Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-06-09

By JANE PIN lEY BENNETT { { V
& Copyright BY American Press Assoc
ciat ion, a 81. s9
Here Is the ring You gave me- IKE !,
Il. do not wish to see you or 1T

ii. do not Wish to see you or n ii
again. as
s3 She was striding back and forth.
7 her cheeks a1ame. her eyes flashing
anger. vs. She slipped q solitaire dia-
mond ring from her finger and handed
it to him. But instead .of walking
away In high dudgeon he sat down:
In an easy chair, rested his head back
on the, cushion, his elbows on the
arms, and. holding the ring in his
hands before his eyes, examined it
critically. She cast a glance at him
and uttered an exclamation Of anger
at his Indifference. :.; # Il s Il
81 must change that" he said to
himself. though aloud. "Can't use this
one again. I.must get another" n AT D
ssSss.'''If you are: saying all that for my
benefit" She said, '.you are having
your trouble for nothing. 5s5 .,.5 b
/ Il must apologize for having given
you q. stone. with a flaw In 1t. i was
deceived 4! i, ,:$$]ss: " s: "a,
81 don't see that it makes any differ
ence now. - : 4, .j s s$@34 :3 81 s z 3is
.But, the ring can't be used again. NJ"
J.; used again! What do you mean O.
"Why. | have promised Sue that If
you ever got huffy and returned 1t she
should have It," ~ q SfSl33 s;E :S4y 4
Sue is my sister. u $s$$$ 1.
'''She said &that.Sdid sher' i. I. s5 5s sS:
"Oh. yes: she predicted this" & :5|S
"Oh. she did" s 5:.3 ,S}s S.ts3
'Yes." n = = -. tsz$E }, D.,
"And you're going to give her the
ring?" ~, ! s55fs .i5f 5ss.z3 35:
"'Oh. no; not this one. I'll get her d
perfect stone. This is worthless
81 have not noticed any blen1ish Ii;
it. Let me take 1t a moment" ! 5s ;5
mo: it was given you as a token, a
seal to a contract 4 That contract is
broken by its return You have, no
more interest in it than you have ID a
glass MARBLE" n. N, "a: SsS5$ Il. h.
II may have some curiosity, mayn't
I?'' Es5%.. zs s2S 4 /. t5 III
"All you like" III Is SfaS
49, Then let me see the ring. wish
to know If the man II have been en-
gagged to had the seffrontery, the mean
ness. to palm off on me- a stone with
flaw In fl" " S.
:"What has been In the case D OF a.
broken engagement concerns no one
It belongs to a dead past. BY your
returning the ring you annulled your
interest in my past and my future. Il 1t
doesn't make any difference to You
whether there Is d flaw In It or: not. n I
n Perhaps you will condescend to tell
me what you propose to do In the
case" Is n Es3 Il
Of the ring r S{5s:ys 5ss5 :a
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Ill shall take It back to the man Of
whom bought it and ask him for an
other, a perfect stone; that i shall
have set according to Sues taste and
give It to- her. s 81 5s # u:
u This was very mean Of him. n She
remembered the day he had given her
the ring; how beautiful the rainbow
5colors that sparkled fromsit: her thrill
of joy at possessing IL not only for 1t;
self. but for what it represented. .7: T
\ b Since Il gave it to you,'' he went on
brutally We taken IN d hundred dol.
lars 4 don't know what to do with
III II !: add /! that g the price and get q
handsomer stone s ~ ..5 . 2s5 u II.
Do you still care enough about me Il
to- grant me one favor @ 3.:s
1 II II will grant you any favor you ask.
TT hen don give the ring to Sue: = ,'3 ff55
by not 2''E;s 5Ss 5.. & .{s
$$ 5.I always liked Sue: Il know sis
teEs-in law don't often agree, But 1 be-
lieye Sue and ! would L This changes
all tina ~ ss q u: ss $S3 f 4
Nv ell, supposing ! don't give It 80
her. who would you prefer should
have 5j5 Il 4 u 4 q, ;..5
@a There was no answer to this. ss5}
III don'ttsee why you should feel Ell
nifty to Sue for merely predicting that
YOU would get huff You have got
Shufy. haven't Won y
~ And what girl wou1dn't get huffy5
at being treated so Brutality ~
& oW sS
# for one thing or course, Won
know, didn't & YOU sa looked h5o,lr,riid
In; that new hat u had taken So Inuc.i,
pains to hunt up and have trimmed ?',S
s. said the hat was 4 horrid. LAT
else r.
She n Thought moment, then said.
don't e4actl remember tile ssnext
thing you said. but if was worse than
the first ' Il
~ { 20 YOU RENE Der the next thing
you said
3 81 ..sy ~ no. but "a sure II wasn't
very bad.
S{s..r specially So. IL was simply
thatsI was bereft offs the lightest gen.
tlemanly insti q. I.
There was thing Ia that. u,
Ss' thing what vera mere pat of
velvet paw
here was Hence for d few minutes
when she SAID. i've made up Ia my mind
A as #s IT, the person would like % have
the ring:
Well
IN think would like III myself. Z
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