The Delta independent., 1900-02-16
NY ENGAGEMENT.
When . Nan Changes His Girl,
He Had Better Hoeify His
Jsveler.

made bluniers-little bluniers. big
blunders. and 10 forth. till one reaches
the pitch Of irretrievable blunder-
and I have just escaped from the con-
sequences Of one that for the moment
was likely to prove irretrievabie.
! was-I had fooiishly allowed ny
self TO b%. fascinated 10y Miss Stranger-
ford-yes. fascinated Is. I think. just
the word to meet the case.
Phyllis Is dear. quite . dear. and
for a time submit that was totter-
Ing on the brink. I believe. a. q mat
ter Of fact. that did propose o0c~ "
tw4cr. but Of course knew she'd nay
no" She's No sensible. But. for ous
awful terrible moment Mt the tiune
I'm going to tell you about ] thought
she was going to forget herself and say
yes"
You ss~. the truth In. one is . little
bit afraid Of Miss Strnngerford Ev.
erything will seem to l,e going swim
mingly. and you think YOU'RE getting
on quite well and inrinI rather clever
and all that. and then you kDok up and
you see = something In l,er eyes which
sob.rs you down again. It's In hsr
eyes. Somewhere right ut the back %
them there's kind Of giistenIng twin
kic that makes you feel that y0u'rr .
fool.
Now. Laura In not like that. 8he h
clever and knows all about books.
music and ll'~eu. ansl she hardly ever
smiles. Hut Miss StrnnRrrforsi juss sits
curied up Ia her chair and chattsss
about nothing In particular. snd nayu
funny things which make you hugh
and dresses very smartly. and even
sometimes smokcs cigarettes. asd yes
directly one is.ginx to talk about sleepss
subjects she stays quite quiet snae.
keeps that funny look In her eyes. fos
all the world as n she was Laughing at
you tO herself ID
Last summer. down OH the river. We
got on awf,illy well ut tirst. II was
later ou that ! came to the conclusion
that II would be u mistake to carry
matters fursfrr. and as she had just
well. not exactly refused. but IDut me
OF for the second time. thought IL
better TO let the matter iror.
Then ! met .l.nuns. I-nura adorcs
music halls She says that she thinks
the color scl,enSr Of the ballet most In
structive and has come to the eouclt
sion TINT II Is uucouscIOusly based on
the primitive principles Of col,r music.
am sure she's right. like them my
self.
saw q good deal Of her after that
dinner. and last week We practically
became engaged. Naturally ! wanted
to give her nsDuss. ssSu veuir to cornniem-
orate tbr clay not The. ordinary. vulgar
ring. but something with latent mean
Ing In IL. Laura is great on latent
meanings. no knew she would npprr.
ciatr II.
On the morning after the engagement
went to Soinrrton. the. jewellers. AMI
explained what wanted Dickson.
their head man. sipottesl slic klca az
oisrr.
-You want souseshing with prrfiy
seutimcnt in It-soiiseti,ing original
cvuIsin't sbiuk of anything my.
self. but he slsow,-I Tns. q design wisi~i,
he dsS.Iary-1 would bc just the thing
u wns sort Of brssprh. With two
hearts sasr . ruby aud oi,r . diamond.
The ruby was snpip-s-I so ~ mine. bc.
cause Dicksos -xi'Iniir-i that 10 sir1Il
Ge-l Iaxrion anil devotion The two
big stones wrr~ i,ouni toRrtiser with q
true lovers knot In slin fupusis-a COPY
of nm old pattern. isc Rssur-l me. anil
very pr~sty u looked gave him ny
card so slip into sh~ l,ox when u was
srnt isouse.
-Wi,ss iu-~ripsisa. sir,- he asked as
. was having she shop.
or cpars-. siir.rsly he asked nv sba,
. was stuck. ~ just sossf him to mt
on the nsusI sort Of thing aud 20 send
u To the youn; lady at once. together
with my sTsrL
Two days later among aiy Rsorsing's
letters : rsv~ivcsI . note from Miss
StranRcrfsr,l asking u~ 20 GO In ten. .
hssi iss~Wslsvl roipg ~ ss~ Laura. but
ou e-'tins . Telegram 'o I'rs mr Cd. de-
sisis-i 10 r~ aUsl ss-- B'hyIii~.
ws- .i,cwa Into bs~r I~ofg4v snsB
fouud her. a- u~wat ruvs~vi wp In an
aru"hair. suokInE Cigarette. u
rtruck nv. that -h~ was tooking ~x.
frruscey pr'ssy. and scr on. INVITING
sssonsi . sIpss~s wsr'e,s- shst sagrs
smoked. EF#L
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has qsaiss hjso- ~ ~ ssb1Res - haIr.-
dr-ssase. x~w. S1yuss y always bess-
ttfuly -eUe0e~
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siishse~t ~rgr~~ SfsceBYssed. There
wss sssseo MAN sS>re. sd he sisr.f