The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-05-17

stricken ut the needless sacrifice,
but upborne by the consciousness of
duty done.
There excla: med, holding aloft
the proof of my self-sacrifice; Il have
obeyed you at cost to my feelings
which you can never comprehend. /
have no desire to display my superior
judgment, for, as you know too well.
dear Miss Baker Il was very sorry
here that had never learned her
first name; for 1t Is a little discon-
certing to have to make an impas-
stoned address to the object of your
devotion as dear Miss anything);
but If you wfll be kind enough to ex-
anime this molar, you will see that
the little trouble which has given
you SO much pain and impelled
you to this great sacrifice, could
have been remedied without so heavy
q cost
81 don't want to see it, she cried,
turning away her head; Il hate it.
Take it away and burn it, l say
But, conscious of rectitude, and
anxious, perhaps over-anxious, to
show my superior judgment, 1 con-
tinued:
Pardon me, my dear Miss B. U
thought dear Miss B. was O little
less stiff and formaD, but 1 really
must request that you notice, If only
for an instant, that the decay, or
carries, at the base Of the tooth, is
merely superficial. / will point it out
with the end of the probe. 1t is just
there
"And then, if you will believe me,
when turned the tooth to the light
to locate the spot exactly, l could
not find speck or shadow of decay
anywhere. could hardly believe my
eyes; so / put on my glasses, with
trembling fingers, and then-then,
for the first time, / discovered my
fatal error.
II actually shrieked aloud in my
remorse and horror-for had drawn
the wrong tooth!
"She saw it in my face, / think,
for she simply set her lips firmly, and
in icy tones asked:
"'Will you be good enough, Mr..
Tucker, to tell me what you have
done now?'
"What could / say? What would
you have said under the circum-
stances? l tried to explain. i'm
plored her forgiveness. told her
that l would procure the finest arti-
fetal tooth on the habitable globe,
to repair my terrible mistake.
''Shc rose from the chair, and went
into the retiring room without a
word, and presently came back with
her hat and cloak on.
"Then drawing herself up to her
full height, and surveying me from
head to foot, she said:
eff 1 understand you Alright, you
have made me fattering offer of
the gifted hand which has just dis
figured nay mouth. If it were posi-
BILE for one to be insulted by an in
ferior, you have done your best to
insult me. You have only succeeded
in inflicting physical injury, for
which 1 shall take care to have you
suitably punished
"Then, sir, by Jove, she walked
out, slamming the door after her.
If 1 had felt like following her, I
need not have opened i'll was small
enough to go through the keyhole.
"'What happened afterwards"
you ask. Nothing happened after
wards. There hasn't been any after
wards yet worth mentioning. This
is Thursday, isn't it? Well, that is
the Thursday l spoke of in the begin
ming. The lady you met on the stairs
is Miss Baker. What will happen I
don't know. l don't intend waiting
to find out, either. have had
enough of life here. Don't stir, sir.
1 am going to finish filling that cavity
tonight, if l am ever to fill it. To-
morrow you won't find any DR..
Tucker, no matter il every tooth in
your head was afire, as hope they
aren't going to be-"
So ended the Dentists Story. I
stopped to reason with him, after
paying my bill, telling him that he
must not yield to despair, that there
were "as good fish in the sea-" ETC.,
and "faint heart" and so forth; but
he only shook his head Respondent
ly, limited that he would know more
about the sea and it's fish before
morning and utterly refused to listen
to my weak commonplaces.
1 felt little uneasy after leaving
the Office, and even went out of my
way to drop into the police head
quarters and impart my suspicious.
The chief thanked me and said he
would send man to keep an eye on
the erratic dentist. But when the
man called at the Office he found IL
closed and the janitor could only in
form him that DR.. T. had gone out
about eight o'clock and taken the
street leading towards the river.
There was an item in the papers
the following afternoon about
the Mysterious Disappearance of
well-known Dentist on Ether Ave-
nue." concerning which further
revelations" would appear later.
They never appeared; but in their
stead 1 saw a card stating that
"Dr. George w. Tucker, late of De-
IL