Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-11-30
That's what l call bein' in luck"

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drum major Only the thought of
Juliet's gratitude inspired her, and
lurking desire to astonish Dr. Pond.
But as she walked the long block be-
tween Seventh and Sixth avenues and
heard the steady thud of dozen pairs
of feet close at her heels, interspersed
with occasional short agonized yells
from the mongrel, she expected the
whole party to be any moment stopped
by a policeman. She prudently de-
cided to march up Sixth avenue instead
of Fifth till she reached the cross-block
on which DR.. Ponds office was situated.
AT last There lowered the house.
There rose the tall stoop She glanced
behind. Her tatterdemalions appeared
to be trife subdued by the neighbor-
hood
She rang the bell. A portly colored
man threw the door wide open.
Peter" said Madge insinuatingly,
'these boys will have to be admitted.
DIR. Pond wants to try an experiment.
He understands"
Peter, too astonished for words, but
knowing that Madge had come to the
doctor since she was little girl, held
the door open, though with wide-eyed
suspicion, and let the boys enter
How their feet resounded over the
marble thing How serious and weighty
some of their countenance were, and
then how noisily the silence was broken
when the aged doctor came out of his
inner room, where Juliet sat screwed to
a lofty height in an operating-chair
and helpless with cofer-dam in her
mouth.
"Sh~ said Madge. And stealthily
advancing she closed the door on
Juliet.
Here's my boy, doctor The bar
gain is made. There she -four
ished her hand toward the small crowd
huddled against the wall-"these are
witnesses. And 0, Doctor" she added,
"please examine his mouth in very
strong light to see if it is healthy. And
then she pulled his gray head down and
whispered, Don't let Juliet on any
account ever know the particulars
Promise p
"Never p said DR.. Pond.
Here, young man, come in here
And the doctor took Mick Moriarty
into second operating room.
He came out presently looking more
treasured, and said to Madge, Sound
as nut Good healthy gums, and
teeth as white and polished as a young
dogs. Bemis" -turning to practi-
toner who stood listening in surprised
silence-"when l give you the word
extract the urchin's right bicuspid, and
bring it into my room, closing the door
behind you
"Now, Miss Madge, marshal your
witnesses as you please, and l will go
in and extract your sisters tooth"
The group Of boys insisted on stand
ing around Mick while his mouth was
cleansed They waited for the tooth
to be pulled with much the air they
might have been supposed to wear at
Spanish bull-fght.
Mick, exalted to hero, sat unfinch-
ingly awaiting the signal, while Madge
holding the mongrel by the string,
counted out the money.
Dr. Pond at once thrust his head in
"Now! don't waste a minute"
DIR. Bemis fastened his forceps grim
ly. Out came the bicuspid, followed
by one tremendous howl from Mick
and regular Irish whillalloo over the
lost tooth from his comrades.
The bicuspid disappeared instanter
through the connecting door and ten
minutes later not vestige remained
Of Madge's army Of ragamuffins, ex-
cept the mongrel, which she always
averred recovered tone perceptibly the
instant his former owners had vanished.
A half hour later DR.. Pond led
Juliet out to the waiting-room, her
jaws bound together. The dentist had
now become so thoroughly interested
in the experiment that he insisted on
Juliet's remaining beneath his roof a
couple Of days SO that he could more
closely watch her case.
Never was there more obedient,
self-denying patient.
Fortunate to relate, the foreign tooth
accommodated itself to its changed cir
cumstances.
The two sisters, to their mutual de-
light, returned to their guardian look
ing as much alike as ever.
Both were beautiful in the extreme
although every one declared that if a
choice were to be awarded to either it
must be conceded to Juliet, notwith-
standing the projection Of one of her
otherwise absolutely faultless teeth.
AS for Madge, this praise was the
sweetest possible morsel to her, especi-
ally as she was of an executive turn Of
mind and always accepted it as a tri-
| bute to her devoted skill and affection