The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-06-02
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bt HAVE opened the largest and best selected
p stock Q! Sga44ttffriIl Sga44tf her bosom, AS rDlgk
forth ring tied TO black ribbon. and
then with convusive effort she spoke
'This---this ring-it is my only valua-
BILE possession. 1t was given to me thirty
years ago, by him who is now no more,
my cousin John, who loved me. nave
clung 10 it in pain and sorrow, in diff.
Guilty and distress | nave never parted
with it. seemed to be net wholly sep
arated from him while had it near my
heart. But now, great distress forces me,
to part with it. Will--wll neither OF
you, gentlemen, buy it of me | shrink
from its going into the hands of utter
strangers
'Humph,' said Mr.. Shaw. There are
a couple of sovereigns for it,
She took the money. end then, after
one long, lingering look, and lervent
kiss at the ring, she laid it on the table
and tottered from the place, was about
to follow her, but Mr.. Shaw held me back.
Hold, holdr he said.
you are brute, sir said |. Take
, your hands off me will buy the ring
of you and give it back to her. 1t breaks
| her heart to part with it, see.'
4 shan't part with it, he said, you are
: a very hasty man, Doctor
J., | was very angry, and bounced out o.
: the office. looked eagerly about toI
Mrs. Grantham, but could not see her,
e | walked hurriedly across the square, anc
as chance would have it, went in the
d same direction she did My first impulse
e was to ask her, and my second though
was to follow her, and see where sht
d went She crossed Holborn, and trav
e ersed some of the long streets that heac
'i in the New Road, where she arrived a
'f last, and finally paused at a stone mason
yard.
e could have shed tears at that moment
e for now felt why she had parted wit
e her cherished ring. She stayed about
quarter OF an hour at the stone maSon''
r, and then she came out and walked slowI
away. | did not follow her further, br
went into the mason's yard, and said
S. him
at Did that lady give you an orderP
,e why, yes sir, such one as 1t is. S1
hl has got me to do stone for two pound
Iy and she's paid me. am to meet her
the church.yard at Barnes, to.morro'
an morning. at ten o'clock, with it, and p
it up. It's only 10 have on it the name
ad John James Jordon, and under it, 'G(
IL bless him.
walked away, with a sort of nj
ri about my eyes. and it was an hour b
OIL fore recovered my composure. | W
he meet her, thought |, at the grave Of h
last love, and ! will be friend TO her
=, she has never another in the world. S
OK shall have her ring again, if | force
oh from the lawyer, She shall have it.
90 and get it now at once.
w w | suppose locked in very tolera'
49, passion when got back to Mr.. SHAY
u chambers, for he got behind table VIII
"a he saw me, and said
;nu nu Come, come, no violence
md 'Hark you sir said you have
.ar, the ring, There's your money q
ita. it to me directly. sir. Mrs. Granih'
ink poor thing, is going tomorrow morni
this at nine O'clock, TO place stone at
sire grave OF Mr.. Jordon, aud intend to
of there, and give her her ring. Oh v
ioh, we'll. Bother the ring--l don'twant ii
ate. 1t ain't worth half the money | gave
in it. There it is; don't bother me-
rted took up the ring, then put down
one soveregns, and casting Upon him W
my ering look, which, 10 tell the truth,
6, | did not seem much to care about, |
the chambers.
liet "A soft. damp, white mist covered
itch, all objects, and made the air uncomn
; Iy raw and chilly, as on the follow
nd ! morning. just as the clock of the chr
at Barnes chimed the three quarters
my eight, | entered the churchyard:
The first thing | then did was to
and over somebody's grave, for was loo
for Mrs. Grantham, instead Of min