New Britain herald., 1928-12-01
ANDY HAS TOOTH
pulled IN SECTIONS
Dentist Was Z Piece Worker,
He btueYk f.
(Contributed)
Dear Mary Ann:

Dear Mary Ann:
Am sorry ! couldn't take you to
the talkies the other night and will
explain SOS you won't think ] was
Ill on account of having too much
turkey. 1t was an aching tooth
that kept me away and il there's
anything that bothers fella more
than a sore tooth it's another just
like it. Anyways I'm holding into
my jaw and trying to kid myself
that the pain would leave without
doing anything about it when my
old pal Noah Count calls and sug-
gests that visit his brother. who is
a dentist practising on the third
floor of the big building on our
street, and have the tooth yanked.
We arrives and after getting in
troduced l tells the dentist I've got
a tooth located away back in left
field or some place and would like
to have it pulled, all the way out.
| climbs into the chair and after he
sees the cause of my being there he
injects some stuff to beaded the
nerves and which made one side Of
my jaw feel like it did last Saturday
at the football game when it got in
the way Of some bimbo's celebrating
fist. This won't hurt YOU" grins
Noah, handing his brother the for
ceps. or pliers. says nothing and
he adds. Not much" The way he
said that mot much" cheered me
up the same way a life sentence
does the guy that skidded from the
sraight and narrow path.
Another underfed wisecrack like
that" tells Noah, land you'll wish
you had 4-wheel brakes SOS you
could stop in time to prevent tum-
bling down a fight Of stairs after l
bounces you outa the office in your
cars" The dentist grips the pliers,
the pliers grip the tooth. grips
both arms of the chair SO tightly
that they developed body squeaks.
opens my face a little wider like
when I'm yawning on all cylinders,
braces my hoofs on the foot-rest so
heavily that Noah remarks some
L i III
steering wheel of flivver and
breathes a silent prayer that the
dentist would do his stuff without
stirring up any more painful memo
ries than necessary.
A strong pull. complete with
right and left turn, makes me
realize that every little movement
has a meaning all its own and just
as I'm about to let out a yell never
heard at colleges the tooth is out
$50 thought). "Wow." l mumurs,
losing no time getting outa the
chair. that was tough baby"
Wait second" says the dentist,
''the tooth broke and I've only got
half OF it," l looks at him dumbly
and tells him I'm for calling 1t a
day but changes my mind and walks
back to the chair as happily as the
guy who's sweetie Tilted him for the
fifth and last time as realizes the
raspberries I'd get if l told anybody
I only had courage enough to get
half a tooth pulled.
year" grins Noah. whats your
hurry" Il suppose" l answers
witheringly, handing him such
freezing glance that you could al
most ice skate on 1t. "the audience
liked the performance and I gotta
do an encore" l opens my face
again and is all set for the agony
when . slight yank which didn't
hurt me any more than ID you'd
massaged me with the business end
OF 4 broom brings out the rest of
the tooth for which I was thankful
and the dentist berries richer.
Well. Mary. when calls on you to-
night with white shirt sleeve
wrapped around my jaw to hide the
swollen part hope you'll recognize
me and not wallop me over the
bean with n table leg on account Of
thinking I'm an Arabian sheik or
something fresh from the desert.
ANDY DALE.