The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-08-12
MisteIIaneons SeI&rtiOns.
STORY OF A BIG DIAMOND.

adventures to be gone through now
adays; do you?" said my friend
Maxwell, the other night, when
wound up into a storytelling humor,
and the hour was that when won
drous tales are more congenial to
the mind than they are by daylight.
"Well, you're wrong. There's fel-
low at this moment in London who
unearthed one Of the biggest dia-
monds in the world, and that after a
series of risks the remembrance is
quite enough to last lifetime"
"You're joking, Jim,'' ! said, cor
you're finishing up one of your
fathers old tales. remember what
a wonderful talent he had in that
way"
mo, you're wrong again, what l
am talking about only happened last
year, and is positive fact"
Without waiting for my assent,
he at once settled down into his re-
gular storytelling tone of voice, and
after drawing a good light into his
pipe said,-
"You know young BogleY
"Do you mean Boyle ofBogle and
swallows the jewellersP
"Yes, young Boyle; not the old
man. Well, he knew an old jew
what dealt in diamonds, aud who,
albeit shabby-looking old fellow,
has correspondence in all quarters
where precious stones were to be
had. He lived in a miserable way
somewhere in one ofthe back streets
in Shoreditch, and as far as the
neighbors could say, had neither
kith nor kin,-his only attendant
being little orphan Jew boy called
Ephraim. One day the lad came in
to Boyle and Swallows and asked
for young Boyle.
"He's wanted very bad to go and
see old Jacob Ezra," he said to one
of the young men in the shop; please
to tell him my message
"In minute or two young Boyle
came down, into the shop, and ask
sd what was the matter with old
Ezra.
/" He told me to run to you and
ask you to come and see him, as he
has something very important to tell
you. It's diamonds, sir he whisp-
cred, but that's all l know; and the
old man s very bad, and says he'll
die, perhaps, before you reach him
young Boyle was fine, dashing,
handsome fellow, and now and then
heard of curious adventures connec-
ted with gems of great value; he was
quite ready to anticipate
out Of the common way
in this message from old Ezra, and
Jumping into a cab with young 1
Ephraim, was driven as fast as pos !
,ible into the city. Young Ephraim
ed the way into dirty old street,
md up to the old Jews room. He
vas lying on an oriental-looking bed
such as is used in India, called a
;harpoy, and was wrapped up in two
)r three old fur cloaks.
"'Ha! you've come 10 see the old s
nan; that's good. thought you /
you were amiable and kind ever
jince you helped me keep that poor
girl Miriam from the streets. She's +
lead now. She was of my tribe, i
md we jews stick to one another;
)ut we don't trust each other much
n money-matters; we trust no one; l
md wouldn't have made up my I
mind to tell you what am going to,
f the job could be done any other S
way. Iphra,' said he to the boy, /
Who was squatted on an old Persian a
'ug;-Iphra, my son, hand me the t
herbet, and leave the room v
"The moment the boy left, Jacob f
ook young Bogle's hand, and his
'oice changed from the usual wheed- J
ing tone of his nation to one very
liferent; his eyes flashed, his hand
rembled, and he talked quickly and c
,xcitedly.
g 1 may not live through this i'll f
less. l have q letter from Constan-
inople from one Of my people, who v
ays there is a diamond to be had, S
he like of which is only to be seen b
n one or two of the great parts of 9
europe. Diamonds are subject to
/ heavy tax in Turkey; and although