Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-05-10
Misrellang.
THE DEAF GENTLEMAN
BY GEORGE ARNOLD

The only passenger besides myself in
the stage that drove me from D to
the railway station was tail, spare
young man, with gray-blue eyes, chest
nut hair, a full, dark beard, and very
elegant suit Of broadcloth. Having
nothing else to do, | examined him
pretty closely, and concluded, from his
abstractcd expression, a sort of half
simple look, that he was deaf. People
who are decidedly hard of hearing al
most always acquire this expression; and
to one accustomed to the study of faces,
they are readily distingeishable. -
So, when my companion remarked
that it was IA very charming morning, in
that mild, cold in the head kind Of voice
peculiar TO the deaf, answered him in
Il loud voice
''Ies. very fine"
"Eh?'' asked he, putting his hand
behind his ear, with its palm towards
me.
Very fne indeed!''
"Oh, yes, We are having a pleasant
spring"
The conversation. being rbegun, went
on apace, although found much diff
Guilty in making him hear me. He was
TO D. from Boston, on his way to
st. Louis He seemed pleasant, quiet
kind Of fellow, with ii large fund of hu-
NOR, an inexhaustible collection of
stories, and a disposition to be very
agreeable and companionable.
| BY the time our staGe-ride was ended,
and we were snugly seated in the cars,
we had become quite well acquainted
ana had agreed to be travelling com
panions as far as c., where | was to
stop. l was makinga trip half for busi-
hess and half for pleasure, SO | was i'll
no hurry, and readily consented to pass
the night at ii small village on the rail
road, at which we arrived about sunset.
AS we sought the largest hotel of the
place, my new friend underwent a sud
den and decided change. He threw his
shoulders back, assumed u semi martial
step and air, put on a grave, digniied
expression, and ordered the porters and
baggage men about as if he were the
ownersof the village. i-
Entering the hotel, he became still
more arrogant, and completely aston
ished me by his aristocratic manner
''CoMound. those rascally fellows!'
said he, how on earth could they have
been SO awfully stupid! The idea of a
gentleman passing night in this will,
derness without his servants! Well, we
must do the best we can. | told you
you know, that it would not do to lei
the Wallets go out of our sight, they are
no doubt, teasting and drinking at some
station forty miles behind Stop; FL
ask the landlord if they have been here.
Before could ask him what he meant
he went to tle hotel office, and inquired
for the proprietor, who presented him.
self.
'Has my valet been here, landlord, tc
engage rooms for myself and friend?'
No, Sir; no one has engaged room:
here o-day.'
"There l knew it! Confound the
rascals! Where is your register?'
The host placed a large book upor
the counter, and the deaf gentleman
wrote in it, in a firm, even hand.
Sir William De We're, London, Eng
land; and pointed to the register, saying
in whisper, ''Put a title to your name
I'll show you some fun"
Not wishing to be behindhand,
added title to my cognomen, and W.
asked to be shown to our apartments
Of course these were the best in thu
house; and Of course the landlord evincet
the greatest anxiety that our want
should be attended to, in return TO
which kindness the deaf gentlemal
abused him like pickpocket
1t soon became blown about that tw'
English noblemen were stopping at th
Windmill Tavern. and the doorways ant
windows were beset by crowd OF curlou
persons, who wished to share the glor..
of having seen Il real live aristocrat.
At supper, "Sir Wllliam,' as bega1
10 call him, insisted on saying lonj
) and elaborate grace, before any body ha4
a mouthful, and kept it up with such
pious air, for such length Of time, tina
those present, not doubling his sincerity