The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-10

81 should advise sir TO have il stopped" MIR.
Saubergue said defeleniiay. alter examining
the peccant member ltd last you out another
"Tnank you,'' Hugh answered, 81 don't want
advice. Mr. Saubergue. l want the tooth out.
It's nothing but shell, and it'll never give me
anything but trouble"
with forced pOllteness. 81 wouldn't venture 10
interfere with your judgment, sr.'-Alr Sau
bergue made M all Highs prescriptlons-"But
our business is to save the teeth as long as pos
sibe, not to sacrifice them. We feel ii our duty
TO warn our.our patients against rashly getting
rid Of ihem.'
CHATS our own professional plaiitude, about
its being our duty % prolOng life as far as posi-
ble-a very dubious morality-throwu back in
the DOCTORS teeth by the dentist. You STAY the
eagle with an arrow feathered from Its own
wing. Never mind; Pm ready; will you begin,
please"
sir. LIS 5icuspid. and being SO much decayed
may give us trouble. Margaret. Margaret; come
IN aud hold Mr.. Chandos' head, will you? This
Hugh shuddered little as the old woman put
b er TWO skinny hands on each side OF his broad
forehead. 81 hope she's washed them well since
yesteTda y" be said 10 himself, silently for he
wasn't yet a thoroughly seasoned doctor. why,
her fingers are just like skeletons, and as cold
as a corpSe's, too, into The bargain"
PULL old Margaret said lacOncallyi and
Mr.. Saubergue. with terrific wrench, brought
out tie Dicuspid aud laid IL bleeding Oh the little
table.
Old Margaret look the lone-langed tooth up
and looked at 1t cuTiousy. stuffed" size said
in her dry tone and laid il down again. Hugh
had most uncomfortable sense that the old
woman had been taking stock OF him carefully
all the time the tooth was being drawn; but why
on earth that feeling made him creep and Shud-
der he hadn't really the slightest notion.
Old Margaret, after handing him ID her me-
chanieal fashion glass offresh water took up
the broom that she had leaned against The cor
ner of the table for minute aud hobbled off
again about her household duties.
strange old woman that % Hugh Chandos
remarked in uDdertoue, he had
checked The bleeding OF his gum. II didn't know
SHE lived here, Saubergue"
Lives out IN room In my back yard, str,' the
chemist answered, careIessly. q" People about
country peOple-say she's a witch. Anyhow,
she's very singular old body. sweeps the shop,
washes and lays out cOrpses, holds heads for me,
does odd jobs IN town. and makes with her own
hand ali my iniuslons. You wouldn't believe II,
Mr.. CbaudOs, but that Old woman, ragged as she
is, is worth money. Nobody knows how much
but herself for she keeps it all tied up in stock
dred pounds; some say five hundred; some say
thousand But anyhow, L know I've seen her
myself counting up gold soyereIgns, enough TO I'LL
tn vaseline pot til re, SIR"
Why does she live IN your yardP' Hugh H.
quired casually.
% Because she's afraid, sir, II she lived any
where else, they'd murder her for her money.
She's wonderfully afraid OF being murdered.
Has sort of terror of IT, But this being chem
times. aud the bell convenient, and all so handy
TO The police station, she likes TO live here for
the sake OF the safety. And size PAYS good
rent, 100, however she manages ii. Besides,
let her live there glad enough, as IFS so near
ana easy Tor making the infusiOns."