The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-01-03


deaf; and although she can hear my
voice, to which she is accustomed in its
ordinary tones, yet you will b. obliged
to speak extremly loud in order to be
heard Pm sorry for it,
Aunt Mary, in the goodness of her
heart, protested that she rather liked
speaking loud aud to do SO would af-
ford her great pleasure
The carriage drove up on the steps
was wife-in tho wirlow was john I
with a face as utterly solemn, as if had
buried all his relatives that afternoon
| handed out my aunt-shc ascendcd
the steps
| am delighted to see you,' sLroked
my wife, and the policeman on the op-
posits sidewalks started, aud my aunt
nearly fell down the stoop
Kiss me, my DEAR howled my aunt;
and the hall lamp clattered, and the
windows shook as with the fever anc
ague. | looked at the window--Jo ohr
had disappeared. Human nature coulc
stand it no longer. / poked my heat
into the carriage, and wont into strong
convulsions.
When ! entered The paridr, my wiG
was helping Aunt Mary to take of he
hat aud cape; and there sat John wit
his face of woe.
Suddenly, Did you have a plsasan
Journey " went of my wife like pistol
and John T rather jumped TO hi
feet.
Rather dusty was the response, il
war-whooP, and SO the conversation
continued.
The neighbors for blocks around mus
have heard it when | was in tho thirc
story of the building heard every worc
plainly.
In the course of the evening, my aun
took occasion to say to nc
How loud your wife speaks--don' 7
it hurt her.
told her all deaf persons talked
loudly, and that my wife, being used tt
it, was not affected by the exertion, and
that Aunt Mary was getting along very
nicely with her.
Presently my wife said, softly
All, how very loud your aunt talks.
Yes said |, deaf persons do
You're getting along with her iaely -
she hears every word you say And
rather think she did.
Elated by their success at being un-
dcrstood, they went at it hammer anc
tongs, till everything on the maniel
piece clattered again, and | was serious
/ ly afraid Of a crowd collecting in fron
of the house.
! But the end was near. My aunt, be-
ing of an investigating turn of mind, wa.
desirous OF finding out whether the ex'
erton of talking SO loud was not injuri.
Gus to my wife. Sc
Doesn't talking so loud strain YOU
lungs = said she IN an unearthly hoot
for her voice was not as musical as i
was when she was young
1t is an excrtion,' shricked my wife
Then why do you do it p was th,
answering scream.
Because--because--you can't hear
if | don't, squealed my wife.
What p said my aunt, fairly rival
ling railroad whistle this tune.
began to think it tune to evacuat,
the premises; and looking round and
seeing John gone, l stepped into the
back parlor, and there he lay, fat OF
his back, with his feet at right augl,
to his body, rolling from side to side
with his fists poked into his ribs, and {
most agonized expression of countepancc
but not uttering u sound. immediate.
y and involuutarily assumed a similar
attitude, and | think that, from tho rel
alive position Of our boots and head
and our attempts to restrain our laugh.
ter, apoplcxy must have inevitably en-
sued, if horrible groan which John
gave vent to in bis endoavsr to repress
his risibility, had not betrayed our bid
ing place.
In rushed my wife aud my aunt, who,
by this time, comprehended the joke,
and such scolding as then got l new