| Show the gat dat daf oat aunt ana and the df blit WHO vita fc yei var n wor I 1 hanan hadan HAD nad 4 an aunt coming comi digg nigg to visit m metor defor 04 the firs arst time since bince my iny marriage aad tad know what whit ciril genius prompted the N which I 1 perpetrated toward my wife and my cydear My lear dear I 1 sald said 1 I 1 t to 0 my ivl IVI ife on the day before my aunts sunt A mary miny incoming 4 to morr morn morrow dis div welli I 1 f argot tto mention I 1 a rather annoying circumstance with r regard to her sheb very deaf and although ahe she he can hear bear my voice to which she is accustomed ain pin in lits its ordinary tones yet t you will VIII be obliged obliga to ceak IOU lou loud in in order to be heard it will be rather inconvenient but I 1 know k ow you will do every thing pow e ento arto erto mak e her stay agreeable a mrs hire S hae bae determination her to tom iha rha ake herself heard if possible 1 I I 1 who loyb loys ajoku a joke abo abou ivell a s any person of and told in 16 bl be e r at the e honse house allix p am m oll on the tollit rol evening denin fenin and arid felt comparatively happy I 1 arent to tn the tho railroad depot with a carri carrl carnage ae next night and ajl val when n I 1 was wils oil on holde home wi b h my my apt aint I 1 said t my dear aunt theres th ereis ohe e fach rather er annb annoying Y infirmity that iantia nna hla his his hia wife wite has which I 1 forgot to mention ashes very deaf and al ai can hear ilear my voice to 0 which she ghe is accustomed in its ordinary tones yet yel you will be oble L e d to td speak extremely loud in III L order to be heard hear id I 1 am very sorry for it 11 t aunt mary in the goodness oilier heart protested that bhe she rather liked speaking loud an to do to so would afford her great pleasure pl easuke the tarria carria carriage e drove up up ah on the tho stelsA steisa vak vai my wife in the 1 window was john T with a face rice as utterly solemn as if f he had buried all hig his relatives that alter poon I 1 I 1 handed but my aim agnf she bhe ascended the steps I 1 am delighted to see you shrieked iny my wife and the t policeman einan elnan on ori the opposite sida sidewalk X started starter and arid my aunt near pear lytell down gown the steps kiss me P my dear howled my aunt and ge tue hall lamp clattered and the windows elook ag as with the feve rand ague I 1 looked at the window john had bad disappeared human la 1 ure lare could stand atno if lid longer jonge I 1 poked my Dy head inlo into the carriage and arid went into strong 0 convulsions i 1 1 1 1 wuen when I 1 entered the parlor my wife was helping in aunt alary to take off her hat and arid cape and arid there sat bat john with his sober face suddenly di did d you have a pleasant 10 our 1 1 1 ney ncy went off my wilse wille wie like a pistol arld and john nearly jumped to his feet i rattler Rather dusts dusty was the response in a war wr i whoop and ana so the conversation c continued aed the neighbors for blocks around must mustI have jav e heardie he ardit ardih when I 1 was in the third story of 61 the building I 1 heard every word avord I 1 in the course of the evenia evening my autt took occasion ionio to say to me 1 how loud your wife wite speaks dont it hurt her I 1 I 1 told her all deaf persons talked talkea loudly and that my wife being used t to it was wa s n not ot affected by tho the exertion and that thab thai aunt mary was as gettling along very nicely nicety with ll 11 her r 1 presently my wife jfe said softly 1 alt ait S alt alf how hot very loudly your jour aunt talks yes said 1 I all dear deaf person persons s do yc youre ire getting alent alon aion 0 with her finely bile she hears every word you aay say ly 1 and I 1 rather think she did at their success in being bjelan understood they thet went welt at it hammer and ton tongues ui till every eisei thing filing an on the mantle mantie piece clai cial clattered teed ag again kinan ainan and aud I 1 w was wag a a seriously afraid of a crowd collect collecting ingin in front of th the house bouse but the end was near neah my kuk juh aunt being of an in investigating g lurn of mind was desirous of finding out whether t the lie lle exertion of talking 0 B BO 1 0 louil loud wab was not noi injurious to to my y wife so I 1 talking so loud strain your lungs said bind bhe ahe in ard ari an unearthly whoop whoops for her lier voice was not as musical as it was when che ahe was young its an e exertion bertlon shrieked my wife wite rifen then why do you do it was waa lb in ing scream if 4 Bi because cause because you canet hehr hear it if I 1 dolit 1 squealed my wife J mabal MV hal bal said my aunt fairly riya ri ling a arail arall 1 rail rall road whistle this time 1 i I began to think it time to evacuate the premises and looking round and seeing john gone I 1 stepped into the back parlor and eliere there thare he lay I 1 flat flit on his back with his feet at right angles to his body rolling from side to side with his bis face fice poked into lits his ribs and arid a most moat a agonizing oriz illg 1119 ox expression of countenance but not riot uttering a r sound gound 0 und and I 1 immediately and involuntarily as burned turned a similar attitude altitude and lind I 1 think that from position of our feet and head lead a and rid lid our attempts to restrain our apoplexy must haut have inevitably ensued if a horrible nor groan wall which john gave vent to hi in his endeavor to suppress sup tup press his risibility had bad not riot betrayed bet bei rayed our oui hi ding pi ace in rushes my wife and aunt who bathis by this ibis time comprehended the joke and such a scolding as I 1 then got I 1 never got before and I 1 hope kope e never to get again I 1 know not what the end would have been if john in his endeavors to appear respectful and sympathetic had not given vent to such a groan and a horse borse laugh that all gravity was upset and ind d we screamed out in concert 1 know it was very wrong and all that to tell boch mch falsehoods but I 1 think mrs opie ople herself would hae have laughed if she the had seen aunt ma afa 1 rye lye expression when ehe ebe was informed that ker her hearing was d defective cy kg A horse is neither better nor worse for far ais als trappings trap so u man should it t judged j bj by luearl kim him self tot lot hot lot his hit clo cio clothed cloth cioth ti |
