Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-08-10
AIMS TOOTHACHE.

fits others, an | to Olamt!
was spending The day. My
young fIieDd-whOm [ will call
Ann, b cause there isn't a single
girl of Inv acqnlinlaUce who ans.
wcls to that name-hsd the tOoOth
ache, and had been suffering all
the morning. She appeared at the
lunch table with her hair in DIS
order AMI a shaw wrapped about
her shoulders, although the di-
ming room WAS 50 warm that the
rest of us were uncomfortable. AL
so there WAS a frOwn on her pretty
face. Everybody was kind to her,
and thoIghllul OF her comfort;
hut still Ann frowned, and acted
as though we were all more or less
to blame for her sulfrrIngS. Her
brother JOAk (IOn't imagine | am
gcins to be caught by giving you
his true name sat next to her, anu
passed her a glass Of water.
~ don't want ary w,t,r," said
Aun; and she covered at him as
thongh he had shown her an insult.
What do yOn sOpposc want Of
cold water, when the very sight of
anythlrg coli makes my face feel
worst ?"
"Poor ;hing!' said JOab. "Have
you tried 4 bit of cotton wet with
peppermint ave heard s)me-
body say that was splendid for
toothache.D
a blt of cotton" repeated AIN,
with shift. "Where would Iput
itl | have told you a dozen times
thlt the tooth isn't decayed."
JOab SAID no more. The next of.
fender was her sister. We will
call her Jemima. ST do wish you
wOnldh't poke your elbows into
me,,' said Ann, giving the offend
ing elbow such a nudge that
Jemina was very near dropping
the cup she was raising to her lips.
Jemima laughed good na;uredly,
and said she guessed it wasn't ell
bows so much as nerves which
troubled Ann.
Well, l need not describe the en-.
tire meal. 1t is, perhaps, sufficient
20 say that Ann sustained the
character which have hlnted at,
until, j lsr tefore wealoSe from the
table, she left the dining.roOm In
a huff, because the girl held the
door open at her back.
"Poor child" said her mother,
"she is not used to pain, and 1t
makes her irritable"
A. six o'clock dinner was sur
prised to see Ann, for l had been
told that she was suf1 ri ne all the
afternoon; aud, indeed, there were
rings under her eyes which told ol
pain. But her hair WIS neatly ar
ranged, and the shawl did not ap'
pear. Miss Pennington, the new
assistant music teacher at the col
legc, was taking dinner there, and
sat between Am and JOab.
When a glass OF water was given
NJ s. Pennington, she looked at bel
nelghjOr on the LETT and SAID:
"Wlll you have some, my deAr|
"No, | think you,' answered
Ann in a most lady.like wa and
there WAS not HAT of the "very
sight Of the water" increasing bel
pain. Not long after Miss Pennlng
ton looked at Ann, who, by the
way, is one OF her music pupils
and said: 81 am afraid am Glow
ding you, dear. You haven
room for Your fruit plate.
Wnereupon sLe proceeded to re
move some OF her dishes to the
other side of her plate. Oh, no
indeed!' said Ann, IN lie most an
geIic tones. "I have plenty o.
room. Please do not move any
thing" She never even hInted G
elbows, though Miss PenningtOh''
were nearer than Jemi mas haC
been.
Now what plzzles me is, why
did the toothache so affect Auh'l
nerves at noon that she could no
speak pleasantly to her Owl
brother and sister, and yet, hav
ing suffered IN the same way al
the afternoon, ALLOW her to be en-
TREY sweet and lady-llke 10 Mis-
Pennington, lady whom she ha'
known but a few weeks, ant
= whom she cOlld not possibly love
so much as she did Joab ant
Jemima. Ileayc the matter will
You.
} Only | cannot help wondering
whether you are acquainted will
Ann, and whether you know an.
t other young people who hale a
] ouaar narvaa no eha - panav.