Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-07-07
AMANDA'S
lOOTHACHE
Bv M QUAD
By M QUAD
Copyright. 1911. by Associated Lit
erarN Press


was his wife. aud there. was ria d,u,b
49, A"'ai''a' Inc latter had come I,
oe twenty-five years old. She WASH
an anger or II syiph She didn't nav.
nigh schpoI education. and she
eou'uht sing and play. She WAS ms,
good hearted. atfpctionate ,,un,r,
3n' WI" "nld make the incest kind
Vi puckwheat cakes in winter and
turn out the finest soft scan in m.
spring
Amanda HAD a bean. She miyh,
nave hi'u ualf dOzen. hut she dis
outraged all young men except Phiio
Brown. and Philo had been courunp
ner TOT two years and had never an.
proached the subject of matrimony
de was the hired man on the next
larth' and he had Il tidy sum saved up.
anu when he was with men he had no
'ark OF CAB 1t was when In the pres.
ence OF women. and more particularly
III that or Amanda Jones. that words
rallied him. 1t was his bashfulness
some young woman would have
Drought that young man to time with
In SIX months. but Amanda Jones' WAS
also little bashful. and she was pa.
uent and kind. Farmer Jones had
nothing to say. and all that Mrs. Jones
mad to relate was:
wen. hain't saying nothing OK
cep' mat an earthquake may come
along some day and stir Philo up."
The earthquake came IT'S name
was Mary Skinner sister TO Mrs
Jones and widow. She saw PhiIo
ana approved Of him She saw the sit.
uatlon and didn't approve of it at all
she watched and waited for counle
OF weeks. and then one June morning
she said
Amanda. come out into the orchard
with me. | want to have a talk with
you"
And under the white and pink apple
oiossoms they taIked-that IL, the
aunt did most of the talking. and
Amanda did all the blushing.
ihat evening when Philo "jest drop.
ped In for minute" he found Aman.
da suffering from the toothacbe He
wanted to swim across Lake Erie to
snow her how be sympat hized with
der. but Lake Erie was +NO miles
away. The Widow skinner was right
on the spot. however, and she took
Philo outdoors and said:
I'm nightly concerned about Amap.
ia and thar foot harhe"
But It's only tOOthache." he replfed
only! Only! Why. man, don't Won
know THAT she may have lockia or
brain fever or get paralyzpd all overy'
But what can | do!" he anxiously
asked
Him! You come In tomorrow night
and I'll tell you. I'm hoping she won't
die. but | dunno-l dunno. ! saw
star fall last night. and that's a sure
sign Of death in the family"
IL hope not" was the trembling
reply. and Philo went home to toss
about on his bed all night without a
moments sleep. The next day seemed
hundred hours long to him. ana az
soon AZ he had finished the milking he
set out on the run for the house Of
Jones. 1t was Mrs. Skinner who met
him and said:
That toOthache IL worse tonight.
PhilO. I'm afraid It's striking into
Amanda's system"
"YOu don't tell me-" he gasped.
There's Ouly one thing to he done
she must go to tse dentist over ut
Charlotte tomorrow. She must he driv.
en- over in II buggy. She must be
driven by somebody who IL sympa-
thetic. Her father hain't sympa hrrlc.
her mother Ia too nearsighted to drive.
and ! feel one Of my old fashioned
headaches coming ON. Philo. you may
have to co.
And Philo didn't go to bed at all
that night. He just roamed around
the farm and prayed for daylight TO
come. He was at the Jones farm az
soon as he had finished breakfast. aud
the Widow Skinner was at the door to
meet him and say:
Go home and dress up and come
back, and by that time the horse and
buggy will be ready. You have got
to drive Amanda over to Charlotte"
Philo WAS back in half an hour.
A manda and the rig were ready.
A Amanda had her good clothes on and
q rag over her jaw.
Look here. rhilo." said the widow
IS he was ready TO get into the buggy.
you must let Amanda rest her head
IN your shoulder. and you must drive
with one hand and keep an arm
around her. raIk to her and keep her
from thinking OF the pain. Her life Is
Il your hands"
Philo was sinking like leaf. but
ne rose to the occasion. To his amaze
pent. the more be talked the higher
le arose He had hardly got through
With the weather. the crops and Farm
II Scott losing COW when all OF a
uddeu he found himself saying:
MANDY. I'm going to drive straight
o the preachers first.
Amanda pressed his arm.
YES, durn my buttons II ] don't
Then az your husband | can punch the
lead of that dentist II he hurts you"
At the preachers the rag came on.
IL the dentists small cavity WIS
ound In tooth and filled. AT the
.no., fo rmhOtfsp when thp newIywpdS !.