THE POWER OF LOVE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8878, 14 May 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE POWER OF LOVE.

" I've heard of a girl pawning her engagement ring to buy her lover a Christmas present, but I never heard anything stranger than a story told me while out West recently," suit! the barber, as he stropped his razor the other day. In a combination jewellery and pawnshop a diamond pin was exhibited for sale. It caught the fancy of a young lady. The more she gazed on the pin the more she wanted it for the man she loved. " She went home and got all the money she possessed. Coming back to the store, she asked the price of the pin, and found it a few dollars more than she had. *• ' Haven't you any old gold that you can turn into cash ?' asked the jeweller. 'We will buy old gold at any time.' "The girl thought a minute. Suddenly she brightened up and took a set of teeth from her mouth. The plate was of solid gold. "'Can't you use that?' she asked the pawnbroker. " ' I shall have to weigh it,' he said. " ' All right.' " ' And to weigh it I shall have to knock the tooth off.' " ' Knock them off, then.' "The broker did so, weighed the plate and found that its value made up the lack and 93 cents. " The girl took her 93 cents and the diamond, ana went out with a handkerchief over her mouth."