Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-07-22

lowed his wad of cotton for the Sec
ond time in an hour
He would have been less than hui
man II he hadn't arisen with face
as red as paint and cross all the way
through. He grabbed for his hat and
might have gone running over the
sand dunes had not sweet and plain.
tive voice reached his ears:
"Oh, sir. please do help US! We
have bursted a tirel"
Yes. he would help. A n gentle
man he must do so; but he made up
his mind to do no more. That Is. he
wouldn't speak word to those girls.
| They had fed him on cotton, so to
speak, and he would have his revenge.
lie advanced and raised his hat. Then
he inspected the tire.
81 hope you were not hit by one OF
the flying pieces" said Miss Kitty In
her most ingratiating manner.
No reply,
"Will we have to walk back to the
hotel?"
No answer.
"You see we have spare tire
here"
No answer.
Mr.. Gillett owned an auto himself.
In fact, his mother and sister were
down the beach In II at that very
moment He knew all about tires.
He took the jack from Its place, and
without motionlng the girls to de
scend he went at 1t and had the tire
replaced inside of IL minutes. He
might have done II In ten except for
overhearing such observations as:
Say, Edna, he must be deaf"
Eyes. deaf as an old tin pan"
"And he hasn't spoken word. Do
you think he's also dumb?"
HE looks IT,"
Poor young mani It's Just awful!
He's got considerable style about
him"
"Oh, | don't know. Wasn't II 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! I'll tell you
what he Is. He's a professor In some
| deaf and dumb school And he owns
an auto, too. See how handy he Is.
II II wish we hadn't frightened him so /"
II IF we had scared him worse, he
\ might have got his voice and hearing
\ back. Think what 1t would be to mar
| ry a deaf and dumb mani Are you
going to thank him?"
mot In words. but I'll just look
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 gope,
but he had been Inundated. lie had
been made to jump aside like a kan
CARGO; he had been blown fiat on
his 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, hope you won't go into a
decline, as your grandfather did at
this very place"
+ There Is fate and there is revenge.
I Fate had come-revenge had to walt
, a day or two Then the sister came
3 running to Philip.
3 "Oh, Phil" she exclaimed; i've
r met just the incest girl you ever sawl
!. She's stopping at the Royal. I've In
d vited her TO take a spin in the au
3 to, and you are to be chauffeur. |
want you to meet her"
n AS the aching tooth had gone out OF
Q business and the world looked rosy
= again. Philip consented, though en-
e tirey to please the sister. They diff
d fered on the girl question.
!. II was only when they had rolled
o around 10 the hotel and picked up
l. their passenger that Mr.. Philip GIL
r. lett would have swallowed whole
n roll of cotton batting had II been
n handy She was the girl of the other
d auto-the girl who had looked her
v thanks-Miss Kitty Waldron!
Il Mr.. Gillett tried to say things, and
v Miss Waldron did likewise, and the
r sister sat there and wondered IL both
L of them had toothache. And when
e they got back at last and Mr. Gillett
n assisted Miss Waldron up the steps
e of the veranda. she turned to him To
r say;
y Sir, have you any explanations TO
II maker
e 81 have, and will call this evening
o TO make them"
The explanations must have proven
q satisfactory, as an auto ride became
o thing of daily occurrence thereaft
q er. and the season had not yet closed
It when Miss Gillett put her arms
o around her brothers neck and muir.