Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-11
AN ACHING TOOTH
Il Has No Place In cupld's Book

course there were some preliminary
steps TO go through before the thing
could be announced, for instance,
Roses mother had been east for the
past six months and had never seen
George But Rose herself had prom
lsed, and the sky looked a regular rob
ms egg blue.
Mother comes home to-day said
Rose, "and you must call around and
see her this first afternoon. Now there
are two things that mother will not
stand One Is inattentiyeness she says
that young men are always inatten-
tive to older women, and the other
is profanity. OF course, ! know that
you'll be nice to mother, and ! cant
even imagine you swearing but you
must make a special effort for my
sake TO be particularly agreeable and
not let even the slightest expletive
escape you. And o, George, mother
is so fond of boat riding; you ought
to take her for little row on the
river this afternoon. II would please
her so.
When Roses mother arrived she did
not impress George at all as a for.
midabe person, and George invited
her to go rowing with alacrty They
secured a boat at the public landing
and pushed off into mid-stream, The
sun was shining mildly through light
clouds, the birds sang and everything
was pleasant except George. For as
he took the first stroke with the oars
he felt a curious throb, throb, throb in
the middle of one of his lower back
teeth
1t was mild at first, but each second
it struck harder and grew more pain
ful Thump, thump, thump, it passed
the claw-hammer stage for the ak,
and left the ak for an imitation of a
blacksmith's forge and in two min
utes it was pretending to be six can
vas men driving in stake for a cir
Gus tent
Thump, thump thump! 1t wasn't
a toothache, it was a tooth-quake,
Don't you love rowing?" asked
Roses mother,
Whats that? | mean beg your
pardon
Don't you enjoy rowing? 1t has al
ways seemed to me such a pleasant
form of exercise"
Rowing? Yes, it is.
Ordinarily George excelled in small
talk, but to-day the tooth occupied his
innermost thoughts.
Aren't the birds singing sweetly
this afternoon"
No answer,
Il said aren't the birds singing
sweetly this afternoon"
Sure sure-very sweetly-very
sweetly-very nice indeed - every
thing nice"
And the scenery along the river
shore. Don't you admire those old
trunks with the moss draped so grace
fully about them?'
Throb - throb - throb - went on
the tooth. 1t was triple action steam
hammer now, sending off sparks that
cut burrows along Georges cheeks
1t was swinging ahead in splendid
form, pausing for nothing and slow
ing for nothing. II was like the win
ming pugilist in the last round OF g
prize fight: Observation-Disclosures
then some.
81 was speaking to you, Mr. Brown.
Silence.
Il was speaking to you"
"All right, speak again. Spit 1t out
and have 1t over"
Roses mother seemed to grow Wis
IDLY in her indignation. She attempt
ed to stand up In the boat. Mr.
Brown, you will put me ashore al
once. At once, do you und derstand
II had any idea you were this sort
of a person, | should never have lei
my daughter encourage you"
George made few fierce attempts
at explanation, but the pain by this
time had increased to such a poin
that his only thought was to get tt
a dentist. Rose had dropped out o.
sight altogether. Just as his once-to-bt
mother-in-law stepped out Of the boa
she gave 1t slight shove with hei
foot. II capsized, landing George II
shallow water, and with whole
mouthful OF the cold stuff against the
aching tooth. George would not have
cared now had he been standing a
the court Of heaven. He broke into
shower Of language that reminded
one OF drunken sailor at his best
II was beautiful and convincing ant
all about that one tooth. George wen
on through the last blankdash unit
he had exhausted himself, and Roses
mother, two blocks away, was still
running.
Then George went TO the neares
dentist. He knew his llfe's happiness
was wrecked. but he didn't give {
dash IL that italics tooth was only ou
that triple blanked, cast iron, blight
ed piece of pestilence on the lowe
Jaw. He got up to the dentists door
way. he climbed the stair. and then
Just as he was about to go in the tootl
stopped aching. Stopped, absolutel!
stopped short, dead in It's tracks II,
couldn't even remember whether 1
was the one next to the eyetooth o