The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-20
UPS AND DOWNS OF DIAMONDS.

Stories They Could Tell of Human
ViclssItudes If Gems Gould Talk,
"Women exhibit much more re-
fined taste in the wearing OF jewelry
than they did few years ago." re-
marked well-known jeweler, "but
the dear things cost just as much to
ornament as ever.
Diamonds, for instance, are now
within the reach of almost everybody |
| who is comfortably fixed. A small
diamond OF the purest water can be
purchased for SIS. A diamond is like
q man. Let them rise to whatever
proud heights they may and let the
world gaze enraptured upon their daz-
cling brilliancy, they must both return
and begin new life in asimple casket.
'sHere is jewel that illustrates my
point exactly. Twenty-three years
ago last February, as was about to
close up one terribly stormy night, q
shabby young man entered my shop
and offered to sell me gold ring con-
: tainingthis stone surrounded by a ring
, of small sparklers. He asked Sl5o
for the ring, saying that it was all ne
had in the world. Ordinarily | would
? have fatty refused to deal with such
9 a person, fearing to buy stolen prop
. erty, and, indeed, ! put him OIL thar
night with q lame excuse, although, |
: admitted the value OF the stone, and
< asked him to call around the next
! day. He declared that he must dis
g pose of it that night, and his an
II xiety made me more fearful, ano
9 at last l firmly refused to have
u ANYTHING further to do with HIM unti
|; the next day. On the morrow NJ
e came to me saying he had pawned tn
- ringfor o. trihing sum, as he was force'
to do so to get accommodations 10
o the night, but he desired me to go Wit
u him to the pawnbroker' shop and eN
10 anime the stone more closely: on
q SO and struck bargain with him, an
"a having him the difference between m
gu price and the pawn debt carried
Ell the level. | was strictly q bushes
80 man then and asked no questions, a
NJ though the fellow could probably te
're an interesting story about the ston
"Well. reset the stone in q lady
az ring. and month later it was carrie
Oh off bv an exulantlover and it sparkle
my on the hand of blushlng bride
'aG HIGH life soon after. We jewelers. ke
Oh track of a fine stone for years, for
IL realize the ups and downs OF fortur
ms Well, to give you the facts OF the ca
WI without romance, ten years late
'ss paid half-starved, shivering WON
'ns exactly what her lover had PAID
l, for this ring week before her mi
ehe riage, and as she led away her goldt
l lam haired girl she felt that she was II
iai1 with what she had thrown aside
'ih he cade before.
, ne "The next purchaser was a por
'"o- old gentleman who gave it to his yoI
70 wife, whom he had taken from
men school books to assume the mana
up; ment of grand old mansion; 1t
al lust two years ago that the old gen
mel, man, still hale and hearty, ente
al my shop, leading by the hand brig
ouo- eyed little fellow, whom he introdu
as his son and heir. Then he sta
eleu the object OF the visit. He SAID
luso ring reminded him too much and
200 200 painfully OF the fair young mother
pea never saw the face OF her baby [
DOR. He offered it to me at q bargain,
ever now for two years it has lain IN
ural simple casket awaiting for another
IL venture"