The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-10-23
Where Did the Diamonds Come From !?

A gentleman told jeweler to maru-
facture twelve studs exactly like his real
diamond one, only to use imitation dia-
monds, and in place of 1Sk gold to use
highly polished brass for settings. The
studs being finished, our friend depos-
tied the valuable stud for safe keeping,
and placed one Of the limitations In his
shirt and the balance in his pocket. 1t
being late, he leisurely proceeded to his
room. The gentleman's room being on
the ground floor, the room was supplied
with inside shutters THAT had already
creaked many times since his valuable
purchased. Pretending to be very tired,
the gent pulled Off his clothes and turned
the light SO low that the room was
almost In darkness. Then. without
closing the shutters, he proceeded to
hang the shirt on the window, leaving
the glistening stud on the bosom,
upon which the faint rays of gaslight
dazzled and flashed as the summer winds
waited the material from side to side.
Then he lay down where he could see
the movements OF the shirt. He did not
walt long before Its actions became very
lively, In fact 1t finally jumped clear
through the window but was gone only
a few moments when it came flying
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at once picked 1t up and placed another
five-karat. glass diamond stud upon the
somewhat soiled bosom. He found the
button hole considerably elongated, no
doubt caused by tine hurried manner In
which the former stud had been removed.
About midnight our friend fell asleep,
having placed twelve studs in that shirt
mont, the last Of the number not being
hard to get in but were difficult to keep
in, as the button hole had extended from
the collar to the end of the bosom, with
prospect OF going on to San Francisco
or New York to purchase fall and win
ter goods. The following morning the
gentleman proceeded to the jeweler, and
having adjusted the real gem on an i'm
maculate shirt, started out to await de-
velopments. As he entered the hotel he
was surprised to notice that the proprie-
tor, the bell boy and the porter were
each wearing flve-karat studs, and as
the cook passed the window there glist-
ened on his dirty blue shirt diamond
OF the same size. Our friend thinking
the thing rather bold, applied to the city
detective for assistance and had given
MIN about half the necessary informa-
tion when, as the detective threw open
his coat Eye thunders, could his eyes de-
ceive HIM, there sparkled 5-karat da-
mono: thinking there must be some
mistake, the gentleman at once pro-
ceeded to the Mayors office. He was
told the Mayor had gone to open the
Police court. Being by this time much
excited, he rushed In to the court breath
less and excited. The sight instantly
left his eyes and he CROPPED around for a
chair as he had been nearly blined by
the combined flash from the remainder
OF the 5-karat studs. The court itself
mad one on the bosom Of justice and
many of the honorable attorneys were
posing SO that the jewels might show to
the best advantage. Our friend now
concluded to drop the matter as his only
real loss consisted 10 getting that but
ton-hole repaired. Whenever the gent
stops at San Antonio he goes to see EN-
erson, next to the court house, and they
have hearty laugh over the IL diamond
few days In this city, and has left the
fine diamond at Emerson's, where Ii Is
for sale at bargain. Price. $500.