The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-06-05
THE ENGAGEMENT RING.
A -ad What Sometimes Follows After It Is
Renaired h. tI,a Esr;ao rrIoa4

A-ad What Sometimes Follows After Tt Is
Received by the Bride Elect.
Somewhat aprGf>es of weddings, at
least of weddings that may be, is story
told by one of the leading statesmen for a
well known jewelry house. It is not
uncommon for brides elect just after the
election to resort to some sort of clever
artifice to find out the intrinsic value of
the glittering bauble that proclaims her
to be his. Sometimes they do their own
detective work, but perhaps more fire.
quently curious mother takes charge
of it under the impression, as she makes
you believe, that if the ring is all it is
pretended to be the giver's character is
like it. The originator of that theory
has never been discovered. The disciples
are legion.
The salesman in question was ap-
preached by a woman of the fashion
able world and her daughter The lat
ter looked somewhat embarrassed, and
the experienced young man behind the
counter thought he recognized the synp-
toms.
Il desire to get ring for my daugh-
ter, said the woman. The salesman
looked at the young lady.
Not this one, another daughter. 1t
is to be surprise. ;"
She was shown case after case of dia
mond rings, but none seemed to suit
her. Finally she said to the daughter,
Show him yours. dear. " Blushingly
she took off her glove and slipped a
sparkling ring from her engagement
finger.
81 want to get one exactly like that.
How much will it cost?''
The salesman looked at the ring, and
the girl watched him as bravely as she
could. He recognized it as one he had
sold to Mr.. Blank few days before.
Isn't she crafty?" he thought.
well, I'll fix her this time" So he
handed the ring back to the daughter
and said:
'"Tne cost of this ring, madam, was
a confdential matter between Mr.. Blank
apd myself. We haven't another like it
IN the house. understood from his re-
marks that he thought the ring would |
not be valued at its intrinsic worth. |
However, if you wish to know its val
ne, take it to some pawnshop and null |
tiply what they will offer you for it by
tVfee, and you will get pretty nearly
tAe correct price.
The mother founced out of the store
I'M great wrath. Her daughter followed,
almost in tears. Of course the store lost
their patronage, but the salesman said
he couldn resist the temptation to give
them lesson. Philadelphia Press.
A Philadelphia newspaper is respon-
sible for this story about a cat This
particular feline belonged to dentist
and seemed to take a delight in watch
ing the doctor operate on his patients.
One day it was noticed that pussy re-
fused to eat and that she often yowled
N apparent distress, but no one knew
what was the matter. The next morn
ing, after patient had left the chair,
pussy jumped into the place he had &C.
,upied and gave pitiful yowl. Struck
With an idea, the dentist carefully ex-
the cats mouth and found a
swollen gum and an liberated tooth.
lie promptly extracted the incisor, and
pussy Immediately began to pur in
7ery contented manner. It may have
'een only coincidence, but it really
ooked as if the cat knew where to 90
or relief