The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-16
OON1MTSSIOM
Gut The TOOTH CANE OUT.
tne Of tho KIM OF phhou,oy's Female
Warriors Proves nm Ugly Patient.


/ tno Of tho king OF pnhowoy's Female
Warriors Proves an Ugly Patient
II was late one night daring tho mir
whom DIR. Yeager' . residence bell was rung.
Tho visitor was messenger from Man
aver Penny OF the Dahomey Village, nsk.
ing the physician to como NJ once 20 the
village and attsnd patient suffering nom
the toothache. The doctor went niutr for
the sake of the adventure than for the fee,
He was shown 70 the bedside OF tho WONT
an and proceeded TO examine tho big teeth
inoloSed In mouth that opened like q eel.
lar door 10 make sure which was tho
offending tooth Or. Yeager began prying
around With his little steel instrument so
familiar 20 all who have visited the cham
Der OF horrors known as dentists parlprs.
He accidentally touched the nerve OF the
deeaycd and aching molar, and the Hma-
ron let loose yell that drew 30 her sidc
every member Of tho village,
IL WAS an excited andwildly demOnstta.
tive crowd that danced about tho wom-
ans bedside Dr. Ycapcr coolly oontln.
ued his work, however, and lnally before
the woman could prevent him, no had
sneaked nom hss pocket o pair OF shining
furceps aud hooked on 20 thc pain prodUc-
ing worry. SAri was not astonished. bat
she WAS hurt AS the steel instrument
went crashing Into tho gum surrounding
the aching tooth the brawny woman set
mp howl that SOC every ono OF her sisters
aud tho black men wild with excitement.
The louder the amazon yelled the hsrder
Dir. Ycagcr pulled. She struck wildly at
tho man at tho other end OF She iorceps,
hut the Doctors lodging powers arc as
acute as they were the day ho left tho coll
lego football team.
She finally lcaped from tho cot ON which
she roclined, and still tho doctor pulled AT
the molnr. Sari struck vieiously at her
tolturor, but here the doctor showed great
strategy by keeping the woman head so
far In advance OF her body thag the blows
fell short.
Around md around tho village went tho
doctor and tho patient 1haformtr tugged
aud kept cool. The woman made thenlght
hidoous with her cries and grew angtfcr
every moment sun the inolar held Sc
own. Tho mon IN thovillago danced about
the struggling Doctor and amazon and
expressed their delight at the spectacle 10
wild dances and peculiar cries.
Tho end came at last and In most un-
expected manner Some Of the Villagers,
pcrcciving that the DOCTORS strength WAS
1i9nOsU exhausted ana huuirinR inc PUCK
he demonstrated by holding on as long as
ho had decided 90 take the matter ia
hand, separate the man Of medicine from
tho insnnely angry woman and az theaama
time protect the former from INJURY.
Throe or four men aeizcd the woman, and
two amazons seized the doctor The two
parties pulled in opposite directions, aud
the bond thar united the doctor
and eho OF the aching molar was broken.
AZ the samo instant tho woman was
thrown over the heads OF the attacking
party at hor rear, and tho doctor went sail
Ing over the shoulders ~ those who Ind
seized him.
a moment later DIR. Yeagor was seen att
ting ON the ground holding Bloft the for.
cops, from which projected the offending
piece OF ivory that once adorned the mouth |
Of the troubled amazon, - Chicago Herald. |