Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-28
BridgoI's Account of Her Interview
Win tho Dentist.

"Well, Bridget" says Margery, "how
did you get along with the doothur what
did ye say till him, and what did he do
till yees ?"
Bndget-"It's nothing he did till me,
nor | till him, that's all--only says /;
Och, docthur, docthur, dear, it's me tooth
that aches intirely, sure it is, and I've a
mind to have it drawn DOT, and it place
YOU
"'Do it pane We g says he till me.
"'Och, murther, can ye ak me that
now, and me all the way down here to see
We about it, says /. Sure | haven't slept
day or night these days. Haven't tried
all names to quiet the jumping divil 2
Didn't they tell me to put raw brandy in
me mouth, but how could il stay there,
iist tell me, sure? No, the divil bit
could | keep it mp in me mouth, though
it's far from the likes of me to be drink
ing the brandy without extreme proyoca-
ton, or by accident
$50 thin the docthur took his insthru-
ments in a harry, with as little cOnssrn-
ment OF mind as Barney would swape the
knives and forks from the table.
"'Be aisy, docthur,' says there's
time enough; you'll not be in such hur-
ry when your turn comes, I'm thinking
go, WE'LL says the d0cthur, and yer
no ready now, ye may come the morrow.
"lndade, docthur, I'll no stir from this
safe wild this old tooth alive in me jaw,
says l, so ye may just prepare, but ye
made not come slashlng at a poor Christian
body as if We would wiring her neck off
first, and draw her tooth at yer convan-
ience afterwards. Now, clap on yer
pnchers, but mind yo git houid OF the
right one; ye may alsily see it by its ach-
ing and jumping
"'Oh,' says he I'm git the right one,
and with that he iabs small razor-lookin'
weapon Until me mouth, and cuts up me
gOoms as if it were nought but cowld
mate for hash for breakfast.
"Says l, 'Docthur, thunder and blood
for my mouth was full of blood-'what
in the divil are ye Arthur ? Dye want to
make an anatomy of living erathur, We
grave-robber, ye|
"'Sit still, says he, jamming something
like corkscrew Until me jowl, and twist
ing the very sowl out of me. | sat still
because the murthuring thafe held me
down with his knee, and the grippe Of his
iron in my lug.
'He then gave me an awful wiring, hard
enough to wiring wet blanket as dry as
gunpowder Didn't think the dav Of
judgment was come, tell me? Didn't ]
see the red fire Of the pit? l felt my
head fly off my shoulders, and looking up
saw something monstrous bloody in the
docthur's wrenching iron.
els that my head you've COY there,
say !.
No, it's only your tooth he made
answer.
"'Maybe it IS said l, as my eyes be.
gan to open, and, by putting my hand up
| found the outside of my face on, though
felt as if all the inside had been hauled
out
az had taken dollar and half tc
pay for the operation, thinking it would
be enough for poor woman to pay; but
| thought I'd Ist ask him the price. Sc
says |
"'Docthur, hov much may We TX be-
side the trouble 2
"'Fity cints, says he.
FIFTY cipts,' says | sure I've moi
been submitting these three days to that
tyrant of tooth for fifty cints. Troth
this same tooth pulling is not very ex-
pensive, and I'm mnch obleeged TO We
docthur.'"
Margery-"But where's the tooth yer
should have brought it home, and dipped
it in salt, and flung it over your left
shoulder into the fire; ven have bad luck
all the rest of yer life"
Bridget-"The divil take the tooth, and
the bad luck too, if ever think of it any
more. Sure I've had enough of its com
pany."
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