Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-02
The KING AND THE DENTIST.


tai, and at a time which cannot be fixed
precisely. there lived certain king. 1t
can hardly be necessary to add that he
had a daughter of exceptional beauty
ard that all men desired to marry her.
1T that kind of time al;u place that sort
Of king and daughter We're habitual. At
later period all suitOrs for the hand of
the princess had TO OBTAIN an applica ton
form ard fill it up. But in the simple
carly days of the kingdom ali applica-
tons were made to the king personally.
One morning he had rejected three princes
from q distant country and was thinking
that he had done enough work for the
morning and might as we'll 90 TO his
luncheon
No more todav?" he asked.
There is one more, your majesty" SAID
his secretary.
'What is he 90 the king inquired
The secretary trembled. Let me not
incur your majesty's dispeasure," he
said "for indeed it is no fault of mine.
This man has dared to be dentist"
Very good said the king sardonical,
~ He was the proprietor OF the guinea
jaw as advertised and it did not fit. and
it had given him a prejudice against den
lists. SHOW him in"
The dentist was brought in. He was
an active little man with sandy hair, and
he carried with him brown bag.
What are your qualifcat ions?" the
king asked sternly. The dentist opened
his brown bag and began to pull out
beautiful diplomas engraved on shiny and
superior paper:
DO you understands" said the king.
L am not referring to your shameful
profession, but to your qualifications for
being the husband of the princess Are
you of noble birth?''
DO [ look it, your majesty?'' said the
dentist sadly
Money!" suggested the king.
Not what you would call money. Some
few modest savings; enough, with the
assistance your majesty might give us,
to live upon
All" said the king, '.then perhaps
you'll tell me what it is you have GOT
L have" said the dentist that which
Is worth far more than the wealth of all
the Indies. have love. [ have seen the
princess but once, and I shall love her
forever. Love is the priceless Jewel.
Love is"
Stop" said the king I've heard
something of that kind before The peo-
pie who prefer love to money are those
who have no money and whose love IS
unreturned. [ viii deal with the matter
briefly Fer your impertinence in max
ing this petition you will be banished for
the next twelve years to the Jungle If
by the end of that time you have
amassed enough money to build a palace
of gold my daughter shall be yours If
you have not you will then be boiled
alive"
So the dentist with his great loving
heart went out and on the whole felt
rather sorry that he had come. The
heart of the forest has never been con
sidered q desirable position for dentist
beginning practice; the probabilities were
all against him, and the idea of being
boiled alive was most depressing
\ few days later he was established in
the jungle with the implements of his
profession and one faithful servant No
other human being had he seen. He was
moved to despair. It would be better
he thought, to end all by a painless
death So with the assistance of his
faithful servant he began to prepare the
gas which he always used in dental
operations. 1t was a special invention CT
his own and had a curious pungent SMELL
q
bull elephant came trotting up and the
faithful servant fed The dentist, pre-
pared to die, remained where he was.
and presently observed with astonisll-
ment that the huge and ferocious beast
showed signs of the most extreme pleas
IRE, and found by experiment that this
pleasure was to be traced to the curious
odor of the gas. The dentist was swift
to act. In two minutes the elephant Law
prone and irsensible. On the following
day the faithful servant was, on his
masters behalf, disposing of a pair OF
extremely valuable tusks to some traders
who Glanced to pass in their caravan.
After that everything was simple
Every day the dentist set his lure, anes-
thet3Zcd his elephant and appropriated
the animals ivory. He did not as a rule
wait tor the animal to recover conscious
ness. The demand for ivory was i'm
mense, and his wealth grew rapidly. In
the heart of the Jungle he built himself a
palace of gold. He had long trains of
mules and camels and crowds of slaves.
and ships that labored across the seas
laden with his ivory. Now it must be
perfectly obvious that he could not 90
on like that without the king getting to
hear of it. He did hear of it, and sent
messengers to the jungle to bring back
the dentist
What can I do for your majesty?"
inquired the dentist when he was brought
into the royal presence.
Didn't you come to see me some little
time ago?" said the king. so far as [
remember suggested your present line
of business them
Il think not" said the dentist
"Didr't /? [ was almost sure I had
said something about the jungle. But
that doesn't matter. At that time You
were anxious to marry my daughter"
Il was" said the dentist
"Wen, I've been thinking it over said
the king, ''and [ believe YOU are a good
honorable fellow, and after all that's the
main point. Take her and be happy"
This Is a rather delicate natter said
the dentist. Your majesty told me that
only the poor valued love above money