Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-13

"l'll tell you story how saved my life
once. entirely through having learned tho
deaf and dumb alphabet.
There were two little boys who used 10
come and stay with Frank and me. whom
we were first married. and they could Meth
81 hear nor speak.
They we're deaf and dumb they could
not talk except with their Hngers- -so--only
ever 30 msch quicker.
Frank and learned this foreign alphabet
on puvpsss that W might understand what
they sAid. They we're quick and clever.
they could read and write, aye, and draw
and sew. aud do many other things which
most Of the boys would make but . bad
hnnd at
They could play at draushts, and at back
CANNON and at chess, and at fox and
geese, as we'll as any boys. They could a.
mos, see wha, vas said. though they could
not hpsr, with such quick, eager eyes did
shey watch every movement Of our lips
We soon, however, got to talk with our fin
gers as we'll as With our tongues, and
sometimes. when the lads we're not with us,
Frank and often talked in that manner,
when We were alone, for practice
IL happeasd that on one occasion he had
10 ~ TO Lcndon IN important business he
was TO have gone by tho afternoon tram
but something DELAYED him so that he was
not able 10 leave before the night express.
was not la very good health. and retired
TO my bedroom before his departure; he
promised. however, to come up and give ms
good bye before he started, which would he
between twelve and one o'clock in the
morning. The matter which called him
away was connected with the bank here.
which had been burned down and nv hus
band, il SCENE though did not know il
II the time, so great a secret had he en-
deavored to keep it-had many thousand
pounds belonging 70 the concern In biz tenn
porsry possession. locked up in the iron
sale in our bedroom, where the plate was
Kept lie was bank manager and rssponsi.
BILE Tor the whole of it. Il WA csld wealth
Or. aud there Wa . Dire on the crate. 80
bright and comfortable that was in no
hurry 70 leave is and get into bed, but sat
looking into The dssy csola, and thinking
about oil sorts Of thing; upon The lene
journey frank bod - tsks that nieht. and
how drsary the days would b Til he re-
turned. and Ia psrticulae hew loaely I
should feel in that great room eli by myself
when hs should b away: for Was dread
FOL coward. Il was . litsls after slsveu
o'clock whom l retired; but did not feel
the least inclined 70 sleep even then. knew
Frank would be eoaine II presently to
wish Ne good -. and bsaiass there seemed
20 10 Oil sorts % naissa about The roon
which ny foeliah ears used . hear when I
wac alone At night.
III little SCOT 81, down ~ chimney. II
was, thought. great black crow, q least,
which would b sssn tying oil around my
room. end settling on my pillow, l . noucs
sQasaksd in The usl it va the erssking Of
some drssdfal psrsoa's shoes, coming up
stairs - kill No viii carving knife: and
il the wind blew the easements. il was some
ono trying = O. in Ne rssm BY the win.
dow. although . Was Two stories hieh.
You may imagine then my horror when
heard . tregneAdons sooeae within an inch
vi me just behind the head board Of nv bed. /,
and between that and the wall, where there
Was considerable space. had, Is usual,
taken the prscaution, before put the can
die out, OF looking every where in the room
where II Vas quito pcss,ble that any person
could DO hid; but in the littla sISvve into
wn'en the bed vas pushed had never
sneuens Of looking for anybody. Ever since
isspt In that room, in short, l had been
"ke tne ostrich, that puts il head into The
safety. Wv" ~ ps''ect
nac p,9ued myself upon precautionary
1910 toss after all, might inst e we'll
have hssn emitted. The on!v ,h;nc "s
bQlibve, which saved nv ,ea.or co..
gssAss dsspGifing, when 6rs1 kss.s . NY
tsfrihlA oeund. va. that =, r,;.S 49,
to H. 49, that, al1sr N, Il uisnt = ~
- lass 49, haif III SissoiS~ssS ~ n
truo, - q was : snsess il spiss 4 Hiuss.is
and he ceasuasien alnoas ahecked IT,
Aeaae; bdtths idsasustsiSsd ~ over ~.
ass1 diesk. - '''
The nsxt instsnt and the wretch had
snesxsd again, and pushed aside the bed.
whtuA relied on castors. felt that he 80
standing beside my pillow, looking At me.
II he had given but the one sno>xe. ~
might perhaps have believed ME. as I Law
quite still, breathing a. regularly a. +
could. and pretending to be asleep but he |
very justly, thst uuieee "a. ds.f
q oseds must have been awakened BY
"Yoa, sts awake. marn," said he in
,ery graf veioA and it's Of no uss your
II you don't want ! ras Win
his life preoeevss, jest look alive"
epees4 ~ eyes sxcssdinoly 9ids at
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