Show THE TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S DAILY SHORT STORY 1 GRANDMAS GRANDMA'S DMA'S DIAMOND i RING RINGi RINGBy i i By JOHN DAPPLING Copyright 1 14 by br the McClure News News- U r ap r Syndicate At Ac Atone one one en end eni of ot a a 8 long bench In the s tt It I 1 ling Ung room Toom of oI the un union on depot In Ln the city It sat Mr Mo- Gordon Imes Hili her sis ter ll Allie Aille Bennett waiting for fOI a Main to take them to the formers former's orm rs r's cOUntry coun- coun try Iry home At the other end erid of or the tho bench sal Eat Robert a 8 young oung m man It who ho wa waiting for or tho the anie ame train to be e called c. H was wal first ami aci he atthe at atthe I II I the la ladles s as 8 they sat at t dov dO dorn i. i Thu Thuy gl glanced at him a au they took seats I Nobody t s. naB nau Injured In the b by Had HaJ the prim eld od mull who wic set sat on the tho seat opposite HUH balk back ant and compres dd lip pJ It predicted i that would happen tram irom ell aLl this thill no one would have ha Riven h 1 her for fot being a a. prophet B By a and by the two ladles to k noU notice e of a 11 bab baby In th Us Its moth mothers mother's rI arms arms a a h lh- lh h- h crowing and laughing The rue young youn oun man took notice that tha t th they tc took k notice Then the ladles lallies tool took notice thru that ho he took tool a Jm U lo box fron ro-n ro hl hi pocket t. t S He- He le- le was not flOt about to lake take a u pill bIll and throw up his hands u ld have a call sent In for or the tho I S He was not a drummer who under th the Instructions of or a a. doctor must takeS take S a pill of or some ome sort from that box every ery I few tew minutes for or the four twenty hun urt or find himself hm u ti mental andS and aud S 11 wr wreck ck Th The ladles ladies aw him smITe smile hs ha s h he tie looked at the contents of or the box hox TlC They h heard heardS ard S him chuckle as aa he h restored It It- to his Ills pocket But did ho restore estora est r It lie iJu did not As M he rose roz to o go o out and ask the president of the road what In Texan ailed hIs Ills old train the r's rs Dire was wasl l 4 ard and fifty people It rose lose at once It Sit wu then that the box camo rolling roll MIl ing hu dov down along the liea Heat t to tn Mis S Why Vh Its It's his liS box she Sue d us as she picked It up Ul i Bring It Il along replied the sister t r. r 0 ill he Idea was tint th thy y s- s se Ie e tIle the oung young man at the tho train an 1 him himS S the tite box b x x but of ot course Coure they the didn't se 8 seV t thim him They They- look around for COI him In Inthe V V th the th car ar In In which they took toak t seat but buth butS S h i was not amor the f r rs What ah shall ll wo we d do dd with It asked tI l S Mite AUte MiteS 1 S 'S S 'S acc according to 10 the contents contenta was waa V S the reply Open the box V. V S t f Maybe they are ire troches troches' fo for hoarse'S hoarse hoarse- S 'S ness He looked Its It's something ald V And maybe else elCe I S the tI elder ulster sister S V They both gasped On Ona a n tied bed of or pink pinkS S cotton reposed a a. tone diamond ring VS from the el elder My stars er V SV S V sha ru from the younger T TWell r V 5 Well Wen said Mrs Alme Mmes as sh she sli held heM I up the jewel we are In for tor trouble S t S S S V sj Ve I We Ve must so go o to the both bother r ot of ad ad- V 2 and of ot watching the papers to see If he does dOls Wo We cant can't keep the ring of course o No but but but- That young man mart will 11 make a a. crY very careless husband Why h Because he ought to have ha made sure that he lie returned the box boIc to his lila pocket and because he lie ought to have heard it fell Thi riia Is doubtless an engagement I ring and wh what t will his fiancee say when he without It IU But folks are losing things all the time still defending Not rings sister If I were the girl and he told me how careless careless careless care care- less he had been I 1 See here sl sister ter broke In Miss I never cr had a romance In nt my life and andI I 1 am almost 20 0 O years old a n widower 67 years old of offer tel you his hand and heart a n month ago And didn't I tell teU him to go o to Ballyhack Bally- Bally Ballyhack Ballyhack hack Give me the ring and Ill I'll go to all alt the trouble there ma may be And SAnd you'll ou think of the poor girl waitIng waiting wait wait- ing and we weeping for tor It Yes J V And If you meet the young man you ou I W wont won't nl try to cut her out I No uNo Then talc take It It Miss MUs Mile Allie advertised ad the ring Neither elther the young loung man nor nn lne else came forward to claim It Th The nearest to It was an all man with a n stiff knee knie c. c You advertise that you found a Q dill dia mond ring ho lie began V I Yes fir air It w wasn't a package e sir 11 No So A safety razor to shave shave- safely with No UNo sir Ir Just Just a diamond ring Just that sir Ir ir Well I dont don't know what In Sam Saru Hill HillI I am going to do without that razor My 1 wife says sas I can shave e with a Q butcher knife but what does a now about shaving I think young bd lady you ought to have made that advertisement plainer It say a diamond ring was asked Yes uYe It did cUd but It didn't say vot ot a a. safety razor and I came down n h 1 ire re with high hopes and am out 45 IS cents od railroad d fa faro fare rt Its too bad V So the world go goes J. J Let Iet t a ma maS S V t. t a a. stiff knee and everybody t him down I never shall than nee ace I e that razor gain again aln In this hard world V When hen a we week k had hod passed paned and there had been one call enil for or the tile ring MI s Allie began to hope that sh she might meet the thelo lo loser rr f face fI to face Bh She was sure suro he had taken her train that day da and lived somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where along the line life and she found cx- cx filS cumes for tor going to the elt city quite often oCtor and returning by the Fame same train she had hadon hadon hadon on on that momentous day da There were tre other young men who ho looked as s If it they might have lost nickels and pocket knives and suspender buttons button but the ring had vanished off ott the face of the tho earth When returning alter after her third or fourth trip Miss MIle Allie II said to herself Well he can Just go KO to pot whoever he tie Is A young oun man miln who doesn't read doesn't-read read the Lost Lol and Found advertisements In Inthe th the tho dati dally dail papers Is la a slow coach anya any any- way a And five thc minutes later No I dont don't pity the girl a single bit She hadn't ought to be engaged to such a n man mall He must have ha told her that he ho lost the tho ring but wh why didn't she tell him to hustle around and It Il or she would never ne marry him And once once more mote But maybe mabe when ho he h V VAnd told her she flew mad and gave him hint the bounce then and there and he has lost all Interest in girls and engagement rings No 0 matter mattei how It Is Im I'm not goin going to worry an any more moie about the old ring And two weeks t lat later r she had almost forgotten that she was carrying It tt around In tn her purse when she Sho and her sister started out one morning In tho the runabout Miss Mies Allie acted us as driver cr She knew kne all aU about it and that was the tho reason she shelan sheran ran lan over a n ho hog in tho the road Of or course counse tho the hog rose roie ro e up and of bf cOurse c urse tho the vehicle tipped over o on Us its side 4 I It cannot be said paid that of r nurse course Mrs Almes received ed a n broken arm while MUa Miss Allie escaped el with a bruise or two but hut such Buch was waR the fact And while they were cre lamenting and weeping who of or all the people of the United States should come along In his auto but the los loser r of ot the diamond ring I 1 am sorry to se see c you OU In trouble he said Fald and ll h he got bus busy at once V VIf I If Gilbert Denison had been slothful about tho the ring ho Imo made up for It now that there was an accident to straighten out The TIme first fir thing was to bind up the hurt of DC the sufferer the n next to Inspect the tile capsized runabout It uIt may not have suffered any damage at all l wild pull the young man man but we will leave It alone You wilt will both come to the village with me me and we will have that broken arm set Then I will m take Ike you 1 0 home and see that tha t time tile runabout gets th there re all right But If we could get word to Mr Almes Mmes bean Miss Mile Allie Wo We mustn't lo lose e n a minute seeing a a. doctor Interrupted Mr tr Denison And he lie fairly burned up the dust fj bf br the road reaching the village A doctor was fortuna fortunately found at once and after aI abIt a abit bit the bones were set and the tile splints In place I j lIss Mile Ante m meant ant ant to tell about the th ring on the wa way home but bul her sister Bister required all a t. t her r attention attentionS It was not until the latter was In bed bcd and the runabout h had d been brought home homo that tha t she found op opportunity op- op to sa say to Mr Denison on t hope your Josing the ring didn't break the en engagement en- en Ring Engagement he queried Yet Yea The Tho stone live diamond you ou lost lot In the depot In the city a Q fe few weeks ago Sister and I found It H and tilled the fact tact but you never ne answered rd Mr leaned a n post on the v veranda randa and laughed until he thought I the girl might take off offense nse and then he sobered up and said I bou bought ht that diamond diamond diamond dia dia- mond ring at Coney Island for or 15 IS cents I took It home hom to grandma and Just for fora a Joke I t her the stones 8 were ine lilt She knocked one of them out O and andI I had a R new ne pl piece ce of ot glass sat In and was carrying It home imme I never could think Just jUlit whre I J lost lo t It Poor old grandma Is 18 mourning yet et The engagement eng ring bought hought hou hl for tor Mist Miss Allie elx months month lat later r was wai 8 the genuine thing and md eo so eoas was as the tho one sh ehe presented grandma on th the morning of or the ceremony |