The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-06
Daily Short Story
DEAF AND DUMB DELLA.
BY Molly McMa.t.r


Deha was neither deaf nor durnh
Sne possessed. however. a great lack
Vt concentration which was heCinninS
10 annoy her as well as her friends
1ou positively make me tired
DtHa her best girl friend had re-,
MAJ heu. j nave TO repeat everything
! say TO you and il is simply bScanss
your wits are woolgatherinC and yof,
pie say. mat peO
Genius" Della had iauehineIv told
her; must be a real genius"
III you are, the disgruntled friend
mad added. you have no Other go
marks except absentmindedness II
you wrote weird tales painted cubfst
pictures or did anything else TO dIs-
ungulsh yourself from the rest Of me
Ordinary mortals you would have a
Iiimt 70 make people repeat all their
you don't" Dul
AZ the time Della had laughed hut
soinehoW II really had hurt her 10
knoN tnat she was fast becoming a
dreamer who did nothing. The babif
OF mediaung and living among the
her friends. We VI
] need concentration" unused De.
ma, and ] need 10 badly IN / am 10
retain my friends"
IN consequence. Della found berseIf
Ieuecting on ways and means for ar-
curing concentration.
will assume an aFlictfor -
thought Della, and try TO keep IN in
my mind. ] hope. however. i won't
make myself have ANYTHING IN con.
sequence. The mind be n powerful
agent In these matters" She ponder.
90 on the ailments she might assume
Nlthout damage to her physical be.
Ing and decided that To b. dear and
oumb would take much control OF
! thought and yet she could not brinr
upon herself the anliction In roarftv
dumb. "iN
II would be- n trife different becsps.
( bt ia was rather fond Of talking 81
VIII have 20 charge my BOARDING
house. she unused. "and 20 where no
one knows me
She gave notice that very day and
looked NJ another room. where she
I@ped there would b. plenty Of PEG.
~" on whom she could experiment u
nope they viii not be- too awfuiIv in
irfnsilur sighed Della "ff win be-
dreadful 20 sit at table fun Of laugh
ing. Fabbing people and be unable
Tho place ahe found was certainly
hl'ed with COnEoni7l b0arders When
.'Ha FIRST took her place az the ga.
bic hcr new ideas were on the verge
~ falling from her but rhc rcaoiutol1
remembered the remarks of har
friends and determined 10 acquire
concentration The laudIadv with
vhOm she had arranged Tor nor room
hN letter received her in tho dining
room and introduced her 10 tho ON
or guests. Della smiled her drurhtfuI
smile f1 ono and oIl and sat down
When Tho very hand a0mr man at hrr
e.dD offered her fhc bread. Della had
tu ueD all hor command iu order not
fC thank him She did. however. nod
end send another smile into Die owes
Tho looks OF pity and tho -urrrr.
fifOus rIarrsa aha received sent over
Dor Hn almost htrsrIraI desire Co
laugh and eiE. herself away com.
rIlfrIE
SD" was concentrating with aH her
power when fhs man Ida Dor furr
"d fu fr" man nu Hi. other ..ln and
ffi rrdrr fi. breath "Tarr afa
peach would Nka fo have wife
Who could Hn .o HIf0refhrr hfauHfrf
and VOC ono who world mot .aIE from
wnru'n- until uIEhff IIs IHu-Iaf and
glanced quickly 90 Della
The blush Chat mounted steadily and
surely into DrIIe face t-ourff
ruigriUHI Irhf Ir hi. lrle II. how.
''.r turned HlHIr fu .I. other man
and i.ff Della a.nr. FOB vrs..In With