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Show 1 SHE LEARNS ITS VALUE. YounB Girl' Method of Dlirovcrlnj; Her lIiiKUKomoiit JUiir'm I'rlco. Two young girls dressed in stylish tailor-made gowns entered a State street ieweler's shop. They asked to sec diamond ringn and for a fVw moments mo-ments pretended to he very much interested in-terested in the gold circlets and their brilliants. All at once one of them fished in her pocketbook and produced a ring set with a most beautiful emerald. emer-ald. "Could you duplicate a ring like thisV" she asked. "Yes," said the jeweler. "Fdr how much?" The girl hesitated just tho least bit asking that question. Tho jeweler glanced at. a friend, winked and Mulled. He told her the price ami then the girl asked: "This is a rather valuable ring, isn't it?" "Yes, quite valuable." "Well, I shall see maninia first, and if 1 decide to havo tho ring duplicated I will let you know." "She'll nob be back," said the. jeweler, after the door had closed, "Happy creature! She really never Intuuded duplicating the ring, but she was mortally anxious to find out how much her fiance had paid for it. For that was her engagement ring, and you know she hud to know how much the trinket was really worth.- His depth of tiU'ec-tion tiU'ec-tion is largely measured by the aluo of his engagement ring. Now flic's happy. Did you notice the beatific expression ex-pression when I told her my price? Happv youth! They are prettv much all alike." |
