Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-05-12

knOWn WQaJ q SOu WAS anu udu IhSi0
been such a thing to look at.
There was also the pair Of scissors,
together with the little housewife with
needles and thread. Mirror, hairpins,
scissors, sewing materials, comb
woman's gear and the Bible, a
woman's book, she reflected with a GER
tain bitterness, unconscious Of the
truth Of her thought-a book for chill
dren, old women, and women-led men!
Well, that philosophy upon which she
prided herself must come to her as
sistance now and she could not afford
to disdain the volume which was all
that the world of many books offered
to her for her purpose, because she
did not believe in it. The truth was
in her and she could tell him what it
was despite the assertion of the
printed pages.
In the leather bag there was abso-
lutely nothing except broken glass
and scratched bottle tops Of silver and
the bag itself was ruined. She sepa-
rated the pieces Of metal and the
metal fittings of the bag, which were
also Of silver, and filling the rotting
leather with sand she presently sank
1t in the lagoon.
Last of all she examined what she
had brought from the other shore OF
the island the night before. The sill
yer was furnished, but by rubbing it In
the sand she soon frightened 1t. II
was heavily engraved and she had
no difficulty in making out the words:
John Revell Charnock-His Dog
After that was a date July 20
1875" John Revell Charnock ther
would be 81 years old, assuming thai
this was he and that the dog had beer
given him when he was born. 1t was
more probable, however, that he wa
from three to FIVE years old before
he became the wner Of a dog, which
would make him about rs.
The man before her looked younge
to her scrutiny than that. Care ant
trouble had passed him by. Witt
nothing to vex him he might hav,
been any age. He would probabl,
look Just as he was for 20 years 0
more. Still fancifully adjusting ez
ternal relations to internal relations
which, after all, she realized was tn
secret Of life according to her favorit
philosopher, she concluded that tn
man was rs, three years older tina
she at that moment, a proper diffel
ence in their ages for . He
face famed. She scarcely knew WHY
/ and she turned to an inspection Of tn
rings.
, The first was a diamond, a solitaire
Of rare beauty, she judged. Althoug
! she was not especially expert in sue
! matters, she deemed 1t must be
great value. There was no inscril
!. ton of any sort within the mario
I hoop Of gold, although she searche
1 keenly the inner surface. The damon
/ was curiously set. There was an e.
3 quisite tracery of a little coat of arm
on either side Of the setting, done !
miniature but with a skill to mary
at, too small even for her brillial
' vision to decipher in detail.
q The other she recognized with
1 sheer as one of those letters Of Co
/ vention, a wedding ring. 1t was
2 heavier hoop of gold much engrave
3 within. She washed it In the strea
/ and rubbed 1t in the sand until 81
q could make 1t out. u. r. c." 81
. read, ito M, p. IT, There was a da'
after, September TO-, 1869, and tht
r. these cabalistic words, III. Cor. 1876
v which she presently OWNED to be
reference to some text in the Bib
fit source from which to select Il
"posy Of a ring" agreeable to tho
!. who submit to such ancient follies
.. the well-named bonds of matrimony.
She reached for the Bible and wi
unfamiliar fingers searched through
X until she found the place: Il W
h. very gladly spend and be spent I
you; though the more a~bundantly
10 love you the less | be loved" T.
ID beauty Of the phrase caught her fame
10 She read with q strange new intere
id the chapter in which these wor
ye were shrined. The touch of hum
Ee passion came to her across the ID
re years and with the ring sparkling
le her own white hand she embodied