Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-01-13
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I'll teii. yon a story of how, / once So we'd
my life entirely through having learned the
dgafahd dumb alphabet l'i s'ail ae0
rliThere we're two tlitt le boys who used to
come and stay with Frank and me, when
we, were, first msrriedj n sapd they, could
neither hear, nor speak, ,.,...t...,. r..
They we're deaf and 'ddmt;o t6ey c9did
not speak except with their ibgers-4soA L
OILY heverso much quicker e7pq0 "a
-a5lFrahk and learned this. 70: eign olphs
bet on purpose that we might unde5stand
what these poor lads he'd to- ,sey.,s, They
were quick and clever; they could read
and write, ay, and draw and sew ard do
many Other things which most boysfweah
lmhkeSbnt a5vety poor hand ats 10 bsddo1
They could play at druughtsr and absck,
ngommop. and chess, aud at fox drnd
geese, as well as any boys They ocopld
almost see what we said, though they ,eSoqld
not hear, Will, such qpick, enger eyes DID
they watch. every ''fnoyemeht Of our Fps
We sooii, htwevtf, got to talk as iensiiS
with our fingers as our tongues; and some.
4 Vines, hctl The lads were not wi b. ihs,
Frank ahtl used to converse insthat msua
ner when We were alone, fur. practles li.7ra
1t happened upop one occasion tbai he
bad ~ go TO London on important business
He, was to have gone by an afternoon train,
but something delayed him, so that be was
not able to leaved before the night fexi
press. | was not in very good heattS, and
retired to my bed room about tive .hoHs
before bis departure ;,r he promised, boy,
ever, TO come up aud bid me goodbye; be
fore be started, which would be between,
twelve and one O'Clock 10 the morhing@-
Thema,tef which sEcalled dim away yr'was
coDnectednwith the bank here which ho6t
just been bprned down. and my husband,
il seemed, Il bough / did not know it a., the
time-so great secret had be endeayored
to keep it-had many thousapd pounds
belongiigFto the firm ID bis temporary.
p0ssessioh, locked bp in the iron safe 10 our
bed room, where theplate was keps!n He
was.manager, and responsible for the whole
of it. o. II was winter time, andi there was
6rel in thes room, So bright aud 81 com
| Portable thai / was in no hurry, to leave X
and got infc, bed, bit sat up looking pto
the fiery coqis, and blinking ubout all sorts
Of tbi6gSA the Tobg Journey Frank
had to take that night and of how dreary
the days would seemiountiH be, returhed,
| and 10 particular, how looe1y Should feel
in, that great room oil by myself when he
wonld, be ,awayTfor / was o dreadful cow
lard. 1t was little after eleven O'clock
when got into bed. but did not feel the
| least inclined for sleep even teen. 1fkUew
Fraok would be coming to bid me goodbye
presently, and, besides, there seemed to be
all sorts Of noises about the room, which
my foolish ears always used TO hear when.
ever was alone at night time .,,..t...y
| If u little SCOT fell down the chimney It
was, thought, q great black crow at
least, which would .soou be flying abou'
i the room, and settling on nay pillow; if u
1 mouse squeaked in the wainscot, sito W as
the creakiug q. Of some dreadful person. 5
!, shoes coming up stairs TO kill me with the
carving knife; aud if tie wind blew at the
easement il was somebody elss trying to
i get in atithe window, although it was two
stories high. sNf 's f'' .At' '''F"'-
4 ,Yon. may imagine lthen,Y my bowors.
1 when l heard a tremendous snesz, witbnle.
4 quarter of an inch of me, jast behind the
headboaid Of the bed. aud between that
aud The wall where there was q consider
aBle space. / had, as usual, taken the
precaution, before | put the candle out, of
4 looking eyeryw where lintthe room where it
was quitelmposslble any person could be
bid but ,in the little alcove into which the
| bed was pushed I had never so much as.
thought oflooking, although it was a capl-
hiding place for anybody Ever siute
| | hatoslept 10 that room 10 short, I'had
beeu like the ostrich who puts his head in
the, sand, aud then imagibes himself Ia
i perfect security Ihsd piqaed inyself'up
on precau, ionary me sures that, after all,
might just as well have, been omitted I'M
! Tue only thing, as believe, which saved
my reason departing altogether when I
! hrst beard that terrible soahd, was that
my mind ching 10 the hope that it might
be, aflery all.s only y the sueeze OF a seat 80
Fifty catsqloge' her could not have made
half 50 much dislur rbaBce, it is true,s fur il
was the speeze of q mau, who ,speszssl iin
spite OF himself, and almost shock The
house; bht. tie idea sustaiued me over the
| first Shock" The hext instant the wretch
had sne' zad again and pushing aside the
1 ueu, which TUlleI Uu chSlOIS,-l leltr ue was
Standing belde NY pillow boxing at me
If he had only given just one speege. be
might perhaps have believed me. as Tlsy
quite still, breathing as regularly as l
could, aud pre- eending to sleep; but he
reasoned very justly, that. unless was
deaf or dumb'I must have been awakened
by the sound. -
You're awake tnarm. said be Id a gtdff
voice, aud it's no use chammiug. If you
don't want tap with this life preserver,
just look alive, 'D p ''' s'1n".' !
opened my eyes exceedingly wide at
this, and beheld man with Grape over his
face, standing by the bed; he held sort
Of club with two knobs uponi 10 bis right
band and with his left he pointed to the
iron safe, '.N 7'"'4.'l'' ''''''' '"'
Is the money thetei said be. ,.3''. q
The plate is, said I, 10 trembling
voice, pray take 1t, sir; i am sure you are
very welcome, for 4be might have bad
everything Of value ihr the house with all
my heart, SO long as he ef me my life. \
The noney-4the gold-the notes-are
they there2 cried he again 10 a terrible sort