The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-11-06
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WEDNESDAY,, NOV. 6, 1889.
IN WONDERFUL LUCK.
CASES WHERE VALUABLES WERE
MlRAcULoUSLY FOUND.


Fortunes Lying Under Foot and Strangely
Restored to Their Owners-GentIemen
Who Recovered Their Rings-The His
tory of Valuable Diamond.
The paymaster of a large railroad COM
pany, having its headquarters in Boston,
went out on one occasion with 100000 to
pay off its employees The money was
carried under his arm, wrapped up in an
old newspaper. He stopped at little
wayside eating house for dinner, and on
going away, in fit of observation-disclosures
left the money lying on a chair. He had
not gone many miles from the place
before he missed it, and his dismay on
discovering its loss can well be imagined.
Almost despairing of recovering the pack
age left in SO public place, he hurried
back, and, with trembling voice, asked
the woman in charge if she had seen the
parcel. "There's bit of paper on the
chair beyant," said she; perhaps that's
it,"which Improved to be, and the gentle
man returned happier and wiserman.
KICKED BY EVERY ONE.
Another man in the same city lost roll
of bills amounting to $40, 900, which also
was wrapped up in a newspaper. He told
friend of his loss, and the friend made
him describe all the ground he had been
over since he had the money. The last
place mentioned was the postoffice. The
night was wet overhead and slushy under
foot. They visited the postoffice, and going
to the spot where the man had been stand
ing they found two or three bits of torn
newspaper. It was the same. They
looked further, and at last found the lost
treasure. 1t had been kicked in turn by
every one who came into the Office, and
when found was united and completely
soaked with water. 1t was all there,
however, and the friends returned to
their hotel and spent several hours in
cleaning and drying it. The gentleman
was SO grateful for the sensible advice
which had saved him from serious loss
that he took out his friend and bought
him the handsomest gold watch chain
that he could find in the city.
Among singular recoveries of lost yalu-
ables one of the oldest occurred in Provi-
dence, r. l., some years ago. One day
gentleman in one of the largest stores
Of that city tried on pair of fleece lined
gloves which did not suit him, SO he
bought another pair. A few. days after
he missed a gold ring from the third
finger of the left hand, but had no idea
how long it had been gone. He searched
the house, and went into the store where
he had purchased the gloves and other
places to see If anything had been seen
of it, but in vain. Months rolled on, UNI
til another winter came, and the gentle
man once more visited the clothing
store in search of fleece lined gloves.
The first pair he tried ON he found too
short at the wrists. In taking off the
left hand glove he found ring in one of
the fingers. While slowly disentangling it
from the fleecy lining he said to the
salesman: "Here is ring; whose shallit
be-mine, as found it, or yours, because
it is found in your establishment The
weighty question was decided in the
gentleman's favor, when suddenly his
lost ring came into his mind, and he said:
"Who knows but that is the very ring /
lost year ago?' The answer was "That
cannot be, as | do not think we have
pair of gloves on hand that we had last
year at thistime." Slowly the ring was
drawn out, and, indeed, it was the same,
with the owners initials engraved upon
it. The wonder was that the gloves had
not been sent to some smaller store in the
country, as was frequent practice, if
not sold the previous season.
A still more wonderful ring story is
told in an English periodical. A gentle
man was walking along the shore of
Hastings when he discovered that val
liable ring which he wore had slipped
off. Although diligent search was
made no trace of it could be found. A
year afterward-indeed, it is even said
on the very anniversary-the gentleman
again visited the spot, and while stroll
ing along the shore a fisherman near
him stopped down, picked up something
and ran after him, saying: "Did you
drop this?" at the same time holding up
the identical ring lost twelve months be-
fore.
THE DE sANCY DIAMOND.
Some of the most curious losses and
recoveries of which we have any record
are related in regard to famous jewels.
Among these the De Sancy diamond
may be mentioned as possessing par
ticularly singular history. The first
known owner of this gem was Charles
the Bold, duke Of Burgundy, who is said
to have worn it in his helmet. 1t was
lost in the battle in which its owner was
killed, but was picked up by Swiss sol
der, VINO sold it to priest for form.
The priest, as ignorant as the soldier of
its real value, imagined that he had
made good bargain when he sold it to
the king of Portugal for form and q
half. The profit of the king, however,
was somewhat larger than that of the
unworldly priest, for he received not
less than 100, 900 crowns for it from the
wealthy Harley de Sancy, in whose fam
lily it remained for several generations.
Finally one of his descendants, wishing
to pawn it in order to lend Henri III
some money, sent it to a Jew broker by
the hand of a servant in whom he had
the utmost confidence. The servant new
err returned, and the broker declared
that the man had never made his APP
pearance with tho diamond. In spite of
this assertion the confidence of De San
cy in the honesty of his old servant was
mistaken. This confidence, as it after
ward appeared, was not misplaced, for
after time the body of a murdered
man was discovered near the city walls
in deep ditch, which was recognized
as that of the missing servant. An at
tempt at robbery had evidently been
made, and the faithful fellow had re-
manned true to his masters interests to
his last moments; for on the surgeons
examining the body the diamond was
found in his stomach, he having swal-
lowed it as the only means left to him
of outwitting his assailants. Chicago
Herald.
A Gentle Correction.
There is general belief among Eng
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