"Can folks really shave with those, sir?
They do look sharp, now, don't they?
What might you ask for a pair ?" "Perhaps not very easy to grind, lady!" replied the Skipper, with a smile which won Mrs.Isaac's heart.

"Not a rare shell, only fifty cents the pair.

Thank you, madam! To show you this?
With gladness! This is the Bleeding Tooth shell, found in plenty in West Indies.

They have also dentists under the sea, graciously observe.

See here,--the whole family! The baby, he have as yet no tooth, the little gum smooth and white.
Here, the boy! (_Como ti_, Juan Colorado!" this in a swift aside, caught only by John's ear.) "The boy, he have a tooth pulled, you observe, madam; here the empty space, with blood-mark, thus.