The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-06-01
ssGittin' Her Tooth Drawed."
From the Detroit Free Press


other five minutes had mounted the
stairs and appeared in dentists
office. The old lady had her face tied
up and there was smell of camphor,
peppermint, paregoric, turpentine and
oil of smoke as she crossed the walk.
" Brace up now, Mary, brace up"
cautioned the husband as they started
to climb the stairs. 50 l know jist how
We feel-kinder weak in the knees,
like-but the Teller up stairs II have
that old snag out O. there like horse
running down hillp'
They were met by the smiling dent
list and the husband continued;
g She's got an old snag which we
want drawed or dug out or driven in,
or sunthin or othern'
4" Take chair, madam" repli ed the
dentist, and guess I can help you"
i" YUM! if hain't a mind to back
out" she said, dropping on the sofa.
Brace, Mary-bracer commanded
the husband. why, even little chill
dren so high (measuring) come up
here every day and have their teeth
drawed for funw
:" don't believe it," she bluntly re-
piled.
do you s'pose I'd lie to you, Mary
do you s'pose I'd tell deliberate
lie right here?" asked the husband.
She seemed to think he would, but
didn't say so, and the dentist talked
softly and sweetly, and finally induced
her to remove her shawl and hat and
sit down in the chair. While he was
looking over his instruments the hus-
band remarked:
"You want to brace, Mary. Hold
yer mouth open as wide as you posi-
bier can. and don't try to look outen
the winder.'
Il wish ye'd shet up" she snapped,
sitting up straight. Don't you s'pose
know enuff to get a tooth drawed?"
But can't yer own husband speak
to We, Mary-the husband who has
lived with We nigh on to thirty-six
year,"
The dentist waved him away and ca
joled the woman into leaning back and
opening her mouth. He found the
cause of her misery to be an old snag
of tooth, which would have to be dug
around, but as soon as the lance
touched the gum she screamed out and
struggled up.
Mary-dear Mary, why do you hol-
over to her side.
She's all right the work is over"
replied the dentist.
"Oh, she'll stand it like an elephant
she's got the real grit, haven't you,
Mary?"
She fell back, opened her mouth
again, and again the lance made her
scream out.
"Brace, Mary-shut your eyes and
hold on to the cheer" exclaimed the
husband.
Z" wish you'd squat over there, and
stay there" she snarled, after splitting
out mouthful of blood.
But l can't sit thar and hear ye
moan and holler and take on So"
" Who's hollerin'?"
I" You did,"
/" No didn't"
Mary, don't you tell me q liza
bold, straight lie, right afore this den
lister"
The dentist induced her to be seated
again, but it was five minutes before
the woman would open her mouth.
She declared that the ache had entirely
vanished, and her tooth never felt so
we'll in her life.
I" Don't try to crawfish, Mary--don't
try that!" exclaimed the husband.
"Will you shet up?" she shouted.
"No. wont; durn me if I do! Here
you've kept me awake fourteen nights,
and howled and tore around like an old
camel; and now you've got to have that
tooth drawed, or you'll go home afoot. /"
She wanted to get ont of the chair
and go for him; but the dentist per-
suaded him to go to a drug store after
ten drops of laudanum, and while he
was absent the tooth was extracted.
Mary was balancing it on her hand as
he came in, and after brief glance he
exclaimed
" Bully for you, Mary! / knowed
we had grit. All We wanted was me to
encourage ye.'
"You didn't encourage nothing"
she loftily replied.
:" / didn't, eh? Why, durn it, if il
wasn't for me you'd be bowling around
home this very minute, calm for hot
ashes, and camfire, and oils, and vitriol,
and cotton! Don't lie, Mary, jist cause
you've had one old tooth drawed."
pity your second wife," she
growled as she put on her hat. ~
know just how them poor children of
mine will be used.".