Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-19
GERTRUDE ATHERTON.

long handled. ball bearing electric
surgical grip, TO reach down and bring
IL 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.. Shufiiebotham. He printed
the story Of It In journalistic circus
poster tints on the womans page Of
The Elevator. He drew an awful
warning from the fact that the woman
was 30 frightened and hdgety that It
made the surgeons task much more
difficult He declared q man would
have kept his mental balance and con-
trolled his nerves throughout, The
emotional and tricky female nervous
system, however, etc.
For some reason this subject Of swal-
lowing teeth began 10 exercise a pecul-
!ar drawing power over Mr.. Shuttle
botham. He searched the news columns
day by day, II haply he might find rec
ord OF some luckless soul 70 whom the
hing had happened. When found, he
made the most OF II, printed the Incl
dent IN scare headlines, dwelled with
artistic touch on the attendant circum.
stances, whether 1t were lower teeth or
upper, whether q full set or only par
,ial, whether they were machine made
Or hand baked whether fixed upon old
fashioned rubber plates or upon the
latest corrugated aluminium surface
The habit OF looking for tooth swal-
owings grew upon him. And every one
" them when found he printed with
warning comment on his Elevator
yomans page
While this spell was on him came a
lay-iateful day-when Mr.. Shuillebo-
ham himself wore IN his upper Jaw a
set Of teeth made by hands. They were
beautiful work Of art, with tiny gold
pots In front 20 indicate that they
we're natural filed teeth instead OF man
made porcelain ones. When passing a
mirror where nobody was looking Mr
shuniebotham frequently stood stll
or an his masculine strength OF mind
and drew back his lips in a wide grin
to admire those teeth. Nor had he for.
gotten meantime those who had cough
cd or sneezsd their teeth down their
throats. What if he too
one night he woke with an impress
sion Of a great goneness in his mouth.
He put up his fingers. They touched,
alas. only unhoused. empty gums, The
expected had happened. The teeth
were gone "Yahl Wow" He sprang
from the bed and covered five feet at
one leap. lie shrieked Tor Maria He
pointed down HIS throat past his desc
late gums.
Down there!" he gaspcd. Swallow
ed 'emw
Agonizlng pains seized on him. Il
know where they're lodged he said.
/ feel EN- right here" He beat upon
bis manly breast above his heart I'm
in awful paint Oh, oh-h.h" Cold
beads stood upon his brow.
Maria reused the house. Adoniram
Judson ran for the doctor The maid
prepared hot water on n hurry call.
Maria stirred mustard into II. and her
husband drank g. She was glad TO find
II went down right enough. she thump-
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downward across the top Of a dressing
case in the hope that gravity would as
slst nature 10 unburden Mr. ShuGiebo-
than.
NO use Marial" he gasped between
the pains that rent him. "Tll never get
EN- up! I'll die Maria You'll find my
will"-
Thomas, what's that bright thing on
the carpet under the bed?' asked Ma
ria.
BY goodness It's my teeth" ex-
claimed shunlebotham, Strengthening
up suddenly He leaped from where he
lay across the top Of the dressing case,
grabbed the glI,terlng thing and pop.
ped il into his mouth.
You've just breathed them out IN
your sleep" said Maria rather severe
ly. Il heard sou snoring awfully to-
night-worse than common"