Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-22

scandal and talk at the time that IN,
mother was the mistress Of the Dasha OF
/ Egypt. The daughter had been finely
educated In Paris and London, but losinp
her mother came to America, lust
after the American revolution, and
married young man named James
Clark.
COULD III HAVE BEEN THE PIGGorr Ola.
MoNp?
But what has all this got 70 do with the
diamond found by workman on the Nc.
Farland street crushing.machine Slmplv
this: Any one yersed In diamond lore. or
with the history OF precious gems, knows
that toward the close OF the last century
the celebrated Piggott diamond was sold
to the pasha OF Egypt for the sum OF
100000 Its weight was eiehiy-two and
one.half caTats. Late Ia the last century
the diamond was sold at lottery for the
sum OF $l50,0o0. IL was afterward bought
by Rundell & Rudgo for $50, 900, and
by them sold 10 the pasha. All this can
be learned by reference to Emmanuel on
Diamonds" page 81, and the author adds
that the present posseesor OF the diamond
Is unknown;
HOW SHE COULD uAvR GOT IT.
Now, what more likely thing than
that the pasta should present his English
love with this treasure, after the lavish
manner Of Eastern potentates, or, per-
haps she appropriated II herselfp When
her daughter went to Europe to be edu-
Gated the mother, probably feeling
certainly hoping-that one day
she would return to her native land, and,
at any rate, wishing to secure her daugh
ter beyond any peradventure,g gave her the
celebrated diamond. The daughter
would surely be safe and secure from
want, and In the event Of her mother
Joining her the sale OF the precious stone
would certainly keep them In comfort for
the rest OF their days. The diamond was
lost in ls06, but how could 1t have be-
come embedded IN the center Of bowl.
der2
HOW THE GRM CAME DOWN rHR RIVER.
Nothing easier. Lying in the sandy
bed OF the run ling water, probably In a
secluded spot, accretlons OF mud and
sand would gradually form about II and
packing tight, the diamond would, as
years rolled by, become firmly imbedded,
while the rolling water would make the
bowlder smooth and hard. When the
river freezes huge powders FRI quently
become ATTACHED to cakes Of ice, and
when THE river breaks are carried bg the
floating ice HUNDREDS Il miles down the
river
WHAT JAMES RYAN SAYS,
"Thera are found to-day ON the Dayton
bar" says Mr. James Ryan, who he.
been engaged lifetime In the quGrryinl
business from Wheeling to Cincinnati
and who has charge OF the bowlder
crusher, 'large powders formed from
Beuna Vista freestone that is found nine
ty miles up the river. In Cincinnati Il
found gray limestone; at Moscow, blu,
limestone; at Beuna Vista Preston,
overlays limestone; at Pomeroy overlsy
ing freestone covers sandstone, and so OF
all the nay up TO Wheeling
is 1T POSSIBLE
Who shall say, then, that the damon,
found in the crushed bowlder at the Nc
Barland street machine is not the cele
brated Piggott diamond that toward tn,
! close Of the last century merely found ii
.. way to Egypt, snd probably by Luell
Clark brought back over the ocean to th,
New WorldG For nearly hundred year
does 1t lay In the bottom OF the Ohio, nov
at last TO come to life through the luck q
| common laborer.