Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-01-14

e When Jessie Lost Her Voice ~
& and Suddenly Recovered 1t 81
~ 3 DONALD ALLEN &
a. Copyright. 1909. ~ Associated Lit 81,
3 IS erary Press. ,s 55s$ ,ss5sa ~ "
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Towser's Point was owned BY Farm
5er Towser, and Farmer Towser and:
his good wife were uncle md aunt TO
Miss Jessie sCarnot, " hose ia ther was
g lawyer In the city and who had come
to the point to spend the summer and
be coddled up like q child Of ten.
d y stars, but how handsome she
-" laitned Aunt Rebecca.
VI "She's certainly as chippei as tin.
chiprerest. and il there were forty fell.
lefs around her. they d all be afteIg
her. added Uncle joe s s$ s5S3ls'sy s;
Opposite Towser's Point we're GAY ,i.
( side. and Penny Cove and xIsobstel$
Beach, At all these resorts there were
numerous camping parties Uncle Joe.
had a .skifr. and Miss Jessie took to
{ boating and fishing enc Had;
not been out more Than three fines:
when she came home one day ana:
said ; b ~ 81 s;s4 q #:
\ "Aunty, something gotsto be done.
:"'Well, tell Uncle Joe. and he'll sure
do it, :t sz Il s$ > 10: .
~ But l don't want q new fish line or
ANYTHING ofssthat kind. There's ,a camp
Of men across the sba and this morn
Ing two of them came out Iii ii Boat
and tflshed right where was fishing
heard them talking about ) me. TO
themselye sbntsI never looked up.
just know they will make some; excuse
to speak sto me. 4 e sy5$s ss.s:ss.
| sMenare dreadf full creatures allsbnt
Uncle j e!'' sighed Aunt Rebecca.:3 ~
But what shall 1 dc? 2 / want to row
and fish ;95s ST.: !. .:s=:. t3s..s,,s
$54"If It was me, I'd keep my eyes on
my fish line and my mouth shut. That'll
discourage them. II 1T don't I'll have
Uncle Joe row out there and tell them
that speaking to. a good looking girl
unless she; wants to be spoken to- is
the same as assault and battery. Z &
s6aOh, aunt, but you've given me, an
idea such an idea! Why, 1t will be
the funniest thing In the world! It viii
be: such joke on them You and; I'm
lcle joe n1ust}help me- Ss.4 IS 81 S
I'VE certainly will, child .,rs5,.s2: 3s.,:sEs%
Then I'M going to play deaf and
| dumb. If they speak to me Ill make
motions THAT II can't talk, Some OF
them may come over here for vegeta-
\ bles some day and you mustn't Teton.
i Say, If VIII be immense! I'll be deaf
/ and dumb this very afternoo
/ Neil, won t do no great HARM
was Uncle Joe s; reply when he came
Fin to dinner. OTIS Of women ought
to: be more deaf and dumb than they
are. Too much hearing, too much talk
ing!'' .s.: {. s. !ss ss.g
S3 And lots Of men folks ought to be
made to sew on their own patches and
do their own darning, 2 was the retort
Of the wife. and then the subject was
4 closed. :ss :;s5s i:s
That afternoon as Miss Jessie; rowed
out to the oyster beds and dropped her
line a boat with d single occupant
came stealing across the bay. Hewas
q young man, and he seemed to flnd II
1 hard work to locate himself to woo the
i fish. He threw out his line here and
there but soon sought another place
and at length brought up just where
/ he had been aiming for all the time,
! within thirty feet Of the girls skin.
l She raised her eyes TO him, and he
pleasantly inquired
i Haying any luck here. may ask r.
With her free. hand she made mo-
lions to 81 gnif that she could neither
i hear nor speak and turned away. She
heard him utter a low whistle Of sur.
prise and then mut tier; to himself
Hanged that isn't d pity in the
case of such AZ good looking girl! 81
i want to talk with her now worse than
4 ever, Z
1 Both parties caught d few fish and
4 now and then glanced 4 toward each
other. but after a time the young man
4 found it, stupid work and lifted his
anchor. iss Jessie looked up at the
splash of his oars. and he lifted his
. 4 cap she We nt home and gleefaIy re:
lated her experien ee.S Ss.
q guess you've scared them Off FOL
jSgood, hut I've knowed men to- fall IN
y love with deaf dumb and blind girls
It's justsas they Ia be Al lotion. s said
Aunt Rehecca
Soon q fftter ock mex morninsa
and while Miss Jessie was ont feeding
the calf q here was ca Her at the
house, 1T was the young man OF the
boat and he wanted vegetables. He
lalso wanted to5 know Ia q comic entail
way IL the poor girl was born thus
HIS questions were partl answered
and partly eyaded and he went away
saying that he mig return the mex
morning, MS he was very fond OF en-
scumbers and tornaf oes. s3s;5
HAT does he look lille when you