The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-01-27

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should tell you" {..,a
"Try me-" f.gl
Z" 1t would make me rich" -.s-as
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I "I said you would not believe me-"
ado you mean to tell me, Arthur
Gurney, that if l should wear this jas
per signet, 1 should cease to be Rich
ard Tracy?" :. 10
So runs the tradition" aa' ..a
+" Ihave no faith in traditions, and
to show you that have not, I, will,
with your permission, wear the ring
until we meet again. Shall ?" --i
I a''By no means. If not for your
own sake, for that of your wife and
child, beware of the jasper signet.
You could nothelp me by knowing
and sharing my lot. It would in
iberease your misery, while it would
not tighten mine. T. must meet my
doom alone. Be content as you are,
for no exchange that you could make
would benefit you. Leave all to God
and time. sa1 - slim afdiiH sHfig
!. 1t was late that night when we part
ed.le1 followed him to the door to
/ get a breath rof air. The night wind
| was sweet and fresh, breathing of the
green woods and salt sea. It flowed
around us as we efstood on the stoop,
| laying its cold finger in benediction
1 On our heated brows.i" e ..e:i ~ ~ ~; ~.
! +" Good night and pleasant dreams,
Arthur Gurney." yf,astzof d5a942
Farewell, and long 1ifc to you,
/ Richard Tracy" ,.5 -:.fa5 ;l.'l5
/ We shook hands and he Departed
II fingered q moment and watched his
retreating form. 1t was q brighl
! night, and / saw him for, some dis.
tance, now growing dim as he entered
| the shadow of the trees, and now be
1 coming distinct as he crossed thespa.
/ ces aof, moonshihe. oHe turned the
corner and Iesaw him no more, save
] in his shadow, which trailed like 8
dark pillar behind him. 1t disappear.
tedaand sthe sound of his steps died
away. / locked the doorand returned
to my. work. ;lifE bamaI nsH Ege
dlGeThe visit of Arthur Gufney, unex.
Ipeeted as it. was,n ,nwas of service to
ene!ii 1t kept me from thinking too
much of my sick child, and it rested
my weary mind. 1 could not have
finished my task but for his interrup.
! tion.a,I 1 matured my plan as4 talked
with him, and worked it out as I lis.
ttened. When he rose to depart 1 was
within few lines of the end. There
was nothing, to do but to write down
what I had composed twenty
or thirty lines in alE-and give the
whole an eppigrammatic turn.
seized my pen and dashed it hurried
I ly across the paper, making series O
| hieroglyphics which would have, de-
Flighted Champollion or Layard. ID h'
It was soon finished, and l proceed.
/ ed to put the table in order, piling up
the books and arranging the papers
in my portfolio. In SO doing hap,
| pened to move my pistol, when dis.
i covered the, jasper signet, which Ar,
thur Gurney had left whether through
!, forgetfulness or design never knew,
IL took it, cautiously between my
thumb and finger as one might take
some strange instrument of death
and held it close to the light. 1t look
| ed quaint and curious, as an old sig.
net ring should, but by no means dan,
gereus or formidable. The ciphers in
the setting were unchanged and the
stone was as clear as ever. I saw nc
difference in it except that the blood
spots appeared . little redder an6
larger; but that might have been my
fancy. 1t is true that l felt somewhal
nervous as 1 handled it, but any imag
NATIVE person would have felt SO af
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came over me. Att At first as q sharp thrill
ran through my frame, beginning a
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