The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-23

long handled, ball bearing electric
surgical grip. TO reach down and bring
it up with no more damage than some
rasping where the edge OF the bicuspids
scraped their way along the esophagus.
The event made a profound impress
sion on Mr. Shufilebotham. He printed
| the story OF it i'm journalistic circus
poster tints on the wOmans page OF
| The Bloviator. He drew an awfui
warning from the fact that the woman
was so frightened and fdgety that II
made the surgeons task much more
difficult. He declared man would
have kept his mental balance and con-
trdlled his nerves throughout The
emotional and tricky female nervous
system, however, etc.
For some reason this subject OF swal-
lowing teeth began to exercise Il pecul-
lar drawing power over Mr.. Shuttle
botham. He searched the news columns
day by day. If haply he might find rec
ord of some luckless soul to whom the
thing had happened. When found, he
made the most of it. printed the Incl
dent in scare headlines, dwelled with
artistic touch on the attendant circum-
stances, whether il were lower teeth or
upper. whether full set or only par
or hand baked. whether fixed upon old
fashioned rubber plates or upon the
latest corrugated aluminium surface.
The habit OF looking for tooth swal-
lowings grew upon him. And every one
OF them. when found he printed with
warning comment on his Bloviator
woman's page.
While this spell was on him came a
day-fateful day--when Mr.. Shufflebo-
tham himself wore in his upper jaw a
| set of teeth made by hands. They We're
| a beautiful work OF art, with tiny gold
| spots In front To indicate that they
we're natural filled teeth instead of man
made porcelain ones. When passing n
mirror where nobody was looking, Mr..
ShufIiebotham frequently stood still
| Tor all his masculine strength of mind,
and. drew back his lips in "A wide grin
| 10 admire those teeth. Nor had he for
| gotten meantime those who had cough
| ca or sneeZed their teeth down their
J throats What &c he too
one night he woke with an lmpres-
sion of great goneness in his mouth.
He put up his fingers. They touched,
I alas, only unhoused. empty gumsl The
expected had happened. The teeth
were gone, yah! Wow" He sprang
! from the bed ana covered FIVE feet at
I one leap. Be shrieked for Maria. He
| pointed down his throat. past his DESC
/ late gums.
Down therel" he gasped. Swallow
! ed em!"'
! Agonlzing pains seized on him. 'I
\ know where they're lodged" he said
I II feel em right here" He beat upon
his manly breast above his heart. I'm
| I'm awful pain, oh. oh-h-h!' Cold
| beads stood upon his brow.
Maria reused the house. Adonlram
| Judson ran for the doctor, The maid
prepared hot water on n hurry call
| Maria stirred mustard into IL. and her
| husband drank II. She was glad To find
| IL went down right enough. She thump.
| ed him i'm the back while he lay hend
downward across the top of n dressing
ease IN the hope that gravity would as
sist nature TO unburden Mr.. Shuffiebo-
! that's
mo use, Maria" he gasped between
the pains that rent him. "Tll never get
'em up. I'll die. Marial You'll find my
| will
Thomas. what's that bright thing on
the carpet under the bed? % asked Ma
| ria.
by goodness. ii's my tecth," ex-
claimed Shufiebotham, straightening
up suddenly. He leaped from whore he
lay across the top OF the dressing case
grabbed the slittering thing and pop.
ped II into his mouth.
You ve tust bre8thed them out in
your sleep" said Maria rather severe
iy. q heard you snoring owfuily to-
night worse ihan commsn.