The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-05-15
Her Engage
ment Ring
n Ns1,n~v
BY MYRTLE LEE


l lCepyfNht, 1919, ~ the WooeoTD How0.
| paper UnisA)
She had the daintiest, most shapely
hand ever seen. and Earle Warren
recognised 1t and flushed an admirlng
glance at the same as Neva Burriette
sat drawing pictures for her little
brother Ned on rustic table In the
garden paEoda. There had been
lively. merry lawn party. and await
Ing tea there was breaking up into
various groups. Unostentatiously
and from choice Earle had kept near
to Miss Burdette and her close friends.
Alice and MurieI Dodge. and their cs-
corts. Neva had been his partner Mt
times and II had naturally followed
that they Ind remained together.
| Little Ned had. however. discovered
somebody's sketch hook, had extracted
some loose blank sheets and was In
sistent that Aunt Neva should amuse
him. She portrayed Ills favorite en-
Etne and train Of cnrs. horse, mn nu-
fomobIle and an airplane. Earle In
dictated an Interest In this pictorial
display. but Miss Burdetts told Ned
to hold his collection safe and tight.
objecting to Its prcsentment on &C
count Of alleged cruieness.
| "Just one more sheet" finally an
nounced Ned. "Oh. aunty! won't you
let me draw something for your"
"Certainly. dear" assented Neva.
Ned spread the sheet on the table.
| Now" he said. II want to show you
something we do In school. You
Just spread your hand down tight
over the paper. That's It. Now don't
you move IT," and with pride and nc
curacy Ned proceeded to trace the
skeleton outlines Of fingers and hand
clear to the wrist. Then with satisfac-
tion he held II mp to her view.
isn't that fine?' he challenged. nn'i
Neva smiled her approval. md Just
then some one called to her from
group a little distance away. and che
fitted with conscious flush rs her
glance met that OF Earle. betokeninx
interest manifestly In all her move
ments.
you can have this. Mr.. Warren.
because you're such good friend 10
Aunt Nevn." observed. little Ned gen-
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.r, y: eAte"uns 'ne i'e".,.e' sheet
! ing the path. and Earle casually
scanned the very fine outline Of the
delicate hand Of the peerless creature
of whom he was indeed the good
friend. and secretly hoped to mike
.oma a.v . d.or.r IN. Jd,v h. ,o,t
ont HIS nencil and bevan mendInv tho
hreok. Ned had made In ,he ont.
line. The nerc,, no,nt cr,,.vea ,hs
mir, anyar ~ Tho ,sft hand AMI r..t,
81, there In whImsIca, frame of
mind Enrle began 70 tnce a cIrclct
about the bsse Of that certain finger.
He smiled To b,m.rlf az he pleasantly
recalled Tint Miss Rurdette wore mn
,ewc,ry. predicting bop-fuIIy that sl,e
was heart free He pemmei the ring
With n very fair diamond and started
| suddcnir a. . voice snore directly M
nj. car and ,h.re va. mIcbIef. eyed
| Alice Dodge leaning mas, nj. shoulder
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QUE "e'e'Ne' ""e' """er'eo '.r'"
'".n:
o'ue. ana oo'"er! o"' ! s""''
'e'! Ae'
wah! waltz! d'sshaded Earle. but
tue wihsome sprife flashed away with
tahtahz'ng lhuGh.
Miss Alice did nothing Of the Kind.
She was an observnnt creature and
practiced ms tn matchmaking. 1t had
been no tnsk whatever for her to dis
cover that Neva and Earle were In
love with each other. hut that her girl
friend was shy and retiring and the
tower seeking encouragement.
~ shall hurry things aiong." We