The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-08-29
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gal Cavalry. had bought tWo opal
- rings of Il wandering prtldlrr.
What did he care about the %Slip"rSti-
tion regarding the tones His fellow
officer. .Allonby. was only laughed at
for warning him against The purchase,
Clifton rod" of win The rings. while
his friend >irollrd over To where the
peddlcr was tying up his pack.
see here" he said. "hcrr'S "A rupee
for You. Now tell me- about those rings.
The sahib has bought them. AMI You
can tell me the truth now"
Master promise no To tell the other
sahib. and Will Tell him." replied The
old man. All"nhy gavc the required
promise.
Those jewels very unlurhy jewels"
began the ancient vcndcr. "Th"y max
| ing very bad luck To different peoples.
First Sahib who bought them WAS Ma
harajah of karospoor. The >ahih knows
what happened to him. Then Fort">-
| cue. Sahib at Rotibad. bought them.
That poor gentleman killed ~ riding
very next day. After Rotihad mcr-
chant buying those jewels. and his
house burnt down neXt week. Then all
the people saying: These very bad
TO buy them. That merchant wanting
10 sell them TO me-: but | too much
afraid To buy. Then another man told
me-thoSe jewels only bad for three
people. You buy and then sell them,
and next purchaser will have good luck.
That's all. sahib. | tell sahib whole
truth. The sahib who has bought those
jewels will have good luck. if God
wills" The old ii o his departure
and Allonby continued TO muse over his
queer story. After all. he thought. il
may simply have been a coincidence
that those three people should have
come to grief. Anyhow. ! hope old
clifton won't have b:d luck. Mean
while the subject of Allonhy'S thoughts
had refined in in front of IA pretty little
bungalow half way up the kharpur
Hill. where most of the residents of the
station had their bungalows. and where
what breeze there was in the place
could bc enjoyed by the .jadcd plain
jewellers. AT the sound of his horses
h0ols a young girl who had been re-
Ginning at cas-" on Il deck chair in the
ycranda hastily rose. \cttic Vernon
was Il pretty sight that afternoon. with
her golden hair and the English roses
still in her cheeks. SO thought Clifton.
I and he thought, too. what n lucky fellow
he was To have Won her. "Why. Sir
officer" said the Young lady. with the
light of laughter in her eyes and its
dinlpleS in her cheeks. what brings YOU
her" so early this afternoon: Have
you been promoted: Are YOU ordered
10 the frontier Ia hight the Russians. or
what: Do tell he. and don't oh.
don't look ~ serious" The young otti-
Ger looked down ut the bcwilciins up.
turned face. and thcn-
did YOU come all this way To do
that" asked Miss Vernon with mock
~reproach. oh. how foolish and hot
headed The young men of the present
day are. Now. when | was Young OH
The sentence was MOI finished. Look
here. Nettir." said her lover. what de-
You think of this ring: That's what
brought me here. Isn't il Il beautiful
opal: And the most beautiful girl in
Pan%al shall wea. ii ii she likes"
oh. Charlie. what Il dear YOU are"
cried the young lady. in delight. but
aren't opalS dreadfully unlucky:"
There Won 20 said IN, ~,IN.nminrt
ed lover. you are rs bad aS .Allouhy
who has been croaking on the subject
like Edgar Allen Poe's Raven"
! Il didn't say they We're un.Urky.'