Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-10-05
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''Two pretty girls on the boat at any
rate" said Harry, as the three friends
alighted at the wharf. There should be
one more, though-one for Tom, poor
fellow; he has no knack of making ac-
~quaintances."
Eyes; it's too bad about Tom," re-
marked Phil, derisively.
II do not care to meet any one" said
Tom; 'you shall have clear field today,
boys. Fact is, I'm tired of talk, especially
society talk; it's all hollow. If l could
exchange thoughts for q while with some
interesting party, I think I should quite
enjoy it."
You might as well be a deaf and
dumb man, said Phil.
Suppose you travel as one this after
noon," said Harry; ''you will hear an
dor enough" and the novelty of the
proposition secured its laughing accept
ance before they had reflected on its alb
surdity.
From that moment Tom was deaf and
dumb, and, strolling forward on the
boat, he seated himself near the two
young ladies, and his friends, in a spirit
of merriment, began a make believe on
versation with him IN their fingers.
Tell him We'll be back after a WHILE"
said Phil; ''also, that we'll see to the
tickets, and that he can just sit here and
enjoy himself as well as he car. Poor
fellow, it is hard to be so afflicted, even
if one has a million!''
This information having been commu-
nicated, apparently by the signs, the two
corptaral ov-ov 1aori,~ To,, ,r,tl, %l1
ladies, who had been interested specta-
tors of all the little pantomine. Of
course they had their views to exchange
on such an unusual event as a deaf and
dumb compagnon du voyage worth a
million, and Kate began Immediately, in
her impulsive way:
isn't it sad, Milly2 and he is young
and handsome, too; yes, he would be
called so-that is, in some places; we
would have thought SO at Nine. Ber-
trand's. His eyes are good, and his mus
tache-no, it isn't red, not real red. It's
blonde, it's that new color, not terra
Gotta, but like it, you know-that lovely
ley russell. And worth a million. too;
l suppose he'd give it all to be able to
hear. l wonder if lie can talk, and if
he was born so; if not, it must seem all
the worse; and those friends of his, how
heartless they are to leave him alone!
Probably no one else on the boat knows
how to talk with HIM"
But l presume he can write" said
Milly. ''He looks intelligent enough"
Indeed he does" responded Kate;
''and more than that, he looks cultured
and scholarly; and notice in what good
taste he dresses; nothing to indicate his
wealth, no jewelry-yes, there's watch
chain, but it's small and its allowable;
it's necessary, it subserves a purpose. He
wears no rings, and do you notice how
taper and white his fingers are2 and
See the ship go sailing over there against
the hill. You know, SIilly, we must not
talk Of him when he's looking straight at
us-the-a Goaf people are So quick; he
could tell what you said by the motion Of
. your lips. Whenever he looks around
we must talk of ships, for fear that
There goes another one; that is q steamer,
Milly; you can tell that, Milly, by the
steam and it's going through the water.
There, see how l met that crisis? / never
moved a visible muscle. You must excuse
me if I tell you all sorts of foolish things
about ships when he turns those deef
SySo Oi HS. 4Hey ut Deiullul tNtS,
Milly, soft and brown and good. think
he is a good man-that is, he would be
If he could hear and talk; not goody
good. but a man of character-a gentle
man under all circumstances"
'Oh, do take breath, Kate said
Mily. ''How you rattle ON, no matter
what the subject! But tell me, would
you marry such 8 niuur. =.
DO sou Lean if 1 loved himr' wa
the reply. ''Why, Of course, l would
marry any one I loved.n
but ! mean, explained A1illy, ''coulC
you love hint"
|Oh, that's one Of your puzzling ques
fions," replied Kate. THAT depends
he loved me, Perhaps; if he priced In
above all other women, If l was neces
sary to his happiness, if he should prov
to be the one man in the world for me
why, his infirmity would make no differ
ence. But here comes Agatha. Do 20
know / wish she wouldn't Gomez She
deceitful. l some way have no cor
fidence in her since that Percy affair
She encouraged him for months, unit
his father failed. But let us shock heI
don't tell her the mystery of our frien
here, and we will horrify her,"
They might have succeeded had it ne