The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-25
TWO DEAF
NUTES
BY MOl-LlE K. WETHERELL.
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation, 1911.

girls seated themselves than the young
men began to work their fingers IN the
sign language OF deaf mutes. They
were well dressed. gentlrmanlike fell
lows, and It was evident from the rap
idity with which they talked with their
hands that they could neither hear nor
speak.
isn't it pity, Grace?" said one Of
the girls to the other that these
young men are deaf mutesT'
"And so handsome, tool
The words were spoken In too low a.
tone for their vis-a-yis to hear. even s
they had been endowed with hearing.
for the girls could not quite feel sure
Of their condition AS the train got
under way, making more and more OF
a rattle. the girls gained confidence
and raised their voices. Since no heed
was paid to them by the young men,
no matter what they said, they finally
became used to speaking In their natu.
raj voices.
isn't 1t funny, Belle" said Grace.
ito be talking about people before their
faces and they not being able to hear.
a word?"
There's a fascination about IT, re
piled the other. do you know, am
possessed with desire to say some
thing wouldn't have them hear for
the universe"
"Why soT'
"Oh, on account of the novelty Of the
thing. Didn't you ever say all sorts OF
things to some deaf person."
Yes, indeed. My aunt Margaret Ia
deaf as post | delight to call her
names right under her nose"
(Which do you think the handsomer
of the two menf'
1.-THE one with the blue eyes and
| light hair"
HE hasn't n mustache. You know
what they say about kissing man
without a mustache--like eating an
egg without salt"
II wouldn't mind kiss from him
even III ne mas no muStaCne.
At that moment the two young men
ceased their silent communication, and
the one with blue eyes, light hair and
no mustache looked through the win
dow. His companion was seized with
slight coughing and put his handker-
chief to his mouth. But In few
minutes they were wriggling their fin
gers again.
"For my part" said Grace, II pre-
fer the one with that soft black beard.
| think a beard that has not long
grown is very becoming to young
man"
"Why don't you tell him so loud
enough for hia to hear you--that is. IL
ne wasn't deaf as manikln?"
do you dare meY'
"Dare you? There's nothing to dare.
Don't you know that the reason these
people can't talk Is that they are born
without the slightest ability to hear7
Not being able to hear, they can't learn
| how to talk"
as that it?"
Eyes"
well. Mr.. Man, your black beard is
very becoming, and. you with blue eyes
my friend wouldn't mind your kissing
her"
Then the girls looked at each other
and laughed. 1t was great fun to be
able to talk this way to two nice look
ing young men who couldn't hear a
word they were saying. Nor could
they help looking at the subjects of
their remarks to note the absolutely
unconscious look on their faces.
| Then the conductor came around to
take up tickets, and the girls saw
that the young mems were for the
same station as their own. When the
conductor had passed Grace said to
Belle:
"How would 1t do TO ask them to
come and see us tonight?"
"You can ask them what you like. 1t
won't make any difference, Indeed.
you might screech in their ears and
| they wouldn't hear you"
"welI. then. I'm going to do 1t just
for fun"
Don't"
| "Why notT'
"Oh, 1t seems as IL they ought TO
hear us. even IL they don't"
40 you suppose IL they had heard
what we had said about them they
could help showing til"
| "Of course mott
swell, then, what are you afraid off,
| "I'm not afraid. Young gentlemen.
| we are very much pleased with your
| appearance. We live at 81 North
Adams street We would be very glad
| to have you call upon us this evening"
She said all this looking straight at
her friend. The young mems fingers
were going like lightning. They seemed
to have found a new subject Of mutual
| interest.
what would be the use Of their
| coming to see us? said Belle. "Tfney
couldn't talk to us nor we to them"
Perhaps they carry states to write
messages on"
When the train stopped at the station
where all were to alight one Of the
young men said to the other in sono-
rous bass voice:
"Goodby, Redmond. I'll meet you at
s OF your room.