Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
CHORDS AND
DISCORDS
RILLY'S LITE Rs.

hsFa from ME We S2tisIeG uHset& i83l
Watson dident have much on me when
it comes to unrayeling histories. OF
coarse doc worked on deeper stuff &
so forth, bpt he never dag up the an
swer any quicker than ne, had
tolled you about Jen's ring being MSS
ing from her finger and that ! wasn't
saying anything oui loud, but that /
had my sGspicions that Ambrose, the
chap who wore the red sweater and
called for his mocha while he was be-
tween the sheets in the a. ms, had
gone south With said jeweIry.
Me and Jen had a pleasant little
visit Wednesday mite and I remarked
that her left hand diddent look the
same to me with the pretty ring not
in its usual place She said that she
had not been wearing ii for several
days claiming that it was little small
for her and she shoaed NE red circle
on her finger TO prove that the band
was tighter than it ought 70 be. 1t
seems, according TO her story, that it
was gift from her dad when she was
small girl, and she has growed some
since then. ! looked her straight in
/ the eye as she was giving me her story,
and / detected blush that huncned ne
] that Jen was sidestepping the truth.
Of coarse I wassent sure OF my
( ground, but you know there is men
+ tai what-you-m ay-eali-it that travels
! between two minds that you can read
I or feel that you can read. There was
! message in that rosyness in Jen's
cheek that tolled me that Ambrose had
/ her ring. I changed the subject i'm
mediately and we talked Of other
/ things, bekose / knowed II ] crowded
| her too close she would probably get
angery, and that would never do.
/ So / opened a new line of inquiry.
/ | dropped into cigar store where AM
/ brose used TO do his ioafng and
speeeh-making and Dragging about the
hearts he was braking. I asked one
of the fellows with who he chased
around as long as mothers remittances
lasted what had become of Ambrose
and he said the last he saw Of him he
was on his way to the railroad yards
one night when the rest OF the city
was asleep. He said that Ambrose was
broke and that he was headed for
home His last appeal to his mother
for cash had failed to bring response.
I inquired wether Ambrose haddent
been gambeling and his fren tolled me
that he had been and that the last
game he saw him in he put up a ring.
Here was where / had TO show cool
head Chas. for if / had got too inter
ested ] might have been discovered -
my detective work Doc Watson, YOU
know. used TO act like if he was way
off the track when he had his man
within grabbing distance. So said TO
Ambrose's fren that it was too bad
that be should have been playing in
such hard luck. The soft peddle
diddent do me no harm neither. for il
turned out that this guy was warm
fren of Ambrose's. but he wassent
warm enough to do him any good when
the cold weather arrived, which was
proved by the fact that Ambrose hit
ont for home where mother had the
heavy ones tucked away in the clothes
chest Finely we got back to talking
about gambeling and what chances d
fellow was taking in going against the
fellows that knowed more about the
game than he did Then / said 1t was
pretty tough when man had to kick
in with his keepsakes and that maybe
Ambrose lost a ring that was give tC
him by his mother on his birthday. OF
it might have been heirloom ring fol-
all we knowed No, said Ambrose'S
fren, it was a girls ring that Ambrose
throwed into the pot and lost. AnC
he felt pretty bad when he lost it be
kose he tried to borrow money to heeT
: in the game so thai he could win the
ring back But nobody would LEND
him no money and he had to drop GU
of the play He borrowed cigare
and went out on the curling and stoo(
, by hisself for an hour or more 81
that looks as if Ambrose might hav,
some feelings after all, but that's an
other fellows story, that tickelisl
music stuff He reminds me OF thu
acter that cries after he has got a jas
. on with dough he has stoled from hi
baby's bank and tells the juice passel
what a wunderfui littel family he ha!
at home.
Well, me and Ambrose's fren ",
talked on and ! burned up two ter
. cent cigars on him hefoar / warmed
him up without letting him know tina
/ was after valuable information
said it would be nice if the one tina
won the ring from Ambrose would re
turn it to him so that he could SHOW
ii to his mother in case she missed i
from his finger and he says that Am
brose could never get the ring he saw
him throw into the pot on any of hi
fingers. II wouIdent even go on tn
top of his littelest one Then I want
ed to know what another fellow could d.
with littei ring unless he scaled it t,
pawn shop or give it TO some othe
girl. He said it was no gambler tina
got the ring. He was a young fellow
that ! knoaed, he said, and he didden
believe he had any use for the ring
! have the name Of the winner @
Jen's ring, Chas. He is out of the cit,
this week, but when he comes bael
I'm going to make him offer for il
OF coarse / doan intend to tell hin
the real reason that | want it back
for II did he would rise the pric
on me and keep me paving him dol
lar week on the installment plan @