Casey was a strong man, sure, for his size; he could lift more than any man at the quarry. He was a brave man, too, was Casey, and often vowed that nothing could get the best of him, but when that rousing jumping nerve wrecking ache ...See moreCasey was a strong man, sure, for his size; he could lift more than any man at the quarry. He was a brave man, too, was Casey, and often vowed that nothing could get the best of him, but when that rousing jumping nerve wrecking ache implanted itself in one of his teeth it floored him in the first round. He was crazy with pain, he gyrated, howled and nearly rent rocks in twain in his agony. At last the foreman took pity on him and helped the helpless strong man to a dentist. Casey's teeth had roots, well, those of an oak tree must have been pygmies compared with them. The dentist tugged and pulled, he used larger and larger forceps, while Casey howled and yelled and vowed, when he had a chance to vow, that he was being murdered. Casey squirmed and pulled and kicked so that the dentist was finally reduced to his only alternative. Casey must take gas. He inhaled with the depth and strength of an elephant. Unconsciousness stole upon him swiftly and Casey slumbered and dreamed. The dentist began to make love to his pretty assistant, he forgot all about the patient and Casey filled so with gas that at last he floated upward, punched a hole in the ceiling, and drifted away but just as he began to sweetly drift he came to with a yell. The dream was over and the tooth was out. Written by
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