The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-15
WHY HE DIDN'T SHOW UP.
A RiotOus Tooth and an Energetic Dem
fist Prevented.

Got in, did your" said the managing
editor to woe-begone reporter yesterday.
Yep"
"Where've you been?"
Been having riot-ithaIt is, a tooth of
mime has" spoke up the demoralized
pencil shower. you see the nerves in
one OF my molars holding a wake Satur-
day night along about O'Clock over q
dead root fell out and had "a fearful riot
and suffered. The innocent always do
in riots, you know, They had been pre-
pairing for the wake for some days, and
as they telegraphed and 'phoned over
their dominions | would frequently vince
under acute pain. There appeared to be
u high and mighty nerve in the northeast
CORNER of the dominion, down in the val
leyS along the jaw bone, that made it
his special business Ito phone the high
and mighty mogul nerve who presided
over that part of the domain or noun
famous region above the valleys. Satur-
day night these two fell out over who
should preside at the wake and the noun
TAIN nerve was smashed over the head
felt the lick and jumped. The high and
mighty of the valley was then kicked in
the stomach and the fun began in dead
earnest and didn't know whether to run
or kill myself offhand with bar of soap.
did the first, as you see, and hurried over
Or. Slmcock, prominent and skilled
dentist, but he was away from home.
His son cheerfully informed me if he
had some graphing irons and q derrick he
would draw the tooth. / found DIR. Sim
cock at the Masonic lodge, where wake
had been held and the dead raised" and
all hadS were enjoying supper with the
doctor ut one end of the table, doing his
best to keep up with Dr. Graves. who was
at the other end. DR.. Simcock consent
ing, we repaired to his dental rooms. That
very moment the Grouble i'm the molar
ceased and the nerves were as calm and
peaceful as q May morn. I'm told it is
the experience of all, or nearly all. AS
soon as you start to dentist with an
aching tooth, right there and then the
ache ceases. | wasn't to be fooled by
any such patched up truce between the
mountain and valley foes had made up
my mind to have that molar out. Dental
| rooms in Austin are mot prepared for
| night work, but under the glare of lone
gas jet the doctor, with coat off, got out
his graphing irons and was soon Juggling
away at that molar to the infinite disgust
of it's nerve inhabitants. 1t failed to
start. Another pull and still it failed.
| The doctor groaned. Not once did l
groan. Never! I'd scorn to do such a
thing. The society man would have yelled
and called for papa. i didn't. The doc
| tor took another pull and groaned some
more. l was really uneasy and suggested
that we postpone further operations until
morning, as the office was dimly lighted
and it was utterly impossible for him to
see what he was doing. Possibly this
caused him to groan. Well, we finally
agreed to let the matter go over until Sun
day morning at O'clock, at which hour,
with plenty of light and bright, new and
improved instruments, that molar was
yanked out in short order, the operation
being almost painless; proper agents be-
ing used to produce that effect. The
might before this agent was not used
and Of course the doctor grOaned out
ugeously."
"What caused your tooth ito ache?"
asked the managing editor.
"a vilainous cigar introduced into the
editorial rooms by the society man who
induced me to smoke lit. The cigars he
smokes would cause the nerves of any
tooth on earth to grow riotous. This is
why | didn't show up"