The Progress., 1894-01-20
BUT THE TOOTH CAME OUT.
One Of the King Of DahOmey's Female
Warriors Proves an Ugly Patient.


It was late one night during the fair
when DR.. N,ager residence bell was ruug.
The visitor was a messenger from Man
agcr Penny of the Dahomey village, ask
iny the physician 10 come at once 20 the
village and attend "A patient suffering from
the toothachc The doctor went more for
the sake of jle adventure than for The fee.
He was shown 20 the bedside of the wom-
an and proceeded to examine the hlg teeth
inclo,cd in a mouth that opened like eel
lar door To make sure which vas the
offending tooth DIR. Yoagcr began pryiug
around with his little steel instrument 50
familiar to all who have visited the cham
! ber of horrors known rs dentist $ parlors.
/ He accidentally touched the nerve of the
/ decayed and aching molar, and the anna
| Zon let loose n yell that drew t2 her side
! every member of the village.
| 1t was an excited and wildly demonStra-
tive crowd that danced about ~ w"m-
ans bedside. DR. Yeager cOOlly cOntin-
ued his work, however, and finally, before
the woman could prevent him, he had
sneaked from his pocket pair II shining
forceps and hooked on to the pain produc-
ing worry. Sari was not astonlshed, but
she was hurt. As the steel instrument
went crashing into the gum surrounding
the aching tooth the brawny EOman set
up a howl that set every one o. her sisters
and the black men wild with excitement.
The louder the amazon yelled the harder
DIR Ycaprr pulled She struck wildly at
the man at the other end of the forceps
but the doctors dodging powers are as
acute rs they were the day he ieit the col
lege football team.
She finally lcaped from the cot on which
she reclined, and still the doctor pulled at
the molar. Sari struck viciously at heI
torturer, but here the doctor showed grea
strategy 10y keeping the woman S head s'
far in advance of her body that the blow
! fell short.
Around and around the village went tn
doctor and the patient. The former tugge'
and kept cool. The woman made the nigh
hideous with her cries and grew angrle
/ every moment. Still the molar held II
own The men in the village danced abou
the struggling doctor and amazon an
expressed their delight at the spectacle L
D. wild dances and peculiar cries.
= The end came Ht last and in most IN
expcted manner Some of the villagers
perceiving that the Doctors strength wa
t almost exhausted and admiring the pluc
he demonstrated by holding on as long
+ he had decided to take the matter
:. hand. separate the man Of medicine froI
the insanely angry woman and at the san
u time protect the former from inJur.
Is Three or four men seized the woman, an
two amazons seized the doctor. The t"
. parties pulled in opposite directions, al
I suddenly the bond that united the doct'
II and she of the aching molar was broke
If At the same instant the woman WI
thrown over the heads of the attackiI
;, party at her rear, and the doctor went sa
|, ing over tho shoulders of those who h'
N seized him.
- A moment later DR.. Yeager was seen 81
, ting on the ground holding aloft the tt
Il ceps, from which projected the oifendiI
;, piece of ivory that once ador;~d the mou
~ of the troubled amaZon.-Chicago Heral