The Moorefield Examiner

HERE IS RING
THAT ALWAYS
COMES BACK
Fish Brought It From Sea
and Parsnip Rescued
It From Earth.

Chester. N. S.--This is a story of
buried treasure, of sparkling gems
and gold lost and buried for many
years near Chester, N. S.

Nearly thirty years ago the British
sailing ship Cromartyshire and the
French liner La Burgogne collided of
Sable Island. La Burgogne sank in a
few minutes and hundreds of people
lost their lives.

At this time Lorne Nauss, a native
of Chester. was dorymate with a man
named Young. sailing in a bank fish-
erman out of Gloucester. Mass. While
dressing fish one afternoon, the
schooner being anchored at the time
somewhere on the western bank.
Young picked from the maw of a large
cod an object that gleamed and spar-
kled in the sunshine. It was a man's
ring of heavy yellow gold, set with
two fine rubies, one oval-shaped, one
square, cut in that smooth rounded
polish that gives the best color effect
Ring Given Up for $20.

Of course it was a nine-day wonder
among the crew and the ring was
greatly admired. When the crew were
paid off at the end of the trip Young
proceeded to celebrate as soon as he
Gleamed and Sparkled in the Sunshine.
got on shore, and in consequence
found himself without sufficient funds
to pay his way home. He borrowed
$20 from his dorymate and gave him
as security the ruby ring.

Nauss kept the ring for years. but
it was never redeemed. In the course
of time he quitted the sea, married
and settled down in Chester. Occa-
sionally he wore the ring which had
such an unusual history: but about
twenty years ago it mysteriously dis-
appeared. Diligent search was made
for it without success; finally it was
given up as lost and was forgotten.

Finds It in Parsnip.

Nauss devotes his leisure time to a
fine vegetable and flower garden. One
day not long ago he was busy pulling
parsnips to store for winter when his
attention was attracted by a gleam
as of metal half-way up the root of
one of the plants. Examination dis-
closed the long-lost ring. firmly im-
bedded in the vegetable.

The square-shaped ruby was miss-
ing. and a tiny crack was beginning
to show in the narrowest part of the
ring. due to the growth of the root it
encircled: but otherwise the ring was
in as perfect condition as when lost
twenty years ago.