St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-14
he pain, with which Gumsberg had

| such hold OF him tnat these RENE
dies proved to be of little use. He
went on applying them until late in
the evening, but the pain was scarce
ly at all allayed. His landlady, who
herself, she said, was great sufferer
with her teeth, suggested to him
that he should hold boiled onion in
his mouth. She often found that an
effective remedy. He did try it, but
only succeeded in blistering his mouth
with the thing. His tooth went on
aching with undated violence. He
drank port wine and brandy until
he was three-parts intoxicated. The
tooth continued to ache. In fact, the
throbbings and shootings of the
nerve became more and more acute
as the night proceeded.
He never had wink of sleep. He
got up next morning haggard,
wretched, almost desperate. Con-
stitutionally, he was a bad hand at
bearing pain, and it wore him out
sooner than it would most men. But
had he possessed ever so much endur
ance, he would bave found it difficult
to stand up against this. The nerve
jumped and darted as though it were
being touched with red-hot skewer.
And in the intervals bet Ween these
appalling sensations there was a
feeling in the tooth like the grip of a
steel vice. Then his other teeth
chimed in, and all the nerves in his
face were on the qui vive. The tor
ture was circulating. Hecould not
sit, OF lie, or stand, or pace the room,
for more than a minute at stretch.
The perspiration settled in beads
upon his forehead. To think that
this internal molar was permanent
fixture in his jaw.
By.and-by his landlady came in.
"Lor' bless me, sir" she exclaimed,
as she saw him tossing and grooming
on the sofa. rs your tooth very bad
this morning ?"
"Bad's not the word, Mrs. Pop.
ham. It's agonizing-simply agon-
izing. OH phew! phewl Icant bear
the cursed thing much longer"
"Lor' sir, why ever don't ye have
it dror'd?"
ooh! OH Because it can't be
'dror'd' Mrs. Popham."
Cant be dror'd, sir. ?"
Mrs. Popham's tone was indicate i've
OF mild surprise; she even looked as
if she thought that toothache must
have turned Pimminer's brain.
NO. | went to Gumsberg yester-
day. He's the best dentist in Lon
don. He tried at the tooth for 20
minutes and couldn't move it. He
says that it is embedded in the jaw.
Phew phew phewl"
"Lor' sir. You never say so, sir.
Well, knows some one as l b'leeves
would get it out, sir"
"Gumsberg says that it wouldn' t
be safe for any one to try, in case he
should fracture my jaw. Oh, hang
it This is more than can stand!"
"Ah, WE'LL" said the landlady, evil
IDENTIFY incredulous on the point.
Dentists may have reasons for
leaving teeth in gentlemen's heads
that you and | knows nutthink
about, sir. Anyways, it's quite GER
tain that If every one had their bad
teeth dror'd first going of, there soon
would't be much left for dentists to
do. And as | SEE, | knows some one
as I'm sure would whip it out in a
twinkling. Lives in this house, too,
sir"
Lives in this housed"
Eyes. It's the new lodger that has
taken my second floor, and"
but | thought it was a lady who
had taken the second floor" said
Pimminer.
$50 it is, sir, young lady; but
she's professional dentist for all
that, and l never come across one
that drors teeth heater"
Have you had tooth taken out
by her, then ?"
Eyes, sir, only last week. | was
suffering with a bad toothache, sir
and | spoke to her about it, and SHE
just looked ati it, and she SEE That
tooth must come out, she seq. 'Lor'
miss, | SEE, 4 couldn't face having il
drord, | SEE. My nerves isn't wha'
they was, SEE, and my teetl
always comes out ser erisly and Sc
hard Don't you be afraid, she SEE
IN have it out in halt second, Jus
you sit down in that chair, she SEE
and so did and then I onened m,