Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-08-18

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q Il can arrange this Cor you through ras
people and rs hare Exra's guaranty,
viii take your check on Paris, or Vienna,
or London. Is i naay suit you best. The
Pacha has agreed to ray me acommission
Fcn the sale; 80 that i settled. and YOU
have nothing 10 thank n,e FIR The great
thing is the risk in your getting the stone
ont of the eountry; for If you were known
10 have it about you. yon would run q
good chance Of being murdered, leaving
alone the probability OF the government
either confscating il, or fining Won b some
outrageous extent However, YOU must
trust TO yonr good fortune and now /
viii tell you about this gem. The pscha
is of q very old Tnrcoman family. who
have intermarried in olden times With one
Of the Mogul princes Of India; and il II
through them this stone came into his pcs-
session. Tradition sass thas Il 4 IL ssssl
Ter half Of the Koh-i-noor, which was
broken in two when il was first found Mt
Golconda. There is short inscription in
Persian on it; but what the words are
know not. 1t is as long and thick as the
first Joint of your thumb, is quite uncut.
and is jagged at one end, where there
seems to be n flaw. This you must look
to. If it is only refraction Of light from
rough point, it does not matter; but YOU
are doubtless an expert, and must Judge
for yourself. If you will come back in
two days, I will arrange for you to see the
stone, and will also quietly see how much
gold Lean collect among my brethren
''Boglc thanked the old man, took his
leave, and at the end of the two days was
punctual to his appointment.
benjamin received him kindly. and
said, see the stone thus: You will be ia
ken by kuwass Of the Pacha's, whom
you will meet in the suburbs, ON horse
back into the country. At night you will
return to the Pacha's palace in the out
skirts of the town; and if you approve of
the stone. you will have to remain there
till the bargain is concluded, as the Pacha
swears he will have no going backwards
or forwards 10 your hotel. for fear of your
visits being found out If YOU approve.
| will bring the money to YOU
/ This was settled, and on the eventful
evening Boyle met the Pacha's servant.
who Lad led horse with him, rode out
half dozen miles, and then back again.
/ He was then ushcrcd into courtyard
thence in long stone vsranda, up flight
of stairs, through doorway closed By
heavy curtains, into room handsomely car
| peted and cushioned. and told to sit down.
I'm about half an hour, during which
the silence and righteousness of the af-
fair began 10 tell on Bogle's pulsation. one
of the eunuchs-a negro of course-came
in and beckoncd him to follow Anoth-
er curtained room or two brought them
into small one mcanly furnished. in
which sat, on few cushions in one corner.
an oil! woman. The eunuch salaa,ned and
left.
You speak French 2 the woman said.
Yes, said Boyle; not very we'll
Il am the Pacha's wife's attendant, :
She said; and as | speak French l am
deputed tn show you something
''Out of muslin rag she took ont the
diamond. II sras monster There were
two or three good lamps in the room. and
Boyle. after long and careful examina-
ton, and trial in his scales, found il was
perhaps the fifth largest known diamond
in the world, and Of undoubted good wa
ter, although it was in quite a rough state
There were some chances. of course.
OF it not proving eventually-that is. after
being eut-of the first water; but Boyle
knew. from what Banjamin had said, that
he would get it cheap. and that the great
risk WIS not 80 much Is to its quality, but
IN getting il out of the country without its
being eonfseatcd. ..
What will you give?' the slave-girl
asked. u.s--
"'How much do you want p said Be-
gle.
"'This stone is one of the wonders of
the world said the girl Il. came from,
India, and has been in my masters fani-
" for dozen generations. Although of
fabulous worth, we will take 92O, 900 for
it, i..-.a
'Bocle had been prepared for hagg ling.
but this was staggerer. and after a great
deal Of talk he offered Is 600, which the
girl said she would report in proper quar-
ter. In the meantime she said. you
will sleep here, and in the morning mat
tiers can be concluded
'Bogle was taken by the eunuch Who
had shown him into the palace to room
fitted ny in the Frank fashion, and there
he passed a troubled night.
I'm the morning his terms were accep-
ted, and message being sent to his jew
friend. he duly came with the money, and
ii was counted over. Now came the diff
iculty Of dealing with the diamond. II
was not safe to carry Il abou, ones per
son, nor safe in the hotel; in fact, safe
nowhere. At last Benjamin advised Be-
gle to make mp two packets exactly alike /:
enc containing the diamond, another con-
taining nothing: the former to b sent by
post to Bcgle's friends in Paris, the latter
to be boldly carried By him to the hotel,
and deposited there FOE safety with the
landlord.
/ ''Bogle accordingly made up the two
parcels. and under the pre,ence of no.
knowing the way, requested that one Of
the Pacha's armed servants might show
him 70 the British Consulate. whcr, h
might intrust some one to post the p-e.
cioas packet as common commercial let.
! ter. This he managed all safely. and
with the false packet in his breast walked
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