Evening star., 1935-03-24
March 24, 1885

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such sweet, simple old ass that you
can't see what everybody else sees.
The woman's pillr'
"Whatr'
Yes. may be going to depend on
her for my bread and butter, but that
shan't stop me doing my little best to
open your eyes. Hazel June is a DILL"
The first time ! had heard that
monstrous word applied to that divine
girl - by Teddy Flower i had, it
will be remembered. choked down my
emotion and extended the olive b.
But now | was in no mood to over
look the slur was shirty to degree.
Perhaps" said, stiffly, changing
the subject. "as l. J. Zizzbaum is no
doubt anxiously awaiting me. you will
be so good as to conduct me to his
presence"
She gave little sign. Hazel Junew
Why do you say Hazel June like
that?'
Il shall say Hazel June any way |
please"
"Oh. right no." said. "If you
would not mind just conducting me to
l. ]. Zizzbaum. then you will be free
to 60 off in a corner by yourself and
say 1t till they put the cat out and
close the Office"
Her face hardened. Step this way,
Lord Havershot. hope he gives YOU
hell"
mot chance" l said. II am
having gas"
And, disdaining to speak further |
motioned her to proceed and we
passed into the operating theatre.
l. J. Zizzbaum proved to be rather
agloomy cove. He did not appear fear
fully braced to see Reginald. There
was no ring of enthusiasm in his
Good afternoon" nothing chummy
in the way he motioned me to the
chair and asked me to open little
wider. He looked like a dentist with a
secret sorrow.
OF course, l could see what the
trouble was. He was brooding on the
fact that the big prize in the dentistry
world, the extraction of little Teddy
Flowers bicuspid, had gone to his
trade rival. Is. K. BurwaSh.
Well. after that jarring encounter
with Ann Bannister. l wasn't feeling
any too bobbish myself. But | was
sorry for the poor bloke, so I forced
myself to forget my own troubles and
tried to bring the roses back to his
cheeks by saying that it was fine day.
1t didn't seem to cheer him. He
simply sighed bit, levered my jaws
little further apart, peered into the
abyss. sighed again as if he didn't
think highly of its contents, and then
motioned to his Ado. to cluster
round with the gas bag.
And presently. after brief moment
of feeling as if | was being slowly
smothered where sat, l was off.
don't know if you are familiar
with this taking-gas business. II so,
you will recall that it has certain draw
backs apart from that sensation Of
being cut off in your prime by stop
page Of the wind-pipes. 1t is apt to give
you unpleasant dreams and visions.
The last time had had it. at the age
of twelve or thereabOuts, l remember
that l thought somebody was showing
me down into the sea, and had dis
tinct illusion that was being pried
asunder by sharks.
This time. the proceedings we're still
rummy, but not quite so bad as that.
1t seemed to me that Teddy Flower
and | were in a room rather like the
waiting-room, only larger, and as in
the real waiting-room, there were two
doors, one with Il. J. Zizzbaum"
on it. the other labelled ''B. X.
Burwash." And the Flower kid and
were jostling one another, trying to get
through the ZiZzbaum door.
tried to reason with the misguided
little blighter. l kept saying, Stop
showing. laddie, you're trying to get
into the wrong room," but he simply
showed the more. And presently he
showed me into an armchair and told
me to sit there and read the National
Geographic Magazine" and opened
the door and went through.
After that. things got bit blurred.
When they clarified somewhat, was
still sitting in a chair. but it was
dentists chair, and l realized that l
had come out from under the in