The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-21
FIVE TINES IN THE CHAIR,

lst. bolters? Why, they're the men
who arrange to have their teeth fixed.
get into the chair, become panicstrick-
en- at the first sight Of the dentists
tools. jump up, grab their hats anu
then tncontinently and everlastingly
run for It.
This bolter made his fifth runa-
way this afternoon. And I thought
I had him today sure. His face wore
look Of the grimmest determination
when he came in.
III get stampeded today and start
to run want you to shoot me like a
dog, SIR he said to me, sternly and
without symptom Of smile. Nor
are you to accept any excuses what
ever. Remember that. I want this
Job started and am going to have It
started
Then he got into the chair, hang
Ing ON to himself hard, every muscle
stretched and tense with determine
ton.
"The first part of the Job was to be
some drilling. I adjusted a drill and
switched on the current to start the
drill going. My bolter was regarding
me through the Sits of his eyes, and
then saw the cold, tallowy drops be-
ginning to bead on his forehead.
Just as I got the drill to buzzing
my telephone bell rang. My man in
the chair sat up suddenly.
BY ginger!' he exclaimed, that
bell reminds me. / promised to see
that fellow at o'clock, and here it's
ten minutes past three now!' and he
bounded out Of the chair and grabbed
his hat on the rack.
Here. wait minute!' l called af-
ter him as he leaped for the door. You
told me, you know. not to accept any
excuse
Cant help what I said. young
man.. he said hoarsely, with his hand
on the knob, I'll call you up and
make another appointment with you
later and he was out of the door
and down the hall at q canter.
That. as say, was the fifth time
this bolter jumped me.
He came In and made arrange
ments for the overhauling of his teeth
more than month ago.
Want to start at once-t0morrow
afternoon. IL thatll be handy for YOU
he said. Want to get the blamed
thing of my mind. What time to-
morrow afternoon can you begin to
butcher me?'
He turned up on the following af-
ternoon, pallfd and sad. at 3 o'clock.
He's an elderly. military looking man
with white hair and snowy mustache.
He served all through the civil war.
I'm told, and was under fire a score
of times.
When he got into the chair l be-
gan to fiddle around and sort out my
tools. accidentally on purpose letting
him catch sight Of some of the worst
looking Of them. so as to try out his
nerve. He looked the tools over out
Of the tail of his eye, and saw his
chest begin to heave.
"'By smoke!' he suddenly gasped,
and l hadn't put a hand on him yet,
understand, that rheumatism in my
arm is positively brutal this after
noon. I'm In no shape this afternoon
to have you start of with my teeth,
and he was out of the chair and reach
ing for his hat. I'll ring you up in a
day or SO. when this internal arm
stops jumping, and have you make an
other appointment with me- and away
he went like a man hustling for train
on q f1fteen-second margin.
"A week later, after calling me up
on the phone. he came again.
Feeling good today?' asked him.
"'Fine!' he replied, heartily. I'm
mense. Tip-top. Want to get this
COMPOUNDED thing going. too. while /
am feeling SO good
Then he climbed into the chair. and
began feeling around with the pick
among some OF the teeth that needed
filing.
while I was doing that there was
light rap on the door leading int
the reception room. I opened the door
and woman whose teeth I was at
tending to stood there.
Doctor she said to me. If you
can't begin on me within the next ten
minutes shall not be able to have q
sitting today, for I must meet some
friends at the train in an hour, and
MY bolter was out of the chair and
at my side in two strides.
Doctor he said. with a courtly
bow for the lady, 4 willingly surren-
der my time to this lady. I couldn't
think of interfering with the plans of
a lady, and before she could murmur
a word of refusal of his generous offer
or could stick in any kind of sugges.
ton he was gone.
THE next time got him contrived
to get a rubber impression of his teeth.
but when that part of it was over he
was pretty nervous and fidgety.
"'Before you do anything else he
said to me. 4 think I'll run out and
get drink to sort of quiet my nerves.
and he got out of the chair and took
In minute
But said to him. I've got soma
fine old bourbon here and carbonic
water to go with it, and
Bourbon he shifted, disdainfully.
Much Obliged, doctor, but Il never
touched drop Of bourbon in my life
cant abide even the smell of it.
Rye for mine. Ba right back and OFT
he went.
"Of course he didn't return, and it
was more than week before was
called up again by him to make an
other appointment.
HE came at half-past 2 the next
day, and I was clawing away at q bad
crown on one of his lower teeth that
had to be removed when he grabbed
my wrist and pulled my working hand
away from his face. and then. he sat
up with start.
"'By Jonah!' he calculated. ! clean
forgot to draw a cent out of the bank,
and here 1t is close on to O'Clock
and ] haven't even got carfare With
ME, and l forgot to get those theatre
tickets for my wife, too, and If don't
hustle for the bank I'll have to walk
home, by crickets. and and he was
galloping down the corridor like some