Show liiv dl EAF k TT AI AND k 1 W jw dumi DUMB EL K ja V tal B by HARRIET LUMMIS SMITH I 1 laua by As associated literary liess 1 the vao two young men seated at the round table in the little open air ir res caurant had bad kept up tip a dy desultory flow of talk such as aa was vas compatible with doing justice to the delicious soft shelled belled crabs for which the sea sa gull la Is noted but it ft was ups a soundless boundless con creation tion inarticulate tor for the lingers fingers talked rather th than an the lips george lavetan was as a deaf mute and hla his cousin allan though less proficient in the sign language had mastered enough of its intricacies to enable him to sustain a part in the don conversation deaf and dumo dumn poor things it dreadful it was a girls voice coming from th the e table at the right yes yea dreadful and especially for the handsome liand Bome one replied her corn com panion now which of us does she mean meant wondered allan ills uncertainty was iwas a credit to his modesty tor for georges lean can brown face in spite of an ex pres slon of alert intelligence lacked every element of beauty fortunately the speaker settled the question by adding what dark beautiful eyes he has I 1 never care for blue eyes in a man allan heaved a sigh elgh of relief georges eyes were ere gray ile he ini proved the first opportunity to glance at the other table the girl in blue was aas beautiful iler her oval al face was tinted like a seashell and the big violet eyes with t their heir long lashes were be witching itching A in their frank pity george nudged hla his friend and hla his nimble fingers spelled out warning aon don t stare so it a ade rude fhe worst of it Is remarked the girl who had spoken first that such an affliction shuts them out of every r why have you lost your appetite thing of course they can t marry no woman in her senses would con elder eider such a thing I 1 don t know why cried the girl in blue indignantly you dont don t the exclamation of her companion indicated mingled dis als approval and surprise W well e II 11 fur for one leibon he make lo 10 love e to aou ou lie ile t need to declined ired the girl in blue a trifle sentimentally senti it only lie he looked she ehe broke oft off with a lauh and her companion said reprovingly proOn gly well IN winifred inifred I 1 dont wonder you blush allan longed to see how she looked when A lien she aas blushing but he be did not dare to raise his ees and her name was aas winifr winifred d somehow he be liked the sound of it ile he repeated it musingly to birie elf the talk at the table on the right turned into other channels but though allan listened eagerly for or a clue to the identity of the speakers none reached rea cheil his ears in a few min utes well vell leave or they 11 leave he d and never see her again tt it seemed to him that it m was as a piece of malice on the part of fate to have hake plied pl aed the girl in such tan proximity at the same time setting between them the barbed va wire ire fence of social convention why he have met her ite he wished aj 8 bed for a hurricane or an earth earthquake something that would afford hini him an e excuse for hurrying to her side and proffering his aid but nothing hap bened except that george finished his crabs and asked on his fingers the leading question why hive vou on lost your appetite allan took a final glance at the girl ns as he be rose to go she was vi as e even en pret tier than he be had bad imagined and sweeter what a pensive little mouth was hers drooping at the cor corners and what hat a brave tenderhearted lit tie ile girl she had proved herself in her Imp impetuous etmus challenge to her friend it seemed hard that he was turning away from her without any assurance that he would ever see her again ngali As he stepped aboard the street car he had so bu a sense of beadi ness at heart that the ludicrous side of the situation forced itself on his bla attention and he laughed aloud in the nature of the case an ener pile elle bourg lawyer lamer who is also a so eo f rate has little time to give to 1 sentimental regrets but suni Boi athow chow the memory of the girl whose hose name was nas inifred came back to allan often in MB his hours of le or when lie he heard sweet music some lie he dreamed of seeing her a and d the joy of recognition invariably y awoke him and so BO things went un til ono one crisp fall morning when hen fate again took tooh a hand band in the ha game allan came out of his bis office in a rush lie ile lied had some important mat ere to attend to before meeting a ell ent ito he had not yet reached the point ir hla his profession when he be could safely kepp clients waiting accordingly lie be started to cross the street despite the fact that a touring car was bearing down upon him heralding its al ad nance lance by the aggressive toots by which the modern motorist asserts his preeminent pre eminent claim to tho the public highway allan believed that he had time enough to get across before the car should strike him and that any way it was abd tbd chauffeurs business to look out at the critical moment his bis calculi eions were ere upset by a hand that clutched him arm ile he stopped and pulled violently back from under the th very wheels of the swerving car allan got back to the sidewalk with out knowing just what had happened except that the hand that bad first clutched him still held fast to hla his arm then looking down he saw that it was a little hand in id a blue glove the hand released its hold on him touched his shoulder as if to attract ills his attention and pointed in the cireo tion of the now vanishing car allar understood that an effort had bad beer made to save him from the conse of his own recklessness and he tried to seem grateful yes I 1 see he stammered 1 I sup slip pose it was wai rather close awfully good of you the brim of the big hat u was as tilted with ith startling suddenness disclosing a face winsome in spite of its pallor yo you can speak gasped th girl the girl whose name was wini win fred the situation was nas trying suddenly it flashed upon him that his posses slon of the normal faculties was at ai offense to her ile he tried to think 0 an answer to make to her and slit sh backed away from him the maves aves 0 color flooding her face and you can hear bear too she ao aused him you can t deny it 1 I I 1 in afraid I 1 can t said allan with iab real emotion and you re not deaf and dumb at al all I 1 was nas trang to ste sive your life I 1 thought that you coul coulden couldn diat t hear bear tho th horn and that you would be killed hilled I 1 did hear it and I 1 thought I 1 bae ha time to get across but it was just as plucky of aou ou allan cried I 1 shall never forget it never she had her hands up over oner her face ile he could see only the tips of lier her cars ills his admiring tribute had not comfort ed her she N was as thin thinking liftig of son soil e thing else elee boj heard me she cried in a smothered voice that day in the roa res caurant tau rant you coulden couldn rit t have babe helped hearing every word ohl oh her voice rose in a wall all I 1 oh I 1 what must 3 ou think of me lie ho pame came close to tier her the street was as full of people some passers bv stared at the pair the girl with he bet face covered as if she were crying and the tall all young man bending avei her and plainly trying to comfort hei put for all allen alien knew they two were vere alone in some enchanted garden I 1 id d like to tell vou what hat I 1 do think of vou he be said unsteadily some time vi when hen we were re better acquainted 1 shall do it cut but without waiting I 1 can tell ell what I 1 think about myself and its that im the luckiest fellow on earth to find vou again now I 1 m going to wilk along va with ith vou ou and aln I 1 out what our name is besides anini inini binl fred the client came promptly at eleven and he waited as long oa DA it if allan had been nn an acknowledged ornament to the bir rather than a beginner with nith a name to make |