Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-03-28
Female Dentists

a seat in the smoking car, and if a
person was to Judge from the express
sion on his face, he would have come
to the conclusion that the man had
gone into decline. His mouth was
drawn down at the corners. his hair
was all over his eyes, and a LARGE
scratch extended from the left side of
his upper lip clear to the bridge of his
nose. Every one in the car looked
upon him with pity and one man made
bold to inquire if he could not do some
thing for him, but with cold, unfeel-
ing laugh, he motioned the gentleman
off, and said that he wanted to die in
peace Presently the conductor came
through, and the man handed him an
annual pass, the conductor recognized
him and said: "Why. hello. jim. YOU
are looking tough What seems to be
wrong, anyone dead?" The man fixed
his bloodshot eyes upon the conductor.
and after heaving sigh that would
have caused an air-brake to blush said
mo, Charlie, old pard. but'-and here
the man heaved another sigh-"but |
wish | could die, right here, now, in
this very car. The conductor sat down
beside his friend and asked him to ex-
plain. "Well,' said he, Il had a
toothache this morning, regular old
terror, one of those kind that make a
man desperate and wicked, YOU know.
After trying everything that | could
think of, decided to have the darned
thing jerked, and this is where | made
a confounded fool of myself L am
no coward, but felt sort of Squeamish
about going into shop and have a
male dentist monkey with my jaw, and
| was walking along the street. trying
to get up courage enough to have it
pulled, | chanced to see dentists sign
with lady's name on it, Now,
thought |, this is just what | want; II
woman is naturally tender and | will
just have this tooth out in short order.
SO up went The door was opened
by Il beautiful young lady, and the
smile that she gave me was enough to
cure any ordinary toothache, but it
did mt work on mine worth cent.
told her what | wanted. and she as
sured me that it wouldn't hurt any to
speak of, SO J just laid myself out in
the chair and told her to be as rapid
about it as she could for it was aching
terribly. She then placeda bib around
my neck, put pair OF tongs
into my mouth, whispered few words
of encouragement it my ear, and then
well. | thought had been struck by Il
grip car. 1t was only the handle of
the tongs that had hit me though. and
after she had explained by saying that
the forceps slipped | forgave her, and
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Once more She braccd herself and this
time something came, but the aching
did not cease and after washing out
my mouth felt inside with my finger,
and, would YOU believe it? the girl had
jerked the wrong tooth. Well, to say
that | was mad would be mildly eX-
pressing my feelings. | was SO wild
that just tore my hair and the girl
got behind chair for safety, thinking
that | had gone crazy. Seeing the
look of fright on the young lady face
my heart Softened in spite of the tooth
ache and told her to come out from
behind the chair and | would give her
one more chance, but | cautioned her
about making another mistake if she
valued her life. Never again will
trust IA woman with my teeth, | will
pull them first myself. Talk about a
womans being gentle, it's all bosh,
they may be so when they are perfect
" calm, but just let one get little bit
nervous and you will change your tune,
especially if she happens to be IA den
tist. Why, sir, when laid down again
she caught me by the throat with the
left hand, and before | could say "A
PRAYER, she had those blamed tongs
half way down my throat, and if it
hadn't been for her hand squeezing ii
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