Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-05
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Then he made Johnny climb up in the high
chair and tip his head back and then he
said 'You want these two out that crowd the
rest" Then he put an iron thing into John.
ny's mouth, and pulled out one tooth, and
then he pulled another And he said Johnny
was brave boy cause he didn't holoa.
1 asked Johnny il it hurt and he said,
mot much, and don't you disgrace the fam
lily, Kitty White, by bowling"
''Now, my little lady" says the dentist,
'get into the chair, and I'll be as gentle as |
can" So he helped me up, and tipped back
my head and looked.
"Your teeth are crowded Just like your
brothers, says he and then he begins to
pull.
My, how il hurt And didn't 1 mako a
noise l thought my head was coming off
But it was over in minute, and the dentist
told Johnny not 60 laugh at me, cause my
teeth come harder than his did
When our teeth were out, we thought the
dentist would pay us. He asked us whose
little boy and girl we were, and where we
lived, and said this was pleasant weather for
little folks.
After a while he said "Its four dollars :"
We thought he had four dollars for US, and
held out our hands, but he didn't give us any
thing. Instead of that he said Haven't
you got any money!
Then Johnny explained TO him that we
thought he would pay US for our teeth, 30
that we could help our poor father.
The dentist began TO laugh, and said he
didn't pay for teeth; but he would give us
letter that would make it all right
SO he wrote q letter, and sealed It, and
told Johnny to be sure to give it to Father
He kept laughing all the time he was writing
it, and we thought he was the pleasantest man
in the world
When we got home, Johnny said we'd bet
ter wait till after dinner to give Father his
pleasant surprise. And at first 1 was glad
we'd waited for the roast beef was too
brown, and Father said ''There never
could be a piece of beef done right in this
house, and Mrs. White, my dear, if you could
only have carving knife that would cut 1
believe your son uses the carving knife for o
jackknife."
We felt so sorry for poor Father that We
thought we'd give him his surprise then, SO
he'd feel better. Johnny took out the letter
and gave it to him. He sits next to Father,
and sit next to Johnny. Father took the
letter, and said
whats this, sir 2"
And Johnny said "Read it, dear Pa, and
see"
Then Father read it and wrinkled his fore
head all up, and we thought he was going to
ouIst luJO tearbi ike lne SICK Inau ulu Wnen
the good little girl brought him the oranges
But he didn't burst into tears. He threw the
paper across the table, and said:
Whats this, Mrs. White? Have you been
running me into debt, after what 1 told you
this morning?"
And Mother said "I'm sure don't know
what you mean, dear" Then she read the
letter, and called us naughty children, and
''how dare you go and have sound teeth out
without my consent 2"
And Father said that ''What we had done
was cstamount to robbery going and get
ting him into debt of our own accord and
you may go to your rooms and think about it
till your mother and come"
We've been in our rooms ever since, and
both Father and Mother said they were under
the necessity Of
Well, Johnny says a switch is the worst,
but he doesn't know anything about slipper.
Anyhow, it's over for this time.