Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1910-11-18
1t Ended We'll
BY NJ QUAD
Copyright. 1910. by Associated Lit.
srary Press.

Bridge road 70 bait at the comforta'
BILE farmhouse OF the Widow Glenden-
ing aud say to her that as business In
his line was little slack owing TO the
scarcity OF thunder aud lightning be
would make her a special rate II she
wanted her barn protected The wild.
ow was pleasant faced. good natured
woman. and she pleasantly replied
that when she felt her barn needed
protection che would hoist a clothes
pole TO the roof 81.
All In good natured way. you
know. and no ones feelings were
hurt The lightning rod man laughed
and drove on. Ten miles away he
stopped at the house OF Deacon Shaw.
widower. He offered the deacon
very low figure ON rods. and the dea.
con intlmated that the whole business
OF stopping thunderbolts was a swim.
die and u fraud. Nothing personal
and nothing 10 hurt Just n sort Of
joke. you know-a Joke TO be return.
ed. Two weeks later the lightning
man was back at the widows house.
He had nothing TO say about rods this
time What he did say was:
widow. I'm man with q heart. l
not only have heart for myself. but
for others. have q heart for you.
You are a lonesome. delicate woman.
All widows are. Where there's no
man around the house there is desc.
lation, I can't marry you, but can
and you a second husband aud war.
rant him true blue"
Then bring him on" replied the
widow. with laugh.
He's deacon and widower He
has one child He's worth $1,000 or
$1,000 There Is only one drawback.
and that don't call drawback at
vi. It's an advantage. He's deaf and
lumb, No dumb husband Gun scold
ind fnd fault. He can't swear at his
Ixea. He can't yell at his wife from
lpstalrs or down cellar"
How did dumb man ever get
married;" asked the widow. with
show of interest,
by sign cant tell you the signs.
but that must have been the way.
That's the way he talks TO me"
But don't want no deaf and dumb
crltter around me-"
"But let him come along and call"
"Ob. I can't keep him away. but how
am I going to talk to him?"
Same as he will to you-by signs"
'T'm not going to make any wind.
mill OF myself. and he needn't come.
do some scoldlng myself now and
then, and IL | had husband wouldn't
want to be swinging my arms around
to let him know that was mad. You
go and marry him to some old maid"
That same day the lightning rod
man drove up to the deacon's again.
The deacon was ready for him. but he
didn't mention rods. Instead he said:
Deacon. you are suffering and
lonesome man. All widowers are. The
world would look different TO you II
you were married again. am man
with heart, and I'm going to tell you
of a widow who weeps for you-that
Is. she waits for you. which is about
the same thing. She's fairly hand
some, not over forty and has as good
a farm as yours And to crown 1t all.
deacon, she's deaf and dumb"
Who'd want to marry deaf and
dumb woman" demanded the deacon.
BEST wives In the world-best na-
tured, hardest working and the most
economical. Don't make no mistake.
deacon. Marrying this woman means
another good farm for you. Only one
child and that girl big enough to help
do the housework Make call at the
house anyway" p
Three days later he decided to call.
He had been told that IL he ever did
call he must talk to the widow In the
sign language or her feelings would be
hurt.
Now, then, who In the lands Is
that?" asked the widow OF. herself.
Two minutes later there. was q rap
OIL the front door. AS she opened 1t
the man stood there with an anxious
look on his face and pointed into the
room. He wanted to enter. She nod
ded. He must be the deaf and dumb
widowcr. She took chair and he
took one. Then they looked at each
other. She smiled and he smiled.
They were doing famously well, and
1t was with a bland smile on his phiz
that the deacon asked her in the sign
language how her corn and potatoes
were coming on. The sign was too
much for her. She thought he asked
II she ever had earaehe, and she shook
her head. The deacon tried again.
This time she thought he was asking
II she had any children, and she nod.
ded her head and held up one finger.
What In Josh does the woman
mean" exclaimed the caller to him
self, without knowing that he was
going to speak. ... We
"Sir, who are you, to come here and
| m0ka n fool nf maiU ahOiltpd the VO.