The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-08

lowed his wad of cotton for the Sec
ond time in an hour.
He would have been less than hui
man if he hadn't arisen with a 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 tire!"
Yes, he would help. AS a 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.
He advanced and raised his hat. Then
he inspected the tire.
II 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 a spare tire
here"
No answer.
Mr.. Gillett owned an auto himself
In fact, his mother and sister were
down the beach in it at that very
moment He knew all about tires
He took the jack from it's place, and
without motioning the girls to de-
scend he went at it and had the tire
replaced inside of IL minutes. He
might have done it in ten except fol
overhearing such observations as:
Say, Edna, he must be deaf"
Eyes, deaf as an old tin pan.'
And he hasn't spoken word. Dc
you think he's also dumb?"
HE looks it,"
Poor young man! It's just awful!
He's got considerable style about
him"
| "Oh, / 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! 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
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 yor
going to thank him?"
mot in words. but III just lool
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 tootbache was all gone
but he had been Inundated. He ha(
been made to jump aside like a kan
CARGO; he had been blown fiat or
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 hi:
sister for an hour after getting bacl
to the hotel, and that his mother lait
her maternal hand on his locks ant
said:
philip, I hope you won't go into ,
decline, as your grandfather did a
this very place."
There is fate and there is revenge
Fate had come-revenge had to wal
day or two. Then the sister cam
running to Philip.
"Oh, Phil" she exclaimed; "Tv
met just the incest girl you ever saw
She's stopping at the Royal. I've in
vited her to take a spin in the AZ
to, and you are to be chauffeur.
want you to meet her.
AS the aching tooth had gone out O
business and the world looked ros
again, Philip consented, though en-
tirely to please the sister. They dill
fered on the girl question.
1t was only when they had role
around to the hotel and picked u
their passenger that Mr.. Philip Gil
lett would have swallowed Who'll
roll of cotton batting had it bee1
handy. She was the girl of the othe
auto-the girl who had looked he
| luduhS-N1lSS nifty w
Mr.. Gillett tried to say things, an
Miss Waldron did likewise, and tn
sister sat there and wondered if bot
of them had toothache. And whe,
they got back at last and Mr.. Gillet
assisted Miss Waldron up the step
of the veranda, she turned to him t.
say:
"Sir have you any explanations t
mAke?"
Il have, and will call this evening
to make them"
The explanations must have provel
satisfactory, as an auto ride becam
a thing Of daily occurrence thereaft
er, and the season had not yet close
when Miss Gillett put her arm
around her brothers neck and mul
INJURED:
"Oh, Phil, I'm so glad-so glad!
just hoped you two would take eac
other, and now you have!"
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