The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-21

nanQS gfaSpeu one auOJHeT. lHefe was q
pathetic tremble III her voice.
"Aunt Kitty - she said, you must not
speak of my mother in that way before
me-
A little flush rose even in Aunt Hitty's
cheeks. | think that, for the first time in
her life, she was really ashamed of herself.
Il beg your pardon, Amabel,n she said
and she kissed the girl 50 gently that even
Amabel was appeased. But the Kings
daughter watched the two as they went
slowly down the street. Her fingers were
holding On the iron gate. Her head was
thrown back, aud the CLEAN had not left
her eyes.
81 am not afraid-I shall never be afraid
again-of your she whispered.
A little hand was pulling at her skirt.
'It's my throat that'ssssore, /" ~whimpered
Jill. sack and me we waded in the
brook. Jack he says his ear aches, and my
throat is awful sore, Amabelt'
Amabel gave a little cry of dismay, and
suddenly clapped her rand to her left
cheek. It was not Jacks ear nor yet Jill's
throat that she minded at the moment.
There was a pain closer to her than theirs.
An ominous throb shot through a certain
eooth. A dull, grinding ache, which
meant mischief.
Terror number one, in the shape of fault
finding first wife's relations had disappear
ed: but, in its place, doomed terror number
two, and Amabel's heart failed her.
That particular tooth had wrought her
woe. It was dead. Only last week it had
liberated. The memory of nights Of
wretchedness and days of misery was fresh
in the victims mind. 0nce-twice she had
gone to the dentists to have it drawn; and
once-twice, 70 her modification and
shame, her courage had oozsd out, and
she had beat a retreat from the forceps.
Il can only assure you that yon must
come again." the dentist had remarked,
cheerfuIly.
Aud now that miserable second moiar''
was ready for a fresh assault. Amabel
gazed at Jill
1Oal tufOds 10 cOit- eQE 4utStfO1tQs
Jill nodded.
Amabel turned fiercely to Jack:
sfYour ear achessv
Jack opened his mouth, and, forgetting
his years. roared Justify.
And when Jill's throat is sore it stays
sore. And when Jacks ear begins to ache
it means I've got to wait OF him by inches
Amabel told herself that, and her tooth
gave a knowing and vicious twinge. She
turned as white as a sheet. Then she took
an immense resolution.
ssOf-any things'' she said under her
breath, and she marched straight into the
had her hat on now. The twins burst into
walls, bat she passed them by
Il will come back in ten minutes" she
said, huskily. go to Norah
She could hear them ella norinz D hisd
her. She recognized the infant Seiasaen's
tones as he Joined tue general distress.
Faster and faster she walked Her cheeks
redder aud redder. Her lips moved.
9 she need not be afraid Of anything.
Because she is the daughter OF King
Over and over again She repeated the words.
Possibly they possessed their former charm.
She could not tell, she only knew she must
walk on.
Why need the dentists put gong-bells on
their ofhce-doora. Don'E they know how
that peculiar ring pierees the ear.
And there stood DIR. Pierce as smiling
and serene as if an liberated tooth were the
ioliiest thing on earth.
Amabel faced him as she, at that supreme
moment, would have faced a dragon.
Il can't be i'll again" she cried. my
mother is sick. Ny sister is in New York.
Jacks ear aches. Jill's throat is sore.
There's nobody on hand out me. Get your
foreeps, doctor. She need not be afraid
All. Oh. For PHYS sake hurry, doctor, or
| shall mn again.
The doctor was as agile as a monkey.
0ne-two-t hree-barely ten seconds pass
ed.
lis that all, Can thai be aliss'' cried
AmabeI, and she fairly clapped her hands
Why, the actual pain was nothing-liter-
ally nothing, compared with the fear which
had gone before. The only thing to be
afraid Of, after all was-fear.
Now she was strong to work for mamma,
to nurse Jack, to eoddle Jill.
Garry flowers to the sick? Was that to
be the work for Miss Maybrook's "Tens"
Yes, indeed, Amabei would do tLat-next
week. To-day, it was mamma and Jack
and jill who were on the hands of this
Kings daughter
Her feet fairly danced as she vent along.
Her heart sang like a bird.
Afraid? Never again Of the aunts. New
er again-truly never again Of even an
liberated tooth.
Afraid?
"sshe need not be afraid OF anything, ,
Because she is the daughter of a King"
-Masy s. MsCob5, in TIE Independent.
a senszbie Man
Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
aud Lungs. 1t IS curing more cases of
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