HIS PATIENT WOULDN’T TELL

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 5, 30 January 1892, Page 120

HIS PATIENT WOULDN’T TELL

A somewhat breezy incident happened in the office of a dentist. He had concocted a very savoury liquid from a mixture of several choice brands, and invited his friend, a local physician, to ‘ have something,' which he did. A day or two afterward the invited friend thought he would like another taste, and leisurely wended his way to his friend’s office. When he entered the doctor had a lady in his dental chair, filling her teeth. He looked around, and, seeing his caller, said, ‘Hello! come after some more rum?’ The caller nearly fainted at the salutation, and simply stared at the dentist, who finally again blurted out : ‘ You look pale around the gills. Hold on a minute and I’ll give you some more rum.' The caller again was thunderstruck, but finally managed io say, ‘ Doctor, can I see you a moment in your parlour ?’ ‘ Certainly,’ said the dentist, and he immediately stepped away from his lady patient and passed into the parlour. XV hen there, the friend, bridling with indignation, said in a freezing tone : ‘ Doctor, what is the matter with yon, anyway ? Are you crazy, are you drunk, or are you the simon-pure extract of a blanked fool ? What’s the matter with you, anyway ?' ‘ Oh, that’s all right,' said the dentist, ‘ that lady won’t give you away—she’s deaf and dumb.’