The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-06-02
Emma Abbott's Necklace.

a necklace has recently come into
Miss Abbotts possession. 1t once be-
longed to n noble Trench famil-, the
oldest son of which was forced to fec
the country on account of his debts of
honor. America was, of course, the
happy land chosen by the festive French
man to abide in until his trespasses were
forgiven or forgotten. So, one fine day,
he landed in New York with his "host-
age to fortune" in the shape of a wife
and two small children but in spite of
the hostages, fortune refused to smile
upon his ventures in speculation, and
his hrst slip on the ladder of life seemed
to make the descent SO easy that he new
er paused until the owner of n bank he
had broken iorcibly persuaded him to
do so by running a knife in his side.
The widow gave n sigh of mingled re-
lief and SORROW, assumed modest mourn
ing, and prepared to return to her native
land. Nobody hindered her but on
counting the little money left, she found
It not near enough to pay for the passage.
From time to time during her husbands
career every article of luxury and value
had been parted with to purchase the
necessaries of life. Only one remained,
and that she could hardly think OF as
possible to sell-a diamond necklace. an
old heirloom in her husbands family
one that his mother and her mother be-
fore her had clasped round their white
necks on their wedding day-and she,
too, had worn it when fresh from her
convent life, dressed in her bridal robes.
Henry de Marchand had claspcd it about
her throat and saluted her playfuliy as
Madame. But at that time no wires
stretched across the broad Atlantic.
Messages of love and enmity, death and
disaster, came slowly over the water in
stead of flashing along the wires SO the
widow, feeling that she could not wait to
send an appeal for help and receive a
response, sailed out to get what she
could for the necklace. Store after store
vas visited, and after being regarded
with suspicion, and offered a mere pit
lance for the ornament, she was about
to return home, when the thought struck
her that perhaps she might get some n
in Tifiany's TO look at it. She bravdy
retraced her steps, entered the store,
and, opening the well-worn case, com
menced NICE more her story, but this
time in the hearingo of Il superbly-dressed
woman, who advanced as the widow was
about to display the necklace and asked
to see it.
The diamonds were fine, well cut, and
;he setting good, the shopman said, after
a careful examination. Without anoth-
- "CAN NbS AaNy ilNlNCd Nllc ONl ItT Ol
the necklace to drive to her husbands
office, and the upshot of it all was that n
wealthy banker, with love in his heart
and money in his pocket, paid the any
ious widow $4,000 for the glittcring or
nament. That necklace has nestled in
soft laces and shone on black velvet nj
many 4 ball si1"e her but one fine day
fortune took it into her head that she
was growing too idle, gave her fateful
wheel Il turn, and behold the owner of
the necklace as poor as the sister woman
from whom she had once bought it.
And so it came to pass that Mr.. Wcthcr-
ell, out of the depth of his affection and
purse, bought and presented ~ his
bright, particular prima donna the dia-
mOnd necklace.
The ornament is composed OF three
hundred and ffty-seven] diamonds, made
first into plain chain set in square blocks
Of gold. Through the ccntcrof this runs
L large coil Of the precious stones, suppl.
mented by other coils diminishing in
size, and from their lower edge falls a
shower of pendants, long and swinging,
giving, when IN. the effect of n rope of
ERE around the throat, radiating in every
direction. This is worn with n heavy
diamond cross, in which the gems are Of
unusual size.