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Show PUT DIAMOND RING ON TURTLE'S NECK j ( irelot Was Diamond Ouo and Was to Seal an Engagement. Engage-ment. THEN THE CRUSTACEAN SLIPPED FROM HER HAND Result Fiance (iot Angry and the Wedding Was De-laved De-laved Two Years. RATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan 4 Cupid Is u th.-r.'-.oihlMi and forty years ano his soul trnnsmlKTatrd to the atrni Hhell of n. turtle. If you don t believe It auk Miss Freda Olni-Mead Olni-Mead rind John Martin, hr: were married In Aujrusta tonlRht. and they will attest to Ihe follr wing true tale Groom a German. Murtln had heen educated In the unl vernltles of Rerlln. and when he came to this country In W he was employed ns a constructing enslne.-r on tho tirund Trunk railroad KISS oimste.ii wo a I- ,,f the town, and fell In low v.lih ihf hundHorno young engineer beautiful diamond rlnpr pledged their betrothal, betroth-al, iin 1 Muriln left on n fortnight's tour of Initpr ctlon. Put Ring on Turtle. In ins u hi ni MIp tdmstc&d accepted an Insltatlon for a boatrlde mi n little Ink nor AllfUBtS A turtle wnm near tho boat and Iflsi Olmstead caught it She called attention atten-tion to the dinmond markings on Its Hhell, and thin KUggested that she slip her diamond ring over Iti mottled nr,;k. Tho next InsUnt It Hopped OUt of her hund Into the lake and tank Broke His Betrothal. On Martin return he was told of the boat-ride boat-ride nnd of the loss of the engagement ring Hil Jealousj ".as aroused, and breaking his betrothal he sulled back to (Jermany All Augusta heard of the tale, and always re-Demberad re-Demberad it Turtle Is Found. A party fishing through the r on the lake early In December capture. ti turtle, and en- Ircllng It ne.-k :m a diamond ring It taken to Miss Olmstead. and she Identified the Jewel whflrh was lost forty years ago She learned that Martin hai never married, and Immediate!) ommunlcated to him news of the recovery of the ring He took the flrst steamer t., this countrj again placed the dliini' nd on hln - -. t l,art' i finger and they wire m.irrled tonight The honeymoon will be h trip to r"iermfui. where Martin will settle hi huKlncsi lnt rests and return with his bride to this country LIVE AS BY MIRACLE Kescued After Six Days' Terrible Hardship in Open Boat. PI M8ACO! A Fla.. Jan 4. -Six day's In an open boHt with waves constantly dashing 'er them and with only a few tins of (aim.,) beef and one gallon of wn - ter, was the experience of Capt. Borden and th six members of the crew of the American schooner Nolcomls. Tho men reached here today, being brought from st Andrews when- they were washed upon the beach in un almost unconscious on, in ion with limbs swollen anrl benumbed be-numbed and almost dead from exposure, Thi j won. found by a part) from a small settlement nearby and given attention Until they were able to be placed n a I....I i 1 1 id brought to FVnsacola where the vi sid Is owner Decide to Abandon Ship. The Nokomls put out from Gulfport about two weeks ago for Cuba with a cargo ut lumber. Shortly after getting to sea a leak was discovered and In the heavj Rule that prevailed the water gained rapidly. The men flnall-. deeded tn abandon the ship and gathered food and nautical Instruments, placing them on the cabin house Swept Into the Sea. Just then a big wave swept over the vessel, turning it completely over and throwing everything Into the sea. Almost 1 b a miracle om of the lifeboats, a jug jf water ond a few cans of meat wore saved The men then set out for shore 1 - ' da nnd nights v. ere adrift |
