Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-21
CHAPTER X.
KINDNESS ITSELF
The Girls Story.

AS Grannic a. the more you e
Of David Lewis-Yes! I'm getting to
call him David quite naturally.
The more you see. of him the more
you realize that h man is kindness
itself.
The worst of this is that the more
you realize q thing the less you seem
to think about it.
Or is this very unnatural? Am I in
my usual muddle about what I am and
what l do?
Three weeks ago Why! / never
dreanlt that my man vas eve going
to be kind enough to make any fuss
about me. In fact l was quite certain
40 man ever would. And now here l
am, almost taking it for granted that
\ man should think the world Of me-
spoil me and shower presents upon
me!
The first present, of course, was
my engagement ring. 1t belonged to
his mother, who had left it to him
for his future wife when he should
have n The evening that we were
engaged, he told me about this, and
about how he's been longing, for days
and days, to see that ring Of his on
that hand of mine.
Dear me! Dear Nesta's engage
ment ring" cried Grannie. full OF
emotion as she always is at any men
ton of her old school-fell0w, Dear
me, yes. How well / remember her
telling me that poor Edwin, your dear
father, had chosen rubies for her be-
cause she was far above rubies' her
self. Far above rubiea Such a beau
tiful' idea of his to give her rubies in
ring, too; I remember! Let
me have a look al it. may IT" aid
Grannie and held out her hand to Nj.
Lewis-David, l e
I suppose she imagined he would
immediately fish that ring out OF his
waistcoat pocket; I think 1 thought
so too. But here was where my just
accepted fiance put us in the wrong.
He laughed a little and said. SHOW
first thing! I haven't got it with me
weren't thinking I'd bring TIE engage.
ment ring along with me before l ever
asked the little girl here would she
wear it? You didn't suppose I waA
so sure of her as that? No indeed
Now this l thought most awfuliy
nice Of him.
Am I absurder than any other en-
gagged girl in the things l like? His
not having brought the ring With him
that evening (when he'd always had
1t by him!) pleased me more--I mean
as much as-no, / mean nearly az
much as the ring itself. that he put
on my finger the next day.
It is very beautiful; such big stones
going all around and the color Of
damson-juice on a silver spoon, and
with a lovely old-f4shioned setting
the sort Of workmanship you don't get
nowadays at all, as Grannte says. The
dear old thing Ia SO fearfully pleased
with 1t.
That doesn't mean I'm not pleased
with 1t myself! Ny ring. OF course ]
ana pleased. 1 think It u mos beau
The only thing is, I never have
cared for jewelry-except perhaps for
the idea OF pearls. which are 70 love-
~. But not for sparkling aoIbea. ]
always fancy they look 70 hard And
prickly and that II people didn't know
they were Jewels. they wouldn't thinii
them prettier than beads or bits Of
glass. As for diAniondS-Why not
have q necklace made Of the lu1tFeA
of one OF GrannieS ancient candle
sticks on the drawinS-room ntAntsl-
piece25 Those have tubt ~ tatnbowy
colors in them and Are2much bigger.
az far ~ that goes. than any diamonds
that I've seen.
But OF course. I could hardly blvrt
out these opinions to MI to Da-
yid when he told me ~ he kiaDed my
"engagement-fin9er" that one Of these
days, he'd put = bit OF . diamond q
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