The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-09
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eraI ether fashions 70 ash 10 tie ring
Tine fashion vas this q n4ar t0xssa a
small rake with fne teeIn. another chap
worked away with l9mps Of soEg pttshy
a1A t1TTy stuff aopiE3 f5s rig sFf41&a
stack and come upr-is@ bzcszgt4t up ts0tFtsg
0uF sand ard sfsagie anG pieces ~ crab.
Il dsefnt think ii worth while 10 try u y
nan6s locked Ep0n flse 5on as h0rssless-
20 did sas rest IT them after few days.
WOW afsd again, perhaps. y9u wgald see 4
man sszaH eE. IL a f3risgn sUT1 II wav.
and st a-scba8ag eg@r she spot wfrs some
contrtva1ce fgr the fishing 9p q rsags
manufactured nus IF Hss asf The g h
tierssar. whose name was Aalsays returned
10 London He vas Ia Despair. The Joss
had made hna III ! earrsaA hss poft-
nassnteaia 70 fhe train for ht-s AID whilst
We waited 5@ asked ms = / Eao1gar sEera
Was The ieas& chance @ biz ring being
found
# answered Ia cheer MIN wen. sir
rs true enough tzat ft's nearly always
tbs unexpected that yczI - got . lock
Tor A. sea- There's perhaps e1e caanee IN
a million that tEs ring ntghf be- asaesi
up by z05sse means It's Tot likely any
mans going 70 toresse. Any way thar
one chance exists and tt'= good eh.sEee
80 far as Is goes. and though / shouldn't
place mEeh faith IN * myself says !.
the open doors ~ the railway station.
'sftif I'd try 70 and hsare In <. Just
enough as IL were to help 30 fiss@ uae over
the trouble with
But this was comfort be alan't want
He gave me- ssslIings. aud pug hls port
nsantsau sntn 4 carriage.
do you see that sfeanere'' continued
Fox, pointing 20 clumsy barrel 81 j boat
rolling under the pier wall OF the har5or
albeit SOUP plate would have aoared
there. 50 calm 4 vas '@sha's 4 vezsei
called the Sarcissa. and belongs 70 the
Trinity house and has charge az the sur
veying ~ some leagues along shore. Oae
OF the crew u that vessel married a rs-
iation Of E4ina. Ills names George ChH}b,
The steamer left the harbor one morning
in order Ia sight the bearings or the huoys
IN tae nstshborhnod % TIE pert. I hap
pened 70 have tarnaa aat early. meaning
70 90 aashiug. but there was no wind.
didn't hike the lock OF the weather eiTaer.
SC I thaatght "a wait a spell
Il watched the oil. tannsi@d ark roll out
bet~ixt the rvs piers Enta tae shining sea
thar was painting. nlied with beautiful
morning coiors Hike the sides Of 4 dying
gaackerel. little guessed whilst watch
Ing her what ~as going 70 happen / may
as we'll say here the ring hid been lost
three weeks that day aad for ar ieazt
week past no one had given himself any
trouble 70 search for e. In fact, the
posters Offering 4 reward were beginning
10 be pasted over by other nIacargiz: the
matter was 20 longer talked AZ ard t1e
town was fast losing sight If !: altogether.
THE NarcEsss steamed sf0wty CUT with
the commander on the bridge hoialnz his
sextant. She had Il coupfe Of huge buoys
dashed on either hard - Der. and shev
Kept der walioSinEs like an e-rDzy bctzte
.amaugst ripnles. Yen may suppose that
" heard tha yarn afterwards. and 50
car sef Il yog here a. Il had been
aboard and an eys-witnesE
They wanted OH this occasion. for some
particular reason, 70 get 4 fresh lsea II
the character sf the bottom az The wafer.
and with that Intention sinnw men over
he side with armed leads had arst -
al. means a metal cone 70 tska 4oua3ings
with: is has hoi'8w lnto which you stick
grease. or fat, or soap, and the IKE, and
that they cal. the araing. The soil below
sticks n tse STUFF. and bg examination
ef II VISA tell what rs iiEe"
burst iato j laugh Fox screwed his
eyes " az my face. and proceeded.
1T rhanee6 that my relation. Gssrga
caubb. Was banging IN tie blight 4 tha
helt. over yhe port side Or tse vessel
swinging tBe Iced rs she scarcely T0ata4
over tire wafsr AZ tla moment whec she
was TIssch about rha place where .tca grr-
tiemaa had lost his ring. Ceorsa sent ne
lead flying 6 eur the water. tauehert bat
tom be- sang out t3e tGtsonqs ard isis-
ureIy drew up the lead - TOOK ~ the arm
lng.
When he got the cone az metal n ats
hand The first tajng ia saw sticking
amongst iha Bits a. SHELL ard sana WIS
ring He 1ouit scarcely credit his eyes
. Cool tcurdert tAouEhs L., 70 = Ylls.ts
hts hands tremb]l-< NTH excitement This
must be the I5aptt,8l r.gZ f,ssy' re 9fravff7r
dry Eu3neas' reWarf fer ffe ~a5le..5ssafy
te0k 4 oT tte grease ara looked az -
YES IL was the ring as described ara none
the VERSE sAs';T7 n <}E. sar hsstrz harf
overheard three geexs-S~f sff gold ~ -
a red-c~astea sea- In gha ssaHa 81 n j{-its
box. under With George ytlrrosed MAS t1e
picture ard TIE. hair,
''Csvs a S8iddss. tae comma nd - ti1.s yes
seI leans OVER tse EDGE - tAs Hr, tre ard
yelis - I@3rWa 10 knew Tr fe 8s3u rs-
. part tire nature - g. etHT -ac is7,t
brought az Tsls fGrrset} -ssa sf{s- ga
was always q aervssls man etarnrrer~ tYst
Wsnks ore eve ~ttss-tst 02@Gai1E f. The
ring was greasy. George st5Fr j an re.l r
tmw htS nar4e eal3esi an3 n -naL q, arg ~s-
( arr ttQrre3 - rs alsta'c 3e- .5ror t}a rjnE
which sank swees-g % cev &o-rcsr as GO
IN per ures-5rze 20 fsN+ 3 lpza stfze :
20 saw tkat n7E rel .Ce~~t3 Insf 4vv~ra
/ t-4Bk seeing he IS -ttItr tf's VarF aS-tt
that he Aid. YRg s*e. sfF IRE a1e 70 a-tfa.
within fire ho{.ow NJ hi~ Hsrd H1y 1fv
xoissen ga Eeas; gre uyxt al. w. e-rE 20
the bottom EsDGrgs 9as Q aacr ar3n "a 1
: ate ass four ch sstTeG. t&a co.t f7s .a.-
tain what was ar tstA arm TX Gue sst.s
natakng EFsut tbs rsES. WIS sAoEiG sef
Re fel< Suca a feol over t1e sis s e Ok
se coG's have cfEacSss4 himself As-fr -aa
blooming haGA5s.
When ,Se vessel rezurF@a5 - barber teat
evening after rae vaTS of See slap Hes
szff=si 4a4S $50 u1ar RAJ -eorzP 4~H.-ra