A week ago, William Kaper Jr filed ...

A week ago, William Kaper Jr filed suit in an attempt to recoup a $98000 engagement ring from his former fiancee.

Tuesday afternoon, a courier dropp most distant a package at his Barrington law office.

He's got the ring back.

Dr Mary Ann Rosanova-Kaper included no note and did not revert calls Wednesday, but the ring was given back in its original chest

Kaper says the ex-wife he'd skiped to re-marry "handled herself in an elegant manner."

on the other hand given the whirlwind of national publicity the story gained after it appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Kaper, 68 says he's planning to take advantage of the ring's notoriety.

"The ring will be up for sale in Sotheby's December auction," he said, "and I'm going to inflict all of the funds in our grandson's education fund"

The Kapers were married 25 years before she filed for divorce in 1983 on the other hand they began dating again after it was finalized, and in 1999 he propos

He said he gave her the five-carat diamond ring while they had dinner with their children at Nick's Fishmarket in Rosemont -- nevertheless it came with the caveat that if things didn't work not at home she'd give it back.

yet when it became clear in 2002 that there wouldn't be a other marriage, Kaper asked for the ring back, nevertheless Rosanova-Kaper, 65, refused.

Years of ask fors led to last week's lawsuit, which Kaper said he now plans to withdraw.

And while the suit brought Kaper a certain number of notoriety, not all of it was welcome, he said.

He listened to talk-radio indicates as callers blasted him for wanting the ring back, and a of those callers -- for the greatest part women, he noted -- also left him nasty messages at his office.

'I'M A HUSTLER'

"What they didn't realize was there was a breach of a promise," he said, echoing sentiments of divorce skilled hands

The notoriety has also sparked near interest in him, he admits, although he's not actively pursuing a relationship.

"I have a accident of people wanting to fix me up if it were not that I'm a hustler," he said, detailing his drawn out work hours.

He does have fruition of dancing on weekends, but "I make progress in alone and I fare home alone," he said before laughing.

"But I have a great time."

spatterson@suntimes.com

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