Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-08-26
PETTIsoHpS CauRTsHIP.

FEIIiEuHt UjGhi ShiPu
 I was first smitten with Jane at 8 concert. She was tidy, black-eyed young woman in pink ribbons. 1 thought I had never beheld such vis- ion of purely mundane loveliness. Per haps l never had-I was young then. Attending her was tall, lank youtd with a freckled skin and red ha1r, against whom I conceived at once an invincible prejudice. I did not know the young man. Worse still, I did not know Jane, and worst of all, he did. naturally hated hlm profoundly for this advantage.
 It will be unnecessary to relate the violent means I took to scrape an &C., quaintance, how I surreptitiorsly fol- lowed the pink ribbons home and stealthily read the name Porter on the door-plate; how l haunted the street in my Sunday-clothes till made myself an object of suspicion to the police how l discovered that her father was dentist, and that she had form- idable step-mother how l found out the church she attended, and hired @ seat behind her how I sent her valen- tines, left anonymous bouquets on the doorstep, and all, alas to 10 purpose. It is needless to describe my bitter but futile chagrin all this time at seeing the red-headed youth frequent the house on the most familiar terms; nothing, cer- | tainly, but my native tirmness of prin- | ciple saved him from assassination.
 Driven at length to desperate straits, l resorted to Q desperate expedient. went to consult her father professional ". I entered his office with guilty mis- givings. I trembled lest he should divine my real purpose. He was thin little man with weak voice and hack ing cough. None the less I regarded him with profound reverence. Nay, ] invested him with an air ot distinction was not he the father of Jane? Indeed, esteemed 1t an undeserved honor to be allowed to remain in his presence, SC long had I yearned to know somebody who belonged to her, my hearts idol. may say, briefly, in passing, that I pres ently recovered from thGt yearning, But to return to the point, let me pre- mise that I had fine teeth. I had never felt a twinge of toothache in my life but nevertheless, that cold, hard, re morseless httle-but no; I will not stig matize him now. Poor wretch, his patf was not of roses, and he has long since gone the way of all the living. Sutfic, it to say he examined my teeth h, punched and prOdLed with various
 tools !; he filed to find nerve; he failed
 to make me vince. I think he was yer, much disappointed; nevertheless he pre- served an ominous silence. 1 consulted
 his face he wore an inscrutable but de
 termined expression. I asked hin
 feebly if he found anything requirin,
 attention. He uttered s vague and in
 articulate exclamation and proceeded t
 set forth tray of diabolicaI-looking in
 struments; wrenches, gouges, vises
 hooks, files, pinchers and scrapers, to gether with much cotton wool and col water, as though he expected hemol
 rhage. My heart began to beat like
 trip-hammer and my stomach felt a
 though it were sinking intoa bottomles
 pit. I affected to laugh, while clamm
 precipitation bedewed my forehead l "Ha ha ]" I cried hoarsely. "Why
 doctor, you look as though you-yo
 were preparing for a campaign"
 The doctor with a grim taciturnit , went on with his preparations, durin 7 which every shred of courage ooze
 from my craven heart.
 Do-do you find that there is muc
 to be done ?" asked at length, huskily
 "We shall see better, presently" | , returned coldly, as he examined tt point of a fendish-looking instrumel
 and waited for mo to resume & recun
 bent position. lay back submissivel,
 and he began to file away on magni1
 cent molar.
 Imaintained my self-control by co
 stantly repeating: It is Jane's fatht = and, after all, what signifies one tooth !. During a pause in his proceeding d while he stopped to rest his arms, I to t. advantage of the opportunity to ma 70 slight advance.
 k "Dr. Porter," began, "you are ,s ahem-haven't I seen you at the Rt i Dr. Longtext's church ?" al "Quite likely"
 r. "Very fine preacher, MT. LOT T. text?"
 | ''I don't agree with you" lls, "Ah, indeed, that is-I meant to s s it is pleasant to go there on account S. tQo music.
 ps "The choir Is abominable. S. This was not encouraging. I subI lS quently learned that, having for ma s o years been dragged to this church n- his strong-minded wife, Dr. Porter hc $. everything connected with it in detes h. tion.
 IT. After this rebuff I lay back again e. the operating seeing no other ,.n ... formative. This time he began on pt upper jaw.
 "What, another? Excuse me-" cri .. struggling into sitting posture. ''Pl y excuse me, but-er-do you think Y, there anything-w can be the mat to with that tooth?"
 IT, The implacable little doctor lool
 coldly out of the window and made
 reply.
 he "I think" continued, weakly, L- think that perhaps I won't have a ny thing more done at this time"
 "As you please" returned the doct - with an air of displeasure. h "Why, of course," added nervous w "I shall do whatever you say, but l. A do you think there is any press N hurry?"
 2 "Ahem; you must take the respol "a bility of waiting, sir " replied the doc with an air that need not be describ A "Go oni" l said with a groan, a k lay back on the rack.