Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
MY OPAL RING.

The deed was done, and certain amount
of self-copgratulatory relief made itself
evident to my mind. Again I had gone
down 70 my daily mOnotonous duties In the
Brown Paper Office lat wretchedly made
euate stipsnd, seeing the country's wealth
and my abilities gentleman OF Certainly
aristocrstc sppsarar and shall We say
iatell, c ,ual featurs?-tut with consld-
cradle number Of unpaid bills at his lodg-
irg., and tastss far too exp n&vs for the
sordid pay furnished by a cheese p Tir g
Government. At 6 p. N. was the be-
trothed lover OF Miss MABEL Piumley, who
was of aSe-aud little overland sole mis-
trees of various admirable investments p o.
dnciRg 60, coo year.
she lived with her suut-a woman O.
Gorgeous AID flprid taste IN cOetnms and
lurfoundiugs-on the Bayswater side OF
HYDE PAX. The ig bic family re sdencs
wal her own for the rtmSinder OF q long
les, Of wtiJ seVenty-fVe years were I'M
expired. S ocks, shares, house property,
AMI s.ms unimrsaenabl, Old-iashiontd
forEgI binds formed the basis Of her
wealth. A careful suiy at 5 imerset
House o. her late urc'e, Jab Plumley,
the Wholesale ar GERS will, had informed
nv official mind o: t. eS b, N, 81 interestir &
facts. To do myself mere justice, low
ever, l must add that, until l had been
rather epris with Mabel at Lady JOrrOx' .
garden parry a. Hendon, l did no. stady
the fiuanCiu aspect of the mattel. For
NJ b i had psrson,l attractions. She wae
twsrty-eix. blonde, large, larg1lshlng,
and liz ;" a. L ri Byron BEAUTIFULLY eH-
pssssesi- of regular f,atuyei, sz1re eye,
AMI OF PIP ren'ly) most Cquabl5 temp r
Sne W - pmewhaE OF gOarmsad, and
think won her heart by my aimo { I'VE
nls foni1sSy for SRA ybsr;i93 and creIa,
of whloa we partcok largely aud lszlly
while the rest OF the party played lawn
tsnais, which ny fair one d; Liked; aud
as all tbs other flo Us as we'll as al the
other ii Is ware enthusiasts IN that line,
AMI we both nat d the game, we had sn-
,tler "a lie in co nmon IS We a'e cur SHAW
berries and cle4m and satuizsd all the
ctSe- people Aztec this we met on sever.
al occasions, and ON this pUti' ulsr day
took my c,urage in bIn hands, as the
French cay, and proposed. was aCcep
tad.
l bad p'oa-rsd from a confding jswtl2r,
with whom l had had scms outstanding
trans; ct ;Cn', and to WHO n gave some h nj
o. my hopes, for he WAS cautio1s mar,
very hal dscEs dian Oad ard pearl iicg,
which l slipped on Mshei's taper fuger.
She glanced at her wei. jewe'el hands ard
drew off n opal rig OF curious fhshion.
"Wear this, dear Fred, for ne, she said.
1T was nv dear uuele's, but sh 11lG ike
you to T,a- il now we GIe engaged"
can't say uu n aoprecia ci ih5 ron ace
Of the cifd, fr : II PiUnley had been one
o. tie most pr0saiC, not 10 81 Y dissgcee-
able, wholessl grocSr5 who s'ec llv; d,
a I'd i Il shed ac-OSs me tha5 th>re was q
popular iiea "a 20 opll3 BENG Tfry ut
lrcky stones. Alas how fOrcibly the
pGLulr notion was illustrated IN Iuc casa
this story viii tel.
70 veYsr, ;he iinG was SNOWY, a1d, "a
my friend tie jsY ee,-whC, II view q
future events, most COMPLETENESS.
sured re. q valuable oae, SO l wore 1t,
mrch 80 Isb3l's sGtislaCtilnr and vowel
p,iz d it more tan anysbing possessed.
It was set IL quaint a. Il origint fashion,
and certain Y unique ring.
Neither Mabel or l we're particularly
poeticai or rhspicd Eng lovers, and in
very matter Os-fsct fashion it was Sc tied
we should bs married in the following
spring. Mrs. Lister, her aunt, WIS very
well satisfied with me, and many an
admins bic little dinner we three shared
-sll equslly spprscistive-in my
faucae's house at BsysWster, OF
which, with sweet complat e2Cy. felt
my. eff prospective master. Ms CT leagues
a. tho B. P. Office enVied me, and TIE
chi,f o. the depsrtn cent COME cendsd t.
tsks rattle, more notice of ne lhan be had
d)ne. S. mercensIy is Human nature!
was ss<, i % heavy djnUe:s with GoIe o.
Tho leading men in the various looms
and more atteLt 90 was pad to me in 2
month than for years INV r, fined ssp5:tan6
brilliant taltnss TAI Ct tie rs, Ives only
sUflicsi TO procure Moe imp,r ant han
al I found 1T Ia- easier to procure sd-
vanees, Of interest Of high char-ctr, it
is tree. On my note of band, fIr l had
taken the p-eca,ion to ob'a;n and show an
eff .ial COY If his late Mr.. Piumley' g
will Nabei's ring, tor, was not unim-
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