The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-04-06
SCIENCE In PRIVATE LIFE.
How an Impractical Young College
Graduate Saved a Girls Heart
and Her Fathers Honor
BY CHARLES BARNARD.
coNTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY.

lantern slide III may De OF use some gay.
Come in"
This last was in response to knock at
the door Mr.. Bedford entered, panama
hat with two ribbons in hand.
Good afternoon, Mr., Franklin, !
thought might find you here
Eyes, I'm al leisure. What can do for
your Smoker
ssNo; I can't today. The fact is, I've q
bad tooth, and smoking troubles it. =
Indeed. Let me see it. I'm bit OF
Dentist
tsAre your That's fortunate, for it
aches sadly, and our nearest dentist is five
miles away
ssSit right here by the window, where 1
can have a good light
Mr.. Bedford, physical coward, could
not bear pain and though he was unwill-
ing to be under obligations to one whom
he considered mere boy, he sat down in
the proffered chair, and opened his mouth
dutifully.
sAh, yes-dentes sapentia It's quite
gone. Shall take it out for your
ssWiil it be PAINFUL"
mo Ill give you nitrous oxide.
Without it it might be very painful, for
the tooth is much broken down.
r.
place himself so utterly at the mercy of
this young mani
sit will pass off in moment, and leave
no i'll effects behind You had better take
it,
well, will; but make it very mild,
for am afraid Of these new tangled no
tons
'sYou need have no fear said Elmer,
bringing up his iron box of nitrous oxide,
and selecting pair of forceps from the
mass Of instruments in one Of his trunks.
ssIt,s very odd It's the merest chance
that happened to have pair Of forceps.
Are you ready nowg Put this tube in
your mouth, and breathe easily and
naturally
The patient leaned back in the chair,
and the amateur stood silently watching
him.
ssIt's q fearful risk, but I'm going to
try it. / succeeded with Alma, and
fancy / can with this fool. He was a fool
to run right into my arms in this fashion.
No wonder his wisdom tooth was rotten.
Ill have it out in moment
All this to myself. The patient closed
his eyes, and fell into deep sleep.
aTake it strong. 1t will not hurt you,
and must keep you quiet till the deed is
d9ne.', q
His science was to be brought TO bear
upon rascality, and he must move eau
tiously and quickly. The instant the
patient was unconscious Elmer bent over
him and turned back his coat and from
the inside pocket he drew forth folded
paper He had caught a glimpse OF it
when he looked in the mans mouth, and
t.<x
ceived and put into practice this bold
stroke Of applied science. Making the
man comfortable, and giving him little
air with the gas, he opened the paper and
spread it wide open before pile of books
In the full sunlight The patient stirred
uneasily With breathless motion
Elmer piled him with more gas, and he
sighed softly and slumbered deeper than
ever. With spring no reached the
camera, rolled it up before the paper and
Bet in new slide. 1t copied the paper
with terrible certainty, and then, without
reading it, Elmer folded the paper up
again and restored IL to his patient S
pocket
The patient revived He put his hand
IN his mouth. The tooth was still there.
ssWhy, you didn't touch its''
''No was delayed bit. Take the
gas again. .
The man submitted, and inhaled more
gas AT the instant he slumbered the
forceps were deity piled and the tooth re-
moved Bathing the mans face with
water, the young dentist watched him
closely till he revived again.
.sDo you feel betterss
ssBetterl Why, I'm not hurtl Is II
really out?''
.Yes There it is in the washbowl."
s'You did very wea, young man. Excel
lently Pm sure I'm much obliged
You're welcome, % replied Mr. Frank
lin. 1t was trihing affair. =
Repeating his thanks, the visitor put on
his Int with its two ribbons and retired.
For an hour or more the youthful sor
OF science worked over his new mega
tives, and then he quietly closed the
shutters and lighted his stereopticon
The first picture he threw upon the wal
greatly pleased him. With half parted
lips, placid smile and closed eyes, the
sleeping Alma lived in shadowy beauty
before him.
sQueer such a charming girl should be
long to such q fooln'
Not choice language for son Of pure
eyed science. but history is history and
the truth must be told.
Now for the paper
He took Alma's stolen picture from the
lantern and inserted in its place a positive
copy of the paper he had captured from
her lover. Suddenly there flashed upon
the wan document of the most startling
and extraordinary character. He read il
through several simes before he could
bring himself to understand the peculiar
nature of the important discovery he hao
made. Long and earnestly he gazed upon
the gigantic writing On the wall, and Their
he slowly opened one Of the shutters and
the magic whiting faded away in the rus,
light of the setting sun.
A moment after, the tea bell rang
This over, young Mr.. Franklin said HI
must go out for his evening constitn
tional lie wished to be alone. Tn,
events of the day, the discoveries HI
made, and, more than all! Annals grie
and silence at the supper table disturbed
him. He wished more air, more freedom
to think over these things, and to devils
some plan for future action.
4 Alma. What of her? Was he no
growing to like her-perhaps love her
And she was engaged to that--that--h
could not think of him with patience
The chimney; the two in the photo, ans
the strange paper; what did they all mean
I Why were both father end daughter il
such evident distress2 He pondered thes
f1,srs,er,