The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-06
Prolonged Horror.


broke his jaw-bono. Still he knit his
stony brows md read on. Then came
kick and yell that no one but himself
heard, and it had fairly begun. He
said "My proud and noble spirit shall
Walter Scott wrote novels when he had
it and l will be as brave" But his
miserable soul cringcd and gave up and
| it shrickcd and writhcd with delight.
A long aud sleeplcss night ensucd, but
and he went down town rs usual, but
the whole world looked sad and mclan-
choly. His temper was out of joint,
and he greeted his friends moodily and
rebuked his clerks Oh the slightest pre-
text. This condition of affairs lasted for
| threo days, and his friends learned to
cross the street whom they saw him COM
ing, bowing at a safe distance, while tho
newsboys lodged around corners at his
approach. And still he locked his trou-
bles in his own bosom. His poor wife
thought he was going crazy.
care you sure there is nothing tho
matter with you, John?' she would gen
tly ask.
"Confo"nd you! No; what makes
You think SO ?'
If anyone had suggested toothache to
him he would have knocked them down
In fact, ho was waiting with malicious
pleasure for the person who would first
daro it.
"Whats the matter Wit your chcek?"
asked an acquaintance.
"Mumps p
And he shot down an alley.
"John," said his wife, timidly, that
night, "there surely is something the
matter with you, making up faces over
that beautiful honcy----the first of the
scason-and you SO fond of it,"
"When q woman, without any sense
in her head, gives honey to man with
-! Honey was not made for man to
eat. Do the bees have-jaws? Oh,
the deuce take it Tn goncr now,
and it gone to sleep for the first time
since it came /" and he rushed eroaning
into the street.
Something must be done now, Mt once,
and with the words "Tecth extracted
without pain" glaring through his dark
ened brain, he ran down the street, halt
ing at the first shinglc that bore them.
Up two flights of stairs he burst open Il
| door and cried:
cts the butcher in 2"
"rhc what, sir?" demanded an even
voice, and gazing into that calm, deter
mined face, he recognized his master,
| and sank into tic chair of torture.
"Give me some ether, and take my
picture--bc quick -
"You have a fever, sir. ALI, see, an
liberated tooth very badly dccaycd ;
am afraid it will not come out entire"
"Ah, perhaps had better wait few
years for it to loosen. don't know but
L can stand it awhile longer, now | think
of it."
! eve will have il out in half minute,
sir. Bring the ether, james," to sleek,
misunderstanding assistant, who had
posted himself whore he could watch
the victims contortions. They next
twisted newspaper into tho shape of a
| horn, and the assistant held one end to
the patients mouth.
"What's that for? SO I can yell
| loudcr?"
'"That is for you to inhalc the ether
through"
"Hovc you any objections, sir, to tell
ing me how many people you have killed
with ether? ] do not ask as a rcprcscn-
tatlVC OF the press.
'I avcadministcrcde ethcrin hundreds
of cases. with no fatal results"
"But-ah-supposing ones lungs were
weak ?"
"Havc given it to people with con,
sumption. Now breathe deep and
quick ;" and he thrust sponge at the
other end of the tube. The patient in.
hailed cautiously, just to see how the
thing felt, and strange sensation swept
over his body, while his brain became
unusually brilliant, and the thought
flashed across him that perhaps after al
he would rather have the tootllachc than
die.
"NIy heart is beating very fast 1 nm
afraid it is diseased, and the ether vii
surely kill me-"
"You heart beats fast because you
arc-cxcitcd Breathe fast and deep"
Inc subject vaguely wondered wha
tho man of dentistry started to say in
stead of "cxcitcd, but brcathcd fast ant
deep, deep and quick, deep and fast
quick and deep. Thrills Of electricity
shot through his nerves with n pleasant
tingling sensation. His spirits rose
His heart grew calm. Ho was afraid NJ
more.
"a worry nice subject" murmrTcd tho
dentist, whose finger was on his wrist
"Pulso getting regular. Breath fast an(
deep-do not be afraid"
Afraid? Who was afraid? OF what
The patient pinchcd ono of his fingers
and found it numb. He would not care
if they cut his head off, Yet, was it no
reckless to throw his life away in such (
manner ?-,for it was surely going. There
was q buzzing in his ears. His spiri
was floating away higher and higher
He called from dizzy height down t'
the dentist:
care you sure there is 40 dangcr?"
"No more than if you were breathing
80 much air." came family from below
Then hc gave himself up to it. If III
were dying the dentist would hang 70
it, meantime he would float around awhil
and see what filled the great stretches o
space. Suddenly he began to whir
around with fearful rapidity. He wa
travelling in great circle whose ccntc
seemed to be the dentist. On, on, lik