Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-12-03
HER DEAFNESS.

She drew tho blind back. The spring
sunshine flooded the little suburban street
In which she lived Quiet and peaceful it
looked, much so TINT n passing milk
man, wonderful to relate, refraned from
disturbing 1t with his yells and ciatter-
ut least Christina did not hear him
Slowly she proceeded to dress, and still
present with her was sense of apprehen-
sion and anxiety. She did not feel very
well either, and there was n faint buzzing
at the back Of her head. Her movements
sho faneied were singularly noiseless that
morning, or else she was very much abb
straCted. She did not even remember to
have heard the plash of the water as it fell
from the jug into the basin She wondered
for So nd CT two with an idle half
formed wonder, and then passed down in
softly falling fclt slippers to her little sit
ting ron N. There WAS conspiracy Of
silence broad, it seemed, for even the
stairs Of the i'll built house forgot once tc
crrak.
Christina rang the bell for breakfast,
~ i RI : twice, for she did not catch the
first f. It tiHkle, The servant who brought
IN thu ray looked cross, ard Christina no.
tircd Tat she did Not respond tn her Good
morning."
Wi;h "a faint sigh OYER the capricious-
moss Il servants, Christina poured herself
Out some ton. There WAS queer feeling
" her, such Il f,alipr as might we'll I've
e. riCEccd : ono under u spell CT suffer
III from that impairment Of consciousness
which attends The hrw laercd, and ever at
tl.. vrr,, hark of her hpad tbrrn won't ON a
busy, ceaselcss tu7liue what depressed
lool | am, sAo Thought to herself and
laughed Rlaud And bsr luuuh seemed to
h.r IA sn,pd 80 If II ..,,,.e from L.r brain
"Rea1ty r.t..trd christina a,.,,ip n
,cver rs,ts4tll f., h,,5,, fslt .r odd in my
M, bef.ra v..ll t.l=,s. littl, ia sat my
nervcs In r~-ftr''
She utaz.tlt,y,ar.l thatr,ttv Httle uiauo
thut stood tr.t.,.,. rfr,-r If the room hut
Stunned viii L,r Lai=d.en the lid. seized
bv a Sudden ..,.4 ,t,,g,.e4-I,tral,lr fear
With = =alt.n re~4ttlta movement she
eung tho I'd l,rs nnd struck a fun chord
with bnth ls.,.,l,nu HE kevhoArd There
was no saltd and although she struck
ae,oin .,,,I .,..,,,, tie ,fr,df,l silence of tho
rnom remained uot.rnGrn
Tbon f,{r5.,i,., rrtsf-,.fz.d thnt sbe had
becon,e stone ,l.of and sat down with n
scared face tnrrynnl rr,liz, what it meant
for her
7, n,,a,,. - ,.c,,, .1aol-,n fact so much
Tim, Oh. ,,l,,,.i'j,c,.1 sorio,,sIv whetber nm.
5.r rho .,tar.d con,iitiors IL would be
worth vcbiI, g., ro,,tf,ttt. lfyiug
Nusichod r,.cn :, bcr tbe central fact of
ufe ar,rrd which everything el4, in her
world rnyn1,rJ New The center had been
town avav ci,,,s WINS come again
Nev.r 10 i,.,r music p,nrci HARMONY
,,oIod,. rh,.,l,, Viva oxnuisi,c cadence Of
,hn h,,n,an ,,,,rc Tho vltcherv If the or.
- ,ha ,tf,';,,, s,,l.,,.,,i,ro ~ tho ors.an
a. - tbs u.bisner ~
.,,, .to ,..,ti,,, +he shore
'IIo ~ W.. W." -, go, f.,,',.,stic
gu :" ~ .1',,',.',, .,'., ,,,ar TO- thi,l ~,
:, H. ,.,r., '..,,, s,,,,.1 r, Inc stifI.d
rta,, o,.,,,, ,,i;,,.,,,arnf hn,,e me son.
..aa 'i', ,.,. t''t,'al e,n would con.
s,,I. '., ,.45.iitt a, ,,'rm Nv rhn,rs she
I'D h,.,r,t - .,,ch , ,,r Gathering to-