Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-13

"' ana "" v SASU can recommend it to all women. A nmabrr of my friends anl ncighhors have taken it on my recommendation, and have always found relief" - Miss JAMES CRANKsMAw, Frankford, Pa. i'll most of the time My companion tried to take the ruby from me, but did not succeed. When 1 returned to my friends, came alone.
 No need of more particulars on that point. 1 could picture the fearful strug- gle between those two men for tho pos session of a jewel worth princo's ran som. The presence of this man before me showed who was conqucror.
 Who knows that it was not his com panion that made the find? Who can say what the nature of that struggle was? Was there a conflict at all? Was not this man now in my presence murderer?
 But why speculate? He was tho only living witness, and no one could unseal his lips.
 Pardon my agitation, he said, rap idly regaining his self poise, but you can comprehend the reason l have given you the true story of Mama Sahib's ruby. 1 bring it to you, hoping that among your many millionaircs in this city you may find a purchaser for me. True, the ruby k valuable, but of itself it is neither meat nor drink, and what good can it bring me? lcannOt afford to | keep it. There are those who can. Find me ono of them, and your fee shall be | liberal one.
 ''Iuu have not set a price, provided 1 find customer, which is exceedingly | doubtful
 What dc you esteem it worth:'
 II must decline to say When you pass certain point with the diamond or ruby. there k no rule by which its value can be determined. It iS purely 1 fancy.
 If you wish me tu nano my price, 1 l will say so, U0a
 l was astouishrd again, and an un- easy suspicion took possession of me, suspicion which could not define. But felt tk,rc was something uncanny and unnatural about tho wholo business. l Tho price he had set was barely one tenth of the ruby 's real value. believed more than one crowned person in Flu rope would pay at least S25O, 900 to become its owner. The thought that such n bargain was probable half dc cided me to make the purchase myself.
 ''I read your surprise, he said, with that winning courtesy which had inn pressed me at the opening of our inter- view. II know that it is worth q great deal more than that, but the sum l name is one which few people will pay for a luxury of that sort It is enough for me When shall l Call:'
 Suppose you say toward the end of the week. l will give you receipt" "
 ''It is not necessary. Your reputation is guarantee that my property is safe in your hands.
 But prefer that you should hold my receipt
 'l am satisfied, Why should you not be?''
 And despite my half angry protest he took up his umbrella, amd with the smile revealing his white teeth behind his black mustacho he passed cut of the door into the darkness and rain.
 Left alone with my diSturb binS thought and the wonderful stone, now sub. jected it to the most minute examina. lion possible
 And as one claiming to be an expert I must say something about the ruby, one of the aristocrats of the mineral kingdom.
 The finest rubies i'll the world come from the mines of Burma, although they are found in many other parts o the world, and even in our own coun try, where their quality cannot be com pared with those of Burma and tn, } specimens of India proper. Tho genuin, , ruby is pure limpid, fiery red corun ) dunn, which is crystaliized oxide O l aluminium, and forms the basis of nearl, every gem, excepting the diamond, whicl we value for hardness. brilliancy anC color. A crystal of pure red corundun is a ruby, of the blue variety sapphire l | of the green an emerald, and so on.
 The structure of tho ruby is as ex 3 traordinary as that which determine [ it's color. It is found in crystals of al 3 endless variety of shapes. but all hay