Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-06-12
Till LUCKY Old RING.
by JOSEPH +. SMITH.
Ithaca, N. jan. 81, 100


you how it happened. .J8 Il
Of course It's Jim's 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 elev-
en- for old Elt, and 1t made 1t no end
Jolly that when I'D ! got it for coach
| here he should get it for trainer, too.
IN AT first i liked Edith because she
was Jim's sister. I took her to things
and tried to give her a good time.
Pretty soon, 4 got to like her for her
own sake, and then finally it hap
pened only after had made thou
sand fools Of myself %ts
You see, since Jim and were such
chums. ! got to know Edith pretty
we'll, and we became great friends.
II it hadn't been for the ring, It 4
might never have happened. It was
: heavy Egyptian scarab, with an en-
graved setting. It was a particular
thing in the frat, and you know you
couldn't let a girl wear it unless you
were engaged. A scarab is supposed
to bring luck, and mine certainly did.
One night I had come back home
from taking Edith TO a reception.
| glanced down at my hand and saw
that my ring was gone from my lit
tie finger. It upset me considerably.
Not that the ring was valuable, only a
fellow hates to lose anything like
that. could not see any way that
could possibly have lost it. After
q hun tod T
| was out of town for week or SO.
but the next time / saw Edith, you
can imagine what l felt when I saw
my ring on her finger. It 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
off in it then and the next day she
probably found it.
It was the fact that she wore it
that gave me courage to speak at
last. AS long as she was Jim's sister,
1 knew that she must know what it
meant for a girl to wear that ring,
1 and SO I was in a FOOLS heaven Of
happiness. I'll III N & 81 I. n u. 5 IS. D 1I
It was good weather for sleighing
and SO took Edith out the first
4 chance I got. Nothing seemed to
come right to bring up the subject
until she took her glove off, for some
reason or other 1t happened to be
on the hand that had the ring on. !
/ looked at it and said:
las, "fYou. know what that ring means,
]. don t you, Edith p I'M VI III. \. 4.
She looked rather surprised.
4 III "Of course. & = 4s AZ .5s18
4 and guess my happiness went to my
4 head and made me all kinds Of a
presumptuous fool. She pulled her
Il hand away with a jerk The air had
brought the color to her face, but it
!. was not the air which made it deepen.
1 She did not say word, but just
/ looked at me.
.'But the ring I stammered.
what has the ring got to do
4 with
'Why, you know what it means,
Il and I thought you understood"
She stared at me incredulously.
Jack, what do you mean? ] don't
understand at ALL
1t was my turn to stare at her.
"Why, didn't you find my ring in
your muff p ls \
j; ..Your ring in my muff! How
should it come there o.
81 lost my ring the night Of the re-
ception, and when 7 saw you with
! that on, l thought you had found it
!, Your wearing it gave me hope fol
something / had never dared dream
I Of. You must know that l. .5i. nh.
{ Edith looked at me a moment ant
! then she laughed. 4@6
} '"This ring? It has always had {
!. fascination for me- have tried t.
j persuade Jim to let me wear it ant
! he never would. SO when found i
j on his dresser last night appropriat
s ed it, 4.
4 Then all Of sudden it came owe
s me what a fool I'd been. Nigh
have known it was Jim's, but I wa
h SO ready in my conceit to think
d was mine that never stopped to cor
q slider anything else. 4
IT don't suppose there's anything
can say. | am sorry to have made
fool Of myself and have spoiled ever.
! thing. = aa
g There was long silence after
d had headed the horse around.
# thought Of all the things might ga.
and didn't. 5
e It must have been the courage {
that made me ask:
aCan't we keep on being friend
g only in another way III u. 81 81.
e And then 1t happened / could har'
# " believe that Edith could care for
e fellow like me. 3a. 85IS5.5
VI, But. Dad, here's where come
84 the. joke Of the thing. The next tin
4: / had on my evening coat, It was col
# and dug my hands deep into n
y pockets to keep them warm. Dow