The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02

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Muratti blu stored, md his visitors quietly but
firmly doubled their already exorbitnnt do.
mnnds.
The man Of millions threatened to have them
put into the street and broadly limited at the
ndvtsabiiiiy OF giving them into custody as
in II somewhat dramatic fashion. Tho ex.
sorlor took ,3ut his pockcibook and produced
nnstcd. n short newspaper cutting. Ho handed
it TO the millionaire and said:
DO YOU oa' th!nE You S"S could throw S%'O aSiy I'D iish t on nj:
sH5iccti have an idca that YOU could. espc;
give II good deal to know how that stone got
away. ! believe they would even accept me rs
S Sn W,,s eyi dc 1 e SGr to 81, ct the mystery cleared
With slowly widening eyes nnn sinking heart
the man of many millions and more ambitions
The King of the Bclgians has just INDUCED
i, his wcll.Inown taste for gems by tho add.
magnificent rosc.colOrcl diamond Weighing
nearly 30 carnts in its, cut state. His Majesty
is Tumored to have paid the enormous price Of
n thousand pounds Il carat to the Amsterdam
merchant Of whom he bought It. In color and
water 1t Is tho exact Counterpart of the fa-
nous rose diamond in tho dc Beers collection,
-, Its origin is involved in some little mystery.
chased 1t affirm that the dealer from whom
they bought 1t declared that II wns, an ancient
wh ! bnyc Ht sncn p" IL s,n M N Win ronn r nmi fxperts
that IT is a Kimberley stone.
"A rulnor reaches us from Diamondopolls
that a%ccrtain kntfir, who has since Disappeared,
hoastcd one night in his cups, Just after he
had been discharGcd from the Kimberley
klippe irca. stoncl that ever was found In tho
fields; /; this is true, the stone never reached
possi Sls"i iSnt s rS%'s 81 81 , he rT I. +. Il. fra Is lily
could throw some light on The subsequent wan.
8 1Sni.5sS Of E ,aG 'M SnS.,a rspoai.kliDpO' of which the
Frank Ridley and Joshua Moscnstcin watched
the millionaire's changing, face narrowly as ho
II can find That EaGir, II necessary. Mr.. Mu.
hold good in this country. but the laws as to
conspiracy and dealing, IN stolen goods do. II
d dS Worth bnying. J os wG here ihas d %n T Sis
time and could make n clean breast of It with
out fear, and SO the only one who could DO
in a last burst If dospairinS anger. What do
q! want half u million down and another
h hanr in SpE;r r9v Tia, ssc"r inGs preferably Dc
principle ] must have that check in favor Of
Miss Ransome duly honored. 4 millionairo's
wife should be " ! nGr Timspinion;' ,,,mos :, NJ.
And what's, more, Mickey Mnr"tll,"" he vent N
gracod INC by sending me to the Breakwater for
your crime You must restore my credit in the
making your wife let me marry that pretty
little sister Rcbccca of hers that I have loved
all my life. She was always fond of mo, and
will have me when ] am a millionaire. dare
say you can spare her a decent marriage por-
ton"
They were big terms, but Mr.. Muratti did
not yet despair of being introduced TO the
Prince of Wales, and SO in the end ho yielded.
A few weeks later two new.made South Afri.
can milliOnnircs, one English and one Hebrew,
blossomcd forth, each in his congcnial sphere
of London society. A little later on there were
two splendid weddings, and, until these lines
appear in print, the mystery, of the Kings