PLAYING TO THE GALLERY.
"I wanter 'ave a tooth drawn," said the youngster with the fighting face, "and I want gas." "Tut, tut !" murmured the dentist. "You're not old enough for gas. And I can see you're not afraid of a little pain. Be a man!" " 'Tisn't that." the youngster said, 'but I expect just at the en I I'll go and give a. little i>it of a squeal." ' "Oh, that won't matter !" the tooth-tugger replied. " I shan't mind.'' "No," retorted the hoy, "but I shall. Just you look out of the window." The dentist gazed through the glass, and saw a group of grinning lads standing close to hia window, . "Well?" he adked his youthful Patient. "Them's all the kids I've fought mid licked," explained the youthful one, "'and they've all followed me here juwt to hear me holler. Gimme gas !"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 586, 19 July 1913, Page 3
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142PLAYING TO THE GALLERY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 586, 19 July 1913, Page 3
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