, 1885-09-22
sroaTTtAr WAS TOLD
IL i r,,rd Man " til CirNr-Cu,
= and Ihaog-tf-L ,oksng ETee


otand TaRog-i t-L iok.ng Eyes
~.s Sars Tribinel
man with a Grid face and clear.cut
fcalu 6. w.o e eyes had a peculiarly in
nn rnt io X in { en-. gtt on an e c aied
"a lruad ear the q. her dly u com. dowJ
.uwn lie became absorbed In The con
tents of a Newspaper. aud uppa vi y did
not lot e. a o1ug man ting near ,iim.
wiio-c eyes 30 med nv eted upan b s heavy
20 Il watch. cuH n alter several stop, AZ
the siHions The a became nearl empty.
Tue YOUNG man suddenly r sc. an 1.
crossing uyer to The Cd gentleman. re
ma hcd
- beg your pardon. Sir. but Is not This
your punet l found II IN the scat b.
loIr side.
the o der man looked at the pure and
tie ut the ~ Il e INA Tor full u minute.
lnen ho care uty tcmo.el lbs assc.,
wiped tdem wi h Ii S 4andkercAieL. smI. ell
TO nimsrl aud cuiMIy urel
And It was not m.no what would
you uu VITA il"
Why ( C ,urse. " said tho Young Eel
low. siEAils eo.or.ug. ID retufn 1t to
tue ow ner.
oh yes. I see. Rut young man. sit
down hire for a minute a d et me lie Of
II 3 enc that 1 once wit esstd.
he luung man. somewhat discon
Ger ed. nee a icilly obeyed, and a.lowed
tDe e.der uDe 10 proceed
ne Tia in April. some three years
ago. / was pnssipg tiirou-h Chambers
street. on a bus uess errnnd when I espird
n Mt of Judy 4 kid gloves lying upon he
d walk hurr.cd f.rward TO pick Them
up hut was ust too Ia e. MS anuthcr per
.0n Il sh II dislA &C ahead Of me secured
them lie iOoSrd At me In a qui lical
man er. and when | ask d him 10 let me
sec them. he pOliiel asscnted But rs il
fearful o, beng seen he nudged me To
tome into an open doorway whe o We
could look at our pri q with comparative
~ Z, AS | took the z owes r. m his
hand aud pulled them apart. so
ns to exam ne Their worth. / was
surprised 10 Ind a large. heavy
lung Of some hug ted up in one
OF lhe fingers With greedy haste | co H.
mum ca,cd /, him my discovery. whrn re
snaiched the gloves from my hand aud
e mmenced wurSing the arli e out of the
Lnger hole. In n few momen 8 he held
up to my Asionished ew a handsome
ieweled ring. VIII. ch at tne lowest oug L
To have b e worth Son expressed my
surprise In q very open wa AID asked
Ii m to lei ne SEE it. Ibis d Il. and at
Inc same time asked what thought il
was worth. unhes taiingly gave him
my o ini"n Then what hui we oct er
d with liz he assed Why. advertise /
owner viii prol ably give rs a handsome
pri c for returning it, This he
thought WAS II very good plan. but he
was then IN his way to- the train
~ g. out Of the city for a month or Two.
aud con c, uenl y he would nut he abe to
rece { any of the mo e. III tel y.u D
b. I naliy said. The owner will at least
Z We you $40 for returning 1t. and # yon
W II give me D now | viii surrender
gio, Is and r ny 10 you. How docs p..s
su.tr its mir isn 1T !
Well. c.. | had To acknowledge It
was. Rad So without murmuri z handle /
h IN > and wa ked away with the ring
The next w days ] advertised IN the
Ial ers Tor 1 e owner Of The ring but NO
one came to claim IL en- the four h dav
1 conclude / had acted honesty In the
ina ter. and WINS now usti. cd In SELL z
a. took it 10 a prom nett eve err =
where | knew its true value wou Il he
given. and-what do you think 1t wa,
worth "
The young man shifted u~nrasily In his
scat and dJdseI the smiling eyes Of the
So aker.
Why. it was a brass ring worth about
ceuts and put in Il glove b that rns
cal ( a swim lier. pw. then y co Tin
ued The gen leman. In a severe tone,
what W, ud ) II do il you disco, ere
That same FLOW up to his old trick
aga ny
h this is my station: l must go.
o d morning. Ard the young ma
whh the purse slid gently along the car
a d diSappt AIRED in The crowd n the pa
form. The o d gent eman resumed h
read ng and chuckled TO himself G ery
now aud tleu.