St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-07-30
Deaf and Dumb land Blind
Copyright. 1910. by Associated Literary Press.)
By PAUL CALVIN ANDERSON

He advanced and raised his hat The,
he inspected the tire.
II hope you were not hit by one @
the flying pieces" said Miss Kitty L
her most ingratiating manner.
No reply.
"Will we have to walk back to tn
hotel?"
No answer.
you see we have q spare tir
here"
No answer.
Mr.. Gillett owned an auto himself
In fact, his mother and sister wer
down the beach in 1t at that yer.
moment He knew all about tires
He took the jack from its place, an,
without motioning the girls to de
scend he went at it and had the tir,
replaced inside of IL minutes. H,
might have done 1t in ten except TO
overhearing such observations as:
Say, Edna, he must be deaf"
"Yes, deaf as an old tin pan."
and he hasn't spoken word. D,
you think he's also dumb?"
"He looks it,
Poor young man! It's Just awful
He's got considerable style abou
him."
"Oh. I don't know. Wasn't it fun
ny to see him go over on his back
If his hat hadn't blown off he'd have
swallowed it,"
Hush, you bad girl! Ill tell vol
what he Is. He's a professor in some
deaf and dumb school. And he owns
an auto, too. See how handy he is
l wish we hadn't frightened him SO.
If we had scared him worse, he
might have got his voice and hearing
back. Think what it would be to mar
ry deaf and dumb man! Are you
going to thank him?"
mot in words, but I'll just loob
my thanks"
AS Mr.. Gillett finished and stood
back and raised his hat the thanks
were duly looked and the auto
whizzed along. He followed at a slow
pace. The toothache was all gone
but he had been Inundated: He had
been made to jump aside like a kan.
CARGO; he had been blown fat on
bis back; he had been made to swal.
low wads of cotton; he had almost
been called names to his very face.
No wonder he wouldn't speak to his
sister for an hour after getting back
to the hotel, and that his mother laid
her maternal hand on his locks and
said:
Philip, l hope you won't go into a
decline, as your grandfather did at
this very place."
There is fate and there is revenge,
Fate had come-revenge had to wait
a day or two. Then the sister came
running to Philip.
"Oh, Phil" she exclaimed; 1--WE
met just the incest girl you ever saw!
She's stopping at the Royal. I've in
vited her to take spin in the au-
to, and you are to be chauffeur. I
want you to meet her."
AS the aching tooth had gone out Of
business and the world looked rosy
again, Philip consented, though en-
tirely to please the sister. They diff
fered on the girl question.
It was only when they had rolled
around to the hotel and picked up
their passenger that Mr.. Philip Gil
lett would have swallowed whole
roll of cotton batting had it been
handy. She was the girl of the other
auto-the girl who had looked her
thanks-Miss Kitty Waldron!
Mr.. Gillett tried to say things, and
Miss Waldron did likewise, and the
sister sat there and wondered if both
of them had toothache. And when
they got back at last and Mr.. Gillett
assisted Miss Waldron up the steps
of the veranda. she turned to him to
say:
"sir, have you any explanations to
maker"
IT have, and will call this evening
to make them"
The explanations must have proven
satisfactory, as an auto ride became
a thing of daily occurrence thereaft'
er, and the season had not yet closed
when Miss Gillett put her arms
around her, brothers neck and muir
INJURED:
"Oh, Phil, I'm so glad-so glad! I
just hoped you two would take each
other, and now you have!"