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One of his pets, she was, for a spell. A patient of his, you might say; anyhow, he prescribed for her. 'Twas that deef idiot, Debby Beasley, Cy; that's who 'twas. Her name was Briggs afore she married Beasley, and she was hired help for Emily Thayer, when Mary was born, and until John died." Captain Cy burst into a roar of laughter. Bailey sprang out of his chair.
In the first place, I don't know what this hoss-thief's name is, for he's plum deef an' dumb, an' ain't sayin' a word. I sees him hoverin' 'round, but I don't say nothin' to him. I observes him once or twice write things to folks he has to talk with on a piece of paper, but it's too slow a racket for me, too much like conversin' by freight that a-way, an' I declines to stand in on it.
"Even the coyotes cashes in an' quits their howls whenever the Deef Woman drug her chair up to that piano an' throws loose. An' them coyotes afterward, when she turns up her box an' stops dealin', gets that bashful an' taciturn they ain't sayin' a word; but jest withholds all yells entire the rest of the night. "But thar's no use talkin' hours about the Deef Woman's music.
She looked so peaked and strange I jest stood starin' at her a minit, and all to once she reached out her hand and motioned to me; and as I stepped in she caught hold of the big end of the speakin' trumpet, and then I see that she thought I was deef; and quick as a wink it come to me to play deef 's long as I could deef folks are allus makin' blunders and then to 'polergize an' git out.
"Were you calling me, Captain Hallett?" Captain Jethro shook his big head. "Callin'!" he repeated. "I've been bellerin' like the foghorn for five minutes. A little more of it and I'd have run out of steam or bust a b'iler, one or t'other. Ain't been struck deef, have you, Mr. Bangs?" "No ah no, I trust not. I was ah thinking, I presume, and I did not hear you. I'm very sorry." "That's all right.
In less than half an hour he returned in a most gracious frame of mind. "Man, but you are the smart lad," he said as Kalman swung his team around. "You will be making a great rancher, Tommy." "My name is Kalman." "Well, well, Callum. It iss a fery good name, whatefer." "Kalman!" shouted the boy. Mackenzie nodded grave rebuke. "There is no occasion for shouting. I am not deef, Callum, my boy.
This motion wuz carried unanimously. But here an old man, who had jest dropped in and who wuz kinder deef and slow-witted, asked, "What it is about anyway? what do the wimmen ask for when they are pounded and jailed and starved?"
"Gabe," he drawled, "did you ever hear about the feller that was born stone deef and the Doxology?" "Eh? What No, I never heard it." The eyes turned back to the wooden sailor and Mr. Winslow chose another brush. "Neither did he," he observed, and began to whistle what sounded like a dirge. Mr. Bearse stared at him for at least a minute. Then he shook his head. "Well, by Judas!" he exclaimed.
She often wondered whether her worrying about that snake had had any effect on the baby, who, it appears, ultimately grew up and became Courtney's father. The young man smilingly sought to reassure her, but after twice repeating his remark, looked so embarrassed that Mr. Hatch gloomily announced from the foot of the table: "She's deef." Now, as to Mr. Courtney Thane.
It was very vexatious to be obliged to pass David Milliken a second time; "though there warn't no sign that he cared anything about it one way or 'nother, bein' blind as a bat, 'n' deef as an adder, 'n' dumb as a fish, 'n' settin' stockstill there with no coat on, 'n' the wind blowin' up for rain, 'n' four o' the Millikens layin' in the churchyard with gallopin' consumption."
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