The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02
CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO FEBRUARY 2 1870.

alluslon TO the ring l wear-a ring-I take
this opportunity ofinforming you-whioh,
unlike the wits who have amused them
selves at ITS expense, is indebted for its
brlllancy to nature"
They hooted me; they heaped opprobri-
GUS eplthets on the name of Baker; they
laughed and talked me down.
"l'll bet five pounds its paste" said
so will L" said another. and II
"And ]"
So said eleven Of them.
Really, gentlemen" said l, II am sor-
" you should take the matter so much in
earnest. All 1 can tell you is, I believe
my ring to be diamond ring, and this,
notwithstanding I will freely admit only
paid very small sum for i"
They laughed and hooted me still more
at this admission. They said that settled
the question, and that it 10a8 paste.
told them l didn't think it was.
"Well, would bet2'
l would rather not
More hooting.
my scruples. The name of Baker is
| name too closely allied to the gentle breed
| (arms, four loaves, ppr-seient, quartered
crest, the doe, levant) to allow it TO be
wantonly sullied. I bet.
We adjourned to the jewelers..
"WlthoutqUestiOn, they were diamonds" 3"
/ the leweler decided some OF the finest he
haa ever seen" He ought to know, as
they were his property-hired by me for
the occasion.
Eleven fives is ffty-fve, gentlemen"
Having established the value of the
ring, and freed the name of Baker from
suspicion, paid for the hire of the real
gems, and had the paste stones reset in
their places, believing, after ALL the repu-
tation for diamonds to be as good as the
possession of them, and free from all anx-
| iety.
l was talked about, and noised abroad ;
it even reached the little back street, where
the pawnbroker lived. You should have
seen him.
Real shtones Omy heart Sheven-
! ty-tiye poundsh-dead robbery-clean
gone. o my bootsh and bones not to
know that folkshes do shometimes come
and pawn real diamondsh for pashte. she
as to have less interish to pay for taking
care of their ringsh. o my blessed heart
only think oft!
He came to me- He grovelled, and
wriggled, and twisted himself before me
He prayed me to sell him his ring again
20 my tere Mishter Baker you musht
shell it me, or shall be a ruined ole
mansh. The time wash not out, and Mr.
Shmit has come to redeem it. and he shayi
that it wosh a legacy, and if he doesh not
get it by Saturday next, he will ruin me
-sho help him, he will. OAIishter Baker
think of it twenty poundish-all in golC
-sholid money. Now, my tere, what d.
you shay ? thersh good mansh r
What did I say? Could 1 turn dea
ear to the distress of the old man Their
are people who might dOit, gentlemen, bu
not people of the name of Baker-not w
) H Baker I certainly did ask him 70
more money. We compromised it at las
at twenty-five ten, which he paid, part IL
sixpences and coppers, and owes me four
pence-halfpenny to this day.
, twenty-five, nine and sevenpence-half
r penny, and ffty-fve pounds, is seventy
seven, nine, seven and half Itjust pai
for the real diamonds for bought tn
E ones l had previously hired Of the jewelel
I, and had them set in ring the fac-simil
D Of Mr.. Blocks, except that the initials ar
: w. H. B.
] That was the only time I was ever swim
died, gentlemen, Mr.. Baker concluded
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