The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-06-25
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Dsalsra l.ssssa IN He6sstys
[AIta California;
.Buperintsndent Fillmore the. gentleman
Who useRthe largest sised chair IN TIE rail-
dihliiding. Il no dnds, but Ne hasta
IsHps investing this spare cash In dia-
m6nds, mot Geo much for personal sadorn-
mefif .asffor o convenient way Of keeping
6iysrspldiy Increasing wealth. About a
mbnth ago Mr.. Fillmore purchased BY gas /.
ught's nice-looking two-carat stone from q
gentleman named Schwartz, and thought
be had'got bargain, till close inspec-
ton by daylight revealed the fact that the
btone, instead Of being pure white, was OF
sa.beautiful straw color. As King Johns
beautiful custom of drawing teeth Is not
permissible In this great and glorious Re
public, Mr.. Fillmore knew that he had no
chance to get his money back, so he
said nothing, but looked so sad that his
first mate George tried to cheer him by In
venting impossible stories OF beautiful
young ladies who had expressed desire
to make the acquaintance Of the handsome
superintendent. MIR. Fillmore's sorrow
was gradually succumbing to the healing
influence Of time, when he came across an
item in some paper about an aniline dye
which If applied to an off-color stone had
the effect of making 1t a beautiful blue
white. An hour later he was in consulta-
ton with a chemist, and next day he ap.
peared in the Office with a lovely pure dia-
mond ring and exquisite setting He had
had his off-color stone dyed and reset.
1t was noon on Kearney street. The
sun shone with its usual glare and all the
ice-cream foundries and dcofTee corrals were
doing q rushing business, when into the
store Of Schwartz stalked majestically the
stately Fillmore.
"Show me some watch chains" said the
Superintendent in his haughtiest manner,
as he nearly dulled the Schwartz left optic
with the fash Of his diamond ring.
"What beautiful stone," said Schwartz
admiringly.
ooh, good enough, but don't like thC
cutting,n said Fillmore, carelessly.
sis it for sale" asked Schwartz, anx
iously.
swell, perhaps, If get fair offer.
don't care TO lose much on the thing" saiC
Fillmore, condescendingly.
Schwartz screwed a glass into his eye
and after examining the ring carefully
said with affected indifference, "Well,
might give 500 for It; 1t is not quite wortl
that, but thinl; can find a customer"
swell, the traffic ought to be able to beai
more, but don't care to haggle-you cai
have the stone," said Fillmore, in a tom
which conveyed the idea that he cared NJ
more for few hundred dollars than h,
did for the earth.
1t took Schwartz just ten seconds to gral
the stone and plank down the silver, ant
both parted tickled to death. Schwartz
was not so well pleased when next day hi
received tho following note:
"Swartz-DEAR Sin: some time ago yo,
sold me an oif-color stone for $50. As yol
intlmated 1t was pure white, presume yol
were deceived. When found out your llttlt
mistake had the stone dyed and reset at
cost OF S52. You took such fancy 10 Il yes
terlay that you paid me 500 for It. ] do no
desire 10 defraud you, so return you the SO
profit made on the transaction, less S52 cos
OF improving the thing and SO interest cur
fare and loss of tine
Respectfully yours,
j. A FILLMORE"