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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24

lotted to 10 Northeastern Mime
sofa counties, the allotment being
made on the same basis as that of
last year.
The early completion of the
Kanabec carload was due to a re-
cent ruling of the United States
Department of Agriculture making
it unnecessary for county agents
to get all orders from farmers be-
fore ordering, Although Mr.. Lar
son had orders for only one half a
carload he arranged with a local
bank to finance the remainder, thus
enabling the material to come for
ward Immediately and be available
for spring stumping when the sea-
son opens. The names of the farm
ers receiving the explosive are to
be furnished when delivery of the
picric acid is made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24
Gave a Fine Entertainment.

A crowded auditorium greeted
the Letter Opera Co. Tuesday
evening when the Ely Mothers
Club presented this very meritori-
GUS organization as their only num-
Der for this year. The entertain
ment given was of a very high
class and the audience was more
than pleased.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24
Concert by the Lyric Male choru,

Concert by the Lyric Male Chorus.
The Lyric Male Chorus of Gust
avus Adolphus College at st. Peter,
MINI. is to make a tour through
out the northern part of Wisconsin
and Minnesota, and we are forum
ate to get this fine chorus to Ely
for Saturday night April 1st. They
are to sing in the Washington
School Auditorium. Inasmuch as
the college is well known and since
some members in the chorus are
personally known to many in Ely
it is hoped that the chorus will re-
ceive rousing welcome. DIR.
Mathew Lundquist, a famed pro-
fessor of music, is in charge of
the chorus. The chorus has been
practicing consistently 8 nights
week throughout the winter and
they ought to give a good account
of themselves when they arrive
here April 1st.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24

The Ely delegates attended the
Republican County Convention in
Duluth Saturday. Ely Jared very
well at the convention, securing
three delegates to the State and
also the District Conventions to be
held March 80 and 81. Jas.
Moonan, P. Schaefer and A. j.
Thomas were named to attend both
conventions. Jas. Moonan was a
member Of committees
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24

W. M. Barker of the Superior
Forest spent several days in Duluth
this week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24
Look Out Gophers. SAY Badgers.
y

Blue Ribbon for Minnesota.
Citing the fact that in Mime
sofa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkan-
sas, Florida, Vermont, Missouri,
Ohio, Utah and New Mexico, more
Legionaires Of 1921 have paid
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rican
~ Corner
Big Gopher Rally May s-sth.

Dig 1opher Naiiy way o-otn.
Minneapolis is the place, May s.
9Th the time, when Minnesota's
one thousand Legion post COM
manders and adjutants will meet in
big state rally to rub shoulders,
learn each others ideas, and con-
dense their ideas into plans for the
future. This was decided at a
meeting of the twenty district COM
manders and adjutants held in st.
Paul on March 18th. National
Commander MacNider, the original
or and strong believer in the
plan of getting together the men
who actually do the Legion's work,
hopes to be present.
"a ~
Gophers are on Job.
A. R. Wilton, Circulation Man
ager of the American Legion Week
", writes: "Thp number of dues
received from Minnesota Legion
aires for 1922 indicates that the
Gophers are on the job. | want
to congratulate you on the splendid.
showing Minnesota is making. If
all states showed the same spirit
and activity, the membership of
The American Legion would be
doubled. Nothing is too good for
the Gopher Gang at this Office"
n "a
Look Out Gophers, Say Badgers.
Minnesota is gaining steadily in
memberships the rate Of 1000
each week but Iowa is gaining
faster and Wisconsin is creeping
closer. Already, the Hawkeyes are
shouting $50 long, Gophersp and
the Badger State Commander
writes: Look out Gophers! The
Badgers are ready to step on your
tailp' But with the near approach
of Spring, the Gopher is drawing
out of his hole and when warm
weather comes he viii be head and
shoulders above I-O-W-A-Y huskers
Id WISCONSIN badgers,
who think they can defeat the
Gopher Gang in the race for ma
tional Legion membership honors.
Get out the Gopher Gangl Let's
go!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24
Salvation Army Drive.

The Advisory Board of the re-
cent Salvation Army Drive con-
Quoted in this city have made their
report and the figures show that
s615.6O have been collected from
various sources and forwarded to
Headquarters. The Advisory Board
is composed of A. j. Thomas, chair
man: T. E. Miller, vice chairman;
o. T. Freidsburg, secretary and
treasurer; DR.. Geo. T. Ayres, b.
d. Strachan. John E. Porthan, DR..
n j Lockhart. Mrs. E. c. Jones
and D. R. James. Those who sol
icited and the amounts paid by
each are as follows:
knights of Pythias,----oS zo.oo
Ely Lodge No. 2ss, A. F. & 80
n n + No. 22O- 1000
Loyal Order of Moose, --1 lo.oo
Ely Chapter No. ZIG, .. ,ooo
Ely Mothers Club, 1000
ii. E. white, Solicitor,
Zenith Mine EMPLOYEES 91.50
B. o. Strachan, Solicitor 11.5O
Dr Solicitors HS anu 10000
or - - 1900
o. T. Freidsburg, Solicitor, s6.45
American Legion, Benefit
Ball, $40
ss15.60
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24

Welcome visitors at the Aber-
deem Hospital, st. Paul and Ash
bury Hospital, Minneapolis last
week were Legionaires Haney,
Bunker and Carter, who came all
the way from Olivia, MINI. to
cheer their disabled comrades by
giving their sketch General Break
down and his Army" which made
q great hit with the hoys-HEI p
GET OUT THE S0FHERS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24

aRed Wing, MINI. wants to tell
the Gopher Gang that this little
old post is on the job and it's act
ivities are second to none in the
country. If you want to hear what
a live Legion post is doing-just
watch Red Wing, declares Com
mander Johnson, who mentions a
tourist camp and a community
clubhouse as part of his posts
MANS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24

A real birthday cake with cand-
les in rosebuds awaits each dis
abled buddy in a Crookston, MINI.
hospital on his birthday. The Nels
7. Void Legion Auxiliary is re-
sponsible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24

their dues for 1922 than the Lee
gionaires of any other states, the
Editor of The American Legion
Weekly describes Minnesota as Zone
of the ten blue-ribbon departments
of the Legion" Following the ten
states mentioned above, come Iowa,
Wyoming, North Dakota, Wiscon-
sin, Nevada, North Carolina, Ken
lucky, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
and Indiana. Keep it up, Gopher
Gang!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24

Following st. Paul and Duluth
comes Rochester. MINI. with 500
members, then North Side Post of
MINNEAPOLIS with $50, and Peter-on
Post of Minneapolis with 246.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-24
Money in
Circulation

Washington. March 21.-Monsy in
circulation
March 1st. s5,4ss,s ste, 75s.oo.
Per capita circulation March LIST.
s5O.27.
News Item
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15
BRIDGEPORT PYTH|ANS
IN ANNUAL ELECTION

Annual election OF officials was held
ut a meeting Of Belmont ledge. No. log.
Knights of fythias. held IN the lodge
rooms on Cadiz pike. Bridgeport. last
night. The officers are:
Chancellor commander. A.. f. Bowen:
vice-commanGer. Harry Brimley; pre-
late. Gromeyer Listen; master OF work.
William Eckles; master-at-arms. Wal
ter Bishop; master Of finance. Isaac
Henry: keeper of records and seals,
William Green; inner guard. Russell
Prlmley: outer guard. Paul Chtppe; dep
u,y. William Huss.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15
MACCABEES
ELECT new OFFICERS

Officers for the year OF 1928 were
elected at a meeting of tho Women's
Benefit Association Of Maccabees held
last night In the lodge rooms at Bridge
port.
The newly elected officers:
Commander-Mrs. Walter Fykes.
Vice Cnmmander-Mrs. Isaac Fowler.
1t. Commarier-Mrs. John Smith.
Collector-Miss Irene Smith.
Recorder-Ger,rudc Koeg!er.
Chaplain-Mrs. Jennie Slater.
Lady-at-Arms-Mrs. Frank Burke.
Capt. of Degree team-Mrs. Rudolph
Schafer,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15
MART1 oBsEQU1Es.

Fuucral services VIII he conducted
this afternoon at ?30 o'clock from her
late residence, No. 224S Wood street. for
Mrs Minnie Marti. wife OF Frank Marti,
who died Wednesday morning following
= brief Illness. Rev. William u. Ulfert.
If the ST. Johns Evangelical church..
will nfTIciatc. Burial will be made m
Greenwood cemetery.
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Mrs. Stone Hostess.

4 d~eljgh.:g. event hat: AS :'r Some
,.me acr+ anticipated ~ aran. members
O.. society MI AXE place ;h's Afternoon
when Ms. T.. l.. SION. w! g.'e a tea
4" hoa.r 90: NJ. T.. :. stone. 4 recent
bride. Il, a.r home n Erho Point. The
hours vi, b. from . una. ; o'c,"rH.
and those NJ, have no: yet had The
p~r.v!lcy vE meeting Mrs. +. ]. S;"ne
VIII have a double pleasure !" stove.
The following ladies VIII assist Mrs.
Stone N dispensing Inequalities:
M"SdHw"S-
Frank ArmuruS;Cr \. 4 Wilson
~. T.. Eowud Henry Scott
c. Ner;z Irduzh".m Geo. W. Ta.Son
J.. Sum"rr jones .. Harold Young
Geovgc Row Hal Spe.dct
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15
HANLoN SERVICES.

Services were held last evening Tor
! Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Hanlon. who died
Monday. from he home of her daughter.
MrS. Joseph Nichols OF No. ION Elm
street, Island. Rev. George Steers Of
Ac!iled. Interment will be made this
morning in the Bethel NJ. L. cemetery.
near Cad.z, Ohio.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15
INCOMPLETE

Funeral arrangements for Mary LII
ellie Hazel Free. l4-months-old daugh.
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Free Of
Fulton. who died yesterday morning at
: o'clock at the family home. were IN
ccmp!ctc late las: might, but VIII prob
ably be held Saturday from the family
home. The BABY had been III several
days with pneumonia, Besides her
parents she Is survived by two sisters.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15

Roanoke. Va. Dec. N-Scven persons
were injured today in n hcadon collision
between a Norfolk and Western pas
SenCcr train and a freight train near
carlos tunnel. West Virginia. according
to information received at the company
general offices here.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15
warwood Circle,

The NyAxwond Circle Of Kings Daush-
ters Will hold their banquet this even
Ing 4; the Warwood Lutheran Church
instead o. at the home OF Mrs. William
Huss as WAS originally planned.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15
n,adina AID MeatinQ.

The members 81 the Ladies AID
Society Of the Wesley NJ +. Church Will
be entertained this evening by Mrs.
Clarence HAYNES and Mrs. john Hum
phrcy in the church p~arlorS. Following
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15

residence. 29l9 Eoh street. Rev. A.. NJ.
Barlow. OF the Wesley ". f.. church, Will
nh!c.atc. Burial Will be made in NIX.
ZION cemetery.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15

Funeral services for Louis Burial.
who died Monday evening at the OH"
Valley General hospital. will hc held
this afternoon nj 230 o'clock AT his late
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15

,.r business Iurr,.uS. q social Inc W,
DO, "~riuycd hv tho m"ma"c- a.! r"':"~h
mru's VII! nr served.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15

Fire losses In the United States from
1915 TO 1920 would build $4,000 homes
at 5000 each.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-15

Memo Bowman. Of Rock roin, moved
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BURIED
z KURT IN RAIL CRAsH.

Preston Gillespie. No. II Zane str
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-09

Sheriff. hesitated, then assented: and
they went round the block together to
the Corvet house. Sheriff., after few
instants' hesitation, took the key from
his pocket and unlocked the door and
went In. The rooms, they saw. were
all In perfect order; summer covers
had been put upon the furniture; pro-
tecting cloths had been spread over
the beds upstairs. After their inspec-
ton, they came out again at the front
door, and her father closed Vt with .
swapping of the spring lock.
Constance, as they walked away
turned and looked back at the old
house, gloomy and dark among Its
newer, fresher-looking neighbors, and
suddenly she choked, and her eyes
grew wet. That feeling was not for
Uncle Benny; the drain Of days past
had exhausted such surge Of feeling
for him. That which she could not
wink away was for the boy who had
come to that house few weeks ago
and for the man who just now had
gone.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-09

Alan's passion broke out suddenly.
Were anything but that, judah. l
found him. the first night l got here
and while you were away, going
through my fathers things. fought
with him, and he ran away. He was
the one that broke into my fathers
desks; maybe you'll believe that. even
If no one else will"
"Yes?" the Indian questioned
"Yes?" 1t was plain that he not only
believed but that believing gave him
immense satisfaction. He took Alan's
arm and led him into the smaller IL
brary. He knelt before one of the draw
ers under the boOkshelves-thed drawer,
Alan recalled, which he himself had
been examining when he had found
Wassaquam watching him. He drew
out the drawer and dumped its con-
tents out upon the floor; he turned
the drawer about then, and pulled the
bottom out of 1t. Beneath the bottom
which he had removed appeared now
another bottom and few sheets Of
paper scrawled In an uneven hand and
with different colored inks.
At sight Of them, Spearman, who
had followed them into the room, ut
tered an oath and sprang forward. The
Indians small dark hand grasped
Spearman's wrist, and his face
twitched itself into a fierce grin
which showed how little civilization
had modified In him the aboriginal
passions. But Spearman did not try
to force his way; instead, he drew
back suddenly.
Alan stopped and picked up the pa
pers and put them in his pocket. If
the Indian had not been there, it
would not have been so easy for him
to do that, he thought.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-09

at. The names and addresses on these
oldest, yellowed pages had been first
written, it was plain, all at the same
time aud with the same pen and Ink,
and each sheet In the beginning had
contained seven or eight names. Some
Of these original names and even the
addresses had been left unchanged,
but most of them had been scratched
out and altered many times-other
and quite different names had been
substituted; the pages had become
finally almost illegible, crowded
scrawls, rewritten again and again in
Corvet's cramped hand. Alan strained
forward, holding the first sheet to the
light.
Alan seized the clippings he had
looked at before and compared them
swiftly with the page he had just read :
two Of the names-Westhouse and
French-were the same as those upon
this list. Suddenly he grasped the
other pages of the list and looked
them through for his own name; but
1t was not there. He dropped the
sheets upon the table and got up and
began to stride about the room.
He felt that In this list and In these
clippings there must be, somehow,
some one general meaning-they must
relate In some way to one thing; they
must have deeply, intensely concerned
Benjamin Corvet's disappearance and
his present fate. whatever that might
be, and they must concern Alan's fate
as well. But In their disconnection,
their incoherence, ne could discern no
common thread. What conceivable
bend could there have been uniting
Benjamin Corvet at once with an old
man dying upon poorfarm in Emmet
county, wherever that might be. and
with baby girl, now some two years
old. In Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin?
He called Wassaquam into the IL
brary and brought the lists and clip
pings out again.
''Do you know at all what these are,
Judah?" he asked.
'No, Alan. have seen Ben have
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-09
"LAND OF THE DRUM"

SYNOPSIS.-Wea and highly
placed In the Chicago business
world. Benjamin Corvet Is some-
to his associates. After a stormy
Interview with his partner. Henry
Spearman, Corvet seeks Constance
Sheriff.. daughter OF his other
business partner, Lawrence Sher-
rill, and secures from her a prom
ise not to marry Spearman until he
returns. He then disappears. Sher-
rill learns Corvet has written to a
certain Alan Conrad, in Blue Rap
ids, Kansas, and exhibited strange
agitation over the matter. Alan
arrives In Chicago. From a state
ment OF Sheriff. II seems prob
able Conrad Is Corvet's illegitimate
son. ,Corvet has decided his house
and its contents to Alan, who takes
possession. That night Alan dis
covers a man ransacking Corvet's
apartments. The intruder thinks
Alan a ghost and raves of the MI
waka." After a struggle the man es-
capes. Next day Alan learns from
Sheriff. that Corvet has decided his
entire property to him. Introduced
TO Spearman, Alan Is astonished at
the discovery that he is the man
whom he had fought In his house
the night before. Spearman laughs
at and defies him. Spearman poi
sons Constance's mind against
Alan. Somebody tries to kill Alan
in the night. Corvet's Indian serv-
ant. Wassaquam. tells Alan he be-
lieves his employer Is dead. He
also tells him the legend of the In
dian drum. which according to old
superstition beats once for every
life lost on the Great Lakes. Twen-
ty years before, the great freighter
Miwaka had gone down with
twenty-five on board, but the Drum
had sounded for only twenty-four.
leaving the inference that one per-
son had been saved. Luke. who
has long been blackmailing Corvet.
appears, talks mysteriously and
dies.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-09

Judah2" He Asked.
them, and take them out and put them
back. That Is all know"
do you know any of these peo-
pler
He gave the lists to Wassaquam,
who studied them through attentively,
holding them to the lamp.
"No, Alan"
"Have you ever heard Of any Of
their names before?"
"That may be. l do not know. They
are common names"
"Do you know the placesT
"Yes--the places. They are lake
ports or little villages on the lakes. /
have been In most of them, Alan. EN-
met county, Alan, I came from there.
Henry comes from there, too"
"Then that is where they hear the
Drum?"
"Yes, Alan"
my father took newspapers from
those places, did he not?"
Wassaquam looked over the ad-
uTeSSeS uBdlu. Les ITOin Ill. ne
took them for the shipping news, he
said. And sometimes he cut pieces
out Of them-these pieces, see now ;
and afterward l burned the papers /:
he would not let me only throw them
away"
"That's all you know about them,
Judahr
"Yes, Alan; that Is ALL"
Alan dismissed the Indian, who,
stolldly methodIcal In the midst OF
these events, went downstairs and
commenced to prepare dinner which
Alan knew he could not eat. Alan got
up and moved about the rooms; he
went back and looked over the lists
and clippings once more; then he
moved about again. How strange a
picture Of his father did these things
call ND to him When he had thought
Of Benjamin Corvet before, It had been
as Sheriff. had descyibed him. pur-
sued by some thought he could not
conquer. seeking relief In study. In cor
respondence with scientific societies.
| in anything which could engross him
and shut out memory. But now he
must think Of him, not merely as one
trying to forget; what had thwsstsd
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-09
EooIl,n and untImslx.

MARY" said Mrs. Gadder to her
maid, "who was that. man at the door
just now7"
II don't know, ma'am, whether he
was an agent or a preacher. He said
he had message for you from the
hereafter and wanted to know II you
were thinking about your immortal
SOUL"
"Dear me-" exclaimed Mrs. Gadder.
"What foolish question to ask q
woman who Is packing her trunks for
a trip 70 Palm Beach r'-Birmingham
Age-Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-09
"You mean you want me TO
marry you--at once, Henry 2"
(ro BE coNrINuEDJ
human LIfs Zoo Short


BY all the rules which nature OBJ
serves among humber mammals. 100
years onght to be very ordinary age
for human being. Where IL the
mammal whreh, unless its life is cut
short by accident or disease, fails to
uve to an age five times AZ great az
the time 1t took to reach maturity A
fairly careful survey Of the field an
swers nowhere" Indeed. the ratio
Of total life to maturity IL more likely
to be six. seven or eight, than five.
But man. whose maturity cannot be
placed af lees than 20 or y, thinks he
Is doing well when he passes three
score and ten, and only one out of
many thcusands reaches The sss q
one DW0k00s = L. - - $40 =, f
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-09
CHAPTER XII
The Things From corvet's Pockets.
Miss Constance Sheriff.,


Miss Constance Sheriff.
Harbor Springs, Michigan"
The address, In large scrawllng let
ters, was written across the brown
paper of the package which had been
brought from the post Office In the lit-
tie resort village only few moments
before. The paper covered shoe box,
crushed and old, bearing the name Of
rs. Klug, Dealer In Fine Shoes, Mani
towoc, Wisconsin" The box, like the
outside wrapping, was carefully tied
with string.
Constance, knowing no one In Mani
towoc and surprised at the nature Of
the package, glanced at the postmark
on the brown paper which she had re-
moved; 1t too was stamped Manito-
woo. She cut the strings about the
box and took Off the cover. A black
and brown dotted silk cloth filled the
box; and, seeing 1t, Constance caught
her breath. 1t was-at least it was
very like-the muffler which Uncle
Benny used to wear IN winter.
She started with trembling fingers
to take 1t from the box; then, realiz-
ing from the weight Of the package
that the cloth was only wrapping or,
at least. that other things were In the
box, she picked up box and wrapping
and ran up to her room. She locked
the door ard put the box upon the
bed; now she lifted 6ut the clOta. II
was wrapping, for the heavier things
came with 1t; and now, also, it re-
vealed itself plainly as the scarf-Un-
Gle Benny's scarf! A paper fluttered
cross-lined leaf evidently torn from a
pocket memorandum book. 1t had
been folded and rolled up. She spread
1t out; writing was upon 1t, the small
irregular letters of Uncle Benny's
hand.
"Send to Alan Conrad" she read /;
there followed Chicago address--the
number of Uncle Benny's house on
Astor street. Below this was another
line:
Better care Of Constance Sheriff.
(Miss)." There followed the sher.
rills' address upon the Drive. And to
this was another correction:
"Not after June IL; then to Harbor
Springs, Mich. Ask some one of that I;
be sure the date; after June H."
Constance, trembling. unrolled the
scarf; now coins showed from fold,
next a pocketknife, ruined and rusty,
next q watch-a mans large gold
watch with the case queerly pitted
and worn completely through In places,
and last plain little band Of gold OF
the size for woman's finger-a we'd
ding ring Constance, gasping and
with fingers shaking so from excite
ment that she could scarcely hold
these objects, picked them up and sx-
amlned them-the ring first.
1t very evidently was. as she had
Immediately thought, wedding ring
once fitted for a finger only a trifle
less slender than her own. One side
Of the gold band was very much worn.
not with the sort Of wear which a
ring gets on hand, but by some DIFF
ferent sort Of abrasion. The other
side Of the band was roughened and
pitted but not so much worn; the In
side still bore the traces Of an In
scription. "As long as we bo .
all alive" Constance could read, and
the date, "June 2. 1S91."