The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-19
THE KING AND DENTIST

precisely, there lived certain king. i
can hardly be necessary to add that h
= 1ad a daughter of exceptional beauty
xnd that all men desired to marry her
AT that kind of time and place that sor
OF king and daughter were habtual Al
a later period all suitors for the hand OF
the princess had to obtain an application
form and fill it up. But in the simple
early days of the kingdom all applica-
lions were made to the king personally
One morning he had rejected three
princes from a distant country and was
thinking that he had done enough worn
for the morning, and might as well sc
TO his luncheon
mo more today?" he asked.
There is one more. your Majesty.
said his secretary.
What is he?" the King inquired
The secretary trembled. Let me not in
cur your Majestys displeasure," he said,
''for, indeed. 1t is no fault Of mine. This
man has dared to be a dentist.
Very good said the King sardonical-
ly. He was the proprietor of the guinea
Jaw as advertised. and it did not fit. and
1t 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 qualifications" 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 understand" said Me King.
81 am not referring to your shameful pro-
fesson. but to your qualifications for be-
ing the husband of the princess Are
you of noble birth?'
DO l look it, your Majesty" said the
dentist sadly.
Money" suggested the the King.
Not what you would call money. Some
few modest savings; enough with the as
sistance your Majesty might give up, to
live upon
All" said the King, then perhaps
you'll tell me what it is you have got
Il have" said the dentist, that which
is worth far more than the wealth of all
the hides. / have love. j have seen the
princess but once, and l shall love her
forever. Love the princess 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. l will deal with the matter
briefly. For 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 consid cred
a desirable place for a dentist begin
ming practice; the probabilities We're all
against him, and the idea of being boiled
alive was not depressing
A 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
thought. to end it all by painless death.
So, with the assistance of his faithful
servant he began to prepare the gas which
ne always used in dental operations 1t
was n special Invention of his own, and
had curious pungent smell. AS they
were engaged in this work a bull elephant
cam etrotting up, and the faithful servant
fed. The dentist. prepared to die, re-
NAMED where the was, and presently OBJ
served with establishment that the huge
and ferocious beast showed signs of the
most extreme pleasure. and found by ex-
pertinent 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 lay prone and insensible on
the following day the faithful servant
was. on his masters behalf. disposing Of
pair of extremely valuable tusks to
some traders who CHANGED to pass in
their caravan.
After that everything was simple. Every
day the dentist set his lure. anesthetized
his elephant. and appropriated the ami
mails ivory. He did not as rule wait for
the animal to recover consciousness The
demand for ivory was immense, 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 la
bored across the sea laden with his ivory.
Now it must be perfectly obvious that he
could not go on like that without the
King getting TO hear of it. He did Near
of il and sent messengers TO the jungle
to bring back the dentist
What can l do for your Majesty" in
CURED the dentist, when he was brought
into the royal presence.
Didn't you come 10 see me some little
time ago." said the King. so far as
remember I suggested your prese tnline of
business then.
Il thing not said the dentist
Didn't /? l was almost sure l had said
something about the jungle But that
doesn't matter. At mat time you were
anxious to marry my daughter
Il was said the dentist.
.-well. | have been thinking il over"
sal dthe King. and l believe YOU are a
good. honorable fellow. and. after all,
that's the main point. Take her and be
happy"
This is rather delicate matter" said
the dentist Your Majesty told me then
that only the poor valued love above mon
has become my good fortune TO agree
has become my good fortune 10 agree |
fully with what at times seemed a hard
saying. II your ajesty has no other sug-
gestion 10 make
The King was speechless with horror
and establishment. The dentist returned
TO the jungle. The princess is still un- |
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