The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-17

Hello. Doe he said briskly, i got
your letter yesterday, and was nigh
ty glad to see that you are disposed to
be so accommodating about that work
you did on my teeth last week. The
fact is you did an Internally poor Job
The plugs have all fallen out already,
and you warranted them for ten years.
That being the case, it's nothing more
than common justice that you should
fix me up again. had intended to
kick against paying your BILL but since
you are willing to rectify your mistake
why, I'll give you another trial, and IL
you do all right the second trip. III
pay you the SIS without a murnur."
II stared at Mr.. Whitman in amaze
ment. Quite certain was / that never
before had l met the gentleman, and
consequently was positive that had
never plugged his teeth On the inn
pulse of the moment, l said as much.
" My dear, SIR / gasped, you must
be mistaken in your dentist. have no
recollection of having done any work
for YOU
"Mr. whotman glared at me ferc-
ciously. oh, no. he growled, so you
are going TO try to deny your butchery.
are you? You're going to try to put
it off on somebody else, are you? Well.
sir, you can't dc anything Of the kind.
Fortunately I've got your bill right
here to prove that you, and nobody
else, did it, II you didn't tinker with
my teeth you have no business to send
me a bill for dental services. But you
did send me a bill-and for SIS. too
so you can't go back on your own
work
without doubt Mr.. Whitman was
the coolest customer | ever met III ne
had not been quite so brazen l think
should have had the audacity to insist
that there was some mistake. and /
should have trumped up some explana-
ton that would have seemed half way
plausible, but, as 1t was, his nerve
handed attack so thoroughly undid me
that for the life Of me / couldn't mus
ter the courage to invent one single
lie. He saw his advantage and fol-
lowed it up boldly.
" I'm ready for you to go to work
right now, he said, and see that you
have no patients waiting, and can soon
be ready, too. We may as well get
at It, straight off. l always like to
get a disagreeable job over with as
soon as possible
"As the gentleman delivered himself
of this bit of wisdom he pumped him.
self down in the operating chair and
opened his mouth to my inquiring
gaze. The first look amazed me.
ly somebody had been pegging away
at them. and quite recently, too. and
the bungling the incompetent workman
had been guilty OF was frightful TO
contemplate. He had bored and filed
and gouged recklessly, and the task
Whitman had called upon me 10 do was
to fill the cavities and otherwise re-
pair the damage inflicted by my OBJ
streperous predecessor. Whitman not
ed my expression Of disgust.
I'm not surprised that you fee
like kicking yourself around tina
block he said. You certainly must
admit that IL is about the sorriest job
ever inflicted on mans mouth. Lord.
! should think you'd lie awake nights
lambasted as you must be by your
conscience for such diabolicai butch.
cry
Il suppose ! could have denied thu
Job even then, and won out in my
contention, but one glance AZ that sn,
fernal bill settled me. and / went "a
work. II took me Elk mortal hours 70
get Mr.. Whitman's mouth into respec-
table shape, He fairly beamed upon
me when the ordeal was over
You're the right kind OF chaD a.
Ter all, he said. 4 guess you DO know
ycur business, IN spite 81 your nFsf
blDnder. ! don't know what was ths
matter with you the other day. YOU
must have been Fattea - sofnethlng
Here, 6iy, are yoar f9S.
Ar. whitman lald QCen ths money
and clappe1 On nis taf end WAS ouf
~ she onife before J could fey scat
emo ! saf aoNu enc Ufpf Owes fhs pal,
ffF SUM- : haa received ~ h oiMf1ii
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