Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-01-19

By DONALD ALLEN
lcOpyrIEht. lsl0. BY AssOcLated Llterary Pressl


by George, but this is rather in
teresting!" exclaimed the reporter.
Deaf and dumb, and a stavlng look.
| ing girl at that! Too blamed bad.
First and only interview with a deaf
and dumb girl"
And he wrote out the question he
had asked before. and she wrote In
answer:
mo. we were not speeding. We
were just passing q swamp. and ]
think a bullfrog came out and At
tackled one OF the front wheels. I
felt the machine give an awful shud-
der, Just as a strong man does when
he is shot and death comes to him."
she can't mean that they were at
tackled by bullfrog. and yet she says
So" murmured the reporter. 18TH
make good copy, though. That viii
come under the head Of A New Dan.
ger to Autoists-Beware the Bull.
frog"
Then he wrote and asked her what
she thought as the auto left the high.
way and she realized that a Bmash-up
was imminent. and she replied:
Il thought OF some popcorn / once
bought at Coney Island. It was the
best ever. wish could find some
more like It,"
Here's righteousness for you"
said the reporter. "She must be all
Of nineteen or twenty. and yet she
has the mind Of girl Of ten. That
will go under the sub-head of: Death
Staring Her in the Face, and Yet She
Thinks OF Coney Island Popcornl'"
Then he wrote and asked her II she
could remember her sensations as the
machine was blowing its way through
the stone wall, and she answered:
Most wildly. I thought l was In
my room and turning handsprings
over the bed and cartwheels around
1t. / had just turned a back somer-
sault and kicked a globe OF the chan.
delier when the auto stopped"
by George. but she may be a cir
Gus or vaudeville grill" exclaimed
the reporter. mo, she can't be. Her
father is a church deacon and in the
lumber business. Never heard Of q
girl turning cartwheels in her own
room before. I'll make a daisy thing
OF this interview"
Then he asked her II at any time
during the awful danger she felt the
sensation Of fear.
Not at ALL" was the reply. ION
the contrary, there was such o feel
ing Of contentment that l cannot de-
scribe 1t. seemed to be floating In
the air on angels wings. could look
down on earth and see an old woman
frying eggs and bacon, and oh. how
longed for them; / tried to fly down
for dinner. but I kept flying higher
instead"
by George! BY George!" softly
exclaimed the newspaper man. I'll
run that in under the subhead Of:
Bacon and Eggs and Grim Death.'"
Then he asked II she thrilled when
the auto at length brought up in the
blackberry bushes.
Il felt seven successive thrills pass
over me-" she replied. land then
found myself picking blackberries to
carry home for pie. | was cut and
bruised ard shaken. but did not feel
It. ! was languid. ! was placid.
was content. II death had come II
would have been painless. think |
they ought to kill our murderers that
way instead of by electricity. That's
ALL"
The Eagle man went away with the
scoop" Of his life, and that little
mink" tumbled down on the floor and
laughed until she had to be threat.
ened with life imprisonment The
Eagle was watched for next morning. |
but not a line OF that interview could
be discovered. Il was 80 the next
day, and then the young man called.
He was met by the consclous-stricken
Josie, who blushingly began to STAN
mer excuses. but was interrupted
with:
"wiI you please tell the deaf and
dumb young lady that would like
to speak to her for a moment?"
But l am She"
Yes. think you are. come to look
at you closely"
"And-and you wanted to say?"
II wanted to say that there were
no thrills in that interview the other
day until the last. / am going to
put them into this at the very start.
Where can / find your father?"
IN the city. but-but-"
mo, you don't understand, but I'll
explain. / am going to him to ask
for the hand of his deaf and dumb
and tell him that Ill pro-
vide an asylum for her for the rest
Of her life"
"SiT!"
And then I'm going to WOO you
until you consent to y" my wife. No
use talking. Just be deaf and dumb
about 1t. / lost the scoop. but am
going to gain you"
The greatest force for good Is faith
4, tko uo,othla oo0d In a man