Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-31
THE GREAT RUBY OF GEYLON
 nv HOr
Book I,-THE Qvnsr OF THE GREAT RUBY.
BY "Q."

hear the first oi it in his last Will and Testa- mcnt'
 ''' An odd couple he continued, musing, to be mixed up together But we'll let them rest in peace I'd better let you have what was entrusted to me, and then mayhap, yell be able to form m opinon.'
 With this he rose and stepped back into the lighted room, whilst I followed. Drawing d bunch of keys from his pocket, he opened heavy chest of some dark wood intricately carved, which stood in ono corner, drcw out | one by one whole pile of tin boxes, bundles of papers and heavy books, until, almost at the worry bottom of the chest, he seemed to find the box he wanted: then carefully replac- ing the rest, closed and fastened the chest, and, after some search among his keys, opened the tin box and handed me two envelopes, one much larger than the other, but both bulky.
 " The small envelope without address, and contained $50 ill Bank of England notes. These were enclosed without letter or hint as to their purpose, and sealed with plain black seal.
 The larger envelope was addressed in my fatH>S's handwriting.
 To THE SoN OF MY HOUSE WHO, HAVING COUNTED ALL THE PERILS, IS RESoLUTS.
 Mcm-1O O. burned in 0ne hundred years | nOm MjS date. May 4tt, tH the pear Qr our Lord l HDCCt'I.'
 It Hkcwise was sealed with a plain black seal. and contained the manuscript which l herewith pin to this leaf of my Journal" Here Uncle Lovcday, who had hitherto read without comment, save an occasional intrrjrrtion, turned the page and revealed, in faded ink on largo piece of parchment, the rrritahc writing of my grandfather, Amos TrtnOwCth. We both unconSciOusly leaned further forward over tn" relic, and my uncle, still without comment. proceeded to read aloud uS follows ::
 From -tnl0$ TfTnO'reUt. Qr LdNtf3g, ia the fuTiSl or Iu1NjH,bru and County Qr Dorr1ceU; 10 S'uh d,$,rnddlH Qf mine as m0V inherit my trtulth.
 'lt U k7lotrn to you nly son. tha; though i,a this pdrrltDle mention Is made Qf great and StnpdSS ing Htulth SeeiIiHqlg but to be trOn Tor the ask iIq pet beyond dOtht tte dangers rhiCh 6eSet him lrho trould dy hS hd,td ttpOIl this dCp1nSe store in nut,t'e deIdly that almost am reSolred to HbIg the Secret rom me. and 90 to nlV Grdre NrgIGr For that not only heiere. but am treU H>S'Wed Ndt HOt lritltoW much Spilling Qf Blood itni L0&S Qf Human L(1e shall they oe enjoyed, u!%. hHriq loOkttI il the Fuce Qf Death thrice b.rpJF ere7' might Set Hand upon them, escaping 'ttC} lime bV Miracle and 0p t0lypit Qf1np S0tNS Irdtt. Yet considering that the Angel QT Hedren Is quick aud not l'ertJi9eftA 'udulg, hare deter n}tIlad not 10 do so trhOIy but in part a0dndOn- i'9 nlVSclft's TredS,p unrlghteOuSlp lcoll, per- Cn1re tt CIu'Se may so be dpped&e1 but commit
 
 0HI so raise q hIllPn House.
 "lo0 hJrjt mp Son 'rho may read hiS NeSSd0e, I tf,tUt tO COI$iie lCelj tue IP1S Qf yOlu- Course t'o5tjh tO VoU 'ntH1io'rn But to me they are h9:,,trI trrT trhO hare Nred q SinnN LUe ror the $0dt Gr Nj$ Q0j1t, aud no,r ttnd it but the n'tit tV G0H0l1uh tO mp lips For the rest mp Nt.rt iS 'rih God, nont lrhOnt I hu0lblV hope to o1tjia It,id0u, but uo yet. And erel the l HH!djHg QT Ne nHtple 'rdS trit1held n'oDe Ddrd, 0eIl1q Shetdr,' Qr Blood but not rom Solomon l ysTpy llyrb T;$itlF i3I Gold. SiIr1' aud Precious Stones but r1j tp Nt, GREAT RURY OF CEYLON, lcllOSe beauty iS uN },t itIrtjS Qrthe Earth / n1VSe(r haung I1olPd Hpou U, aud hn0,rtng u to be, as d11 .i!cirnt Writer saith, a Spectacle Glorious and i"itho'N COmplrt.
 "pr tii$ R9hy Ht" Tldreller Marco Polo speaks | S0EUty The Hiug Qf Seildn hath q Ruby the GjtuttSt and njo$t Br1N(hU Utdt erer 0r call | bt nt Ntt W0iIt, In lPnQth it IS q palm, aud | ijt fhjCi1fSS Nte thich1ieSS or q mans arm. In Sl Sl',,,'on'l'H H ercrd,M ne things Qr Earth aud | Qip 'ttA like Hnto Fire. NOHeV cannot p'nrhdSe U | "LthTrtSc Maundcvio teilS QT U, and h0lr the 1 G,tGt Kuhn 'rouId hdre U, bU 'raS rentSed; and So Ud"rr, Nie tlro gir3g rdrio,tS Si1eS aud both 1 pLh'i,oJ N tlI$tiy m NP ISldnd Qr N0cttrlPrd or Nr>IrtrI1. But UtiS Nm0'r, that in tue Island or C. t,t }TG$ TO'nid, 6fUlgloSt pr many Centtn'ieS end HoHQjt less it size than NeSe WI'ite1S tcolld | 1edrr U. Hct }jn' trceetnq 0U intagindtiOn JO1' | BfdiHYd,rl CpioIH'.
 ''ND,r thiS r1tbu togrlhty' ,rith much Tredstue bcSiFp VoU map qutn Iril1t the Grace Qr Hedren and bp ry,}otrUtg nay plain 'rordS, You }rtH 90 l J''onl NiS l0ct unto t1e Island of Ceylon, aud | Mt2't prUttti 10 Samanala O. Adams Peak. the SdIaF being the most notable Hnottrlt0in Qf the I$'dllf. From the Resting House dt the roOt Qr the ItdH YoH 'rjU then OStPlli f0|olrju9 the track Qr | tht Pilgrims, 'utH yOU hare passed the First Set | 0r lYtuinS Bet,rteJt UteSe and the Second there ljt$ $net Qf FO'|$t, in 'rhich still r0ll0,rg the track Vou trH come tO Tree Hie trunk Qr lChich h,EHrlteS UttO Sprei parts and d4dil UniteS. This Tltt' iS HOticPdble and cannot be missed. From is htr>e you n,GM pl0Cped 0t right angle to the 1 lt|.-'oiid ettQe Qr the track IOr MHty-tro pdCeS, and UOu lriN come 10 q StOne shaped like q Mans | Rt.Td tr great size bat easily nl0red. B,neath US >tUie lies the Secret Qr the Great R,tbV: and pet not dN JOr tue rest i$ gfJrFH on the Key, Qf lChch | u.r1ltiou shall already hare been made to pou 1 "Thc>t pypcutHiOnS hdre taken Ndt none may S}npriSe thiS Secret but its right llOSSeSSOr: and also Llt none DldY lcithoU due rejection under tukc NaiS task 1lGSIllch as lt is propheSei Ntdt | f'rrj as Ntt Heart Qr the Ruby Is Blood and it's | EYeS Flaming Fire. so shall U be 10 them that ,rouId rosSeSS it. Fire shall be their portion and ! B!ood their inheritance T1r erer
 "TFiS I0'UpheSg had. rom dn aged priest, tchoSe 1 bOltS lie heIledh the Stone, and upon tchoSe
 Strtt clasp Is the Spc9et tcriten This and all | else may God pardon. Amen.
 "Ht riSiteth the mjQutty Qrne Fathers upon the
 Children unto the Nl''d and
 JOiuIh Qe1lerdtiOn."
 1 To this extraordinary document was ap- pended a note in another handwriting
 "TAere IS little doubt that the Ruby nOlr in the possession Qf M Amos TrenO,reth Is the re7itdb ble 1 Great Ruby of tchich the trureile9' Marco Polo | speaks. Bat, hO'reref HiS may be, I EnOlc rom | ht testimony Qf mp Otrn eyeS that the stone is oJ
 HIe$tinahle tcOrh being Qf the rureSt colour aud
 ill Si-e greatly bfyond any R.by that erey Sd,c.
 The stone Is spoken Qr l addition 10 such tcriters 0S MJ. Trt7tO'reth quotes, 6y F1-idr JorddnIS tia | tue rOyHtte!tA cent,n'W, trhO mentions tt as so ldlVe that cannot be g'uSped il the closed hand ;; and Ion R1tItd reCHOnS tt as great as the palm O | q mans hand. CoSn1GS, as Jar back as $50 hdd hedld ell or rom SOpdter' aud it's E1ple extended
 10 the SirtePnN centluy trhP1'in C0rSdli ,crote Qt 1 ttrO rltbPS so luStIouS and shining that nep | seemed q fGHe Qt Hre.' ALSO Havton, in the | Thirteenth century mentions it, telling much the SGilt story Sir John Mdttldecile 10 the eject t2at trdS the special symbol QT sope,eigntv aud l tchcn held in the hand Qf the ne,ctpchoSen king l enftf'ced the recognition Qr hiS majesty. But, | tr1,t9edS HdytOn simply calls u the greatest | and finest Ruby in eriStence Mdunderue puts tt | 0t q Foot in length and Hre fingers tn Oirth Also 1 -.T0r hGpe made much inquiry concerning hiS M0ne-u 'cdS 'ceH HnOicH tO the Chinese rom Gne | ddyS QT Hlrera TSdng do,cRlodrd.
 ''H'. TTPROlrPth has lciselu NDrborne for Sd 6ety