The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-28

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hut little TO hold, and what there IS VIII
probably be moved In the near future u
prices keep up as they have been recently
General business conditions ale goou.
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Colonel l.. l.. Foster, president OF We
Agricultural and Mechanical college, was
among the enthusiasts who wascheu tne
college team wipe up the eartn WIN .ue
Tulane eleven at League PARK yes.eiaay =,
he having come down Sunday nighl iloA
College Station for that purpose. 10 rep
resentative OF The Post at the Hutcnius
house last night Colonel Foster said tnat
affairs at the college We're In very sats-
factory shape. aside from the fact that tue
facilities of the school we're not sufucien9-
y large to accommodate all those VINO
would be pupils II they could, Coionei
Foster Is very popular In Houston ana mas
large number of friends here who always
try to make his visits to this city ~
pleasant as possible.
"of course you've heard the old story
OF the unfortunate individual who lost a
valuable diamond ring In the river whiie
trailing his hand over the eide OF row,
boat. and then found the stone severai
hours afterward in the stomach. Q. nsn
he caught while on the water said a
representative OF a well known printers
supply house TO a representative OF ny
Post at the Bristol hotol yesterday. We'll
that tale, whether 1t is true or not, 'sn ,
enc whit more strange than one rearu
today which is based on actual facts. II
was this way. Some seven years ago d
well known typo who Is now located III
Houston, but who at the time Gentloneu
resided in Austin, was made the rsNp,cn'
OF very handsome ring as snght oxen
OF esteem, ETC., from number OF MS lei-
low workers. The ring was priced very
highly and its lucky possessor vowed tpat
he would never part with II, l'ut DARK
days came when, as will GET to be ihe
case among printermen as well as among
less wealthy individuals, the wolf was too
near the door for comfort ald something
had to he done to drive him away. Much
as he regretted 1t, my hero called at a
three hall establishment AMI succeeded
in borrowing SIS on his gem at the usual
rate of 10 per But the wolf was a per-
sistent beast and, to make long story
shorter, the dark days multiplied TO such
an extent as to make Il Impossible for the
holder OF pawn ticket 30 Of some other
old number to pay his interest and redeem
his property Months heightened into
years aud the former owner OF the ring
left Austin to seek his fortune elsewhere.
He did rot forget the bauble he once pos
sessed but whenever he was healed, as
the boys say, he was never in position to
look for his ring, and as natural result
he did not regain possession of 1t.
"All that happened seven years ago. To-
day, when the gentleman have been talk
| ing about was looking over tray OF rings
| in local loan office. he was, as You may
well imagine greatly surprised aud de-
! lighted to find his long lost ring, There
was no chance for any mistake, ior bis
name was on the inside. He called the
proprietor of the establishment ana within
very short time he left the store with
/ his prize. which he had secured fer 81.
1t would be interesting to Know where
| that ring has been in the interval