Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-23
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q poet is born, not made ne hat learned analytical geometry, conic sa,. tioDs and all that. He didn't need tt learn to talk soft to Il girl; he JA1Me let the spirit of spoon in with fEe-Wef Point air. The atmosphere VI hils heen so long laden with it that it's iH Fxegna ted-that is, in June, when tle goses bloom. They were dawf4thg fl 62rtatlon walk.
 -4What an odd necklace" he remark ed, glancing at a circlet of finger riQnE Fastened together by gold links tsht wore about her neck1.each ring diff ferent.'
 '@The donors were all different toassssnu
 What do you mean by the donofS1A
 Each ring was given me by"-
 An accepted suitor?"
 We'll
 Don't deny it. Enytsser tell me 'ay yon' tbem. " A1
 -.The rings or the snitors?'
 Both
 Well, this tifl1tiose clusattr wa. given me by q flaXcn haired blue eyed @S IT IN II " tls> LII iNA.tI Iit S,ti1l :is, WAS desperately jn love wiiht ayA s.. ]: br WAS for q month. This mar4ui,.t solitaire s5t from a satns planter l. Georgia He tre, !e4st ! n,%r r@e. pice arer on. lai M Aar3r bal@t.s 'aShis gypsy sel pearl was from a pro lessor. He Was ;'l ol! fellow thi:.t... one ~ least. He taught Scandil:l :. ! tr Eg ptian literature or something e abe sort He'd never been anywhere, Dn1i he could talk so beautifully about tbe4 pl.lfes he liatffSsteA fti.al .lp't. make you wish to go there. A docia, gave inc this sapphire. He had been all over the world, but you'd never goose l used to say to him, My friend the professor could go through China town and make you believes he'l beea af Pekin when the allied forces e.l aered; you would make marionette sqna bble out of the battle of Gettys burg -e 9 @ < v thah tile pr%essoss" G /
 "Not for women.'
 @Well. go on With this string of bseeding hearts
 sIshs mans ans sMhQ gave sme this ruby was sp1endid- young like us He was 50 herce.-,Are you an angler?'
 'No. Whats that got to do with it?"
 s'IAsAya ,A0us Wonst sNnaegstan4, My. M... ruby lover sp1aslled about, darting tGfs way and that waE. one day treating me with sovereigns Contempt. the next with anger, till thought I'd never land him." M--,
 And did youlss'1l 1zsss f.s
 There's the ,flDg b fA4' '
 e'How about M{k ,,feip*TkTho gave you the opal:sIss AllS }lIM
 sOh, that f9fiaghed heaWi& a dead easy thing ii.sNlle lblAakihgN1 was afraid he'd inttSfsye wsIth the Xiamond between sapphht ssnS@ had. to cut him short. lstad him AA'dEbrqken my heart, for I nevef|qould spptrE man who'd given nda hni opal nnnoSting but unhappipess :.rt1odllsd l}ossibay reHAlt from such q 'inion Bpt' nov tell lle about yonr book of beapty.gSSsf fou1 ch hm stole it for me yestefdayopl of your room
 >.The rascal.r3' 'SsI E
 eve broughtl lt{Aaih me to return it to you. TherGs N4. 1. this black haired, black eyeds girE She'd be pretty if she hadn't sucliI ! homely mouth and a pug nose.gt H1 x- long. sppere you engaged to her?n'8 sp'S'''
 "Oh, these girls siren't girls I've bee.l to. They're girls who hases refused me. only thought l loved them. never really knew what love was till nov !; '
 When did 1t strike you:'I
 'f'Jnst after guard mount yesteflay l was marching off the o.d among the looi frs f. he face amoas them made mi trehbld recog,4rd my belle dame safYs m<tti'" Y
 <'Aou talk just like the professor What does belle dame, sans ,u4,rt1 ,nean:' 9&'sas &e .'
 He stopped and gazed at her with ali inc fervor of his handsome eyes, hV with an expression of despair h the \ piled
 She turned and looked down th~ ,,rgi, an opening in the trees on the ..ud ,. s'n sHldenllx ss s9nssall %a deep sss spss E.Qk, if I could only trust you@ she said in broken tones. You, the aa.y one of all- My punishment is ianse than Lean bear" sx s"I swear
 s"It, has come at last, but to ..':sys,> npe! Let go my hand.
 Her bidding, was obeyed. ,~t'A' H.sFf% so suddenly that she was SUI H VI the same time the wQoer l.. v;.,-ttd. irrelevantly, "Great Scotf..' tfWhats the matter?"
 t.Officer-and were off limits.''
 lAn officer with several ladiss passedss ihe cadet faced, idrfw h. y self up stiff sf a ramrod and brought his fore. 6nger 10 his cap like dummy worked sy wires FThat pight whfhi tie pair parted a ing settIwith tIiN dttnonds-a familylg ,eirlooM- passed Aint5 the necklace,' snd her. photograph passed ~inte-~..i.~r 5 rfve yeafs iattefr' fr''s tfey fa!st at agTf'if.