The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-03

TRICKS OF plAAtpNl9. 81 ililhlts
How Nan HnIa one Jewel and Co.'s An;
atherS
RrpF@k Tflngns
~ You want buy 9 diamond yop
must be careful togo p q tFpstNogthy
house oryop viii get aWfplly cheated, Y
said ayoapg man II q friend who cons
templsted purchasing q diamond for his
Christmas gift epo yep seethisFlps
he added, extending opesof his hands,
oawhieh a tips' diamond sparlled and
gllttesedip the sunlight, NNYell that's
q pretty nice sort ot q ring and l had q
hard time getting II, IhRtR why ! Ike
u and that's the reason warn you 20
he careful where you go 70 get one,
About Q year ago i hsdsa surplus
300 bill in my pocket, and GETTING an
ideRthat Iwopld IKE TO Invest itlpi q
ring, went down tp'a jeWelFyis store 70
make the purchase, There WA, u the
show window on exhibition this dla.
mond that you see on my finger Y was
marked for sale for 500, u struck my
fancy and asked the clerk 70 chow y
TO me, After eSalninipgit with q great
deal Of care and finding that " would
titmy finger l decided that would buy
1T
" am sorry, said the clerk, but We.
are not allowed TO sell eshpW" goods,
but haYethe mate TO the stone here
aud You can buy ~
HE took theFlpg Il, the rear q the
counter and when he returned he nag!
apertect counterpart Of the one which
] desired, Afterthe usual details ] put
the rlpg on my finger, took the guafan,
tee which heiproHerad and started up
town, and luckily happened 70 meet q
friend who 10 an excellent Judge OF dia,
monds. Iwaspropd Of my ring, and %
you can imagine, lost no time IN show
Ing, to him,
@'ThpnderIp he exclaimed, where
did you get that chpnk Of glass "
looks as i 1t had been run over by Q
street car
"Itwas highly indignant for . mo;
meRt, but q glance AZ the ring as held
itup TO the lightconyipced me that he
was right, Itdld look 20 II It had been
run over by car wheels. twas aiter'
fible looking affair, without lpster or
merit ~ had beenisYin lied. The ring
Ihad selected was still in tho store, but
Ihgd the guarant and Undermined
that on thefolloWing day would have
the stone changed, as 4 was sure that y
was all q mistake. But next day !
found out differently, They would not
exchange theirins fnr the one ] desired,
nor would theygive me- my money
back, They we're willing to exchange
for something else, however, and 4
finally took aserpent ring With
q diamond head which cost the
same as the otherrln The clerk again
gave me a guarantee, and went away
trying to make myself believe that l
was satisfied. Theserpent proved to be
ahoodoo to me. soin a weeks time 1
wanted the ring changed again, especial
~ as the recollection OF the first one
still haunted my mind. Finally re-
sorted to my friend, the diamond ex'
pert, for aid, and he suggested that he
should visit thestore while | remained
on the sidewalk and after he had told
the clerk that he wanted to buy ring
and had found one that was 500 he
would take his handkerchief from his
pocket. This would be a signal for me
TO come in and take the ring
and give tho serpent and guar
.rantee for 1t. Well, he went
into the store and when he found ring
that pleased him (which happened to
be the same ring that was shown me
he took his handkerchief from his
pocket as we had agreed upon and !
walked in like O little man. My friend
asked me II Their suited me. / took
1t aud gave the guarantee and tho ser
pent ring in exchange forit. The clerk
made a terrible rumpus,i bat / was de.
sperate, and could not be billed off,
so:hereN / have q ring which 10 cheap
for 500. There ase plenty Of people
being swindled the same way every day,
but Il they will only insist on their
rights they Will come out all right in
the end, but Iwould advice them to buy
OF q house that does not resort to tricks
OF thstsort."
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