Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-06

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"Wlll you let me take them to the
!! Court jeweler, Mr.. Friedberg, next door?"
he asked. II know what / am talking
about, but Just to satisfy you will take
them round there"
"If you are bound to act foolishly," she
said, "take them, but you'll see, you'll
see."
In half an hour he returned. 'Fried-
berg has examined them with his micro
scope and even weighed them. OF course
l knew what l was talking about. He
values them at exactly 10000 marks.
Now will you sell them to me for 100, ,000?"
'Who ever heard the like of it," she
laughed. Things l pay 2OOf. for are
valued here in Berlin at almost thousand
times their value. 1t is too absurd"
But the more she refused the more Mr..
Cohen insisted. What difference did it
make whether she paid 200f or 100000.
for the diamonds? He knew their value
and would pay fair price for them. She
was unreasonable and foolish. Here was
way out of her difficulties, and not to ac-
cept it was simply childish. But it seemed
to her it would be 4 fraud on him. No, no;
thousand times no, she would not do it.
But Mr.. Cohen pleaded so long and so
tenderly with her, held her hand in such
beseeching manner and praying SO earn
easily that for his sake-if not for hers
she should allow him to buy these things
from her, that she finally promised that
she would consider it and that at nine
o'clock in the evening she would give him
a reply.
Having promised this she put the dia-
monds once more in her ears and said
coquettishly standing before the glass
"You dear, old humbuggy things, /
never knew how rich / wasp
"Adieu, Countess" said Mr.. Cohen,
IT'LL nine this evening. Remember, l
shall not take no for an answer and /
shall come prepared with the money to
pay you."
Quite a scene followed in the evening.
For long time the Countess would not
listen to him, but at last she yielded She
would sell him the diamonds-and here
she took them out of her ears and put
them in velvet box before him-but on
one condition only.
BURNED HIS BRIDGES.
"Write." she said, 81 hereby acknowledge
that on this 18th day of June, 1878, 1
have bought from the Countess Assakoff
pair of diamond crosses for the sum of
100000 marks, and that said Countess in
formed me that said diamonds were Paris
ian paste and for which she herself paid
200 francs"
"Now sign this" she added, "and the
precious diamonds are yours"
Cohen did as he was bidden, took his
diamonds and handed her a package of 100
bills of 1000 marks each.
They chatted, joked and firted for a
long time, and it was nearly 2 o'clock
when Herr Cohen placed his diamonds in
his safe and went to bed, happy in the
thought of what he had done for his be-
loved.
First thing next morning he looked at
his diamonds.
What was this? Did his eyes deceive
him? Surely they did not sparkle as
of her ears and placed them in the velvet
case.
He must look into this. He would 60
once more to the court jewelers..
Mr. Friedberg looked at them for mo-
meht.
every good; very clever imitation. The
best | ever saw" he said.
"Imitation~ screamed Mr.. Cohen.
"What do you mean by imitation?"
81 mean exactly what saw" replied the
jeweler. "They are an excellent imita-
tion of the diamonds you showed me yes
terday"
Mr.. Cohen had been swindled, and the
police, to whom he told the story, were
unable to help him.
Woman's wit had undone the shrewd
banker.
According to the good old German fash
ion the Countess received the "Laufpass"
from the police-that is to say, she received
notice to leave the Empire of Germany
within twenty-four hours, and never to re-
turn to it again.