Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-04-14
llonth's Column.
A MOTHERS ERROR.

Harry Endford's usually bright, hand
some face was dis6gured by having his
cheek terribly swollen. All night he
had suffered intensely with a defective
tooth, and the camphor and creosote his
mother had applied brought no relief.
Harry" said Mrs. Endford, pity
ingly, 81 must take you to DR.. Hilton.
He will stop the pain at once"
80, dear! no, mamma" exclaimed
Harry, quickly; 81 don't want to go
to the dentists. He'll pull my tooth
out, know he will"
"No, be sha'nt, Harry; be will cure
it right off,"
After bordering, Harry decided to
accompany his mother to the dentists.
He was nearly mad with pain, and was
willing to accept any possibility of re-
lief. Having gained her sons consent
Mrs. Endford wrote the following:
DR.. HILTON: l shall bring my son
Harry to your Office. He has an ulce-
rated tooth, which am sure will have
to be extracted. Please resort to lit
tie arti6ce to hide your intention. He
is nervous, timid boy, and thereby
will be spared the dread which would
be to him more than pain.
Very truly yours,
E. A. ENDFoRD.
A little later Harry and his mother
were inside the dentists office. He ex-
amined the aching tooth carefully.
alt is very bad TOOTH" he said.
"You are going to pull it % question
ed Harry, giving his face quick, search
ing glance.
81 will put something on it that will
cause the pain entirely to cease in
short time," replied DR.. Hilton evasive-
ly.
He poured few drops of a dark
liquid from bottle on bit of cotton,
and taking it up with his forceps. he
said to Harry:
"Open your mouth wide, now, and
let me lay this on the tooth"
Harry opened his mouth but in an
instant the treacherous forceps had tight
hold of his tooth, and it was ex tracted
and in DR.. Hilton's hand before he had
the slightest suspicion of his intention.
"What you haven't pulled it out ?"
said Harry, greatly astonished.
"Yes, l have. You didn't feel it
much, did your"
"You have cheated me? returned
Harry, with an angry flushed face.
"You told me you were going to put
something on to stop the pain"
81 did. These forceps are the truest
pain-killer l know" laughed the den
fist.
well. it's all over now" said Mrs.
Endford, "and the tooth will never ache
again. Are you not glad 2"
Tears sprang into Harry's eyes.
"You knew all about it mother" said
Harry bitterly. "You knew DR.. Hilton
was going to pull my tooth when you
brought me here. You are always
cheating me, you are but you can't dc
it many more times. I've got you learn.
ed defantly.
Who was it Harry so we'll under.
stood His mother, to whom he owed
his existence, and whose tender, loving
care he constantly received. And yet
her influence over his young, plian
mind was nearly gone. Why? Because
again and again in the management o
her son she had rcsorted to arti6ce ant
assimilation.
Poor Harry There was ranking
wound in his heart. Through decep
tion he had been saved the fear he would
have experienced from having the tootl
extracted; but poison and bitterness
had sprung up in his heart far exceed
ing physical pain. His moral natur
had received a lasting blight.
Mothers, my little story is true. l
you wish to be loved and honored b,
your children, deal honestly by them
Never deceive them, or tell the fraction
al part of lie.-Zion's Herald.