No Surprise for George.
"Georgfe," McJaiued Mrs Younghusband with a radiant st&ila, "baby has a tooth ! " " Hae he ? " waii tha response, in a tone which betoftyec 1 no emotion, " \Toa don'i seem surprised I " "I'm nob surprised. AH babies have first testb. If ours didn't havo any I'd manage to work up some excitement, maybe." "I thought you'd be ever so pleased and happy about it." " No ; I don't see that ifc's any occasion for especial congratulation. The baby has my deepest sympathy ." " Wha»> for ? " " For having his first tooth. He has just struck the openiug chapter of a long story of trouble. Pretty soon he'll have other teeth." " Of course ho will ! " " Every oaa^he cute will hnst him. Theu his second teeth vri.'l come along aud push these out. That will hurt him again. Somo of the new ores will grow crooked as likely as not, and be will have to go to the dentist and have a block and tackle adjusted to them to haul them into line. Then he'll cut his wisdom teeth. They will hurt a lot. After that he'll have to go to the dentist and let him drill holes and hammer until Ids face feels like a great palpitating stone quarry. I shouldn't like him to go through life without teevh. Bab I must say that I don't see any occasion for the customary bflarity over an event that means so much in the way of sorrow and humiliation."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2240, 4 February 1897, Page 53
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245No Surprise for George. Otago Witness, Issue 2240, 4 February 1897, Page 53
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