The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-17

THAT Affair Of the Ring:
! 5, a.ea Ss5sssI : ), eeeaaaanaa eossash, 1905 y y: ( as.n.


was ASIAAAAy WIN III AAOl "
himself from the multitude. Socially,
those three weeks in August gave him
the chance of the year. For the remain
ing forty-nine he was a "shop-walker"
"a rather superior one in a West End
establishment, it Is true, but still a
"shop-walker." Whilst his holiday last
ed he was an Independent gentleman.
His frock chat (horrid badge of ser
vility!) was discarded in favor of a
light Norfolk suit. alldsAll references to
trade were excluded. from his conversa~
ton. But for the Cockney accent, which
he had no means of controlling, the
superficial observer might have sup
posed Haslam to be a gentleman born
and bred.
1t was the first night of his arrival.
The high-class company in hat high
class boarding house had dined, and the
gentlemen were out on the veranda, in
haling the scent Of their cigars, and,
at a longer range, the sea.
Fine evening, SIR
Haslam addressed a big, stout man,
who had been sitting opposite to him
at table.
"Yes! Better than we've been having!
You've only come today?"
That all. One can breathe here.
Beastly atmosphere in London! The
air of the courts is just awful"
Haslam had used this diplomatic
stroke on previous occasions. 1t vague
ly connected him with the law, and
gave him prestige.
TRY one OF my cigars" he pursued.
Been stopping here long?"
"A fortnight. Hope to remain a fort
night longer. My daughter likes the
place SO much"
So that nice-looking young lady, who
had made so delightful a picture OPP
poslte Haslam at dinner, was this
man's daughter. Haslam already scent
ed a romantic adventure. Few We're
the holidays when he did not make
hay while the sun shone by enjoying
himself with pretty girls.
Three days in the free life Of the
boarding house sufi1ced to make them
thoroughly acquainted. The Archers-
that was their name-were very friend
ly up to a point, but, despite much skill
ful maneuvering, Haslam could not Sc
cure a prolonged tete-a-tete with the
daughter Muriel. She chung limpet-
like to her father, and was not to be
drawn out-even for an innocent even
-IuBduoooB eul OF eds qua no LloIls Sur
ment Of the band. But Haslam, though
a little discouraged, persisted in his at
tentions. He would prove his quality.
The girl should see that he did not be-
long to the class of FOUNDER that
lurked in even that boarding house.
DCSluSS, lIO1H. SuIuTy SlRUS, her IaJner
must be wealthy.
About II o'clock one morning, Mr..
Archer and young Haslam went off to-
gether to battle. 1t was a piping hot
day, the kind of day when the sea,
rather than the land, seems ones nat
ural element. Machines We're at a pre-
MUM; after an hours waiting the pair
were glad enough to secure one be-
tween them. In a very little time Has
lam was in the water, and soon after
Ebenezer Archer made a diving debut
from the topmost step.
"A glorious dip! Puts one all in q
glow" exclaimed Haslam, when they
were once more on the machine.
jolly returned the other, munck.ng
a biscuit. 1T makes such a difference
when the SUMS on the water. HuIlo!
where's my ring?''
Haslam looked up in the act of tying
his boet-lace.
Your ring?"
Eyes, very strange! It has disap-
peared!"
Not that ring with the single dia-
mond, Mr.. Archer?"s
That's it,
But you never wore such a valu-
able piece of jewelry In the water?' in
CURED Haslam, staring thoroughly
aghast at the other man.
oh, no! l put it on that little Shelf"
ana VT. Arcner pointed to the tiny,
nlee-cpiliereu apoiosy Tor accommoda-
llon which IS an me average bathlng
in sf1 possesses.
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isaslann su5lea tne actlon 10 the word,
aau going uuWn on hanos n knees,
psi.eu n :. ~ lour corners OF the ma
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.Ir IT, WIZ !. n mere LOT certain.
l.i as eeitaln as l can pc. o
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~. - niolllihg! but tnen' I'm
very unopseIyant OF such Things. 1t
ihusa " woItn a pot.a good deal:
-, q i = Dit out It Doesn't much
inal.ei. ! ~ IeaVe Word with the bath
i1g man: f1e may PICK 1t up on the
peach' we must hurry back, II we
are 70 De IN tl1ne Tor lunch."
1hal same AFTERNOON Bert Haslam
sal on the espianade, watching the
people II was just the occupation for
q erspirlhg afternoon, and 1T exactly