Show PET DUCK SWALLOWS RING Owner Recovers Circlet When Fowl Is Roasted Iloboken N JSlx years ago Mrs I Clara llclnze lost a diamond ring Tho I other day she had roast dfick for dinner din-ner and she recovered the gem Then sho remembered how she had lost herring her-ring Sho was spooning with her sweetheart They were sitting on a log that ran out Into a duck pond back of her fathers house The ring must have slipped off and fallen into tho water I Hut for tho diving duck she never would have recovered It The duck was a pet of her little sister and when father said the time had arrived for It to die tho little girl wept She was so fond of watching the duck dive In the pond Father however was determined de-termined and tho duck was duly exo cuted Little Nelllo averred she would not cat a morsel ot that sacred duck so father said All right take it over to Clara Clara now married lived close by Nellie took the duck ovor to her sister and sister cooked it When sho and her husband sat down to eat Mrs Hohuo felt something crunching in her teeth It was the diamond ring It had been picked up by tho duck In ono of Its dives and had gradually worked Its way Into the breast |