The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
Daily Short Story
An Awful Toothache.
~ DONALD ALLEN.

~ DONALD ALLEN.
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Miss Bette Foxali had gone to he
room and bed ut II o'clock at night. sh
had been asleep an hour or 30 when Oh
gan with dreaming that mad dog chase
her. She got away from the beast b
lodging into = brewery.
Then she dreamed that a bull chase
her across a meadow, and catching u
with her despite that she was q cham
pion Splinter. tossed her over the high
way fence. which was eleven feet high
She felt the bump when she came down
but no bones were broken.
Dream Nc. 9 related to boaconstr1ctoF
which was trying to get a coil or tw'
around her body SO as 20 construct.
Dream No. 4 was very confusing. Sh
was flirting with young man-ciimbini
tree to get away from wolves-fallini
down a coal mine and being run over b.
an auto at the same time. She was abou
to get out of the complication all RICH
and invest her fortune in the stock d
the New Hagen road to get dividends o
2 per cent. when shhe awoke with q wilt
yen.
She had jumping toothache. When !
Jumped II made her toes crack. Whef
u uioh jump ~ sihPy nSheo Ahe 80 %
out.
Betty, what on earta Is the matter!'
cried the mother, as she came running
Miss Betty stuck a finger in her mouth
and rolled Up her eyes to. signify that she
wanted her grave KEEP. green.
"Toothache. Ell. You've got your feel
wet again"
A defiant wave Of the hand to signify
that she didn't care IL she got wet al
over.
"of course, it's that bad tooth OF yours
that you ought to have had attended to
weeks ago"
Miss Betty uttered a Iong-drawn sigh
to signify that she could perish and be
buried by a trusty undertaken who'd
make 80 per cent profit on the job.
you'll have to hold a swallow of pare
goric In your mouth"
A sad and negative shake OF the head.
"A bag OF hot salt might relieve it,
There was a feeble moan. as II too late.
Some one was telling me that they
tried a corn plaster for the toothache
and II cured It."
Mother
They say that hot ashes held in the
mouth will do it,"
Mother. get out OF here or you'll drive
me crazy.
Miss Betty FoxhaIl Jumped out OF bed
with such vigor that her mother fed in
alarm Then the girl walked back and
forth and said things.
No dental parlor would be open before
3 o'clock. II that Jumping tooth jumped
thirty times a minute. in eight hours II
would have Jumped $40 times, and every
jump was like a right-hand swing on the
jaw. Could she endure Il?
Jump Groan, Smothered yell
- A.
telephone. II she rang for the ambulance
IL would be out on another call II she
turned in fire alarm the engines would
come and wet down that new hat she
had just bought
There was only one thing 10 be done.
Miss Betty tipped over chairs. flung
on the bureau. and broke two
or three vases and tumbled herself on
the bed and kicked the brass knobs or
the footpiece. Then she fell asleep.
The jump and the ache were about
gone in the morning. but the victim must
go to the dentists
Three months previous to this midnight
tragedy, Mr.. Walter King had graduated
in dentistry At a certain college, and had
come to Hopeviile and set up in business
Half an hour before the toothache vic
tim left her fathers house, the dentist
vas surprised to have an old classmate
named Fielding walk in on him. After a
warm welcome the dentist said:
Say. I've got to make a call on a rich
Did lady who wants some work done, but
ant get down here NAV he pona an
hour. You mind the office tin i get
back"
Go right ahead. old chap. I'm no
ooth-yanker. but I'll run the rest Of the
show barg-up."
It should be said OF Mr.. Fielding that
n a way he ives a nice Young man but
lie was always looking for a Joke. When
eft to mind the parlors he arrayed him
elf in the dentists working coat. rum
lied up his hair so as to look profess
ionai, and seemed to be the 1T when
Hiss Betty FoxhaII made her advent
YES sir. ! was awake most all night -
Too bad. Wen see what can he
lone"
II hope it won't hurt much"
Not the slightest, Please take a sea,
n the chair"
When she shut her eyes and onened bsr
mouth he located the tooth and asked.
Did Won know that that tooth q. yha,
ye call a bituminous one9.'
No."
at liz both bituminous and .rcb,i., |
What does that mean"
And 7 think II belongs n thu n,.ooo,o
eriod. There are sayants who vouId
ONE a thousand miles and nav Won
thousand dollars for that tooth :,
"SeII one m INV ts.th &, S,a.us ,u
,etty. ' MISS
..Of course vou won't h,, ., ,,o,,,s
clio that sc;sn,ifo go, - -. &c
rize."
81 Adm, r,o,. ,.o. ,,O
TRANCE about that tooth No other dans
81 has exsr said ,hern -, W o'Het Deh-