The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-09
THE LUCKY OLD RING
BY JOSEPH E. SMITH
Ithaea. n. Y. Jan. 2l 80

been such awfully good friends about
everything that / thought / would tell
you how 1t happened,
OF course It's Jims sister You re-
member Jim He was one Of the
boys IN the old frat back at Yale.
You know we were both on the eley-
en- for old Eli, and Il made II no end
Jolly that when got It for coach
hare be should get Il for trainer too.
AT first liked Edith because she
was Jim's sister / took her to things
ard tried to give her good time
Pretty soon, ! got to like her for nor
own sake, and then finally il hap.
psned-only after | had made thou
sand fools OF myself
You see. since Jim and ! were such
etIms got to know Edith pretty
weil, and we became great friends.
II 1t hadn't been for the ring, It
might never have happened. It was
aeavy Egyptian scarab, with an IN.
gr1yed setting. 1t was a particular
thing in the frat, and you know you
cosldn't let a girl wear 1t unless you
were engaged. A scarab is supposed
to bring luck, and mine certainly did.
Cne night had come back home
fforl taking Edith to a reception,
glarced down at my hand and saw
tS1ai my ring was gone from my lit
tie finger II upset me considerably.
Not that the ring was valuable, only
fellow hates to lose anyth%ig like
that | could not see any way that
coul0 possibly have lost it. After I
had hunted everywhere I gave 1t up.
was out Of town for week or SO,
but the next time saw Edith, you
can imagine what | felt when ehw
my ring on her finger. 1t knocked me
fat with surprise. At first ! couldn't
think of any way that she could have
gotten it, until at last it came to me,
that the night Of the reception she
had asked me to hold her muff for a
moment My ring must have slipped
on In It then, and the next day she
probably found it.
It vas the fact that she wore it
that gave me courage to speak at
asst AS long as she was Jim's sister,
knew that she must know what It
means for a girl to wear that ring.
and 80 was in a FOOLS heaven Of
happiness
1t vas good Faather for sleighing
and SO | took Edith out the first
chance I got Nothing seemed to
come right to bring up The subject
until she took her glove of, for some
reason or other It happened to be
on tho hand that had the ring on.
hooked at it and said
you know what that ring means
don't you, Edith2
She looked rather surprised.
"Of course
We were way out in the country
and | guess my happiness went to my
head aud made me all kinds of a
presumotuous fool. She pulled hel
hand away #ith a jerk. The air hat
brought the color to her face, but Il
was not the air which made it deepen
She did not say a @ord, but JUS
looked at me.
! But the ring" / stammered.
"Wtat has the ring got to d
With
eWhy. you know what 1t means
and thought you understood
She stared al me incredulously
lack. what do you mean? don
a understand at ALL
7 1t was my turn to stare at her
"Why didn't you find my ring j
your rquf?'
e Your ring IN my mu1fl HoV
should It come there?"
I II lost my ring the night Of the r.
e eeptiou and when / saw you witt
1 that en-, thought you had found II
Your wearing it gave me hope 70
Q something I had never dared dream
OF. You must know that -
# Edith looked at me moment an
p then she laughed.
! "This ring? 1t has always had
IT fascination for me. have tried t
a persuade Jim to let me wear it an
It he never would SO when found
Is on his dresser last night | appropria
cd it,
1t Then all Of sudden It came owe
r me what a fool I'd been. migf
{. have known It was Jim's, but wa
u so ready in my conceit to think
n vas miae that never stopped to col
q, sider anything else.
4 don't SUPPOSE there's anything
can say. am sorry to have made
fool Of myself and have spoiled ever
ty thing"
Ut There was long silence after
II had headed the horse around
ve Thought Of all the things might sa
and didn't