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

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cops held Oh. The situation was thrill
ing, for the circles were growing larger
and larger, and unless the tooth gave
way he must be rent assumder. Up he
went, then down, struggling with all his
feeble strength to wrest loose from the
fatal grip. He swept up to greater
heights, but the ignorant prosecutor
held on with grip like death. a fear
full struggle cnsued With a crash like
the report Of a cannon the tooth gave
way and its owner shot off into eternity.
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The strect-cars were rattling past upon
the pavement Of Kcarny street. lie was
sitting in the reception-room of n den
tist, having come up with friend who
wished to have tooth extracted. The
dcmoniac assistant stood near with for
ccps in his hand, and rs two or three
ladies' came i'll the door, politely asked
them to be seated.
"Now open your mouth" he said.
"What for?"
''ro have your tooth out, of course"
| 81 have no diseased tooth, You block
head ] came here with friend"
The fond laughed idiotically: ooh,
| he, he, he / Don't know thing he's
ether"
The horrible truth flashed over his
mind that his cOwardly, miserable
spirited friend had failed at the last
moment and told this fool he was tho
victim.
"Gct away, you scoundrcl !" he cried.
81 tell you, q friend of mine Just had
ether administered to him and waits in
the next room to have his tooth out"
"He, he he !" laughed the idiot. Gle
don't know word he's saying, ladies'.
They often act so. Open your mouth, 1
say !"
The ladies locked on curiously, and
the little villain seized him by the chin.
He was ordinarily strong man, but, as
if in n nightmare, he yielded now to
cruel fate, WHOM
He was in the sandhills playing with
his old comrade Tom.
"Lct's make the Desert of Sarah"
said Tom "Scc these thirsty old ant
camcls We must dig well for them"
| How the mill-dam roarcd and the birds
sang!
"Comc, boys, dinner is ready" called
his mother, tho sunshine in her blue
eyes, as she stood in the door.
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Another whiz and whrl and he heard
the scwing-machinc buzzing
"Do keep it still, he snid to his wife.
"It is too late to sew Come to the
window and SEQ the lovely sunset over
the Golden Gntc."
eyes," said she, cit makes ne think
of that other Golden Gate, with the
glory beyond VIC cannot look into"
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Music soft md Iowa band playing
in the distance. Tt must be Fourth of
July morning. He raised his head and
felt sick.
"Drink some warm water" said his
wife, who stood at his bedside. Tt
will relieve you and make you feel bet
ter"
ooh, bother your warm watrr," he
said, beside himself with the dreadful
nausea "mother used TO make us put
our fingers down our throats-shc kncwp
And he thrust his great fist III his
mouth and was speedily relieved.
'What is it that smells so queer here,
anyhow"
"Ihc ether, probably. We had TO
give yom considerable, you fought us
So" said strange voice, and to his
amaZcmcnt he found himself in den
fists Office.
"Nhcre in thunder have 7 been MI of
this time? 1t was years ago ! came
here"
"You have been in my Office just ten
minutes, sir.
"What did I come for? A tooth Oh,
T. am sorry you didn't get it,"
'T took out large molar for you, sir,
also n stump that came in five pieces,
and n bicuspid too badly dccaycd for
filing"
Thrusting his tongue into several
yawning cavities he missed somo old
foes and felt both lonely and relieved
without them. Then the mists began to
clear away, and he said
"No wonder I fought You didn't
know | was whirling around you, and it's
a wonder you didn't kill me-"
"You were not fully under the intlu-
cncc, then, if you felt any pain"
"And YOU" said the victim, turning
to the grinning assistant, "mado q terri
bic blundcr. have mind to prosecute
you for taking out that tooth. Didn't
you know it wasn't mo at all who wanted
it done ?"
"I amt up to pulling teeth yet" said
he, "and never teched you. But-he,
he, hc--how funny you dld net.
, "You had better walk out into the
fresh air, sir ; that will make you all
right. Two dollars, if you please"
As he left tho Office no wondered if he
actually stuck his fist down his throat
before that gcntlcmanly dentist. Whom
he reached home it seemed M if he had
been away q week. IIe kissed his wife,
called for somo honey and asked her il
she really said that sweet thing about
the sunset.
, An African Kings Crown.
Adornmcnts for African potcntatcs
are an item of some little Importance IN
the Birmingham jewclry trade, whicl
embraces both real and sham jcwelry
, A firm of what arc known as "hora
jewelers." hns just completed crown
for King Ego, of Greek town, Africa
1t is n copy of that of William the Con
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