Barbour County index., 1910-03-02
Preliminary
Negotiations

Bobby pushed open the dentists
door and entered the waiting room.
Its me-" he said as the dentist
came out of the Office. 81 came to
ask you to look at a tooth"
Il have some free time this morn
Ing" said the dentist "a patient has
Just telephoned that he cannot come"
Guess he got cold feet" said Bobby
L came awful near not coming, but
It's raining and there's no skating. 1
wish it wouldn't rain Saturdays"
1T is hard luck" agreed the dentist.
Have you had toothache?"
"Oh, little" acknowledged Bobby.
But 1t doesn't hurt hardly any now.
thought you'd be too busy this morn
ing to do anything and I'd just ask
you to look at the TOOTH
Fortunately, I've nothing to do"
said the dentist. "If you wish, I'll
look at it now"
II don't know" Bobby said, hesitat-
ingly. Pm not sure l feel like hav-
ing anything done. I've been feeling
bad for an awful long time"
I'm sorry to hear that. said the
dentist, sympathetically. Sometimes
a bad tooth makes a person feel sick
all over, until it's attended to-"
1T isn't that" said Bobby, hastily.
It's just that I've felt tired. 1t hasn't
anything to do with teeth"
ut won't hurt to look at your TOOTH"
suggested the dentist. Climb up in
the chair and let's see."
why do they make these chairs so
awful bumpy?" Bobby asked. 'It
would be great if feller could go to
sleep while his teeth were being filled.
] know feller-hiS names Billy-and
he had tooth pulled with gas. He
says it's great. Only thing was he
said he wished he could stay awake
and see it pulled. He made me prom
ise to let him go with me first time
ever have tooth pulled. He wants
to see it. bet he thinks I'll holler."
mo, you wouldn't, of course. Now,
just open your mouth little wider"
II wasn't ready yet. l was just get
ting ready. Now, here goes"
you surely need that tooth filed"
said the dentist. I'm sorry you don't
feel equal to it today. because I'd
like to do it now before it aches
more"
Yes, I'm sorry, too" said Bobby
II don't often feel bad, but when l do
1 certainly feel awful bad 1t takes
me all of a sudden. What do you
keep in that funny-shaped box?"
Some things for false teeth" the
dentist said, quickly. You'd be sur
prised to see how many people have
them. A little hole comes that they
think doesn't matter and all of a sud-
den the toOths gone. False teeth are
very expensive"
Wouldn't feller look funny with
elephants tusks?" Bobby exclaimed,
changing the subject abruptly. 'T seen
saw a woman once who had teeth
like squirrels. Honest, her teeth
were awful funny. Mamie Kelly wrote
a composition on squirrels and it was
so good they sent it to the exhibition
somewhere. Do you know Mamie
Kelly?"
mo, I haven't that pleasure"
"She said she'd never been to a
dentist. but I thought maybe that was
a whopper." Bobby sighed disappoint-
edly. "Well, when she does come I'll
tell her to come to you"
Thank you"
That's all right. I'll be glad to
help you along. think everybody
ought to help everybody else. send
lot of candy customers to the school
store. They give lots of candy beans
for a cent there"
'Those same candy customers get
to be customers of mine after a while"
laughed the dentist eff it weren't for
candy l might have to go out of bust.
ness"
"Honest?"
Sure as shooting. That's where
this hole of yours comes from, prob
ably"
"Oh, I guess not" declared Bobby.
Il wear holes IN everything anyhow.
My stockings are the limit and I've
got hole in my shoe this minute that
you could put your finger in. We're
going downtown this afternoon to get
me some new shoes, so l guess I'd
better go home and rest"
I'll give you card to a man down.
town. so you can have that baby tooth
OF yours pulled" said the dentist
calmly. IT'S getting very loose and is
making trouble
Has that tooth got to be pulled? ?"
asked Bobby, aghast. The one with
the hole in it?"
That one will come next" replied
the dentist. This baby tooth, of
course. would come out if you wiggled
1t yourself from time to time. That
is. if you felt able to do it. This other
Is different, though if you stop eating
candy and sugar you may not have
to have it pulled for some time"
Bobby regarded the false teeth box
for some seconds
Well" he said, explosively at last,