The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-17
PAINLESS DENTISTRY,
Didn't Know When the Tooth Came On
But, oh. His Other Troubles,

4 Duts TN. f1fS OtEtr 1FOuDkec.
''Does it hurt very much to have q
tooth pulled?" inquired tail man OF
| fremont street dentist.
| THAT depends" was the reply. '.I.
the affected tooth happens to be mo-
lar, with the roots at right angles with
each other, or If it is decayed so as to
leave the nerve uncovered. or il it is
worn down even with the gums, so that
it is necessary to dig the flesh away in
1 order to get a good hold with the
1 forceps, then the chances are that you
| will kick little"
Then the tall man trembled from
| head to foot, and in a shaking voice
said: '.What do you think of that one?'
accompanying his words by opening
| his mouth to its fullest extent and in
dicating with his finger the seat of his
! trouble.
The doctor took up small instru-
ment with little round loolIing-glass
1T one end, and, running it into the
| cavern that yawned before him. made
a careful inspection of the interior
THAT looks like stubborn old fell
low" remarked the doctor. as he re.
placed the instrument upon his work
ing table
What would you advise?n timidly
inquired the tall man.
Laughing gas" replied the doctor.
''Will l be oblivious to the pain?"
Entirely So
The tall man settled himself in the
operating chair. and the doctor inserted
between the patients teeth an old
champagne cork. Then he placed a
funnershaped piece of rubber over the
tall mans mouth and nose, and told
him to breathe heavily Gradually
consciousness gave way under the in
f1uence of the gas, but not until the
man to be operated upon had suffered
the sensation of being smothered un-
der an old-fashioned feather pillow.
The tall man was now in dreamland
He first imagined that he was on his.
way to the worlds fair and when the
train was on a down grade and going
sixty miles an hour the wheels left the
track. The air brakes broke. and the
cars rushed along at terrible speed.
1t was with the greatest difficulty that
the dreamer kept in his berth. Ire
mendous jolting was caused by the
wheels running over the ties The
suspense was something awful; the
wreck of the train was inevitable. The
car was filed with the shrieks of the
terrified passengers mingled with the
crash of glass and the rattle of the
train. Suddenly there was deafen-
n nrf
sion, and the cars appeared to crumbls
away. The tall man found himself in
total darkness, but suddenly, to his
horror, he discovered a streak of lurid
flame through the wreckage, which
told him that he would be roasted
alive if immediate succor did not reach
him. He could hear voices directly
ver him. but do as he would
.ot sound could he utter. The flames
were making rapid progress toward
the place where he was confined, and
their hot breath was beginning to
SINCE his whiskers Then came the
crash of an AK directly over his head
The first blow struck him squarely in
the back of the neck. and he felt that
his time had surely come. The next
one cut off his left ear. and the third
opened up space in his Uranium the [
size of a saucer. The FIRE had now |
crept up to his feet and the left one !
was slowly roasting, when another |
blow from the AK, greater than all the /
rest, knocked his head clean from his /
body. He experienced singular buzz |
ing in his ear: there was CLEAN of /
light in the distance, and with bound /
he returned to consciousness
The doctor was standing over him, /
holding double tooth in his forceps
THAT was an old stager, and no mis-
take. How he did hang. 1t took all
my strength to dislodge him" and the
doctor wiped his dripping forehead
with his handkerchief.
Where a-a-am I?' were the first
words Of the tall man
why, right here in my Office" re-
'ponded the doctor. "You would have
lad tough time if you hadn't taken
he gas"
well, If it had been rougher than il
was I would now be CORPSE
md the tall man paid the one dollar
md fifty cents. and went out into the
treet feeling as if he had been walk
ng in treadmin for q week.-Boston