The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-04-02


propose, each one with the secret deter
minatiou of inventing such a dream. as
would demonstrate to his partners that
Mohammed's decision was clearly in his
own favor: As. for the author Of the
compromise, he not thinking Tor. one
moment Of the dream 'hee$- vas 4; to relate
10 the morning; but having placed,
without 'bsing perceived blythe Others,
conception inItheir eupsj bs saw, With
sadendieh jcy,s the, two CONS IF ahis
motasetswrithine with; the tornents Of
abodly pain and disappointed .avatice.
Leaving their carcasses to be devoured
BY the sultares,t and having becoias,the
:scbe posaessor Of; ;auaimmshse fortune,
~ mopntsd'his camel, land having sold
him ~ the way, disguised himself ara
begg.r., On his ..srivalvin CONSTANT
nople, after long and perilous; journey,
BE- there took passage on a Dutch, vessel
bound for Amsterdam, Keeling certain
that ! hat 4 Tho latter place he was out Of
the rc,ch Of punishment; for tho: crimes,
he gave out on big arrival that he was
an Eastern jeweler,. and informed the
ambassadors of the various courts that
he had some magnificent. diamonds for
sale. =
The fame # the Moon Of the Noun
:alns and Of the Eye Of Allah had ex-
tended to. Europe. Il. It,was known tlat
they had been long in tire possession Of
the Persian noDarchs, aud. that after
the murder Of Nadir schah, they had
been stolen by some soldiers: who had
disposed Of them without being aware
Of their yalne. For months, for years,
20 purchaser called on Chafras. The
dlist offer b had came from Catherine
IL: Of Russia, From tho knowledge
possessed by the Court: Of: St. Peters
burg Of the affairs Of: Persia, The true
value Of tho Moon Of the Mountains
". not unknown 10 the palace of the
semi'amis Of tho North: ch.ft.. de-
claFed that he ~ould not part with his
famous diamond unless they gave him !.
patent'of nobility, i've 'hundrcd thou.
sand zroubles, payable in ten yearly in
st.ilmeots, aud = pension of ten thou
sand roubies during his lifetime.
Catherine did not relish these terms,
and she commanded her minister to in
,ite the pretended merchant to St..
Petersburg, in order that the crown
jeweler might examine the diamond
and appraise it At its true value. On
the other hand the crown jeweler was
directed, in the event Of bis coming, to
delay the conclusion OF the bargain as
long as he could, while he lulled the
suspicious of the Arme nian by con-
stautly holding out before him the
prospect Of a1speedy conclusion of the
bargain, and in the meanwhile to lead
him into every kind Of debauchery and
dissi ipasiou '"'@s'''''
Chafras was induced to 60 to St..
Petersburg, and when there readily fell
intos stlie snare ID i set Tor Rim: IL / lev
days he had exhausted all his ready
money, but, as everybody knew that he
had some tine diamonds which the EN-
press was desirous Of purchasing, his
credit was unlimited everywhere, and
he was soon very deeply in debt.
|. This Vas exactly what Catherine and
her minister expected. AS the laws Of
Russia forbids q foreigner to leavc the
empire without paying every debt he
owes, they hoped thlt d i |. soon bis
ersdistozs3 i y became ,s9e ecie.s@y ;,ss,ereee
md troublesome he would be glsd to sell
his diamonds'at any 'piice.' When, as
they thought, shis:m moment had arrived,
tho crown jeweler was summoned b,
the minister, and directed to tell the
Armenian that the insolent proposition
he had darsd to make to, her Majesty
could not be thought Of; and he was
also instructed to offer in his own iudi-
vidual name, one-fourth Of the amount
asked for.
Cbafras wa a shrewd fellow, and he
understood At once what vas going on.
"AllahI y. great" !" said he, 10 himself;
"and Mohammed is bis prophet. These
Christians dogs wans to steal my treas
IRE, for which I have sacrificed NY
s,ul, but Twill show ahem shAt = sri .
believer j. more than a match for the n
all put together 'ajsas.4!esa1 10 sezHoa .i3i
With pdromptt pdr decision hes teiigned !
tilliugnees2to soil the Neon Of the
Mcuutaio.. il. even At thevrodseed pri'o
| offered, whilst he ~ secretly disposing
/ Il hi. less v.la.bl. ksaa.; .nd, having
| paid his debse;hs concealed himself 90
Board Of : vessel that vi .bodt to sail,
| md lsit without his departure, beipg
known i until ths; vessel had been many
Iday, odt. The minister almost 'fslnted
when Catherine sent for him, and tell.
|ing him that she had made up her
mind to have the celebrated diamond
Eat any cost, gave him the option Of pro
1icuring it., or going to the minss ,oi
Siberia. .-....ss 50 ii d 81 IL
T .Hniiiiilillias wliile sent IL every direc.
tiea, but years elapsed before they