Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-08
:" Excuse my taking it off," he an
swered, with some hesitation, as he
extended his hand

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extended his hand
The simple interest on the face of the
one contrasted peculiarly with the NOR
bid excitement exhibited by the other.
The scene was study for the artist l
stood apart and waited result. She
| looked for moment, and then asked
"What is the inscription, Mr.. Leis-
ler?"
Inscription - he exclaimed.
"Why, yes" said she, "there is
certainly an inscription there"
Z" [ wish there might be, he return
ed, with gloomy incredulousness.
"But there is" she repeated, with
evident excitement. "Can't you see
it 2" indicating the scratches on the
face of the stone. "The marks are so
regular that there can be no doubt of
it, Come to the window, Mr. Leisler,
and look through this microscope.
"You look, Miss Talfourd [ can
not"
She fitted the microscope to her eye,
and bent over his hand. After min
ute she looked up, and saying, &c it is
| not sufficiently powerful" adjusted an
other instrument.
The strain was to severe for his over
tasked mind
tRead it, he exclaimed for
Gods sake, read it, Edith, if you can. "
The flush deepened on her face as
she looked. She simply said:
CT can read it, Mr. Leisler."
"Read it, he answered, as the work
ing of his face indicated his suppressed
excitement.
& It is quotation" she said, "from
the Song of Solomon, and written III
the original Hebrew. It reads: 'I will
seek him whom my soul loveth. Mr..
Leisler,o she added, q can tell you
the story of that ring. 1t is as remark
able, as it is true
eco on" he said, as he grasped
the counter, and awaited her recital,
Wondering, perhaps, at his anxiety,
but exhibiting in her eager manner her
interest in his behalf, she began
"My grandmother's dear friend was
Salomn Renwiok, Jewess by birth, a
lovely character and talented mind.
She taught me out of her Hebrew
Bible the language of her fathers, and
told me of their traditions. When [
knew her she was very old, though still
/ retaining all the charms that had made
her whole life brilliant She was mar
ried, think, in the year 1890. Her
husband died 90 years after, and thence
forth she lived with my grandmother
Mr.. Renwick caused two rings to be
made, each an exact pattern of Herman,
the singer, as described in the Tai
mud-a broad plate of gold, joined to
an oval disk of chrysopTase, on which
was minutely inscribed in Hebrew char
acters a sentence from the Canticles.
One of these he wore himself, the 9TH
er he gave to his wife His was buried
with him; the other his wife lost from
her finger in the Atlantic, at Cape May.
She often told me of the circumstance
. and mourned the loss, while she de-
scribed the object SO particularly that
[ could not but remember and identify
it. There is not the shadow of doubt
but what this is the same-that the
missing ring and yours are Identical. .
Chow did she die2" asked Leisler
| abruptly.
F." Calmly and peacefully, at her
home, was the response.
"And her husband?"
"Under similar circumstances.
:" 1t did not follow from any exposure
to the elements
"None whatever
'tAnd what was the inscription "
Her eyes fell beneath his earnest
gaze, and the mantling blush again
overspread her cheek, as she replied:
"I will seek him whom my soul
loveth."
I looked at Leisler. The worn and
haggard look had gone, and in its place
was the tranquil, pleasant expression
that [ knew of old. His eye beamed
upon the other with light before
which she shrank, and his lips careless
ly touched her hair as he bent over her
bowed head. With the story, the shad-
ow of the fate had passed away, and a
new life free from its malign influence
had opened up before him.
Edith, darling" heard him muir
muir, as he drew nearer to her side,
"will you seek him?"
"No," she gently answered.
"Why not? impetuously.
because have already found him. -"