The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-11-07

against him, and he shuthis mouth, compress
sed his little lips, and resolutely prepared
himself for resistance.
And this is the little boy who has suffer-
ed so much from tooth-ache," said the Doc
tor, coaxingly. as he laid his hand on Will
lies head. :. That needn't be. I'll try and
see what | can do to elpit. Which tooth
is itl''
Still Willie's mouth remained as firmly
shut as ever, and no promise oirclief which
the Doctor could make, would induce him
to open it.
awhile has such beautiful teeth, Doctor
such as you don't often see in hoy OF his
age" said his mother. f" Why wont you
show them to the Doctor, Willie 7"
g Has he 7" said the Doctor. 9 should
like to see them"
Willie, hattered by their words, opened
his mouth and displayed two rows Of white
teeth for the Doctors inspection. Yet feel
ing little suspicious, he kept a guard on
his lips.
"Upon my word, )" said the Doctor, +" those
are fine teeth. wonder if the back ones
look as well as the fronti"
Stimulated by praise, Willie quite forgot
his suspicious, and opened his mouth widely.
" And this is the naughty tooth, isit:" he
said, as Willie, reassured By the Doetor's
manner, pointed out the offending taath.
I've something here in my hankerehief
which I'll put on, and it will be cured for
ever" e.-z.e
Willie looked suspiciously at the handker
chief, and seeing what he supposed 10 be the
Doctors finger, all ready TO make the promi-
sed application, offered no further objection
and allowed the Doctor to hold h,s head. 10
second the tooth was out and in tine Doc
tors hand, almost before he hnew il he had
put on something that would pre,ent that
tooth from ever acheing again--se.neth thing
which would cure, when nothing else would.
He had put on the instrument concealed in
the treacherOus handkerchief, au4 the tooth
was out and before him
But what Is it that made Willie spring
upon his feet. cleneh his little fists, and grow
red in the face, while he stamped his feet
upon the floor Ii was not pain. No, VIII
lie was courageous little fellow and had he
known it, he would have made up bis mind
to bear ii like man. Besides, there hadn't
been much pain; il was hard tooth to ache,
but easy enough to pull. Children's first
teeth always come easily. What was it,
then, that made him seize his cap aud rush
madly into the street: lie was not mad with
pain but anger. He felt that gross injustice
had been done him. His suspicious had
been lulled By the soft words Of the Doctor,
his vanity had been fsttered By praises, and
lured on BY promises Of Immediate relief, he
had pointed out, with his own finger, the
aching tooth. He had heen cheated, in fact
fooled, and angrs with himself above all oth-
ers, he departed without ceremony. Alittle
time sufiieed to restore his equaaimity. the
pain was entirely gone, his tooth ache wa,
cured forever, and on the whole, he @as g,ad,
though he never forgot the way il Was done
A few days after, Mrs. Atkins was sewing
in her parlor. Her husband was going away
on the marrow, and it was necessary tnat the
garments she was making should be finished
as speedily as possible. She had seareety
yentured TO raise her ewes tor the last bali
hour, 50 engrossed was she IN her work, gai
had not noticed that " lille, who had been
PLAYING with Iii. blocks and marbles Ut her
feet al the afternoon, hal disappeared from
the room Suddenly missing him, siie lask
ed up Just III time 10 see him retgacing h,s
steps from the store room, casting sly gtancys
from right to left, to see il he had been d.s
covered. Now in this store room was a DsX
Of remarkably fine oranges. which Mfs. A.
kin's brother had sent from New Orleans.
They had rapidly disappeared Of late, anl
seeing Willie's frightened and gaiiit los
her snspieions naturally fell upon him. Sle
was right lie had been 10 the store room and
had eaten two large, fine oranges.
Willie said She, angrily. you've bseu
stealing my oranges. Aren't you ashamed !"
.Indeeed haven't mother. | haven't
seen an orange this week. lhayc been d1~a
in the garden playing with Juno"
Now, Millie," said his mother, 81 F1u
know YOU are telling a lie; YOU h1fea''
been ia the garden; you've been cat.1- an
Indeed, mother, | haven't"
But saw you. looked II IL the k,,.
role anl saa you eating them"
Now this was proof positive. Willie,
inding be had been seen, acknowledged 1I-
ault, aud bis mother punished him far tia
alsehood he had told, while she had told tao
lcrsclf TO make him acknowledge one >ht
lad not seen him eat the oranges. neither had
he looked through the key.holc. She had
lot arisen even from her seat
The next day thes we're all III tic garden,
ind Willie, who bad been watching his op-
,ortunity. thuaght il 1 capital chance e get
mother taste Of the oranges. llc quickly re-
,aired to the store room. but he had grown
wiser from yesterdays experience, aud va.
that the tell. tale key-Lole should
cyeal no more secrets. 50 be shut the door
nd quickly llled i with paper On the IN
Idle. lle commenced na;iag a. conposedly
.nd with Is ssIa relish Al u eating ais uiil-
icr.
IL ghcre na sl.lt t9Ict {. speak 70 him, and
cll lin What 8sekedae ht i committing:
Ia.n.t Il Il a5Ii,sf s. ii tlushthim hos Wfong
~. .hr La. tlil1 him