MISS FLYNN AND HER LOVER

Temuka Leader, Issue 227, 22 January 1880, Page 3

MISS FLYNN AND HER LOVER

Mis Mary Flynn was studying medic.ne and ring c urfid at the same t.ire. Mr WiiiL n Rudd was attendattending O. the latter part of the business. One evening, when they wensitting together -'n the front parlor, Mr Rudd was thinking how he could manage to propose. Miss Flynn was explaining certain physiological facts to him. “Do you know,” Mm said, “that thousands ol people are ignorant that they smell with their o factory peduncle?” “ Millions of’em ?” replied Mr Rudd. “ And Aunt Mary wouldn’t believe me when I told her that she conld mt wink without a sphinctei muscle.” “ How unreasonable.” “ Why, a person cannot even kiss without a spincter ? ” “Indeed! “ I know it is so.” “May I try if 1 can ? ” “ Oh, Mr Bu Id, it is too bad of you to make light of such a subject!” Mr Budd seized her hand and kissed that. She permitted it to remain in his grasp. “ 1 didn’t not.oe,” he said, “ whether a-a —what do yon cal! it ? a sphincter helped me or not. Lot me try again.” Then he tried again, and while he held her ban-' she explained to him about the muscles of that, portion of the human body. “It is remarkable how much y<-u knew about such things,” said Mr "Budd, “ really wonderful ! Now, fur example, what is the bone at the back of the head called ?” “ Why, the occipital bene, of course,” “ And what are the names of the muscles of the arm ? ” “ The spirailf and infraspiralis amony others.” Well, now, let me show you what I mean. When I put my infr ;spira’is around your waist, so, is it your occipital bone that rests upon my shoulder-blade in this way ? ” “My back hair primarily but the ocipital, ot course, afterwards. But, oli, Mr Budd, suppose pa shoo'd come in and see us ?” “Let him come! Who cares ?” said Mr Budd boldly. “1 think I’ll exercise a sphincter again, and take a kiss.” “Mr Budd, how can you ?” said Miss Flynn, after he had performed the feat. “ Don’t call me Mr Buud—ca'l me 'Willie,’ ” drawing closer. “ You accept mo, don’t you ? I know you do, darling ” “Willie,” whispered Niss Flynn, faintly. “ What, darling!” “ 1 car, hear your heart boat.” It beats only for you, my angel ?” “ And it sounds to nu out of order. The ventricular contraction is not un fi rm.” “ Small wonder Tor that it is bursting with joy ?’’ “ You must put yourself under treatment for it. j will gke you som> medicine.” “ it's your own property, darling do as you please with it. But somehow the sphincter operation i“ the one that strikes me must favourably. Lei me see how it works again ? ’ But why proceed,? The old, old storwas told again, an! the old prefi-nuance of the muscles of Mr Budd’s mouth was enacted again. An I, about eight years later, Mr Budd was wishing that Mary wuuid catch some fatal disease among her patients, and Mary was thhikb-g that the best possible use Willie cold be put to would be as a subject for the dissect ng table.