The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-12-29

standing the froWn on the young
mans face.
LAS [ was saying, just as She put
her head out of the window her teeth,
an upper set, fell out in the mud. I
saw her handkerchief raised to her
mouth and her head disappear in the
darkness of the interior Of the cab. L
picked up the teeth, and, after wiping
them off with my handkerchief. put
them in my pocket"
The young mans face showed, for
the first time, a glimmer of interest in
the narration.
"Of course" the dentist went on, 81
expected the cab to turn around direct
ly, and l waited on the corner to have
the pleasure of handing the teeth back
to their lovely owner. But 1 was dis
appointed. The cab ratified right on.
I took the teeth home and examined
them attentively. 1 recognized them
as the handiwork of my former part
ner and myself. They were a valuable
set. and as I turned them over and
over under the gaslight 1 recalled the
face Of the young lady for whom we,
my partner and I, made them. 1t vas
the same face-There, 1 guess that
will do" And the dentist withdrew
the buzzing tool, and going to a little
cupboard took out some cotton, Il box
of gold foil, and Il little automatic
hammer. AS he returned to the young
mans side and began the final work of
filing the tooth, he noticed that the
look of WEAKNESS had almost vanished
from the young mans face. He con-
structed this as an invitation to re-
sumo his story. He ventured to ask
the young man where he had left off.
81 Think answered the young man,
'that you said it was the same face"
ooh, yes. 1t was the same face I
saw at the cab window. I went to
bed and dreamed about the young
woman"
"What?" exclaimed the young man,
starting up in the chair. Then MOTTO
ing the interrogation points in the
dentists eyes, he became calm. and re-
marked, Excuse me. but that nerve
gave me q tremendous thump."
"Well," continued the dentist, as he
rammed i'll the gold, "the first thing
that l heard after breakfast the next
morning was that young woman was
waiting for me in the Office. I had an
intimation that L would see the owner
of the false teeth, and when I opened
the door leading to the Office 1 saw her
sitting there, a vision OF perfect wom-
anhood, except a set Of upper teeth.
She was in a tremor of excitement.
She said she was (hold your head back
a little) driving home from the theatre
with her young fellow (that didn't
hurt, did it?) when she lost her teeth.
Her young fellow (keep your head
steady, please) had never known that
she wore false teeth, and she feared to
let him know under such circumstan-
ces, so she clapped her handkerchief
over her mouth. pretending that she
a a sudden attack Of neuralgia, and
kept it there until her young fellow
left her at her door. Living in the
next block, and knowing that I had
helped to make her lost teeth, she de-
cided to come around, and, if possible
have another set made before night,
when she expected her young fellow to
call on her again. I made a hurried
cast of her mouth, and told her to
come around four hours later. While
she was absent I polished up her teeth
a little. When I handed them to her
that afternoon she said: Why, they
look almost exactly like those I lost. I
wonder if they will fit as WE'LL I ad-
vised her to try them and see. She
did, and I never saw q woman look
more delighted. I never told her that
they were her lost teeth, and Don't
get impatient. I will be through in a
second,) Iguess she never will know"
"Oh, yes" said the young man,
cheerily, as he got out of the chair the
dentist having completed the process.
"She will know tomorrow when she
returns to the city"
The dentist looked as if somebody
were about to pull all his teeth out.
"By the way" said the young man,
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