Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-18
TALE OF A DIAMOND.

A week ago fnshionably drc.'ed man.
apparently u middle age handsome. tall
and straight ~ an arrow, his hair slightly
tinged with gray, appeared In several Of
The hotels u this city Scarcely any one
know him lie was u southernor who
had stopped N Tor a few dnya on his way
from Now York to California
ThOru was ono remarks bic thing ahou.
this man which drew attention u him.
on the middle finger Of his right hand was
heavy gold ring In which was got a ila
mund n unusual hrilllaucy II wns .hc
FIRST thing ono noticed about the man. H.
sh0ne and spArklod 10 quite n wonderful
way. whatever way DO hold HE hand the
stUnn still stood out ounsplouuusly. Any
One who caught sight VI 10 found ~ hard 10
take his eyes away 10 was no ordinary
stone Il hnd % history And tho man
who wore II told lis story. 90 FAR rs DO
know to Cltrk Duiy and an Erpress 70.
rUrtCrht the GCuc-co hotel tho other niglt
Therr was more 10 the story, which he had
mover heard and which tho nncommuui.
cntiyu stone has kept secret Tor years and
years.
My name Il ioo--Chhrlos Leo, said
tho man. II nm from Savannah. Ga
This ring have worn uu my 1ugcr Tor ~
years. 4. D. no wonder you are interested
w IL. believe u T. ono " the finest diu.
munds IN Georgia / showed IL 10 a jewel
er awhile ago and he offered mb CIV. 900
Tor 80 So you SEQ 10 Il as valuable na 10
Looks Thrrp have bcen scores " people
who have asked mo about n. but have
very seldom told the story which 10 recalls
l cannot tell its entire history. aud whit
don't know T. very likely more interesting
than what I DO.
"Whon I was . boy. lived with my
uncle down on a Georgia plantation ono
day, whllO pruwlinR through tho garrct Of
thr blg house. found trunk which was
unlocked. ! opened o. II was Oiled with
old lacUs and wouisn's clothes " a fashion
Of years before. Down toward tho bottom
| found small jewel case. Inside
found this stone. 1 lvit II thsrc, and went
down stairs aud asked my uncle about H.
Ho wouldn't believe my story Hc wont
up 90 thn garrett 90 SEQ for himself, and ho
was surpriscd man whom ho came down
again. several days later he told me all
about N
Ny uncle was nm old man thuu. but
when De- wa. boy ho had been q sailor
aud had been all over the world when
he was un board ship, hc made friends
NAhh u hiAA AhlNNA hANlhs hnlNlu was "a
wnyward sort VI u mau. aud not 20 be de.
pended upon, Once tho ship touched ~
Hayrc, and he ran away. Ny uncle did
not geo him again for years Then, one
day broken down man, looking much
older than be really was. came ~ the old
Georgia homestead.
Ny uncle had a long talk with him IA
the library The man was Calvin 10
said hc was being followed by tho police
Tor Implication IN some biz robbery, and
hu wanted my uncle to protect him. lie
had been such u good friend TO ny uncle
Ia former days that my uuolo lid not have
the heart 10 turn him away lie give tho
man "a home Tor several weeks by that
time the robbery had been almost forgot
ten, and Calvin went away. Before he
went no gave my uncle this stone 4
picked Il up somewhere, he said. ldon't
know what rs worth, but want you 10
take Il Tor what you've done for mo
80 my uncle kept e. lie did not know
It, value To laid it away somrw here and
forgot all about it lie was not rnrtlcu,
larry fond VI Jewels aud mover wore them
himself
Years after that no received a letter
written In a large, sprAwllng hand. Il
49,. fEam GEisIH Ho had 6uut IL from