac.
ri6ee."
"By extracting teeth from another'e
jaw, ane placing them, with the nerve
still warm, in the cavities of your own. "
80, horrid p exclaimed Emily Whar.
ton, with a shudder.
"Will any human being submit to
such sacrifice 2" asked Francis Ashley,
with surprise.
eff paid for it. 1 have thrice perform
ed this operation since 1 have been in
practice"
"Who were the victims ?" asked Asst
ley, with surprise.
"Those who have the most beautiful
teeth in the world" answered the dentist,
with smile.
"You don't mean
81 do mean young negresses."
"Hear this, Emma?" said Frank, with
mischievous smile.
The idea is absolutely disgusting !''
answered Percy. with a corresponding
contortion of the lips.
81 had rather go without teeth" said
Mrs. Wharton.
"You will have to put mp with order
ing false teeth, Emma" observed her
husband. #I
"Can you match my own %
with dificulty-they are SO brill
liant" .-..r
TRY, DOCTOR" said Percy. land if you
succeed. you shall be well paid"
IF Mrs. Wharton will do me the hon.
or to call tomorrow at twelve, / will
then have a set that think will suit her,
so far as false teeth will compensate for
natural Ones-especially such as she has
lost"
Doctor. don't speak of them. 1 beg
of you. l will call to morrow" said
Mrs. Wharton. preparing to go.
lyon will not think. then, Of the other
proposition 1 suggested"--
mo. sir" replied Percy Wharton,
with indignation. ..-
The door closed--the carriage rolled
away--and the dentist was left alone.
"How prejudiced are some people !" he
calculated, as the sounds of the wheels
died away. There is many mulatress
with the finest teeth imaginable-searcely
as beautiful as these, indeed-that would
lose them for a guinea each. IT'S rather
shocking to young husbands taste to
have his wife's mouth filled with an AT
rican girls teeth, to be sure. But there
is no help for it, if he would have her
mouth restored %
Thus soliloquized DR.. -; and fall
ing asleep in his armchair. with the four
teeth he had been admiring. held in the
palm of his hand, he dreamed that sud
den cloud came up, and that amid thun-
der and lightning. storm of hail had
descended. breaking in every pane OF his
glass, aud covering his floor with glitter
ing hail stones, which. as they fell, he saw
to his surprise, instead of being ice, were
the most beautiful teeth--incisors, cuspids,
bicuspids and molars-which, for white
ness, symmetry, transparency, and polish.
far surpassed anything of the kind he had
ever seen.
"Now will / supply Mrs. Whaton's
loss, and rival nature r. he exclaimed, as
a clap of thunder shook his apartments
and awakened him to the consciousness
that smart shower was pattering against
his windows. er ff
my teeth are all rain water Poor
Mrs. Wharton viii have to wait for these
big drops of rain to crystalline. There is
my bell. Thought 1 heard it when |
was asleep. Where is that confounded
boy Pete, that he is ever out of the way
when he is wanted % rr-.
Thus speaking, the doctor rose from his
arm chair, and opened his door to a ser
want in livery. with dripping umbrella
in his hand, who leaving note with him,
hastily disappeared. 1t read thus:
"If Doctor - knows of young.
healthy white person, with a fine set Of
teeth that will match hers. and who, for q
sufficient remuneration, is willing to sac
rifice them and substitute a set OF false
ones for them, Mrs. Wharton will consent
to the arrangement, though greatly against
her proper feelings. Mrs. w. will pay
the person not only five guineas each, but
provide. at her own expense, a set OF your
best false teeth for her. Your own remu-
neration for effect:ng this, win be what
ever you fix it at. Mrs. W. will call at
twelve, as requested. .s
'tNo. =, Girard Place. 5, P. M 10 !
This Mrs. Wharton is q sensible wo-
man. If her note is not written without
her husbands knowledge. have no skill
in detecting mystery in female handwri-
ting. A young, healthy person, with a
fine set of teeth. HUM 1t were ditfi-
cult matter to find counterpart to these
four teeth in the incisors or cuspids Of any
young healthy person Of my scquaint-
ance. 1 know every good set of teeth in
the city. Not one like hers, though, and
of that peculiar transparent enamel! It's
a bad job. will advertise 70
Thus determining. the dentist sat down
to his escritoire and wrote this advertise
ment for the morning paper:
"a young woman, from sixteen to
eighteen years of age, who has fine set
of teeth, and who is willing, for valua-
bic consideration. to part with four Of the
front ones. viii please call at the Office Of
DR.. -, dentist, No. =. Row, to-
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