Evening star., 1921-04-24

businese M before a third party was
Well. It can be disguised all risht
in this case. 1 have been and found
that deaf rnxh you was so kindly ad-
vising; me about: This is him"
"Afs .ydu deaf" inquired the part
ner Of Mr.. Widd.
Mr.. Wfdd'ss headshake and vacuous
exprttsioh made for immediate con-
yictipn In the case Of Mr.. Sturnell
Hes a dummy. all right enough
Hod. i had An uncle was one. and
kno~, their points. Get out your pad :
he ofdered Mr.. Widd. making CALI
graphic motions in the air with
thumb and forennger pinched.
HE can't write" said the other
.ThSn I'm going to heave into the
pirt nifsnsp smother asset. Hod. and
after, this you can't twit me like
you've been doing. Me and my uncle
aINhSk used. to get to an understand
ing eyen though never knowed the
fhtet.wastalk. Stand right back and
ic1,t th:s feller to me. Before MAX
ing Il motion. l can see by his eye
that he is in housekeeping mood
I'll snow you what brains can do
when something has got TO be done. "
Mt. Sturnel! pointed to the flea
litten gray, then directed the other S
attention to the shrouded Maud. pat
clapping its wings. shook his head
violently. stretched out his arms and
made motions like man yanking on
reins. dived digits into the air first in
one direction and then in another
aud cr4cked his palms together once
Mr.. fowle saw no sense in this at
all. but 1t was promptly plain that
che performance had started some
think in Mr.. Widd's case.
He jumped up in the air. and when
he came. down he waggled his head so
neck was proved by the fact that tn
head stayed on. He tossed his hands
above his, head and made funny
noise in his throat. He pointed to the
mare ana snapped 4 finger into palm
and made up face that caused Mr..
Towle TO blink in apprehension; Then
he patted tho gray's flank and stuck
un two fingers. He rammed his hand
into his trousers pocket. took the
hand out and shook it to show that II
WAS empty sauatted down and smack :
ed his Hand. fingers outspread. on the
ground four times. shook hands with
noises and pointed down the road
Mr. Sturnell grabbed him by the
arm, and rushed him across to where
Maud was hitched, stripped off the
blanket and danced Widd around the
outfit in sort Of fantastic rigadoon.
We'll, by tripy.'' communed Mr..
Towle with himself. He went over
and caught hold Of Mr.. Sturnelrs ell
bow. That gentleman irritably shook
of the clutch. But Mr.. Towle fasten :
ed on Again in a way that meant
busitess.
n want to know
Leave alone Of my arm
Say. look a-here. Lell, don't mean
to, mad .ye." whined the partner. But
it's terrible being shet out Of all un.
derstanding Of this dicker-talk, like
am. just want little hint Shor'
bulletin. as ye might say. Then per-
h&ps I ttin sort Of follow YOU and get
some Of the sist of it. Please. 1-ell.'
We'll. him and me done a lot OF
talking in short time. and I'll boil II
do&nt Brief and to the point. say:
to Dummy that we considered him a
good TELLER and didn't propose to try
any .gum-games on a poor deef-and
dumb man. Seeing that he is such as
he is. we wouldn't ask for boot. but
would sweep even and unhitch anI
hitch in right heer and now.
"On other hand. lie says his hoss is
worth twice what ourn is. and ht
won't think Of an even swap. Say:
the only reason in the world why he
is willing to let this hoss go at all is
because he Is too high spirited for &
poor dumb man VITO can't holle1
Whoa" Says he was looking at oul
boss when we hitched her up. ant
though she don't seem to have no spe.
cal life in her. still she's good enough
for humble deef-and- dumb man ane