Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
NOT UP IN THE MUTE LANGUAGE
Depot officials Experience with u
silent Visitor.

Depot ofucfnIs' experience WIN u
| silent Visitor.
| girl with big brown eyes alightei from
train at the union depot some time ago
and, walking into the waiting room, pre-.
empted one OF the iron-ar;ned sett,rs. She
was not over 16 years OF age, tal,, slender
and comely to look upon. Fer hours she
maintained her position with calm indifer-
once and appeared thoroughly contented with
| the gloomy interior of Dnaila's tourist
| palace. The hurry and hustle CT departing
trains with their burdens Of busy humanity
was at length concluded for The day and
the tired officials were about to don their
| coats preparatory 10 Drawing the stormy
night without. The young girl had 10;
moved from her seat.
"She must have missed her train" said
Chief Fleming. Too bad, for her relativea
may be looking for her.
Have you friends in this city?" asked
the official in his kindliest tones. slight
uplifting of the languorouS optics was all the
reply he received, as she settled back in the
seat. News Agent Hackett Gtood near
| That's no way to talk to girl who hai'r
from Germany" said he. Just watch me
bring her out OF that trance" He delivered
very good article CT the language of the
| Fatherland, but the girl glanced at him in a
way that made him feel tired.
"Oh she's French; she is,' volunteered
Ticket Agent Fonda as he sauntered up
and joined the group. BLACK eyes, hlac,
hair, together with that little Partisan bon
| net, oh, this is dead easy, this is. Wonder
YOU wouldn't call on me when you get in
trouble. Watch me-"
The look of Indifference on the girls face
expanded into Cne OF panied surprise as the
Sentlemanly ticket man ratified OFF French
With the ease born of two yealv' resi-
ience In Paris. He took the next car uD-
lown.
The janitor swept out and the lights were
turned down. The girl never budgCd. Early
next morning the big brown eyes showed no
trace of sleep People who frequented the
depot came to the conclusion that the girl
had concluded to become one of the fixtures
Of the antique shack. a kindly disposed
old man who was put next to her story
Clipped in a quarter FOR her breakfast and
the depot men supplied her with dinner and
supper. She showed no intention of re-
linquishing her right to the seat. An
other day sped by and the situation wa2
the surrounding business houses to look
upon her Sine was dubbed the Union
Depot Sphinx"
Train Director Joe Mix had given the
matter some serious thought, and. while
some advocated the removal OF the new
fixture, a sudden bright idea came to him
She's a Finlander. I've seen them before
They are slow OF comprehension, but they
mean all right I'll get a man from Thir-
teenth street who talks the lingo" He
started out of the door. Just then a shadow
threw itsels across the threshold and well
dressed man Joined the circle. why my
dear young woman, we have been looking
for you these past three days" he exclaimed
The shapely hands of the newcomer de-
scrlbed series of gymnastics in the air.
The next moment the two were pointing
their fingers at all of the points of the
compass, The man was Superintendent
Gillespie of the Deaf and Dumb institute
The girl was one of his pupils.