Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-02-22
Perfectly Good
Grievance

Good afternoon" said the woman
with the sharp chin, who had Just
walked into the dentists ONCE with
Der hat on one ssde, addressing the
man who sat at tbe desk writing.
Before he could do more than look
up she had drawn out the chair op-
Dostts and was looking forward ear
nsstly. Il want to say she BACON,
~thKt Or. Pribble, two blocks down
tho street, may be particular friend
Of yours for all I know, but be ought
10 have his diploma taken away from
him and the police ought to shut up
hia ONCE before more innocent, un-
suspeoting people get taken In just
because he has q smile like Cheshire
cat and looks az though he passed the
plate every Sunday, though | don't
believe he ever saw the inside OF
church, lot alons being trusted with
any Of the money Though. 10 be
sure, you don't look IS though you'd
be taken In by that sora Of thing and
I've no doubt. being In the same line
Of business, you hate each other like
poison and nre only too glad 10 get q
customer away
T." began the man at the desk
with his pen still held at a surprised
Ansle Of forty-fve degrees.
@Just let me tell you what he did 10
moi" interrupted the woman with the
sharp chin. hitehing her chair nearer
while her eyes snapped.
"rye always gone to Or. Temmeck
about my teeta,+ she rushed on, him
being married to a second cousin Of
nins and needing the money. because
they have SIX children. and II two Of
EN- hadn't died from scarlet fever
no, II was diphtheria--my memorys
not 3 bit Of good since had all this
trouble with Dr. Pribble--they'd have
eight. and what on earth they'd feed
'sn on when things cost 80 much
breakfast food. too, which IL fTlnEI
I don't know, 90 that It's lucky they
lost two. ia gone TO Dr. Temmeck
shis time. only Susie, the next 70 the
oldest girl. got lung trouble and they
all had 10 movs ont west, and land
knows what I'd have done II Mrs.
Levitt in The fat below HADN'T told
me 10 60 to Or. Pribbis. Shes a nice
woman and all that. but"
r." act in the man AZ the desk
again, but she swept on
sasssa~~--~. s@as. aahinE suuuvwmmnuhhm
With my teeth" -. 40 declare
The client. was an ache IN a wisdor
tooth and a small fllhng needed in IN
NEXT one, for II amt a DENTS
they're my own teeth, and guess
ought 70 know better how they fee
than any one else, II he has got tran
I'd diplomas 90 thick on the wan 20
can't see It. hadn't n"
why. IT,"
Il knew you'd agree with mel" IN
tsrrupted the woman with the shArl
chin. HE Just thought / was ems.
and he told me they'd both have to b,
crowned. and me expecting 70 orde
my winter suit the next week and, O
course. II had 70 pay for crowns
eouldn't But nobody wants to havt
her cheeks fall IN and there he wa
with his smile and l thought he knew
II all. 30 he crowned 'em and | pait
him on the spotl ! suppose you do I
the same way, but ] must say Of al
the Ming and saving and pounding
70 get two perfectly good tseth-ax
| espt for the ache and the small hllnI
needed--out Of the way never saw
the liksi II was like having 3 powde
mine explode IN my mouth, and hin
A-purrin' and murmurin', Just a min
ute, now. Just min-utel' though
he'd murder me before he got through
and I couldn't bite down on EN- nat
urAl at all, and him saying It'd be al
right when ! got used to 'eml IL
viii you please" broke IN th'
man at the desk with a worried
frown.
"And the sewing society mot thu
NEXT day. proceeded the woman with
the sharp chin. smphatically, "ant
while. of course, It's for charity, w
DO have the incest refreshments. YoV
never saw such nut sandwiches Al
Moiiie Hess makes, though pity who
ever marriea her, because she can
cook another living blessed thing, and
goodness knows no man wants 10 live
on nut sandwiches all hts lifel Well
with everyone looking at me I bft
down hard on my sandwich and BIZ
piece OF nutshell, and must have
wrenehed my gold crowns, because
they both came of. and there / sal
with 'sm In my mouth, afraid I'd
cough and swallow EN- or straAgle ID
death.