The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-06-20
ARP'S NEARLY DEAF.
he NOT REALIZES THE INCONPEN-
FENCE OF HIS AFFLICTION.
Old Man "Hasty" and His Ready re
sponses Rev. Mr. Branham Is Al
toodUced to Captain Howell.

10 TOWN. every udS W SYM ,r,i
and Old, but he never complained. me
town bows used to poke fun at HIM, Dut
he never got mad. al,
Good morning. Mr.. Hasty,' they would
say. .Seyenty-tiye cents, ne I.pnV -:
"How does your corporosity sasatlate!
won't take Il cent less, ne saiu' ~
bovs would laugh, and the old man Wouio
rmila ond drive on "Wo, wo, sald Tue
: hovs TO The steers, and they would stop
arlin. "Gjt up Dick, git along, bilnoie'
Won Old lazy rascals; every uihe you 81 ~
town you want to stop every n.ii
minute Git up, tell you, ana i' - '' tta
them with his thrash pore 49, ,n' a,s
time they We're fairly started, tiG W!
saiJ ..wo'' again, and the old man hau "
EcIl them again. but he never got Iniu'
Was Eliminating about tins, LOT !
am deaf myself, now, anu oes '
70 realize its Inconvenience fof
severoI yt;trs have been deaf i'll one ear,
INIT dim mind it, for the other was good
The only trouble was that while couil near
perfectly we'll | couldn't locate distant
sounds with much precision. coulun 'eii
what church bell was ringing or when way
the train was coming, or whether the MOCK
in,, bird was singing III TINS tree or th;lt
tree. but | got along very well and could
always hear Mrs. Arp when she told me
what she wanted. Tutre was some good
in having but one good ear III mosquito
time. for / could just turn that ear Gown
close on the pillow and the lttie vafu'iht
might s;l1e away all night III the othcr il he
wanted to-.
oar now. and reckon it will go out at that
orificc and leave me after Il while, but /
have suffered-ycs, suifered-llke poor
sinner ought to suffer, and the whole ram
ily has to a.-round and wait on me WhGh
these paroXysms come on. MY ear = ht,i =!
closed M now and I'm waiting for 1t TO
burst or do something. Mrs. Arp lriGS 10
RmuSe me and some times says, Soot
morning Mr.. Hasty,' and always respond
''Saventy -iive- cents. -,
The other day | met my old trlcnd, hey.
Rich Branham, in Atlanta. lie Is very
deaf. and while we were talking secrets On
the edge of the sidewalk Evan Howell came
swelling along with bis corporoSity and
stopped to shake hands, MI. orliillani
Won know Colonel Howell said in a gen
lie whisper that attracted attention across
the sfr1eT. "Colorel Towers-yes, Colonel
Towers. | am pleased Howell, OF The
Constitution" said Evan. screaming IN MS
constitution has given away very much
within the last This is Evan Howell,
of The Atlanta Constitution" said /. ON,
YES; yes, ! see; yes, | understands. used
20 know him veIy well, but he qult knoWlhg
me and 50 ] quit knowing him. lie is run
ming a great political newspaper, and am
yunniuo n great religious newspaper. lie
thinks he is doing a big thing, but l know
that | am The Christian Index is power
for good The Constitution Is a power, 700,
lint whether it is for good or not / can't
saw" And they laughed and enjoyed each
others wit and humor and so did L.
I've been helping out deaf people all my
life; that Is | have been givlng lneih Some
Of NV time for they don't have much pleas
IRE IN a social way, and it always pleases
them 10 he noticed. A deaf man feels very
much like he is outside of society. The
world has gone off and left him. My toiKs
were telling something at the Iaole tonay
that was very funny. and the laugh went
merriiy around and ] laughed, too. out l
never heard word. But whenever | make
nsfit answer to 10y wife she eleVatPs her
voice and says, Good morning MI IlaSN.
"Sevcnty-iive cents" says /. And hear
her say some other things. too, ever and
anon. She told me this morning that sh" had
a new moon vine she wanted me to plant
out for her if ] felt like It. 1T chanSeed.,
yesterday" said /. What changed
said She "I'he moon,' said l. We had
new moon last night And / looked solemn
and sad and put my hand up to my ear
after the position of deaf folks. There Is
no lodging her that way. She went ana
got a little pct and pointed to the ground
and / went and got the hoe and planted the
vine. and she smiled at me and said: Good
morning, Air. Hasty-' "Seventy-h'e cents
said |. Yesterday she said she reckoned
she would have 20 get Mrs Roberts to make
no that last dress | bought her if | could
spare the money. l got a glimmering idea
of her remark and nodded assent. for /
wouldn't give her nice dress and not pay
for the making. ! am not that kind OF
man The girls make up all their dresses
but my wife shall not make hers any more
go long as | live. She has worked enough.
! haven't forgotten the beautiful plated
bosom shirts she used to make for me be
fore there was ever Il sewing machine in the
world | haven't forgotten the hundreds
and hundreds Of little garments she made
for the children. | haven't forgotten the
lessons that she taught them by night and
the faces she washed and the stumped toes
and cut fingers she tied up, and the ScOld-
ings and frettings and WORKINGS that mean
tlered around the house But, alas, alas!
Those seedlings and WORKINGS ! will never
hear any more for / am deaf. | told her
this morning that my greatest regret at
being deaf was that l should never more
hear the sweet music of her voice She
looked right pitiful at me and then smiled
and said: Good morning, Mr.. Hasty."
"Seventy-five cents" said l.
/ expect they will play off on me now and
cay all sorts of things to try me, for they
don't believe that l am deaf ] wish that
weren't l remember about
young man who out of
mischief wrote to his mother that his in
tended was the loveliest girl in the world
but unfortunately was deaf-very deaf
She was wealthy and beautiful and smart
and amiable and domestic and loved him de-
Totedly and he loved her most fondly and
her TO his home on a bridal tour. The
rascal told his intended wife that his good
old mother was the best woman in the
world, but was deaf-very deaf and it would
be quite an effort to talk to her etc In
due time they We're married and journeyed
to his mothers home. The mother and
the bride met at the gate and embraced
most lovingly and then began to scream
in each others ear their congra tuations
while the young man stood off to one side
just dying with laughter for the truth
was that neither the bride nor the mother
was deaf at all.
But there is some good in
every affection. Deaf people are generally
good people, thoughtful and kind If they
get SO from being deaf then. there is a
chance for me yet. Then again, they are
exempt from being asked many questions
and from hearing many things that dis
tract the mind and harden tie heart.
never knew but one right square out honest
street cotton buyer, and he was deaf. He
bought for banker who was as deaf as
he was, and it was funny to see them 30
out behind tie banking house to talk bust
ness. You could hear them from the back
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