Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-11-19

1ooI very sorry, Colonel lining, but the
truth is that your teeth are past mend
ing. Worn 'em too long, I should say.
Nothing for it but to make you q new
set"
my name is Byng, and you can make
lle a new set and be-and I'll thank
you TO do so, returned the colonel iras-
chilly. "It isn't question Of money.
Charge what you like SO long as you
undertake that the teeth shall be in my
head tomorrow morning."
BLESS the man, you are in hurry,
and on bank holiday, too, of all days in
the year. Do you know the amount of
labor that is involved i'll constructing an
entire set of teeth?'
''No, 1 do not, and I don't care. Is
it or is it not impossible to execute this
order? That's what want TO know"
"Well, 1 won't say it's impossible.
Only i shall have to sit up all night to
do it, you know, and'-
''Then, my dear sir, sit up all night.
/ have told you already that it isn't q
question Of money. Name your own
terms.
Mr.. Wainwright, slow smile spread
ing itself over his rubicund counte-
nance, named his terms, which were GER
tainly somewhat startling. But neccs-
sity has no law, and the betrayal of
this exorbitant PERSONS bill would be q
trifing sacrifice as compared with the
possible loss Of wealthy bride. Two
minutes later the patient was reposing
in the operating chair, with his feet of
the ground and his head tilted back It
an uncomfortable angle, while Mr..
Wainwright, standing over him, was
apparently peering down into the re-
cesses of his inward economy.
"Open your jaws bit wider" said
the latter. "I'll just take cast Of your
mouth as soon as can get the compost
tion ready. H'ml Older man than 1
should have thought by the look Of you!
Don't fidget about like that or we shall
never get on. I'll secure your arms If
you don't mind. That'll keep you
quiet"
Colonel Byng minded very much in
deed and began to say that be did. But
before the words were out of his lips q
broad leather strap had been deity
passed round each of his arms and fas-
tened behind the chair, SO that if Mr..
Wainwright had wished to cut his
throat no effcctual resistance could
have been offered to that method of
treatment.
"Now, now! Dent excite yourself"
the dentist said soothingly, in reply to
the angry expostulations Of his patient.
81 saw you were excitable, and that's
why trussed you up; it's thing 1
often have to do. Can't do my work
satisfactorily with people who wriggle
and jump-makes me quite jumpy my
self to look at them. Specially in hot
weather like this. Thirsty weather,
amt it, colonel? I'm going into the
next room for half second to have a
dr-h' m Ito see whether that compost
tion stuff is ready yet. Just say hymn
to yourself, or something of that kind,
to calm your nerves while I'm away.
With you again PRESENTLY
There could no longer be any doubt
about it; this wretched man had already
been keeping bank holiday and his Of
fensive familiarity was only too easily
to be accounted for. The colonel's first
impulse was to use powerful language; !;
his second and wiser one was to hold
his peace. TO be at the mercy Of a
drunkard is not pleasant, but to be at
the mercy Of an exasperated drunkard is
considerably less so. The victim, there
fore, decided to postpone retaliating
steps until he should be in position of
greater freedom and less responsibility,
hoping meanwhile for the best.
Presently Mr.. Wainwright reappoar-
cd. He advanced with laboriously steady
steps and brought an unmistakable smell
Of brandy into the room with him, but
he could not be called drunk, nor did
he seem to be incapable. "Now, sir,
open your mouth as wide as you can,
please" said he, and Colonel Byng, aft
er moments hesitation, complied. 1t
was scarcely prudent, perhaps, to obey
the orders of manifestly tipsy man,
but as there seemed to be no reason for
suspecting Mr.. Wainwright Of being a
Burke or Hare the colonel submitted
in silence to the thrusting of mass of
some solid, suicky compound like cob
bler's wax between his jaws. No sooner
had this been accomplished than the
operator fell back q few PAGES and began
to giggle helplessly.
"Beg pardon" he spluttered; sorry
to appear unfeeling. But--but you do
look so supremely ridiculous. If you
could only see yourselfl"
The colonel as it happened could and
did see hil elf, for upon the wall fac
ing him and slightly above his head
hung q small mirror, in which was
faithfully reflected the image Of an eld-
erly gentleman whose features Were ab-
surdly distorted, whose cheeks were
purple with anger and whose eyes were
goggling wildly. In the background
could be discerned a little red bearded
man convulsed with merriment, who
presently vanished from the field Of the
picture.
81 must 90 into the next room to re-
cover myself" the voice Of this un-
manncrly practitioner announced. "Sit
still and keep cool You shall be set
free in o minute or two.
Colonel Byng could 10 more keep
cool than he could give utterance to the
expletives which were choking him, but
TO sit still was simple matter enough,
seeing that he could not do otherwise.
He promised himself that Mr.. Vain
wright should soon receive full verbal
castigation and whiled away the time
by mentally rehearsing q few of the re-
marks which he proposed to deliver on
regaining the use Of his tongue. But
two minutes three minutes and five
minutes elapsed and tie dentist still re-
manned absent. The colonel grew inlr
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