The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-06-03

TO keep my face tolerable straigh
while introduced them.
"Maris. this is Mr.. Green!" shout
ed l. in a shrill key, putting my
mouth close to her ear.
"A little LOUDER" said she, and
shouted "Mr. Green" an octave higher
The poor man looked terribly dis
appointed. His fancy had not painted
her in her true colors evidently.
"Ah, yer, Mr.. Green" said Jane
fairly beaming with delight. GLOW
do YOU do? ?" and she shook the posl
gcntleman's hand energetically. "Jane
get Mr.. Green a chair. Put it here
close TO mine, so that he can talk to
ME. Pm happy to see you sir. Aunt
Philanda spoke of you in very fiat
tering terms indeed"
"I'm glad of that" said Mr.. Green,
sinking into the chair.
"Eh? What did you say?" said
Jane, turning her ear towards him.
"a trifle louder, if you please"
Mr.. Green, repeated his remark,
while l retired to the window to
laugh.
"a very fine day." he added.
"Good crop of hay? I'm glad OF
it, responded Jane, "I'm greatly in
tercsted in farm matters, Mr.. Green;
81 said the weather was fine" COR
rected Mr.. Green.
"WhenIl 1 be yours? Why, Mr..
Green, you're so sudden," exclaimed
Jane, pretending to blush, Il don't
really feel as if knew you yet. And
yet my heart tells me ysu are an
affinity" and then the wicked girl
smiled most bewitchingly upon the
| uneasy man, who looked at me ap-
Pealingly.
81 didn't say that" he shouted. 81
spoke about the weather."
eyes, hope we'il be happy togeth-
err" said Jane, pensively. "Oh, Mr..
Green, if you knew how haYe longe ed
for the companionship of some heart
like yours, these many years." and
then she proceeded to she'd unseen
tears in her handkerchief.
Mr., Green was touched.
''She's awful affectionate, amt shc,"
he said 10 me. 81 wish she wasn't
soawful deaf. Can't anything be done
for her?"
"Oh, you won't mind that after
little." said, cheerfully. "We don't"
81 dunno bout that" said Mr..
Green, doubtfully. "We couldn't new
er have no secrets, cause the neigh
bors Id hear 'em fore she did, if l
went to telling her any. Don't seem
as if l ever saw anybody quite SO
def as she is"
"Talk to me-" said Jane, who had
dried her cyes. "Tell me all about
your children. 1 know 1 shall take
SO much comfort with them. Bless
their souls!'
Thercupon Mr.. Green began his
family history away up in the higher
octaves, and l got so nearly deafened
at his shoating that had to leave the
room.
l sat down on the back steps and
laughed for half an heur. When l
stopped [ could hear him shouting
still, but I fancied he was getting
hoarse.
Jane kept talking all the afternoon.
never saw any one quite SO relieved
as he was when l announced that sup
per was in readiness. Jane fastened
herself upon him and accompanied
him to the supper table.
ats such an awful pity about her,"
said the poor man to me, regretfully.
'She's got wonderful atfeckshunate
way, and she's awful anxious to be
Mrs. Green; but" and there Mr..
Green stopped, dubiously, IL knowed
an old woman who was so deef that
when it Numbered, snce, she thought
some one was knockin' an hollered
Gem in,' an she didn't begin to be as
deef as she is. swan, I'd give twen-
y-five dollars if it " would cure her, an
up our way we can get good cow
tor that price"
Mr.. Green had got so used to talking |
to Jane that he had forgotten that
was not deaf, and shouted the last sem
tcnce st me.
"You say you're fond of rice? Oh,
so am l." said Jane, delightfully."-
Jane" to me, 'you put some on to
cook after supper; We'll have some
for breakfast
"Don't pat yourself out for me-"
shouted Mr.. Green.
"Wish you had some for tea, did /
on say? wish SO too" Jane smil-
I'd another tender smile at her suitor,
lad slipped her tea slowly, smiling at
him every time he looked at her.
"Where's your folks? 2" he asked
suddenly, as if he had just thought Of
hem.
Eyes, it is good plan,'' answered
Jane, nodding her head appreciativcly |
'Gessc always ought to wear pokes.
If they don't, they'll get into the gar
len and eat every thing ap."
Il asked after your father and mo-
her" shouted MIR. Green, with awful
emphasis, and turning red in the face
with the eXertion,
'Let me see," said Jane, thoughtful
". "IIenry Bascom's brother? No,
Mr. Green, / don't think l ever knew,
him"
"Oh, DEAR" groaned Mr.. Green
sShe gets deefer and deefer. 1 can't
marry her. What if l wanted TO say |
anything to ner in the dead of night ?
I'd have to wake up the hull house to