Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-07

man II 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 a sweet and plain.
tive voice reached his ears:
"Oh. sir. please do help us! We
have bursted a tire!"
Yes, he would help. As q gentle
man he must do so; but he made UP
his mind to do nc more. That Is, he
wouldn't speak a 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.
~ hope you were not hit by one OF
the flying pieces" said Miss Kitty in
her most i%ngratiating manner.
No reply.
"Will we have to walk back to tho
hotel?"
No answer.
You see We have a spare tire
here"
No answer.
Mr.. Gillett owned an suto 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
scend he wen at It and mac the tire
replaced inside OF 10 minutes. He
might have lone IL in ten except ;os
%overhearing such observations as:
Say, Edna, he must be deaf"
yes, deaf as an old tin pan"
And he hasn't spoken a 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 1t fun
ny to see him 90 over on his back.
If his hat hadn't blown OF 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.
] wish VIZ hadn't frightened him TO-"
III we had scared him worse, he
might have got his voice and hearing
back. Think what IL would be to mar
ry a deaf and dumb mani Are you
going to thank himf"
mot In words. but I'll just look
my hanks"
AS Mr.. Gillett finished and stood
t,nL apy .,t,nl hIa hax A., Nhn,In
were duly looked and the auto
whizzeG along. He followed Mt q slow
pace. The toothache vas all gone,
but nc had been Inundated. lie had
been made to jump aside like q kan
CARGO; he had been blown fiat on
bis back; ne had been made to swal-
low wads OF cotton; he had almost
been called names to his very face.
No wonder ne wouldn't speak to mis-
sister for an hour after getting back
to the hotel, and that his mother lai6
! her maternal hand on his locks and
! said:
philip. ! hope you won't go into /.
decline, as your grandfather die NJ
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; i've
met Just the niccst girl you ever sawi
She's stopping at the Royal. I've in
vited her to take I, spin in the au-
to, and you are to be chauffeur. l
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.
1t was only when they had rolled
around to the hotel and picked up
their passenger that Mr.. Philip Gil,
lett would have swallowed a whole
roll of cotton batting had 1t been
handy. She was the girl of the other
auto--the girl who had looked her
thanks-Miss Kitty Waldron!
Mr.. Giuett tried to say things, and
Miss Waldron did likewise. and the
sister sat there and wondered II both
of them had t%oothache. 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
muke?"
IL have. and will call this evening
to make them"
The exnlanotiOna must have nrOyen