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TU R ir.UJfcTKATTD F F A T W K SECTION September 12 , 1 ÍKI 1 The $10,000 Diamond Ring Story of a Big Shot Num bers' Baron who Liked his Girl Enough to G ive her O ne. _________ _____ M f l H A $10,000 Diamond Engagement Ring was only another Gadget to Chick Smith, the "Numbers'' King, but to Lisa Blake it was a Golden Key to Love, Marriage. + diamond rln#. A lurK«‘. beautiful« rpmkliMK w in It uu.n '|*|ir ntroiiK Khiir of the nun won rfflfctrd from Ita nmny facets In u great nurgr of light. Offhand, you would nay th at It h.WI cant n for tune. C ertainly you would not a t tempt U> rMlmut«* how muny thou* Minds And If you hupiwned to know the girl ut a ll, you would not have u g n a t d ia l of trouble In guessing the sourer from which the ring hud come One man and only one in thin part of the country could have bestowed M i d i a royal gift upon Lina Blake Diut m an wan Chick Hmlth, "big I.t hot ’ racketeer and numbrrii man. | C hirk Hmlth had money and he I didn't rare who knew It. Nothing was Hwiftly the trim little (0 0 good for those whom lie prized excursion steam er plow 1 I.I mi it lake wits one of those, and not her way through the even her dem and for a monstrous afternoon h e a d i n g diamond ring had dimmed his devo ntraight Into the narrow tion The ring had been hern for the roud of gold rant upon asking. That wan Just like Cluck the rippling water by the i to give unM intingly when there was hot nun above Her e n muoli to hr gained. And that wu* gine« purred noftly; her > Just like I. imi to a*k deck« vibrated but Might* • • • ly w ith the lieat of the Chick »».' on the boot Unit a ftrr- plntonn Moft. exotic lim i noon I jm > hod loot him aotnrwhere ile drifted up from her lo t » ro ll leaving tlir w harf mol ar-| lower deck, where d an c livin g *1 tlrow ii'a Grove down thr With a deft twist she calmly drew the rintr front her Word* fitte li M issprllrd ing won In progress. The ( 'l>raa|irmkr llu y. but ahr knrw that finyrer . . . then calmly tossed it overboard. Com edy, only one ni. faint clink of china came If ahr wuitcd long enough. he would from her Mem, where turn up And ahr wan rl|(ht W'ords O flr n M isp ron ou n erd I lowed up beneath the surface of the ; Im itation of the ring he «avc me luncheon wun being Hr greeted h rr happily, bolatrroua- H oste li y. Pronounce h os-tel-rl, 0 And there's no use telling him now. nerved. j ly rv rn , when h r apird h rr Irun- water. as In “of,' not as In "no." accent tirs i Along the high railin g mg nifainat th r drek rail u ftrr u dip Fur a moment the two w rrr silent ts there, honey?" -L ISA .'' which (unrounded the up III the bay. Hhr smiled a wan grect- .T he «Irl spoke first. syllabìe. per deck m any of the rx - ,ln « . Synonyms "C hirk.'' she m urm ured. "It s «one " curMonlxtn had gatliered. I l lr tried to tak r h rr In Ilia arina R eiresh, renovate, revlve, recreaMb "It doesn't m atter, honey. I sim tome to l<H»k out over the and kiss lirr but h rr farr waa rloudrd. Invlgorate. water at the bright fol | and ahr pualird lilm « n itty aw ay, aa ply UiouRtit you'd like It. Most girls Word Study luge upon the whore, sonic j th r boat movrd out from the ahorr would. I should have known you W olds Often Misused PERMEATE; to pass through th » to look at the bright blue and started on lla way home. most porcs or l.iterstlres of. "W ater per- Do no! say, "Is your work were different." sky a ia l feel Ita aprii; "W h -w h a ts th r troublr, honry?" m eates liie ground.” fin ish ed ’ ' S ay. 'almost finished." "C hick—?” nome m erely to chine their Iir itakrd tirr. ryen and dream. “Yes, honey?" ' ! She frrrd h rrarlf from Ilia anna Una Blake Mood upon , and lu .n rd to look allrn tly out ovrr "I'm sorry. Honestly.” th at upper deck. Hire th r w ater "Don't be I don't mtnd. It Isn't leaned again: t the railing la tlir r r a o m rllilii« wron«. Bugar- th r diamond ring I love. It's—It's where the wind blew focit»?’’ h r plradrd you." strongest llr r tanned I Hhr nodded w rurlrdly "D arling ■" 8 h r threw her arm s brown face wan turned ••Tlir rln « ahr amd. undrr h rr about him . He drew h er close and. Into the brrere. which not breath. bendliiR down, kissed h rr lip*. Infrequently lifted up her A few moments after the boat “W hat's happened to It. honey?” M ark-blur h air and twirled It out "N othin*,'' ahe al«hrd. "Only I docked th a t n ight. Chick carried U sa home In his car after she hud po tir hind h er. W hen a sudden gust c a n t w rar It an y longer I c a n 't!’’ litely refused a ride out through the “It's a swell a|Hirkler, a in 't It7" »lew arnia« the water. Mie steadied “Oh. it isn ’t that " s tir turned to park first. nene If ugulnM the railin g with long, ward "I'm tired.'' she said “So much him now. and tlirrr waa a faint iletuler, w ell-kept hands, and It w«.s I rare of a tra r In h rr ry r. "It s It's lias huppenrd today. I don't know where I am or an yth in «. So let s go I hen t tint you MW she wore upon what |k'oplr think '' straigh t home. I've got some things And what do th ry tliln k ?" to do before I «o to bed " "They thin k, d arlln «, w lirn th ry She dui have sonic things to do. are that rln «. that you're try ln « to buy me W illi money, I m ran, and Not the least of them was the letter. “D arlln« Jtm nilo (It read*: Jrwrla, In.-.(• ad of love '• “H urray! It's happened. Our plan C hirk laiiKlird rulm ly. At last, honey, ' Wlmt do you rare what |N-oplo worked beautifully we ll have enough to run aw ay and t h in k ' ' « r t m arried on. Goldstein, the Jew el • The lustrous hair you "I've gat to care, C hick.” “Forint people. Fornet everyth in « er, says th r diamond rln « ts worth wish can be yours always, if you ten «rand . Isn't th at sweet? but Juat Hull we re here together." use Poro Hair Grow er end Poro P a rtic u la r w om en a ll o v e r "Chick, the poor palooka. never ev “I can't. 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