, 1874-08-08
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HOW DIAMONDS SAVED US.
A Business Episode.

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A nua},oa. r,,rnt1o
| "A 1''tSAacSs Lplsoete'
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at tho tmo am writing about 10 vero 4
] strong firm. I Aay woro, bccnueo six years ago
No wound in tho tdntctn; and L 'tank;nn.boses
-; ct o,t,o f,rt,, ,,aara, nr,ar,,e, ii
ton 1n,simesa lifc 3or lin 1Tniic1 ste,aa A~ ,sas
'1"e raa'n1a9 my ~. 1nu on'tou ei1ses) "aa
closoa IN tho most honorable way. Iho part.
ners in tho l,otBa yroro two. Tho oldor aud
1,oal OF tho firm Ind sohnd mercantile olucn.
,,1, ,vna ar,,,,out,v ,cnunrcottyo nna x..,s
,.,as.a. ~; ,,,,, H.. ,,.,n'. n,. n.,'.
taotonsn muster or ,h'a !, BUSINESS. lug otaos
30 dvefjmaglnativc, ant1 rathor held to Tho idoa
that romance or tic Inventive faculty. when
c,,lc, fnto nor IN bds,,oae ,,a r, ,ccossitv .r1,c
trnIor hnd = aorornta r,o,, arr,,roS r,t1,ar @
ltko caoinot Of ,etr'osltles' t1nn ;banker'a
Office. You could 500 noht bronzes
tboro. bits of n,atolfca. ,icccs of armnr
.rT "a fov: . coo1 n)r,,rcq ryon,y,nvo
anu .,., 'uM 49,, 5Uoa ps'I ,.'sa:. Ivy
years Heo h"cli 'linss IN oAhlaosb oihco "ofo
thought rather cut Of place., A 1Btant rotativo
Of tho aouior partner Of tho house, + had tho
| entro cout1deuoo of boil, mombora or thu film.
40 ,on 1,onr f.o,,,,o ,an ~ ~ t., .,,o 1,o,,..
10 uHo uooa ilou NV aeo VI - ~ 1no Aouao'
telllaphctod. waa worry warmly attached to
both tic gentlemen, hut was ratlpr fond Of our
,vsior. -. .;,.. -,,rs':
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Ono almmer's evening, long utter Office hours,
private lotter-nook requiring indexiug. sh,,t
tnYsof up III the 1tuior's oll!co and commenced
,vor1, II .xoa r,tt,cr ,,tt NJ r,;oht ,vhor +1,o
younger mclnnor o. .tno nI.n ehte'oa' "oeenHe
q light in tho ollscc, Id ends " Us raa dolnlhE
from tho ferry. and forgetting you woro ut work
lore, camo in land he 'strotclaod Imsolf on a
1nun;o al II, u ,;aor t,o,, ,o,,, toal mi
comnon"n ronnn 1,if ho,,r NV rnrit az
.ssa ausho nnd ;nc ha'l a WV as1eoy s
awSv fin hnoEa ciosnG ia f,6or NJ tbc ~ rs ~
WIN ~ cras3, II, ,or1nr ] tns ,sniSc lin ""''
! j. lihroutl i" Id gati !: and tLon apked. "Toon
I'm vo,,r Freue,, do youP '''~N' 1>N''
VII thHi;,;l, Whdtlior 7 ayor viii he +ah,n to
cor,enn1n1 In tj,at la,,.ltnro m far "A 10 ro,:r
mvaof 1,sorul for tj1n Frofoh md 13otran h,ni.
ncsn + don't i,nnw.N
:" i;ycr roatl Eea,,tnarcl,aia~ II. ho 1uou;red
"a, Int nnly his ninya. T am hnt familiar
with nis ljle,. - '''''>|
;" Wiat tnaruffteent tl,ial oxistencoin
| ~ iiaw ~ 5@i inn,tiroi
!" liz yab morchaot and author. Carried on
tho i,eavieat n,erca,,tiin ot,eratinus and wroto
| iao cloyorost Of comedies. : AIado out lino of
4ss as ad sas Is. nt G 9'ay % al u tho 92s
! was Hoscoo' too. merchant snI historian ;: and
| lsolgers, poat aud bunker; Ls,nb, clerk aud
essnyist-"
l - 4AAY HG &c. T4H!tNA, 44L4ffHf}[tDT AttN
"but do not thinl; ordinary mon can do two
| thingB ut onco.-thero may bo exceptions" lie
laughed, and aad, ''T}lat is good comnlon sousp
| uut there arc mpu
Writ DUAL ExlsTEscEs.
| Now, hayo boon readug this lifo Of Doau-
marclais, and 1 have bcon dooply Interested in
tho oxertionn ho made III behalf OF our pcoplo
whon no sont arrns during tho period of our
| Revolutionary otruEEio." (which good action
ruined hin" I said and I closed tho safe, an,l
I was about going to tho door, when he bado mo
stay. Drawing q chair coao to tho table, aftor
! a Bhort pa,lAo i,o said to mo: 'sNow. liston :
For the lust six mouths lavc had vi, idea in
my head.-a secondary ono It is true, to another
which AaH .abaorbou my mind for yoarB. God
knows whether ..hayo this quality Of mind or
| not, but muAt toat it, Now, fhia is what 1 nu
| driving at. Fifteen yoars ago 1 vent to South
| America, You know my wife iH BRAZILIAN"
Hero ho sighed, and pauBed. There was u r,,-
| NOR that 10 did not live happily with his wilo
"WhlIo III South Amorica nn1o tho deepest
rcsearcllcs into tho history Of the aboriginal
racos. I went far behind tho times
OF the oil Asmarcs. Mango Capac aud
Oe!o nuaco arc to me US things or
| to-day. Modern roHoareh has Bottletl that
! tl1o pharaolB of tho Dib1e wero On near
to ue Utmost, c!,rouologicaly, rs Napoleon woa.
I Every DAY tho work started in Jsgyps hy Denon
and Lopsius shows ,s thut We are only ut tho
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