Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
WHO deftly turned o scrow and lowered

voce which ordered him to "L8y your
head back. if you please, and open your
mouth, wide"
Her serene indifference restored his
composure, and ho obcycd her to the
lcttcr; indeed, 80 broadly did the mas
culine jaws separate, that tho elect
would have been startling on ono less
experienced than DR.. Ormcsby.
But when her delicate index finger
| gently moved the corners of those yawn-
ing lips. Hugh could not resist his
natural impulse. lie opened his great
brown eyes, and flashed sentimental
glance upon tho face that bent over him
but he might rs well have tried to flirt
with the Sphinx.
"Therc is considerable Inflammation,
but no serious trouble. Your teeth are
in fine condition"
"Oh, you must be mistaken. / nearly
died with this fellow last night. I'm sure
1t ought to come out"
"Indccd, it should not; it is perfectly
sound"
Tho youths courage waxed ho looked
ut her slender wrists maliciously.
81 want it taken out"
Sho understood tho glance, and re-
sonted it..
81 could not do so unprofcssional an
act" she said, moving away
Hugh remained seated in the chair,
cudgcling his brain for some new pre- :
text to bring the charming operator back
to his side.
"Thcro IS twlngo on tho other side,
in that eye. tooth. Must DO something
wrong there"
The impcrturablc doctor examined the
healthy mouth, and shook her head.
Not once had sho seemed conscious of
his admiring glance, or moro curious
concerning his handsome identity than
il ho had been some ancient grandsire.
There was nothing left for him TO do
but slip down and out from behind the
screen. AS he did SO, the dentist
handed him small vial. "Bathe your
face with this lotion, occasionally, aud
the trouble will he cured"
Her tone was very quiet, but Hugh
fancicd tho bright eyes twinkled.
"Thank you. Now-p!caso to tell me
your charge"
Nothing, of course"
"That is scarcely busincss-likc.
ooh, under the circumstances, quite
so. The value of the liniment is rs tri-
fling rs tho service you required" Again
that twnkling eyelash.
She glanced carciossly at a card he
offered her, introducing him upon tho
stall of the G0t,am MYh-dyo.
81 am on tramp-trip through this
section, writing it up for our paper.
Excuse me, you arc the first woman l
have ever met in your pro!c ssion Do
you object to being intcrvicwcd."
"Not in the least. shold consider it
n good advertisement.
Cool and shrewd," thought Scribncr,
shut she doesn't seem unwomanly."
lie looked ut chair longingly, then
obviously at his soiled garments.
She smiled, and rolled it toward him,
taking another herself.
'Wcll, them" Hugh propounded,
pad in hand, chow did you choose your
VOCATION"
"Fron the necessity of earning my
own living. Nearly everything is over
crowded-dentistry is not; ut least, by
women"
"Did you study regularity"
''Ccrtainly. l was graduated from
the P Dental College. There is nv
diploma over your head"
Numborless questions he put, and she
answered. patiently.
"Allow me once moro, and will end
this cross examination. Docs-n he
hcsitated, CHANGING about the well mp
pointed room.
She finished his question: "Doos it
pay9 Yes, thank God"-and her smile
nude her bcau,iful-''it does pay" Her
thought seemed to wander olf into some
unknown, happy land aud she rose, to
terminate the interview.
There was nothing moro the young
fellow dared 10 ask, though volumes
more he would have liked to know.
An inspiration came to him.
81 am going to do Millsburgh and
its manufactures thoroughly, so Shall be
hero some time. hope we may meet
again. Will you allow me to call9"
"Should you need my professional
services, certainly; otherwise it will not
be necessary"
"Wcll snubbcd for that fb! lying is
in this air. and I've caught it! only ri
make it the truth. I will do Mills
burgh," thought Hugh, getting himself
/ out of the room rs gracefully rs he could.
and vending his way hotel ward. What
susceptible idiot am I've had dozen
attacks before! but. Hugh Scribner, if !
w" Ni'S5hOoc thSoo PiciiouilOIy Symp-
toms correctly, this onc'll DO worse than
the toothachc"
1t was.
The journalist fingered in the busy
town, and farcd better than his deserts.
His landlord gave him q first class room
and every attention, with some disserta.
tons upon the community Mt large gratis.
Fortune favoIs the valiant. HAVING
exhausted tho art of Irritation, ScribneI
now began to take serious lessons in low.
ing.
The landlords pretty daughter was q
fast friend of DR.. Ormesby, and described
that young woman's devotion to he,
bankrupt father and little sisters; told
how she had been the idol of Vassar, cad
had astonished that famous feminine
fraternity 10y her ''ncw departure; and
how, recovering their breath, they had
applauded her independence and nored
her iilial affection.
but she will never marry concluded
Lucie Garrett, positively.
''What are the doctors obiections2
thought matrimony entered somewhat
largely into every womans perspective !,
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