The chronicle=news., 1913-07-17
THE LUCKY OLD RING
Ithaca. N. r.. Jaa. n. ~
Dy .osGps4 Z. saarrh.

4e0os1 Jim. Ne vos 00o OF IL
boys 10 the old fFas hack as Yala
You know vs we're both On the etsv-
On for old I'll. and IL asAs Il 10 80
Jolly that When ] eos Il for cooos
here be should get Il for tsainss. TOO
Al arst ! liked Edith bscasss sAs
vas Jin's sister. took hsr 70 thiaes
and trtsd 10 sivs hse . eoo1 u0s
Prsssy sooa. ! sos 70 iiks her foe hss
ova sake. aad IAAa .AAaliy II ~
psnsA-oniy sf,ss ! had nads . sAou.
sand fools of myself
You So. since jim asA ] vsrs sses
cAums. ! TOT 10 know EAith prsesy
veil. and ve became great fssse1s.
II Il haAa't bsss for ths nag. u
might ssvsr have bappsasd- II vas
. heavy EGyptias scssae. With ~ %.
srsvsd ssstias. II vas . particular
thing In the frat. aad you know you
coaIdat lst . siri wear Il snlsss yos
vsrs snsAssd. A scarab 10 supposed
70 brins luck. and nins csssaialy disi.
Ose sight had coas baek hons
from taking Edith to . rsesptsoa. !
glanced down 1t my hand and sav
that ny ring vas 0ons from ny 1T.
us anssr. II upsst ne considesably
Not tAse the ring vas valuable. ooly .
fellow hatss 70 ioss snythins iiks
that. ] cosid not - aay vay hat
eoaA possibly have host t. After
Asd hsstsd svssywhses savs Il vp.
sas ost q tovs for . week OF %.
bat the nszt sios ] sav Edith. you
can imasias What ! salt vhsn sav
ny ring on hse aagse. Il knocked NE
aas With sasDsiss. A. ans ] eosldn't
think oe aAy vay hat she eoaid have
sottsa it. until q last Il cane to Ne.
that the nigAt Of tbs rsosptjoa shs
had asksd ne to hold her mug for .
moment Ny ring nsss have slipped
probably fosad Il.
II vss The taes that she WOW Il
that Savs ~ eousass 70 speak NJ
last. A. loog - she vas Jim's sister.
! knew TIA sAs must know what Il
meant for . stri 70 wear that ring.
and 20 I vas Ia Q nool'o heaven Of
happtnesa-
II vas eood weather. for sieishins
aad % took Edith out the frst
chance I GOT. Nothing seemed 70
cone night 70 bring up the subyert
uatil she took Ass glove Oh. for some
soason OF osAse. II happened 10 b
On ths ha1A that had the ring o.. I
looked At Il and said:
"Yoa know what that ring means.
DON'T yos. Edith!'
8hs looked rather sasDssssl.
"Of course"
We were vay cot h the country
and ] guess my happinsss went 70 my
head and made me all kinds Of =
prsssmptuoas fool. She pulled her
hand away with . tesk. The air had
brought ths color to her face. but Il
was not the air which made II deepen.
She did not say . word. but just
looked II me.
But the ring" stammsrsd.
what has ths ring got to 10
with"
why. you know what 1t means.
and ! thought you understood"
She stared at me incrsdulously.
Jack. what do you mean! doat
understand At ALL
II was my turn to stare At her.
"Why. didn't you and my ring In
your mu6r'
"Your ring in my nugi How
should 1t come there!"
II lost my ring the night Of the re-
ception. and when I saw you with
that on. thought you had found Il.
Your wearing It gave me hope for
something I had never dared dream
Of. You must know that l."
Edith looked At me Q moment and
then she laughed.
This ring? It has always had .
fascination for me. have trsed to
persuade Jim to let me wear It and
he never would. 90 when I found II
on his dresser last night appropriat.
ed it."
Then all Of . sudden It came over
me what . fool I'd been. l might
have known II was Jim's. but was
90 ready in my conceit to think II
was mine that never stopped to con-
slider anything else.
Il don't suppose there's anything
can say. am sorry to have made .
fool Of myself and have spoiled every.
thing"
There was long silence after I
had headed the horse around.
! thought Of all the things might say,
| and didn't.
1t must have been the courage Of
despair that made me ask:
Cant we keep on being friends.
only In another wayr'
And then 1t happened. could hard
ly believe that Edith could care for .
fellow like me.
But. Dad. here's where I come to
the. Joke Of the thing. Tho next time
I had on my evening coat. 1t was cold
and l dug my hands deep into my
| pockets to keep them warm. Down
| In = corner felt something cold and
hard. hshed It out. and what do
you think? That lucky old scarab