The Dolores star., 1919-01-31
WHEN DEAF HEAR.
BY VINCENT G. PERRY
SGopyright. 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa.
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newspaper feature writer, had won
prominence because his articles and
STORIES were different. He never used
secondhand information. every fact
ne quoted was gained by personal in.
NestiEat1on; that was one of his boasts,
me possibility Of series of articles
III up reading presented itself to him
ana he lost nj. time in seeking out a
School for the deaf. and enrolling as
pupil
from the first he found the study
interesting. AS the days went by he
pegan to take an interest in the pupils
lhere was one young lady especially
'ha' interested him. He was attracted
10 her first by noticing that she was
aiWnNS the first to catch onto the in.
etfuctinns of the teacher. and her en-
loyment Of the study seemed to be re.
1e"ted in her face
After The first two weeks had passed
vernon thought it time to set TO work
ON The first of his articles He didn't
gel more than started. however. fOI
ms mind would not settle On<his sub
)ect. He pushed II aside and started
on love story with deaf and dumb
heroine.
The next day he managed to sit near.
Pr the girl that had attracted him, with
the result that he missed some of the
instructions. What was her name. he
wondered. Did she know It herseft
bf course she knew 1t Deaf and dumb
people were often very clever and her
rleverness could not be mistaken. How
eagerly she watched the teacher
What a wonderful thing lip-readine
was to"give q girl like her an oppor.
tunity to converse with her fellow.
beings. He could say q few words
hlready, and she could say as many
5" he seized his first opportunity to
carry on conversation with her. He
had learned her name at the first of
their friendship and every night he
said it to himself before the mirror.
Ivy Sterling he thought was the pret.
test name he had ever heard, but II
was not as pretty as its owner the
deaf and dumb girl.
The first of VernOn's articles had
appeared and the editor of the maya
zine that WAS running tEcc wanted
more and lots of 1t, and Vernon did
not object to comply with his wishes.
1t was hard to get back to his old
routine of work but he buckled down
to work on new idea for some fea.
ture articles but the new idea didn't
pan out as he had expected. Some
thing had gone wrong.
Where were all his ideas? Was
there nothing in his brain but
thoughts Of lip-reading and Ivy Ster.
ling? That was it-Ivy Sterling was
the cause of the whole thing. He was
in love, and he had to admit 1t, and
he hadn't even written to her. To tell
the truth the thought Of being in love
with deaf and dumb girl had never
entered his head before, but now he
knew that 1t was love he felt toward
Ivy. After all what did 1t matter If
she was deaf and dumb? They could
converse and that was all that mat
tered. Some men would be thankful
If their wives were dumb, but of
course, II Ivy had been gifted with
speech she would not have made that
kind Of wife. He would tell her his
feelings, he resolved. But how could
he? He didn't even know her ad-
dress. Wouldn't a novel about her
find her quickest? No sooner had that
thought struck his mind than he sat
down to write the story and when he
once got started everything else was
In oblivion.
When 1t was completed, after weeks
of the hardest work Of his life, and
yet the most pleasant, he made up his
mind that it was best suited for a
magazine serial. and he submitted It
personally.
"Your synopsis Of the plot sounds
promising" the managing editor said
as he fingered the manuscript. clip.
reading, eh!" His face lit up with a
smile. "Young man, we shouldn't ac-
cept any of your work. Your lip
reading series scooped us, after we had
put one of the best of our staff out
after the story. TO make matters
worse she got started in the course
and refused to leave off until she had
completed it. Were you as interested
in 1t as that?"
81 certainly was. tits wonder I
didn't meet your writer, though"
"Ohw A gasp sounded in the office
and the two men turned to face a
Young woman with handful of copy.
It was Ivy Sterling.
"You gave me start to hear you
talk" she gasped.
"Miss Sterling, aren't you deaf and
dumb?" Vernon could hardly believe
his ears.
81 should say am not. So you are
the man who scooped me on the lip
reading stories-the first time have
been scooped, too. It is wonder l
never s,spected you." There was
merry twinkle in her eye.
"You knew all along" Vernon saw
1t in an instant.
uor course I did" she laughed, "and