The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-02

one of the people who disparage
whatever is not their own. If one
of his acquaintance has possession
IA horse, a boat, a garden, a pie, an
umbrella, which is an object of pride
owner-Hobday usually re
-aDers having owned or at least
-sen or heard Of a far more remark
able object Of the same kind. Sc
when he found me one evening with
q, severe toothache I was not sur
prised to hear him say:
ssHml Toothachel If you'd ever
suffered from one as I have, you'd
knew"
I ventured to defend my own as
remarkable specimen Of its kind, fol
few things are more exasperatine
than to have ones toothache depre
ciated. But Mr.. Holiday told me the
following story, which I know to be
tue in the main, and I was obliged
10 admit that I had never possessed
so disastrous an ache. He said:
The tocthache took mewhen l was
on the Pacific coast in ore of those
new cities where nothing was done
except the great work of blooming
the town" The population lived II
tents and rough shanties, and den.
lists and such luxuries were as scarce
& as kings and dodos.
It was about half past Q in the
evening, when the pain became al
most unbearable-none of your mild
comfortable aches that are merely
an excuse for idleness and bid fol
human sympathy. / left my quar-
tiers and went down by the water
front to walk in the cool of the even.
ieg.
q 10 my surprise and delight I saw
near the wharf a tent with the illu
minated sign "Dentist" in front. The
tooth had transported me beyond
any fear of dentistry by this time,
and ] entered the dread presence
with the JOY that captive feels
when he sees the approach of the e8-
ecutioner who is to end long PERI
od OF torture.
found theoperater sitting in the
one chair in the tent beside table
where were a few dental tools, a
small bottle and q lamp. He rose
and offered me the chair.
Take ether2" he asked.
NO. Hurry up and pull it, that's
all
locating the tooth he gave me
several quite needless digs and again
suggested ether. Again declined.
ssItt,n come hard, said he mourn
fully, giving me tweak with the
foreeps.
All right. Whatever you please,
only be quick about it" Where
upon he poured something ona cloth
which he held to my mouth and nos
rils.
Knight have known from the frst
) sniff that it was chloroform. Soon
the light grew dim, and l felt very
cold and dizzy. Iawoke in intense
darkness, gasping for breath, and
with sense of suffocation at breath
ing foul and heavy air. There was
rushing sound about me like that OF
a storm,
tried to rise, but struck my head
hard-aaa-bsy down again. Every
thing seemed unsteady: There was
sense of swaying and rolling.
tried to remember how ! had come
there and where l vas.
Then noticed that l was lying in 8
pool of water that swashed from side
Ste side, This seemed to negative ths
theory had begun to form-that
had been buried alive.
heard tramping over me and
called out with all my might. My
voice sounded hollow and strange
It frightened me.
yelled again and again, when
square of light shone above me anc
a voice called:
.eWho be you and what a-ho1eri1
ata Hold y'r noise an come out"
raised my head, struck it agai1
ard Topped back.
.sTn help ye thenI' shouted my
new acquaintance Savagely. He
came down through the square o:
light, seized me and hustled me-
roughly up to the open air. wa:
on the deck of a large schooner un
s der full sail.
@ Six or eight men lounging abou
looked at me with some amusement
But the captain showed every sig1
& of surprise and anger.
'sWhat r. you a-doin of down intt
3 my holda" he yelled. ''Whad'yet
mean by comm aboard this vessel
You come to steal an fell down in ye,
tracks, Ell? Served yer rightiH
I gazed helplessly around. Thel
he ordered me to give an account O
myself, which tried to do.
"Shut up!" roared the captain
.sYer drunk After more abuse
was informed that I should work m.
passage and work hard, too, or-her
followed number Of threats, Q
which aaying alive and subsequen
picking was perhaps the least unat
tractiyco.
was then ordered to move som
boxes and sacks. But this provin:
too much for my strength I was al
lowed to rest. One Of the sailor
came over and looked at me as Ia,
( propped against sack
< s'Wen, lad, how dye like it," h
Slsed kindly enough.
here are we bound and VIVA