The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-09-03

d.nad with the sight Of the most oaz'
ling GEM the world had ever peneiu'
~v.ho'n buy. who'll buyT was no"
his cry But though many wouio, 10
hcdv could Kings and queens SHOOK
their heads sadly II was BEYOND tnen''
The bde diamond became an awiW oui.
dan ~ lis owner. Everyone was tlhei
in his fancy. A learned German uaN'
eIed 10 England and wanted 10 see fi'
and his pebble
"Neverv' said the harassed owner
"He will assassinate me-. lie neu 10
town. he changed his name, ne neu
back to the country. and changed MS
name again. The learned German con
sidered such life not worth living al
any nrlce BY this time PIT never
dared to sleep two consecutive nights
In the same house.
Al last somebody came forward as 4
purchaser. This time a real one. IL
was Louis. Duke Of Orleans, Regent OF
France for the boy king Louis Nv. 81.
simon. willy courtier, tempted the
Duke 10 buy the big diamond.
The Duke Of Orleans objected.
1--WE have no money In the treasury.
he said.
..That Is nothingl You can borrow
said the courtier.
I'VE have no credit"
"suI less Important Borrow from
the people"
''The people are starving" said the
Duke
''Highness. buy the diamond. The
people win applaud your spirit. They
will be proud TO think their king wears
a diamond that no other monarch dared
to buy. The French admire spirited
policy. Buy it. They will never tauni
you with It," Thus spoke ST. Simon
courter and philosopher, thoroughly
understanding his nation The big d.a
mond was bought and the sum paid tt
Mr.. Pitt was S675.OOO He had glycr
Jamchund 100000 Jamchund gave
the skipper $1,000. and the skipper CAV,
his life and so did the slave. A costly
stone, indeed!
Now strange thing happened
During the revolution this big dia
mond was stolen along with all the res
of the French crown jewels. There wa
a terrific row. and political parties ac
cused each other of the theft. Som,
said 1t was the royalists, and some saie
il was the republicans. However tina
may be the thieves were certainly
Frenchmen, for a few days afterwaIt
the secretary of the Garde Mobile 90
a note to say that he had only to hun
In a spot carefully described III III,
| Champs Elysees to find the big d!a
mond. A search was made, aud sur,
enough, there was the diamond a.
bright as ever The thief could. no
bring himself to rob France Of th'
prize gem which placed her first of al
the nations of Europe in the matter o
otto. Old st. Simon was right. Tit
| people took the big diamond into It,
very heart. Napoleon pawned the ston.
and got in that way money for his frs
campaigns. The diamond may thu
have been the beginning of his for
tunes. and who shall say how many
lives that cost?
Now does anyone want to see thi
big diamond? Let him 20 into the lon:
gallery of the Louvre, and there II,
will see n glass case surrounded by
brass railing, inside of which stand
an armed guard. In the middle of In.
case is twinkling stone looking for al
the world as if star had fallen iron
the skies and lodged there. so bright
so beautiful, so flashing. Is this poin
of light. Let him walk all around III
case and notice the sparkles that dar
from the facets of that diamond: sun
beams going outward toward the win
dows every color in quintessence o
brightness. shimmering. flashing. dart
ing in every direction at every mo
ment. Let him look at and wonder n
and admire the most beautiful damon.
In the world. but let him ask no oues
tons. for the armed guard scowls n
questioners, and. as in the days of Pitt
suspects everyone that inquiries abou
this wonderful stone. For this Is
true story. and the name of the hi
diamond Is The Regent. The Week.
Bouquet.