Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-31
Bridget's Account Of hor Interview with
the Dentist.


the Dentist.
"Well, Bridget" said Margery, show
did you get along with the docthur-what
did ye say till him, and what did he do
till you ?
Bridget-"Its nothing he did till me,
nor l to 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 drahn DOT, and il
place ye. DO it pane ye says he till
me- Och murther, can ye ak me that
now, and me all the way down here to
see ye about it, says /. Sure havn't
slept day or night these three days
Havn't | tried all names to quiet the
jumping divil2 Didn't they tell me to
put raw brandy in my mouth, but would
it stay there, jist tell me now2 No, the
divil bit could | keep it up in me
mouth, though it's far from the like OF
me to be drinking the brandy without ex-
treme provocation, or by accident So
thin the doethur took, his iron instru-
ments in hurry, with as little consarn-
ment of mind as Barney would swape
the knives and forks from the table.
Be aisy docthur, says I-'there's time
enough-youll not be in such hurry
when your turn comes, I'm thinking.
o. well, said the docthur, and yer no
ready, no ready now, ye may come the
morrow
Indade, Docthur, I'll not stir from
this safe wild this old tsoth alive in me
jaw" says |, $50 ye may just prepare,
but We made not come slashing at poor
Christian body, as if ye would wrng her
neck of first, and draw her tooth at yer
convenience afterwards Now clap on
yer pinchers, but mind ye get hould of
the right one-ye may aizily see it by its
aching and jumping TO-" says he,
"Tll get the right one, and with that he
jabs a small razor locking weapon Until
me mouth, and cuts up me gooms as if
it were nought but cowld mate for hash
for breakfast Says l, Docthur, ,thun-
der and blood-for my mouth was full of
blood-what in the divl are ye Arthur ?
Dye want to make an anatomy of liv-
ing crathur, ye grave robber, ye p "Sit
still, says he, jamming something like
corkscrew Until me jowl and twisting
the very sowl out of me- | sat still be-
cause the numbering thafe held medown
wild his knee, and the gripe of his iron in
my lug.
"He then gave me one awful wiring
hard enough to wiring a wet blanket as
dry as gunpowder. Didn't think the
day of judgment was come, tell NE
Didn't / see the red fire of the pitt |
felt my head fly off my shoulders, and,
looking up, saw something monsthrous
bloody in the docthur' wrenching iron.
"Is that me head you've got there, says
l. mo, it's only yer tooth" he made
answer. " May be it is" said |, as my
eyes began 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.
81 had taken dollar and half to pay
for the operation thinking it would be
enough for poor woman to pay but
thought I'd jest ak him the price. So
saws |, 'Docthur, how much may ye ak
beside the trouble ? Fifty cipts, says
he. Fifty cints, says l !; sure l have
not been submitting three days to that
tyrant of tooth for fifty cnts. Troth
this same tathe pulling is not very ex-
pensive, and I'm much obleeged til ye,
docthur.
Margery-" But where's the tooth yer
should have brought it home and dipped
it into salt, and flung it over yer left
shoulder into the fire, yell have bad luck
all the rest of yer life. "
Bridget" The divil take the tooth,
and the bad luck toe, if ever think of
it any more sure I've had enough of its
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