San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-18

the extra SnllllnSS. fIsJ ne got 40, tnen ne
got ESQ, and then he got the rest"
"And did you get no receipt or l. o. U.n
s'Oh, no; that wasn't needed, for it was all
to be his at any rate"
She had no proof to offer-not a line nor a
note nor letter-but thought of her bank
book, and found confirmation so far, for
there was a withdrawal Of e5, then ESQ and
then e1S There was nothing in the girls
manner or words to convey the slightest
doubt of her truthfulness, and few ques-
tons as to the date of her receiving the ring
convinced me that that had been bought for
her with her own money, after Ravensberg
had been obligeS with the ESQ loan. She
could not tell how she had been so fascinated,
except that he was so grand and distinguished
looking, and had such delightful mustache
and curly fair hair. She did not mention the
small check trousers, but l suppose they
counted, too. She did not know how he
lived, but supposed he had an allowance of
his father, who was merchant in Glasgow.
She would not charge him with obtaining
money under false pretenses, for she was
firmly convinced that there was no guile or
pretense in him, that he loved her with all
his soul, and that he only waited an oppor-
tunity to marry her and raise her to his own
elevated position. She would not give up
the ring except to him, and only II he de-
clared that he did not intend to keep his
promises and pledges, in which case she
frankly admitted she would kill herself, as
she could not bear to see him marry any one
else Under these circumstances I got her to
go with me to the Central, where, after
good deal of persuasion, she consented to leave
the ring till it should be settled who the owner
really was She was then allowed to go off
to her work, upon getting security for her
appearance. Her cautioner was the working
tailor, John Jenkins, who came flying to the
Office the moment the message was delivered
to him.
81 told you all along he was a villain" he
said to Nelly, but she only retorted with an
indignant defense of her kid glove dandy,
and left the common working man to settle
the details of her liberation. There were
tears in the tailor's eyes as she disappeared,
and he turned to me with haggard look
which said more than if he had spoken for an
hour.
"Women see some men through colored
glasses, which make bad seem good and good
bad" he simply remarked "Oh, I'd give
everything have in the world if anybody
would take the colored glasses off her eyes"
"That's because you want her yourself,
suppose" | remarked
He raised his head and fixed on me fash
ing look, which made me quite forget the
plalnness of his face.
''It's not that wish her myself, but be-
cause l wish for her happiness. don't care
who Sue gets, but I'd like him to be a man.
not miserable coward and cheat, like yon
thing. But she never will be convinced till
it's too late" and he sally departed
When Ravensberg was sent for he refused
to withdraw the charge of theft unless Nelly
Stephens gave up the ring. He had never
made love to her nor promised to'marry her,
and, though he had walked with her and
visited her, it was only because he could not
get rid of her. She was always trying to
trap him into marriage, and he was not
surprised at her saying that he had given
her ring as a token Of engagement. He
had never borrowed money from her-he
could swear that-and he would as soon
think of jumping off the Dean bridge as of
making such common wench his wife.
81 think you said that you wanted the
ring for another lady, or that you had
bought it for another, didn't your l at
length interposed.
That's it; you've hit it," he answered
with a jerk.
you've known this lady for some time,
then?
"Oh, yes"
swell, it should be quite easy for you tc
bring her forward to disprove that girls as
sertions. If you have been counting her fol
7 II ;,ly sl,a ba 1N fOf
glad to say so to drive off a rival claimant"
He did not seem to be greatly in love with
the proposal, and fdgeted and nibbled his
cane head and shuffled, and finally stammer
ed out: '...
'Ah, well, you know, it wouldn't be just
the thing to ask lady to do, you know, and
I-ah-Fd rather she did not know anything
about it, She mightn't like to wear ring
that had been on a common girls finger"
ooh, indeed-too superfine, eh3 Perhap:
she would be too grand to use the gold which
had been in a common PERSONS purse Still
| think you'd better bring her forward tx
protect yourself, for if you DON'T" | sig
nifcantly added, "who knows but this com
mon girl may have you arrested for obtain
Ing her money under false pretenses2 She
might even say that your real sweetheart
had shared the plumber with you"
He flushed and swore under his breath al
the machinist, and then pointed out that nc
one had seen her give him money; but kept
to my point, and at length got from him the
name and address of his real sweetheart
Miss Emma Munro, a teacher at the South
Side. He tried to make me believe that il
would be impossible for me to see her at tina,
hour, and advised me to let him go to her anG
arrange suitable meeting, but l insisted OF
seeing her first, and also on him remaining al
the Central while went out to Miss Munro's
school, which l found just emptying for the