The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-01

most famous gems In existence. a pair
Of diamonds 50 nearly alike in appear
| ance that they have become known 10
1 collectors and dealers as the Indian
| Twins" The wealthy individual who
! has just become possessed OF them Is
| believed 20 be Mrs. William Aston
A jeweler would describe the Twins"
| as a pair az old indian diamonds. cut
in cushion shape. Weighing eight and q
! half csrats each. and of a remarkabl
| pale blue color. Their tint is FAR deep
or than steel blue. and much lighter
| than the blue of the celebrated Hope
diamond. The twins are so full OF Ar.
that many a pur white diamond r. pal.
by contrast. So absolutely perfect are
the gems that the slightest flaw cannot
be discovered by the aid % the most
powerful magntying glass. Their
combined weight is seventeen carats
which Is divided exactly between the
two. They are alike beautifully pro-
portioned. and the beautiful shade OF
blue is precisely the same in each. So
perfect is their correspondence that ex-
perts do not doubt that they were orig
inally one stone. winch was divided for
some reason. probably because the c-!g-
iaal shape was such that. while suscep,-'
ible OF division. ST could not be Gu; to
advantage as single stcne without
great loss in weight.
The first record OF the Indian Twins
places them I'm the possession OF War
rem Hastings az the ne ne was gov
ernor General % India. Next they
came into possession 90 Russian no.
bleman. who was af,erward exiled A.
patriated nobiemen have to eat and
drink Ike ordinary mortals. ne Russian
found himself under The painful neoes-
sty OF parting with his diamonds
They parted from each other. and for
long tine only ore ., she gems was
known 70 diamond dealers TIL. Iona
twin. after many wanderings. feu a.
last ine0 the possession os the Duke -
brunswick. whose agents searched the
wirl1 for the los; twin. but were unable
q find any trace % r. although ths
price offered for Sc recovery was a tre-
men11us one. Finally the duke 1as gath
cred 20 his fathers. and his fine collection
- diamonds wss so.d. The indian,
Tw,n'' coming 20 America The hnsi
chapter - the story "a toif BY Mr. e
August %erefshei,nsr. % New York cry.
vice president % the Theoso2hlcal 20
c,ety % America
Il had the diamond IN ny possession
said M Nereisheluer. and ny sx~n.s
were locking fo- its miss ns relative. a.
though ne had Ltiie h9pe - fn1luK t.
Tliz vas about twenty years ago A
newspaper a. mat time rec9r3ed he
story q the strange finding - the long
lost gem. Oae - the agents ado hsi
leen Tor 80 I2ag engaged IN re search
FOR the TEn' ma. g. had become .
mechanical habE - him 20 study re
tewslry on men en1 women whom n.
met. sas sgr9riref am, out - rs
wits one day vhen. seateA - a Cnscaro
saloon 10 cav \ western man enter -
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AMI securing the dlsrn9us. Hhi-h vs.
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Paris. whsrc hear tley have beer pr
cusrea 4y ~ American whose ,tentitr
has been kant = secret Tafrs e i'si.
i7g5t l1s rer. frsro IRA have h~srt
p IN ny corre.po- sss-s ever there fns.
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