The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-04-07
Preliminary
Negotiations

bODDy pusneu open tne uentists y
door and entered the waiting room.
ITS me-" he said as the dentist
came out Of the Office. II came to
ask you to look at tooth"
II 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.
Il came awful near not coming. but
It's raining and there's no skating. l
wish 1t wouldn't rain Saturdays"
ut is hard luck" agreed the dentist.
Have you had toothache?"
ooh, a little" acknowledged Bobby.
But II doesn't hurt hardly any now.
I 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. ''lf you wish. Ill
look at il now"
81 don't know" Bobby said. hesitat-
! ingly. I'm not sure | feel like tav-
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.
Its just that I've felt tired. II hasn't
anything to do with teeth"
at 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 IL feller could go to
sleep while his teeth were being filled.
I know feller-his names Billy-and
he had a tooth pulled with gas. He
says It's great. Only thing was he
said he wished he could stay awake
and see 1t pulled. He made me prom
Use to let him go with me first time I
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 I was just get
ting ready. Now, here goes"
You surely need that tooth filed"
said the dentist. "I'm sorry you don't
feei equal to 1t to-day. because I'd
like to do 1t now before II aches
more"
"Yes. I'm sorry, too" said Bobby
81 don't often feel bad, but when dc
I certainly feel awful bad. 1t takes
me all of sudden. What do you
keep in that funny-shaped box?"
Some things for false teeth" the
-
prised to see how many people have
them. A little hole comes that they
think doesn't matter. and all Of sud
, den the tooth's gone. False teeth are
very expensive"
Wouldn't feller look funny with
elephants tusks?" Bobby exclaimed
changing the subject abruptly. 81 seer
: saw woman once who had teetf
like squirrels. Honest, her teetf
were awful funny. Mamie Kelly wrot;
: composition on squirrels and it wa.
so good they sent it to the exhibition
somewhere. Do you know Mani,
Kelly?"
mo. / haven't that pleasure"
, "She said she'd never been to
dentist. but thought maybe that wa,
whopper" Bobby sighed disappoint
edly. well, when she does come II
.. tell her to come to you"
Thank you"
That's all right. I'll be glad I,
help you along. ! think .everybod,
ought to help everybody else. I sent
lot of candy customers to the schoo
store. They give lots OF candy bean,
for cent there"
"Those same candy customers re
10 be customers of mine after a while.
laughed the dentist "If 1t weren't fo,
: candy might have to go out of bust
ness"
-Honest?"
Sure as shooting. That's wher,
! this hole of yours comes from, prob
ably"
"Oh, guess not" declared Bobby
Il wear holes in everything anyhow
My stockings are the limit and rv,
got a hole in my shoe this minute tha
you could put your finger in. We'r,
going downtown this afternoon to ge
me some new shoes, so l guess II
better go home and rest"
I'll give you card to a man down
town, so you can have that baby tootf
OF yours pulled" said the dentist
calmly. TITS getting very loose and /.
making trouble"
HAS that tooth got to be pulled9'
asked Bobby, aghast. "The one witt
the hole in it?"
THAT one will come next" replied
the dentist. This baby tooth, O
course, would come out II you wigglet
II yourself from time to time. Tha
is, II you felt able to do it. This othel
Is different, though If you stop eatinl
candy and sugar you may not have
to have II pulled for some time"
RnhhY Regarded the falsa taath hn,