Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-06-22
Where olo you get that ringr l

rat. Where dld you get that ringr l
| asked.
".Whats that to you? she said, with
as much cheek as even Tommy himself
could have shown.
You get it out of Mr.. Earle said |
land what if did?' she returned.
pertly
"A good deal said L; in fact. just
| this; You're good many years older
than MIR Earle-ten at east-your re any
thing but reputable woman, and, in
fact, if you were as good as an angel out
of heaven-which you are not-you're
! just about the last woman in the world
! that his family would ever receive If you
| baribooZled him into marrying you see
! you re wearing it Oh your engaged finger.
4 and suppose that means that you Lave
/ inveigled tiIl into promising TO replace il
/ by plain one. Cut he will do nothing
/ of the sort. and you viii just hand that
| ring over at cacc to Ele Nc don't ALLOW
our young officers TO go about marrying
any one they Ike particularly such
woman as you are.
And il don't?' she asked, insolently
If you don't? Well, happen to Ge
| Mr. Earie's commanding oi.icer just now
| and unless you al once give me hat illie
| and your solemn promise to Eiake no iur
/ ther attempt to get linn to riai1y yon.
shall simply put him under arrest and
/ keep Lin there until his father comes
and Li, fai hcr will very soon srui,hteil
him up. promise you Remember. Ee Is
uot IL yct-tiiat hes an liiiaiIt-a Eliiloi
and can even make legal marriage
| without his fathers consent unti lie il
one-and twenty. Lie is absolutely &c
/ pendent upon his father, too. for every
/ tarthing he has or ever will nave. SO just
| hand ME over that ring. and will settle
/ the matter with Lin. And the end Of IL
ill was Owen wound up, that she gave
::Ic the ring and her solemn pledge 10
/ have done with the young fool for good
and all OF course il was pretty nearly
( all bounce that said ara would not
| have borne moments reflection if She
mad been a better educated woman. but it
| has served its turn and ii seems to me
that ANYTHING is justifiable to save
young fool from coming such cropper
as that
Yes that's So murmured Jim. turn
I ing the ring over. and thinking what She
/ woul1 say ii she knew about it
! 1t was valuable and very beautiful
1 ring the finest one of MANY possessed by
the object of Owens righteous iudlgna-
tion In the center was large sapphire
/ of great price OF which was engraved the
crest and motto of the Earies Surround
! ing this were diamonds of much beauty.
which flashed and sparkled as the freight
| fell upon them
/ Have you seen him?" Jim asked at
last. looking up from the ring.
mo, | went into his room. but he has
not come back from Blankhampton yet;
J ha 10 6t,a tD y,irht thnttrh " fVyan
swered Il think if he makes any fuss
about the matter had better write TO the
colonel and tell hlm about it, and get him
/ to send one of the other fellows here and
let the young ass 20 back to the regi
ment What do you thinki"
81 think hell get into the DEVILS own
mischief wherever he is, Jim replied his
faith in Tommy having been shattered
long before
Perhaps still there are plenty Of
ladies IN Blankhampton to keep him out
of harm s way. and if he were to go and
get engaged to one of the Leslie girls. her
father would soon choke him off, or, if he
wouldn't be choked OFF. old Earle couldn't
possibly object to anything in the engage
ment but his sons youth and general
idiocy Well. suppose must be off to
dress; ii only wants ten minutes to mess
now"-then, without waiting for reply
Owen went out, shutting the door with
bang, and leaving Beautiful Jim with
Tommy Earle's ring still in his hand
They had a sort of guest night tina;
evening" for in addition to the three Off
GERS of the Eankshlre regiment and the
doctor. who messed with them, they had
young fellow staying mile or two
away who was not of the millionaire type
common to the Wa!msbury neighborhood
the officer in charge of the commissarai
department. the clergyman who acted as
chaplain and tho Roman Catholic priest
of the district.
Thus it was quite = dinner party; and
although Beautiful Jim looked once OF
twice across the table at Owen to set
whether he had got over his annoyance
he very soon entered into discussion on
more interesting subject than Tommy's
delinquencies. with his neighbor, the
priest, and speedily forgot all about the
matter
Nor did he remember it till Tommy
himself came on to the scene some hours
later, apparently utterly tired ous with
the short journey from Blankhampton,
where he had been spending a two days
leave 1t struck him mere than once that
the lad looked very white and tagged. anc
he put it down to his having tried to
cram too much into the few hours he had
had to spend in the old city
ANY news from Bankhaupton. Tom
my?' he inquired. civilly
None in particular, returned Tommy,
then got up and moved away as If he had
heard enough on the subject of Blank
hampton. and did not want to be ques
toned about it.
Poor lad" said Beautiful Jim to him
self, ''hc has evidently had an awakening
to the real value of the charms and fasci
nations at the Duck Tail What good
thing for hml Poor old Owen will find
the business easier to manage than hc
thought"
He locked across the room at his friend,
and found his thoughts running away to
his little cousin. Nell Marchmont Jim
had never said Il word, and Nell had never
said word either-yet he knew that
Owen had spent the greater part OF his
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