Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-01
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, DECEMBER /, 1900.


swcred before. As none of them couId
describe thc rinr vos mn bnttr Nfr
than before. Indeed | WIS worse ..p
A railway official wrntr mo th.t in
kcnniuo nu ,rtirIn of v,I,,o f,,,,- IN
the line had mndc mysclr u III. ,nd
that hn wn,iH i,,.r ,,rrnt nIn,srr,. in
seeing me behind the liars
WAS now in love with thn loscr of
thot ring Sentiment b,d 81 firm ,rin
ON me- and nnt nu SORTS of silly no.
,ions into my head INST 500 thr of.
fair to tIr rnd ot whatever cost and
thc end must he my morrio,.c with tbe
foir hoirrd Rcat,ice That WAS tle
nomc rave her and mt hcr upc at
II without stonpinr to reflect that 7
r.os nrohoblv rs old q man rs her fa-
tbcr i third crnn of advertisements
went out This time | called it n boop
ring and | pot 900 rcplics from losers
of hoop rings In sending ont the
fourth I,tch or ,dvertisinr I described
the ring with thn execution of tho ini
falls The ronlics numhcrol ovcr 400
also got something beyond rpplIcs.
detective followcd mo to nv Iodrinps
md wos insulting enough to osk.
"I.ool; brr, old man whnt sort of n
pomo orn vou irving to nIoy on the
pubIic with that ring"
"Nouc of your busincss." I rcDliel in
my anprr ot finding had hccn dorrcd.
"Rut il is nv business" hc insisted
"I don't cxuctIv twir vour Law but I'll
have sn eve on Won for thc next few
weeks and be prepared TO mako if hot
for you."
.If Won want 70 know who | nm 90
TO Brown & Brown solicitors"
"JU find ont soon cnouyh without
any hclp from thcm."
For holf mn bour orter hc had pone
WINS too mt ont to feel much romance
but MS | cooled off II cnrir ynutly steal
ing bnCk. and | was more than ever de-
termined to find NV unknown love
With that indcpendcncc which shouId
charoctcrize the actions of a fairly
honest mnn advertised for IN. fourth
time This time | asked "R p" TO
communicate with mo in case sho hod
lost ANYTHING Tb,rn yvrr, inst 1O7 "R
p" answers. but nmonp them I select.
ed one which apprarcd TO be rcnuine
This "R p" hnd lost a douhln hoon
diamond ring containing five stones
If bod horn lost nm , r,iIrn,d train and
WAS y bIrtbdov pift from ., dc,d moth
or. | was asked to call ,t fine cham
bers of q certain solicitor to bovo rho
ring further identified Thcrn is moth
ing romontic obout calling ON q so,ici-
for hod heon in homes to bo invited
70 n Sloou suuur, mansion or q GRAND
country scot and ! ,v,s dis,nnoiutnd
1t was unite possiblc however that
the blond hoirrd beirrss wor,d he at
tbe soIicitor's and tb,t nil vouId no
we'll and so I wos on hond ,t tbo an
pointcd hour So was stern faced
and opcressivo loo,,ipc bousnho,dnr to-
gethcr with slick looking villain
whom | ,t oncc sno-tcd for q dntcctive
and n vounr woman whoso hair was
rod instead of hJond rho riur was
sncediIv identified Inv tho st.rn f,cod
man and rcd headed rirI "R p" was
Rertho pcrkirs ,nd her father and
her maid wore beforc mo porI;,ns w,s
n countrv souirn and M, thn uicht nro.
vious to NV finding thc ring his d,u~h.
tor's i.wels hod heen stolcn Tho hoon
ring wos port of thc Dlundcr
or course v,s rrodv +, hond ovcr
tbe ring but if wasn't to sion there
That rod headed maid was sure sho
rccoruizcd mo rs thc man who WAS
honrinr obout tho grounds y feyv hours
before the robbery and thot villain of
n detective WAS only too glad to snon
the hondcufrs on my wrists and hurry
mo off to mil If took mo tbrrc DAYS to
prove myself y rrspcctoblc character
and an olibi They had to give me- nv
liberty but if was prudpinplv done
and the detective said he'd have an eve
ON mo NIL the rest or nv DAYS Tho
romance had drnortcd whom was
locked IN came ont of ioil dctor.
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