Litchfield enquirer., 1870-12-22
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 IN SEARCH OF HRR DIAMOND. F-~ It is told of Eugene She that when, he wished to yield himself utterly to the ere. atiYe God, he always wore. npoa his finger diamond ring. as quick kindler Of in spiration. He never wrote without that
 ring. Its long, magic ray heightened on and on, 10 the last steps of the Wander. ing Jew" It came to Polianthus one day
 that such diamond would do no less for
 her. Often and often had she rested her poor head wearily upon her hand, wishing so vainly that inspiration would come. In
 her dreams she saw herself successful au thoress-the visions which haunted her l imagination had taken .on "a form divine and had gone forth to gladden. and instruct the earth. But in this every day world I the cold breath of criticism chilled her, l and the reputation of successful rivals awed her. and nothing looked bright or l glad to her in life. She wondered if dia- mOnd would reveal 10 her the hidden spring of inspiration she could find it [ the ''open sesame" to the world of thought and knowledge-if by it's gleam she might some day see herself equal in power with all the poets and authors she now worship- ped and envied, afar off So wondering and questioning, she fonnd her answer one night on Uncle Gregory's bosom. Uncle Gregory was smoking-that is what he is usually doing. Polianthus didn't see the smoke on. him. What she saw were myr- fad flashes of prismatic fire and one long, tranquil, steadfast ray of light, striking out and on from bsd of snow. knf It was Uncle GregorY,s diamond. Po!i- anthus leaned her 7ad on her hand, and followed that way. It bore her backward and inward and on. It pervaded her with its own marvellous life. What part it had played in the history of the world the diamond! What kingdoms and thrones it had boaghtl What hearts it had sold! What honor it had battered! What feasts it had garnished! What heads it had crowned! @f
 Along that way from out the eternity of the past, came procession ofssumptuous women diamond-decked.s Aspasia, Cleopa- tra, Mary de Medicis, Margaret of Anjou, Isabella, Elizabeth, Catherine, Marie An toinette. .t 0+ s..a.s
 It was Uncle Gregory's voice that recall ed her. " F
 You like it, don't yoa?" p.
 "What?" 4.
 "My diamond you 've gazed at it with out stirring for the last half hour. Do you want one?"
 "Oh, Uncle Gregory, If you only knew how much!"
 Uncle Gregory, bless bis bald head, has virtue marvellous in man. In another moment little sPolianthB had received a promise and orders for the morrow to s'go to T. Steele & Son and choose it"
 Polianthus spent sleepless night. Next morning morning found her in Main street She proceeded rapidly ut first. but was seized with fit of meditation at the door. Here sine had come in search of her dia- mond, but the open doors showed such a marveI oI Wonas1asa"Sessf E!s,ahtel if she ever could find it. . ,,.-o
 She came to a solemn resolve to tell no one what she wanted, for when she saw, she was sure she should know it.
 She entered. On all sides, large cases of silver of beautiful shapes and designs. met her eyes. Farther on, clocks ana statu- cites and bronzes; and fairy goods from France and Austria and Germany. She paused long before some wonderfully beau tiful bronzes from far off Munich, and wondered if they reaHy possessed the mys- ferrous power of driving away evil spirits which the Ancients attributed to that ''sa- cred metal" She thought of the 5000 statues in Athens and df the many more in Rhodes, Olympia and Delphi, and deci- cided that those natiois possessed true love for the beautiful, when they estima. ted the wealth of theii cities by the num- Der of statues they contained. She gazed enviously at the many elegant and curious clocks, thinking hoy charmingly time would pass for her ! measured by such
 'things of beauty" Then the gems fash ing out of their mhy. .colored welcome, caught her eye. Opas from the Siberian snows; coral from thu Mediterranean reefs, amethysts, purple as crystalized wire, and rubies, with deep burning hearts celestial sapphires, and pearl clear and beautiful as If just dripping fom the waves. lovely cryoprasus, sardony xand moss agates and exquisite cameos, cut with a delicacy and clearness wonderful to see. Here they all were, lying side by ide, in those long ca. ses of polished glass wrought in sets and lockets and rings, fl to grace the person of any queen. Lasi of all, the diamonds 70 how they fashd! Polianthus held her breath in wondf. One by one by one she lifted them, adliring their wonderful beauty and clearnef, till at last she spied one g.eaming fromlits bed of azure, and loved 1t at once-l $500 diamond. How translucent ana pVe! How clear and fair and soft it's ray! low warm and true and ever-kindling it's Inward flannel How it will rest her when her hands are weary How it will kindlaand inspire her when inspiration droopfand creative power flags fowl alsaalUsa H assa8 atN 0@
 Thank you, sUIcle Gregory; dear, old, large-hearted Unte Gregory. Polianthus
 will never again alaze you by gazing at your immaculate hirt bosom. Ei s9I
 The world see1d very bright to Poli- anthus as she aln4st danced home again
 with her diamonPn her finger!
 No doubt we shll ell read, ere long. the
 proof of her ssi1piration."
 | Es tafasE#. ---N---$-~ ~~----------- 81 E8 | A SLEEP1Ess kcRETARx.-The following
 is told of Sar Etn Nepeau, formerly un-
 der secretary state of Great Britain:
 One summer mint he was affected with an
 unaccountableble bleeplessness and being
 quite weary oIlying awake. he got up,
 dressed, and Nht out at o'clock, A. M.. i strolling aimldly, more from daily habit l than any thinleise, down in the home of-
 flee. Enterinjhis private room, his eye l caught the folWing entry in a memoran-
 dunn book: Ireprieve to be sent to coin-
 CTS ordered fl execution at York" Al. l though he knF that he had done his own II At |. 1D.~