Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-11
A Dental Romance.

lovliest and most accomplished
daughters of well-known resi-
dent was thrown from her horse,
and sustained among other annoy
ing injuries, fracture of one of
her front teeth. The delicate pearl
which flashed through clips with
in whose rosy labyrinth when she
smiled the soul was lost" was hope
lessly crushed, and marred the
beauty of the lady considerably.
The only remedy for its injury was
to have the root of the broken
tooth extracted and false tooth
made to fill the horrid breach in
her mouth.
In her distress she sought the
advice Of DR.. Geo. j. Luce. She
had read somewhere or been told
by somebody that dentistry had
advanced to such science that it
was possible to transplant tooth
from tue mouth of another person
which would take root and bloom
as it had in its original gum
Could he secure for her match
for the broken tooth |! If he could
he might name his price. Beauty
in distress appeals to DR.. Luce
never in vain, so he informed the
grief-stricken maiden that such
operations had been successfully
performed, but in the present case
the difficulty would be to discover
tooth of such purity, delicacy and
beauty as to be worthy to MUNICH
caramels and bonboDs in company
with those which now mourned the
loss of their crushed companion.
However he would see what he
could do.
A month or two passed. At last
the tooth was found. A young
Spaniai d, whose well brushed and
somewhat faded habiliments indi-
Gated a struggle with fate, entered
the office to receive some slight
dental attention. His manners
were those of a gentleman and his
conversation denoted intelligence
and refinement. When he opened
his mouth, the doctor could hardly
conceal his emotion. There was
the tooth he had been. looking for,
flashing in its dazzling whiteness,
the perfection of form and the
acme of purity. 1t was indeed a
gem. The subject was approach
ed cautiously, but when the young
gentleman spoke Of his poverty,
the doctor offered him one hundred
dollars for the tooth. The money
tempted the impecunious foreigner,
who Immediately offered oil his
stock in trade on the same terms.
An appointment was made for
the next day, and n note dispatch
ed to the lady informing her that
at last the tooth was found. At the
given hour the gentleman entered
the front office and the lady close
ly veiled shortly after entered the
rear Office, for it was part Of the
bargain that the gentleman should
not see the lady. The tooth was
extracted, the money paid, and the
stranger departed. Then the tooth
was carefully cleansed and sub
mitted to delicace treatment to
preserve its vitality, while the doc
tor was preparing the mouth OF
the lady for its reception. 1t was
soon inserted and in the course Of
three or four hours had taken root
in its new home. In a few days
the operation was pronounced
success, and Miss - became the
happiest of girls.
Now for the sequel. With
wolnan's curiosity, she was con-
tinually speculating as to whom
the tooth belonged, and the gen.
tlemep in turn was cudgelling his
brain for some means to ascertain
the whereabouts of his tooth which
had turned the tide Of his affairs
so luckily. For with the money it
had brought him, he bad made a
fortunate purchase Of stock, and
step by step he bad gone on with
his rapidly accommodating capital
until he had q snug little hank ac-
count and patronized fashionable
tailor. Chance threw him into
select little party one evening
where Miss - happened to he
present and he commenced recount
ing his adventure. When he
smiled and pointed to the vacant
place in his mouth where the
tooth had once its home, Miss -
gave a little shrek and her secret
was discovered. II Is rumored that
out of this dental operation q veri-
table love match will shortly re-
suit; and in fashionable Oakland