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Helen Goes to tho Dentist and Warren is There to Give
Her Courage.
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"Dr. II. M. KYIeman, Surgeon Dentist, . if the
read the lettering on tho ground glass.
As Helen opened the door, a bell rang
shrilly until she entered and closed it
after her. :
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For- a moment
she stood uncer
tainly In the little
reception room.
Then the. doctor,
white-coated and
with an Instru
ment in his hand,
appeared at his of
fice door.
"Oh, good after
noon, Mrs. Curtis.
I'll sec you in Just
a few minutes. I'm
not quite through"
er."
Helen took a
chair by the table
and turned over the
several months'-old
magazines. Thare
were a number of
numerous weeklies, ...
much thumbed, among them. Evidently
people who were waiting. tor the dentist
i did not care for any heavier literature
! than that offered by a comic paper,
j The peculiar odor of mingled drugs and
! antiseptics that Is always part of the
atmosphere of f. dentist's office filled
Uhe room, lii vain Helen 'tried to force
(down that fluttering tremulous -reeling
that this odor ami the nearness to the
dental chair always brought.
She dreadod It so! Hnr tei)th were pe
culiarly sensitive. Tho least work on.
them hurt her cruelly-and she shrarr'r
I from pain with all the horror of a Htild..
And today there wore to be two filling
land one tooth drawn. - - '
Xhe was to lake gas for the extraction,
'and Warren hud- promised tu come up
at 4.30 to be with her then. It was a
quarter of four now and. the work was
to be done n he fill'nga . ""til Warren
' came. . , ,
From the other, room ow mini.
moan and a woman's voice, v.".
-don't; oh; ou:: ", ,
Then the doctor's voice:, "Hold sti(l.
ow-Jut a second longer. Theie-now
this won't hurt."
The moan had not helped to , sooth
Helen's omn quivering .nerves. She trlod
to keep her m'.pd on the comic, paper,
but she read one of the Jukes three times
without realizing what it said. It was a
midsummer number. How strange
L.Les of. a midsummer magazine
In midwinter! There were the usual squibs
aboi.t. the. Iceman, tho scanty bathing
ult and tlx) summer widower.
"Now that's ull today," came tne aoc
tor's voice. "If that cotton filling hurts
jou-you can take Jt out. But It's better
lfft ln-" ' ,-,..r
"Then Tuesday at W I U)ik aid?
asked thcl oman.-
1 1 l.n u 1,'enrt beut faster. She
now he. would soon b ready fir her.
The woman camu-thruusli. I"1'
wraps, which were lyin:; on a chair beside
Jlelen. anil hurtled out.
"Now, Mr. ("m-tii." and the doctor
pppcarcd once more ut the door. Helen
went In, Jald aside h-r wraps, and got
tip Into the chair. J' t Hie slgbt of the
hilling Instruments made her tdck 'ltl
fear. She could lie.ir him washing his
bands behind the-ucrceii.
"Well, we're geltlm; a real touch of
W inter today," he remarked cheerfully.
It's a prevailing berief among dwntlats
and pliyslclan that some compunplacD
remark tends to distrait the patient's
tliouglil. when as a rcle It Irritates them
by the very obviousness of Its Intention.
Helen leaned back and closed h r eyo,
nhlle with brisk Indifference ne niaoe
Buy Ills Instrument:!.
"Now, Just a moment, lvae, . asj lie
qjickly adjusted a rubber shield in her
mouth. "Jut-t a lit It- wider there!"
For half an hour he worked on ths
filling. Except for an . occasional rp-an,
Helen made no outcry. But her hund.i
were clenched tight on the arms of her
thair and her feet braced rigidly agalnet
the fcotrest.
Ir. Frteman was the most eoniclntlous
and painstaking In his work, and whlla
ha made every effort to minimise tne
pain, yet h's manner was not sympa
thetic. And now as the Instrument
touched a nerve, with Klflfd cry Helen
put up her hand.
"Don't !o that!" ha warned her rold'y.
"Don t cati-h my hand or you'll make the
instrument slip."
And again Ileltn clenched the arms of
the rhalr, every nerve taut under th
Intense pain. Dep"Tnte!y she tried ti
thing of something to help her. Then kite
recalled what she had oiieo bi en to'.d
as t ne guaiesi 01 an neips in a uemai
t hair io try to r sl!z how I'.ttle was
really being done. That It is an!y b-i auJt
tlm uorli N on th- teeth iliat It hurts
vn. I ould he ieni" t'lrgi he dune imy
vhite el" it e.-oi jj "r;i' d'y h.i:t .11
Xu.- vu-i-d thtii' le- any pain l.i ili.i lou.o
nerve was dead. It was a tiny
nerve- that caused all the pain Just the
touching and Jarring of thin nerve. She
tried to think tf it In this way, and
somehow it made the palii a little less.
Suddenly tho reception room door teas
opened and the bell rang shrilly until It
closed again. It waa Warren. The doctor
left her for a second and went to the
door.
"We'll be through In Just a few mo
ments. Mr. Curtis; I'll polishing off th
last filling."
Helen was painfully conscious of how
ridiculous ahe looked with her head back
and her mouth wide open and with the
glaring light from the window falllnS
full upon her. She hoped AVarren would
slay In the reception room for a few
momrnts. so he would not see her like
this. Hut lie came In and stood close by
the chair, looking down at her.
"Getting along all right?"
She made a faint motion of her head.
Oh. If he would only go. away If he
wouldn't kiok at her now! Aild she
couldnt speak, for the doctor was holding
her mouth open firmly.
"Now, a little wider please; I can't see
if you, half close your mouth. There,
that' better."
Helen was forced to stretch open her
moiUli eveij more. Oil, how hideous the
must look!'-; And she was so helpleso.
Oh, why did Warren persist in standing
there? At length the doctor laid down
his instrument and took out the rubber
shield. Helen sat up and smoothed back
her hair.
"Ob, let me get up and fix my hair and
rest tt moment before Vou give me that,"
she pleaded nervously, as the doctor
mnde'ready the apparatus for giving the
tits.
"Nonsense," said Warren, "what differ
ence does it make about your hair? An l
this Isn't going to be any strain on you
you won't know anything about It."'
"Now, Just lean bark, please," said the
doctor with professional Indifference, v
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The Mauicure Lady
"I have had an awful lot of nnuralgi't
lately, George," snld the Manicure Lady.
"Honest to, goodness, I feel as If I ought
to bo ut home right now. It's awful to
have a headache and then have to listen
to a lot of sweet nothings that the cus
tomers sy. Yesterday when ray hnad
felt the worst, a guy front Roscoe. up
state, comes in and tells mo that my hair
is like a halo. And the minute I get his
nails did In conies a gent from the inlddb)
west, somewhere In Illinois, and tells me
that liiy eyes rrnilml him of two blue
lakes. Well, George, I guess there Is
only one anawer. I guess I'll have to
blow tho game and get nmrrled."
"I hope you don't make no false step,"
warned the Hoiid Hnrher. "There Is a lot
if young men on tho market these days
mony ramo up, that ho would get nmr
rled himself If'be could find some fine
wldottf with a bankroll, so he could live
somewhere out on a country estate and
write a few plays. He ls working on a
blank verse play' right' now, one of them
tragedies that soqnda like Mister Shakes
peare, l'uor Wilfred took the scenario to
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walked right In he walked right out ,
nguln. He bald they al told lilin the play
sounded too literary..
"You'd think, wouldn't you, George,
that literary plays would havo a, great
cull these days, but somehow It don't
seem that way. This blank verse play
of. Wilfred's Is about a married couple.
Tlint'a what made mo think of It when
you and me was talking about malrl- '
"Oh, no not Just yet!" Helen looked up
terrified at the tuba he was about to place
over her face. She had never taken gas
before and now she was filled with the
horror of the unknown. With a helpless
gesture she reached out her hand to
Warren.
"Now, don't be foolish," as he took her
hand and held It firmly. "It'll be all over
in a moment and you won't feel any.
thing."
"Just' lie back, please," repeated the
doctor.
With a sense of helpless terror Helen
lay back and the rubber tube was placed
over her face. Desperately she held to
Warren's hand as Bhe breathed the sick
ening odor of the gas. Then came a
soothing, throbbing sensation. .ie could
hear the doctor's voice saying, "Breathe
deeper," but It1 seemed strangely far
away. Everything was confused and
vague. .And then came a .curious, feeling
as though she were floating away out
Into space.
"Now, you're all right. Take this and
rinae out jour mouth."
Helen opened 'her eyes with a start.
The doctor was placing a glaas In her
hand. Warren was standing on , the
other side.
"Now, that wasn't hard you didn't
know anything about It."
"Oh is it out?"
"Of course It's out!"
"But I feel so Strang and dizzy."
She was filled with a hysterical desire
to laugh and cry. She supposed that
was the effects of the gas. She wanted
to hold to Warren to cling to him and
nob away this curious feeling.
He took her home In a taxi, and, for
once i-he did not protest at the. expense,
flio felt too badly' to think of it. All
tho way she had to struggle against her
desire to put her head on his sliouhb'r
and sob. . .
When they rcflehcd home sin' drew
him toward the,' big chair. ' m .
"I want you to bold -me-,- deaf Just a
moment! I feel ill tiOMtrtlng, front that
gaS." '! "'' ' '!'' I" I
"Nonsense, yuu iinM(lne'miist of It, Go
In and lie down If you want to resl."
"That won't help me," half ' sobbing.
"This Is tho only thing that will help,"
as she drew him reluctant Into the Thail
and .nestled down Into his arms. "ThlH
Is what I want," with a long tpilverlng
sigh of content, "what I always want!"
"LOTS OF YOt 'NO MEN WlIO"I MAKK I'HONV HTSBANUS.
The Return of Beauty
that would be awful long shots for hus
bands." '
'Iava It to be, George,' s.ild the Mani
cure Ijtdy. "J ain't no Vassar graduate,
but. have Just that much native bright
ness that no Joe can come along and tut
no ring' on my next to tho little left
finger. The ' female of the species Is
more foxy that the male. Leave It to
me, Ueorgv. '
"Brother Wilfred was saying lust night,
when the subject of matrimony and ull-
By Nell Brinkley
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moil). It seems there Is a man that
poses for a German baron and cornea
over to Newport and marries a pretty
young girl named-Ines. Brother has
sumo of the grandest lines In that play
that you havo i-ver saw. Listen to this
verse, tho part that 1 learned by heart:.
"'The Baron:
Ines, 1 love thee, More no man ran say.
1 love tho gold that Illumines your
dear lialr;
1 love the eyes that. Ilka two sylvan
pools,
ilarkllnz In the tlaile.
" 'llies:
Thanks, my dear bnron, for them words
yon said
lis girls, I think,' all like appreciation.
And Houicthliig In the way you said
them words
Or maybe In- them words themselves
who knows?
Has imtilo mo feel ns happy child.
But, Karon, X am poor
KxlU Baron.'
"That's wonderful bi other, tiiat Wil
fred of yours." said the Head Barber.
"But getting back to your neuralgia and
your plans for matrimony, I don't think
It would be a bad Idea at all for you to
get niBrrled. The; only thine that sur
prises mo Is that a girl of your beauty
should have stayed Inside so lung. If I
were u bachelor, klddo, and you wero
working In the same shop with tne,' I
wouldn't be ono long." , , . , A ,
"That's nwful wet of you, George,"
bald the Manicure Iidv, "but you are' a
blonde, and 1 want to marry a dark tr.an
with a fair Inevmc."
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WE ARTFUL DODGERS
Hy ( 11 K S I Kit I I III. IV.
Dodge In tho morning
And dndgo In the night,
Happy or hopeless.
Or ruber or tight,
Life In a city.
Wherever you lodge.
In nothing whatever but
Podge, dodge, dodge.
Auto a- retiming.
You puts without n
Only to walk in a
Trolley's grim lint h.
Out of that peril,
You face a wild ti U'
Life In a t lty'tf JuM
IJurk, duck, duck.
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Manholes exploding,
With covers a-fl ;
Dynamites endltg
Tho rock piles ou U.-,t.
It'you're alive
la only by luck;
Human existence It
lJuek, duck, duck.
Dodging the people
Who ruth for the tr.iln
Dodfclng the Ml l ike treui
Brlekbutful rali.s;
Dodging th? lent bill
Whenever you lodo -Life
in a city's Jest
Dodu( iiuuct Uud.
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