The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1909-01-07

| What did say? All in the mind
"O-o-o-oh!"
"Rememberi all in"
"Oh!"
John Fisher had endured all tha
! flesh and blood could bear. H,
j brought up his hand and with on,
jerk tore the wedge from between hi,
teeth and the rubber from his mouth
Mr.. Ffsher!" expostulated the den
tist.
why. John!" exclaimed the mother
1n-law. Didn't you hear me saying
that pain is all in the mind?"
John Fisher turned upon the lady
Madam, while am letting this tooth
cool. just have those two teeth OF
yours yanked out"
''Why, certainly" Mrs. Meadow
brook seated herself In the dental
shair.
John Fisher stood closely by. Now
vas his turn to advise, and he fairly
smiled with vindictive pleasure. But
,ot for long, for when the dentist had
succeeded in breaking off one and
crushing another Of his patients teeth
n futile attempt at extraction, that
ady looked up with beatific smile
md remarked: After all, pain is
wholly in the mind. Don't you think
10, doctor?"
IT am satisfied Of that" said the
ientist
John Fishers jaw fell mutely.
The dentist now dug out the splin-
:ers of the two teeth he had broken
,ff and proceeded to bore great cavi-
les into four other teeth in the mouth
If Mrs. Meadowbrook, that lady not
ltterins a single complaint the while,
LOT once so much as wincing, but
throughout the operation bearing her
ielf as easily as If at play.
II cannot give you any more time
his morning" stated the dentist.
Mrs. Meadowbrook arose and smiled
an her son-in-law. "Now, John, re-
member that physical pain Is all in
:he mind, and if you will believe that
your tooth doesn't hurt-why, as l
said before, it WON'T
Again John Fisher seated himself
the dental chair and again the sur
seon began boring with that fine
pointed drill.
Getting pretty near the nerve" re-
marked the latter, by way Of informa-
ton.
John Fisher made no reply, but, like
The parrot that couldn't talk, he
thought a great deal. Bracing himself
IN the chair, he sought to conceal his
sQuirmings from his argus-eyed mo-
ther-in-law, for, after the wonderful
example Of the power Of mind over
matter set by that lady, he was deter
mined that his conduct should be
above the rsproach Of Spartan.
"All in the mind!" he thought.
Great jumping frogs! What kind Of a
mind has she?"
Even the hour in the dental chair
has it's ending-"This, too, shall pass
away!"-and at last John Fishers
tooth could have nothing more done
for it for the time being, and he arose,
quit the dentists office and walked
home with his mother-in-law.
Occasionally he would glance side
ways at her out of admiring eyes.
What a mind that woman must
have!" he thought.
He took her into a store and bought
her an expensive hat and sunshade.
"Nothing's too good for woman like
thati" was his secret reflection.
An hour later he got into dispute
with friend who maintained that the
mind has no power whatever over
physical pain.
What" cried John Fisher. "The
mind has no power over pain! You
don't know what you're talking about.
You should have seen my mother-in-
law at the dentists this forenoon.
Great Scott, you should have seen
her! She had two teeth pulled and the
nerves killed in four others, and she
didn't take any gas, but just believed
1t didn't hurt, and-why, it didn't"
Arc you speaking of Mrs. Meadow
brooke" inquired the friend.
Eyes, my mother-in-law."
The friend smiled. But, I say,
hasn't Mrs. Meadowbrook false
teeth?"
False teeth"
why, yes, aren't all of her teeth
false?"
John Fisher suddenly, slapped bis
friend on the back and laughed loud
ly. "Ha! ha! 1 was just seeing II
you would bite!"
President Helps Orphans.