Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-30
BETRAYED BY A CROWN OF GOLD

| BETRAYED BY A CROWN OF GOLD.
Where have | been keeping my
self these past two months?" repeat
! ed the sad-eyed man with the golden
tooth. We'll, It's long story"
! "A bad tooth started 1t all, and,
/ like everything else, it has a woman
at the bottom of it, mean the story,
of course. I've been spending my
time at the OneHundred-and-Tw
Fifth street branch of the Superba
Painless Dental parlors, with the ex-
ception of single visit to their down
| town emporium lear Battery place.
1t all happened this way:
zone day three months ago I woke
up with one of these toothaches that
make you wonder how one small
tooth can hold it all. started for the
dentist
"On my way through One-Hundred-
andTwenty-fifth street to the elevat-
ed my attention was suddenly drawn
to a majestically uniformed race
problem delivering q monologue in
even, sonorous tones to no one in par
| ticular.
de Superba Painless Dental Parl-
lors,' he droned forth, Suspension
bridge an triple crown wohk speech
ulty. Absolutely no pain. Ebery
film strictly guaranteed. Vas, sub, De
Superba.-
Hold on second. I said, inter
rupting him. Is this game on the
level?'
No, sub. One flight up. De SUI
7erba Painless Dental
"An extra throb of my tooth just
then decided me. 1 rushed up the
narrow stairs and burst through the
door.
You wish to see the dentist, sir?'
Say, you talk about your I'M
crowned queens, dazzling visions of
loneliness and all that sort of-Hon-
est, old man, l never dreamt there
We're such creatures on the earth
Eyes that would dim the morning
star; hair that would tarnish virgin
gold; snow white teeth by dentists
buzzed undefiled-But how can mere
words describe hero
You wish to see the dentist, sir?'
she repeated in tones that had music
beaten to a pulp for soothing savage
breasts. My oothache had fed
before her charms
'Why.-er, l did stammered, but
er'-Hen be at liberty in just a mo-
| ment'
so l obediently followed her gest-
are toward a leather bench. and took
a seat between baldheaded man who
emitted groans and Chinaman with
swollen cheek.
AT the end of an hour l became
| fidgety and decided not to wait But
just as started to rise the cashier
my divinity, had found. was cashier
smile me back on the settee with
Just moment longer. sir
"A moment? I'd have stayed
| through all eternity after that smile
| However, didn't have to wait that
| long. At the end of another hour
was ushered into the end booth. The
cashier followed.
Now, yGu know she said sweet
| ly. its rule of the company, just as
q matter of precaution in exceptional
| cases. you know. that q patient must
make small deposit. Now, would.
! say. IS be satisfactory? With. say. 50
each sitting after that until the bal
ance is paid?"
al protested that | didn't think I'd
really require more than one sitting.
but a superficial examination by the
dentist soon convinced me Of my
error. 1t seems that the tooth that
ached would have to have new
tooth built around the cavity before
the cavity could be allied. After this
tae d,.ntis thought that coronation
would BE strongly advisable
Another tooth would need extrac-
ton In addition TO all this. he dis.
covered that all the gold filings al
ready in my month were loose. Just
10 show me, he yaBked them out aud
placed them on his tray.
This fact reinforced by smile
from tie cashier. convinced ME that
was in foo ) long seige Of il. So
I paid my Y and signed a contract In
VIII Oh I was the party Of one part and
The Superba Painless Dental parlors,
per my divinity. the cashier. the
party OF the other part.
The dentist suggested that. as I
had 50 much 10 be done. it might be
well to leave il till my next sitting,
shen We would have more time a
smile from Charlotte hated that
dentist for presumlng to use her first
naue-made this seem plausible.
$50. mnRus IS and six gold filings.
I concluded my first sitting at the So.
o,srha Painless Dental parlors
AT nv next sitting the isntist
nuj'ed my tooth It wasn't exactly a