MISS FLYNN AND HER LOVER. [Max Adeler]

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1191, 14 February 1880, Page 3

MISS FLY NN AND HER LOVER. [Max Adeler]

Miss Maey Ixynn was studying medicine and being conrted at the same time. Mr William Budd was attending to the latter part of the business. One evening, while they were sitting together in the front parlor, Mr Budd was thinking how he should manage to propose. Miss Flynu was explaining certain physiological facts to him. "Do you know," she said, " that thousands of persons are actually ignorant that they smell with their olfactory peduncle ?" " Millions of 'em!" replied Mr Budd. " And aunt Mary wouldn't believe me when I told her that she couldn't wink without a sphincter muscle." " How unreasonable." " Why a person cannot even kiss without a spincter !" "Indeed!" " I know it is so !" " May I try if I can ?" " Oh, Mr Budd. it is too bad of you to make lisrht of such a subject !" Mr Budd seized her hand and kissed that. She permitted it to remain in his grasp. " I didn't notice," he said, " whether a —a— what do you call it?— a sphincter helped me then or not. Let me try again !" '• hen he tried again, acd while he held her hand she explained to him about the muscles of that portion of the human body. "It is remarkable how much you know about such things," said Mr Budd—" really wonderful ! Now, for example, what is the bone at the back of the head called?" " *nd what- are the names of the muscles of the arm ?" " The spiralis and infraspiralis among others." " Well, now, let me show you what I mean. "When I put my infra spiralis around your waist so, it is your occipital bone that rests upon my shoulder-blade in this way?" "My back hair primarily, but the ocoipital, of course, afterwards. But, oh, Mr Bndd, supposo pa should come in and B6G Utt ? "

" Let him oome ! "Who cares ? " said Mr Budd boldlo. "I think I'll exeroise a sphincter again, and taVe a kiss." "Mr Budd, how can you !" Mias Flynn, after he had performed the feat, " Don't call me Mr Budd, call me 'Willie,' he said, drawing her closer." " You accept me, don't you ! I know you do darling?" " Willie," whispered Miss Flynn. "What, darling?" " I can hear your heart beat." " It beats only for you, my angel " " And it sounds to me out of order. The ventricular contraction is not uniform," "Small wonder for that when its bursting with joy " " You must put yourself under treatment for it. I will give you some medicine." "It is your own property, darling; do what you please with it. But somehow the sphincter operating is the one that strikes me mnst favorably. Let me see how it works again t ' ' But why paoceed ? The old, old story was told again, and the old, old perfoamanee of the muscles of Mr Budd's mouth was enacted agoin. And, about eight years later, Mr Budd was wishing that Mary would catch some fatal disease among her patients, and Mary was thinking that the best possible use Willie could be put to would be as a subject for the dissecting table.