The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-15
A DIAMOND IN A DUCK.
How Bertha Krauss Got n Fortune
For % Cents.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Here is material for a romance right
out of the east side. 1t might never have
happened but for one Aesop writing a ia
BILE for ancient Grecian circulation about
a goose which laid a golden egg. This
fable has now cropped up in Avenue d
with the goose metamorphosed into duck
and the golden egg into three-karat dia-
mond. Instead of Aesop we have as
chronicler of the tale ] Blumenthal, a
habitant of the east side, who sends in
weird stories TO the newspapers when he
can think of anything to write about Thus
writes J. Blumenthal:
This is the story of pretty and poor
girl who to-day is happy, claiming for
tune of $500, which, to her, is equivalent
to the fortune of the Vanderbilt"
The pretty and good girl, j. Blumenthal
goes on to explain, is Miss Bertha Krauss
of 100 Avenue ., who lives at that address
with her sister, Josephine. They are en-
ployed by millinery firm in Crosby street
and are very poor until to quote the east
side Aesop again, 1.-The fortunate young
lady bought duck for 40 cents on Thurs
day last and in cleaning and preparing
| the bird to be cooked found a three-carrot
| diamond stone, for which she has been Of
| fered by her employer the sum of $500.
1T has been their usual custom here
tofore," continued the chronicler, ito buy
| poultry on Thursdays and prepare the
| same for the following Saturdays dinner
| which they observe as a holy feast and
/ day Of Sabbath. 1t was Miss Bertha's
time to go to Ridge street on Thursday
| last and purchase duck. She strenuous
| ly objected to fulfilling the errand, de-
| claring that she was tired and disputed
that she went last for the poultry"
So 1t appears, Josephine agreed to go
| for the duck on condition that Bertha
should clean it. Then follows a graphic
description in J. Blumentars best style
of the joint debate between Josephine and
| the butcher over the price of the duck
which would appear to have ended in 80
sephine's favor as she is represented as
| saying to her sister on returning:
| Il bought a cheap duck for SO cents"
Follows thrilling description of the
quarrel between the sisters over the price,
| Bertha declaring it far too much, while
cheap at the money. Then:
| Bertha, after a little consideration, re-
| Tented and got to work cleaning the bird,
| while Josephine was reading The Rab-
bis Spell at that part where the rabbi
| finds money and jewels, when she was
suddenly interrupted by loud. piercing
| shrieks. in which she recognized the voice
| Of her sister"
This recognition, by the way, is not
| remarkable, as the sisters occupy the
| same room. Hence il there were any
| loud, piercing shrieks going the rounds.
ter's voice that was in them, unless Jose
phine herself were performing. These
loud, piercing shrieks were followed by
some more things in which Josephine
could recognize the voice of her sister, as
follows, according to j. BlumenthaPs
| text:
Hurry - Come quick Hur-
rah - Hurrah -- We are rich. We
will be happyr shouted Bertha with glee."
Just what the dashes between the re-
marks are meant to indicate the chroni-
cler does not explain. Perhaps they were
pauses for recognition. Anyway:
Bertha showed the diamond stone, but
Josephine doubted the value of the min
eral, and, laboring under the impression
that her sister was fooling her, grabbed
the stone and angrily threw it to a corner
| OF their neat little room. This Is a fake
stone, valued at about cents. Why do
| you always fool me, you horrid thing?
think IL is good stone, replied
Bertha.
Throw II away interposed the other.
This Bertha obeyed. Friday afternoon
| Bertha visited her friend Mr. Joseph
Stern, dealer in jewelry, and told him of
| her finding. Mr.. Stern advised the girl
10 go home and find the stone and bring Il
back to him so he could take a look al 1t.
This Bertha did. and 1t was only necessa-
ny for MIR. Stern to take one look at the
| stone when he concluded that It was a
Now other young maids on the east side
are buying ducks and other birds in large
quantities, seeking diamonds"
| Thus endeth the tale of ]. Blumenthal
without following the three carrot dia-
mond to its conclusion. A Sun reporter
| found the Misses krauss mot Kruass)
| IN their room on the third floor OF the ten
| ement at 1870 Avenue ID. They rent one
room of a four-room fiat, which gives
| them barely space for a bed, and chair
Neither speaks enough English TO be I'm.
telllgible. They can understand fairly
wen, however. and when the reporter told
his errand they grinned cheerfully at each
! other and said:
| "Yahl Diamonds"
"Tell me about the finding OF the dla-
| monds.'
"Nein nein." said the sisters, shaking
their heads, and followed this up with
mess OF German In which the word yer
sprochen" cropped out frequently.
A little girl appeared In the doorway
and TO her the sisters appealed to trans
| late.
They can't tell you anything" said the
| little girl. THE say they've promised -
YAH yah, versprochen." said the sis
| tors.
what ala they promise?" asked the re.
porter.
More German came. at the conclusion OF
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