Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-10-31
ROMANCE OF LONG BRANCH.
Recovery of Lost Ring Ends n Long
Estrangement.


Recovery of n Lost Ring Ends Long
Estrangement.
Five years ago, among the many
sweethearts and beaux seen at Long
Branch and admired, was n couple from
Philadelphia, The maid was d rosy
checked blonde of seventeen; the man
twenty, good-looking and with a lib
eral share of worldly goods. These
two were engaged, and expected to be
married in the following September.
Both were popular and much sought
after by society, and this fact unayoid-
ably deprived them of much OF each
others company, which, while to their
discomfort, added to the pleasure of
their most devoted admirers. The
beaux availed themselves of every
opportunity to pour soft batteries
in her ears, and the girls how
cred around him and gushed
as only girls can. The young lady be-
lieved in her lover and his attentions
to other girls at social functions never
alarmed her in the beast. But he hav-
ing considerable jealousy in his com
position, endured great deal of men
tai suffering, lest the one girl in the
world to him should be won away
from him. The one of which he was
most afraid was Brooklyn man, ex-
tremely bright and to the fair sex
wonderfully fascinating. That he
was charmed with the Quaker city
beauty was proved every day and the
lover lived in misery.
The sweetheart wore an exquisite
diamond ring given her by her lover
But these two spent almost every
morning on the beach sitting on the
sand, pleasure that proved most dis
astrous to both. One day the ring was
missing. The girl wept with true sor-
row and said she had lost it In the
sand and an earnest search followed,
but the ring was not found. She was
very unhappy over the loss but he for
time treated the matter lightly,
promising her another Immediately
upon their return to town. In the
meanwhile, however, he received an
anonymous communication telling him
that if he glanced at the Brooklyn
mans hand the ring would be ac'
counted for. The lover went in all
haste to seek the man and found him
at the depot saying good-by to his
many friends ere leaving for home.
The moment he got q glimpse Of the
L l,a I'D lie
hand. The former grasped the oppor'
tunity, but let the hano fall as though
it was poison. On it glistened little
diamond ring, the same, he thought
that his sweetheart had worn.
Too shocked to think that there was
possibility of two rings resembling
he scrubbed cool adieu to his sweat
heart and left the place. The girl
nearly broken-hearted, fastened away
also, hoping to find him and with tn,
Brooklynitesa aid prove her true. Butor
reaching homo she found that he hat
gone elsewhere, and her efforts to fine
him by letters and advertisement.
proved fruitless. This furnished tooth
some morsel to the gossips, over which
their tongues wag to this day. TIL,
girl gave up all social pleasures, ant
after awhile went out into a small vii
lage to take up small school, hopin,
thereby that this work would help he
to forget the great disappointment
And so she has toiled from that season
to this. But many who see the littl
teacher down here on vacation littl
know that she is the same girl who's
engagement was so suddenly broker
five years ago.
Her lover wandered from place t.
place, never staying in any one tow
very long, Finally he went west, and
after much persuasion, began to stud
for the priesthood. That was one yea
ago. This season, for the first tim
since that eventful summer, throug
fate, brought the two again here, bu
neither knew of the others presenc
until to-day. Both were on the sand
but some distance apart, and as tim
had wrought changes neither recog
nized the other. The man picked u
pebbles, throwing them in the sane
then turned over large heavy roc
imbedded in the sand
Something glitened. She saw it an
peered anxiously over the mans shou
der. 1t was the long lost ring. Sh
looked into his face; their eye
met Down on his knees at her fee
he pleaded forgiveness. A fearful fac
met the eyes of the spectators for
minute. Then they saw him slip tn
ring in its place, slip her hand throug
his arm and the two stroll down TIL
beach. Two messages will leave her
to-day, one notifying a certain schot
board to get another teacher and TIL
other informing an uncle that som,
body has changed his mind about b.
ing a priest. Philadelphia Times.