BUYING THE RING.

Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1755, 4 June 1886, Page 6

BUYING THE RING.

The most amusing thing is to watch a man go in to buy an engagement ring for his sweetheart. He is modest. He feels that the shopman will suspect that he is engaged if he does not take care. He believes tbat the faintest suggestion of what he really wants is tantamount to disclosing the name of the girl aud all about their devotion. " Will you let me look at some rings i " Certainly, sir." A pile of male rings is laid before him. He pretends to examine them critically, but the expression on his face tells that he is quietly wondering how on earth he is going to get a lady's ring under the pretence of buying one for a man. They are passed over in review. He selects none. He walks over to another case. " What are these ? " " Oh, these are ladies' rings." " But won't they do for gentlemen as well ? I rather like that pattern." " Certainly," blandly answers the shopman as he shows them. At length the young fellow begins to try them on his finger. He never picks up one that will go anywhere near the joint of his little finger. The impassive shopman leaves him unobserved in his trying-on process. None seem to fit. At last, after a lot of thought and trouble, he selects one, has it wrapped up, pays his money, walks out of the shop, and if anybody were to follow him they'd find, him measuring the purchase by a ring that sticks ou the nail when he tries to get it on his finger.