Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-25
CHAPTER XXI.
FROM THE DIARY OF DAwAK NARADA, BEN
 ARES, INDIA

 FROM THE DIARY OF DAwAK NARADA, BEN
 ARES, INDIA.
 The Americans are a delightful peo pie. love them. They are bright and vcr-that is, they think they are, which is the same thing. They are fond of hoodwinking other people. Therefore it is pleasure to hoodwink them.
 My husband Luchjid thought they were too wiso for us, but l convinced him they were not. Now he agrees with me, for wa were so successful.
 The father of Luchjid was one of the most learned men in all India. He de- voted most of his life to the study of alchemy and chemistry. His dream was to learn how to make gold from the baser clements Ho tried it for 12 years, but could not succeed. Then he gave his mental powers to tho making of diamonds, one of the forms of car bon. After five years labor he succeed ed He formed number of pure dia- monds; but, alas, they were small and had one defect-their manufacture cost more than the stones were worth. He had three sons, who toiied with him. One of them persuaded him to try 
 as a real pigeon blood ruby. He frac- tured q number and studied their con- position under the microscope and with the aid of many chemicals known only | to himself.
 By and by he produced perfect ruby; but, alas! that, too, cost moro than it was worth. Could he have succeeded in | framing a largo one, like Mana Sahib's ruby, which he had seen and held i'll his l hand, he would have been wealthy, for | the worth of a stone of that size is be- yond estimate, but when he passed be- yond two or three caratS the action of | tn chemicals became faulty, and though | the gem looked right it would not de l ceive an expert.
 But he did not give over the effort. Years were spent bending over his vessels in the laboratory and toiling night and day. His sons became discouraged, all but tho youngest, Arnik, who assured him that he would succeed.
 At last a strange success came to the old man. He made perfect ruby of 30 carats. 44iz every respect it was equal to Mama Sahib's ruby, except that it was not so large twas as hard, as brilliant and as luminous. It would preserve all these qualities, but only for a time. At the end of 20 days-almost to the hour it would of itself dissolve into gas and a few crimson particles.
 Having been ruby for that period, 1t would cease to exist. The great man .ould do nothing more and was SO worn out from his years of thought and labor that one day. while at work in his shop, he was seized with a fatal faintness
 My husband was alone with him. Know ing he had but few minutes to live,
 he told Luchjid the secret, making him promise to explain it to his brothers,
 Arnik and Parjee.
 Arnik entered a few minutes before
 sis father died. He bads his son good.
 by and told him that Luohjid had tha
 secret, which might be made very valu,
 able, and would let him know all about
 It. So he died.
 When the body of the old man ha6
 been placed away in the tomb and th'
 season of mourning had passed, Arnil and Parjee asked their elder brother fol
 the secret, for they saw the prospect o great gain. My husband felt that tt I share with them would lessen his prof Its, and so he wisely refused to enlight en them. He did we'll.
 Mote Observe the oomplacenc,
 with which this perfidy is dismissed b! the beautiful woman who called hsrsel Mrs. Howard when in America. . The younger brothers were very an
 gry and threatened tho life of my goo | husband. Ho and therefore left Indi secretly. In London Luchjid hired place and followed the directions hi i, father had left to him His success wa
 complete He made three rubies of tel t carats each and sold them for . Iarg sum.
 We hastsned from London, for tn t truth was sure to become known soon 1 We meant to visit the capitals of Eu 0 rope, but we thought of dear Amsrics l The neoDls there were longing for U