Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-01-28
4WIN DIAMONDS D
A34ieG Of Famous Gems in This
Country.
hso~. the Property of the Governor,
General Of ludin-Trayels Of
the Separated
stones.

DfCsnGnG dealers the WOrlQ OvCr. arc
upeculating as 10 tho identity Of 4 mys-
FERROUS parsonage of unlimited means
WHO has Just purchased of {. Parisiam
diamond dealer two Of the most IA
yaous gems il existence, i pair Of dia-
n.ontM SO nearly alike in appearance
chat they have become known to col
sectors and dealers as the Indian
Twins The wealthy individual who
pas just become possessed Of them is
believed to be Mrs. William Astor.
A iewcler would describe the :'tWins"
Us a pair; G.f Indian Giaypcnds, cut i'll
,ushie;aS shape, Weighing sH carats
Zach, is;; q. u remarkable pale blue
toior.s. Their ANT IS far deeper than
::t.e! Iis siS;,S ;%:,,, n.Vci lighter tian tic
t!uc CT the celebrated Hope" diamond
The twins are so fuli.of fire that many
j r;,Gs white diamond is pale by COM
.arsca. ..
s,9 absolutely perfect are the gems
1kat tie slightest flaw can1ot be dis
cc,yrtsi ~ the aid of the most pow
rfisl go .ut:Aing glass. Their COM
tl3e:i weight il II c:sr;,ts, which is di-
y;.ted <Sacti.y between tho Two. They
s7s alik: bea t;iuily proportio Toned. and
;he peculiar shade Of blue is precisely
she same in each,
So perfect is the correspondence that
experts do not doubt that they were
original; enc stone, which was d.
siGed fcr some reason, probably be-
cause the original share was such that
4vhiie susceptible OF division, it could
net be c!t to advantage as a single
stone without great loss in weight.
The first record CT the Indian
Twins'' !ieces them in the possession
OF Warren Hastings at the tine he was
governoc-Gs j,eial Of India. Next they
came into tic possession of Russian
gentleman, who was afterwards exilad.
AS e:x:p:tviated noD,cn:en have to eat
and st'rinif Ike ordinary .mcrtals, the
Russian found himself under the pain
ful necessity of parting with his dia=
tnonds.
They parted from each other, and
for q Ions time only one Of the gems
was kncwn TO diamond dealers. This
lone twin, after many wandc gs. fell
1T last into the possession Of the duke
tic world for the lost twin, but were
unable to find any trace of it, although
the price offered for its recovery was
= tremendous one.
Finally the duke was gathered to his
fathers, ard his fine collection CT dia-
snnnds was Sold: the Indian Twin
coming to America. The final chapter
Of the story is told by E. August
Nereishe;mer, of New York city, vice
president of ths.s Theosophica society
OF America"
"Ihad the diamond in my possession"
said Mr.. Nereishei1ner. land my agents
were looking for it's missing relative,
although we had little hope of finding
it. This was about 20 years ago.
''0ne of the agents who had been for
SO long engaged in, the search for the
Twin that it had become q mechanical
habit for him to study jewelry on men
and women whom he met. was sur
prissA. almost out Of his wits one day
when, seated in Chicago saloon, he
saw western man enter in whose shirt
b,azed the identical Twin the where
a5orts Of which had been for so long
sought.
"The urlted Twins were valued at
s125.6oo, and taken to Paris, where
hear they have been purchased by An
American whose identity has been kept
u seer t."+N. Y. Herald.