The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-20

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.. Shuffiebotham. He printed
the story of it in journalistic circus
poster tints on the woman's page of
The Elevator. He drew an awful
warning from the fact that the woman
was so frightened and fdgety that ii
made the surgeons task much more
difficult He declared a man would
have kept his mental balance and con
troIled his nerves throughout. The
emotional and tricky female nervous
system, however, etc.
For some reason this subject of swal-
lowing teeth began to exercise a 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. Wien found, he
made the most Of it, printed the incl
dent in scare headlines, dwelled with
artistic touch on the attendant circum-
stances, whether 1t were lower teeth or
upper whether a full set or only par
tial. 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-
F1owings grew upon him. And every one
of them, when found, he printed with
warning comment on his Elevator
woman's page.
While this spell was on him came
day-fateful day-when Mr.. Shufflebo-
than himself wore in his upper jaw a
set OF teeth made by hands. They were
a beautiful work of art, with tiny gold
spots in front to Indicate that they
were natural filled teeth instead of man
made porcelain ones. When passing
mirror where nobody was looking, Mr.
Shuffiebotham frequently stood still,
for all 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
ed or sneezed their teeth down their
threats. 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 gumsi The
expected had happened. The teeth
were gonei Yah, Wow" He sprang
from the bed and covered five feet at
one leap. He shrieked for Maria. He
pointed down his throat, past his desc /
late gums.
Down there" he gasped. Swallow
ed EN-
Agonizing pains seized on him. 7
T., =
I feel en- right here" de beat upon
his manly breast above his heart. I'm
in awful pain on. oh-h-hi" Cold
beads stood upon his brow
Maria reused the house. Adonirau +
JUdson ran for the doctor. The maid (
prepared hot water on a hurry call
Maria stirred mustard into il, and her
husband drank #. she was glad 90 End
il went down right enough. She thump- !
ed him ia The back while h. lay head
downward across the top OF dressing
case in the hope that gravity would as
sist nature to unburden ar Shumebo- +
than.
NO use Maria he gasped between
the pains that rent him .Tu never get
EN- up. III die Maria. Y0u'M find my
wiz
Thomas. what's that bright thing On
the carpet under the ned2 asked Ma
ria
By goodness. it's my teeth,r ex-
claimed Shuf7ebotham. stra5g hteniug
up suddenly. he leaped from where ne
lay across the top of The dressing case,
grabbed the clittering thing and pop
oed Il into his mouth.
You've just breathed thena out il
your SLEEPY" said Maria rather severe
Is. u heard yen snoring awfuily 90
ltEht-Horse than common.