The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

jewels. one Of The FIRMS most trusted
employees was summoned TO wait upon
him. In showing hin an unset f.oue it
slipped from the piCcers and Immediately
disappeared from view.
At once both men began 20 look for it,
but in vain. Then they went into the
private office, and a thorough search was
made into shoes. pockets, clothes-an TO
no use. The would-be purchaser offered
I 10 pay for il, but the Arm said no. 50 TO
prove his good faith he bought something
! equally Na-uatle. The mdtttr dropped
Never had the firm for a moment
| suspicion of the salesman. But ne brood
| ed over IL; il was a cause of constant
| worry 10 him. Where could the stone he?
! What had become of it, After an did
they not suspect him? Were they only
| kind because of his long serviCe2
/ At LAST he could stand it no longer, and
! asked for long vacation. thinking il he
| got away he -tOuld be able 10 forget the
| loss. In looking over some Clothes pre-
/ paratory to his contemplated "trip, hc came
| upon a long forgotten waistcoat Search
! ng in the pockets for anything that might
! have been left there he felt something
| hard between the cloth and The lining on
ripping the hem, out dropped the diamond.
! Speaking of il afterward, .he said chat
| the only solution he could reach to how
| il had got there was that in slipping from
the pincers IA had rolled into his pocket.
and cut its way through the lining into
| the hem of the garment, where il mad
| lodged AL this time. lie took his vacation.
but in much gayer spirits than he had
| anticipated
Every now and then a great change
| sweeps over the social world, and one such
| has taken place during the season whose
! epiaph has just been written. For once
more the girl has come to her own, the
| maiden has been relnstalled, and the young
| two, ant e1o,
may be, has had to unmistakably stand
| aside in her favor The change Is wei
| come The young married woman has had
| ii all her own way far too long. and the
| girl has had to stand aside and see every
| eligible drawn into the train Of her sister
| already rangee.
| Freed from the restrictions of maiden
| hood, better dressed, less hampered con-
| Vcrsationally, and no longer dangerous
| from the matchmaking point of view, the
| young matron naturally has great adVanG-
| ages over the girl, and for a few seasons
| it has been seen she alone who has COM
| manded the attention and the admiration
| of the other sex. She has had it all her
own way at balls and at the country house
| parties; in fact, at all times and in all
places. But by one of those sudden and
| ineXplicable revolutions Of the social
! wheel, the turn of the merry maiden has
! again come round.
During The past season the girl hoe
| triumphantly danced and dined and fiirt-
| ed and been petJed and fattered and duly
married off, while the young matron has
! looked on. And having won her place, she
must see that she keeps il. Man IS a
tickle creature. His moods need to be
studied, and the married Woman's expert
ence teaches her even 70 be on the lookout
for the last shadow of turning.
One of the ornaments worn by Hollands
young Queen al her coronation was ring
Of priceless value. 1t is uot its cost alone,
however, that makes Queen Wlhelmina
cling SO fondly to this jewel, but she re-
CARDS it as a talisman interviewer so
closely with her royal veal or woe that
even should it fall into the hands Of rob.
bers-which once happened--it is bound 10
find its way back to the Netherlands house
Of princes.
Reason for this belief is due to the his
tory of its first purloining. along with 9TH
er gems valued al 100000 seventy years
ago.
with sovereign negligence, born of I'M
bounded confidence i'm the honesty Of the
subjects toward the Crown, the Princess
of Orange lat that time Holland and Bel
GUM formed the Kingdom of Netherlands,
ruled over the House of ORANGE placed her
valuable in a case bearing in bod letters
the inscription Diamond cabinet"
This informa ton and an unguarded por-
tai made it easy for the thief to gain an
| entrance TO the palace, possess himSelt or
the booty consisting of diamond Giadems,
necklaces and bracelets and numberless
rings of great value. Although a reward
| of $4,000 for the return of the jewelry was
| offered and every effort made 10 find the
| property all proved futile. In the mean
time the thief-the mechanic Constance
Poari-had buried the treasure in the VI
cinity of Brussels, and not to arouse any
| suspicion against himself went to work as
usual After the zeal Of the police abated,
however Polari determined to enjoy the
fruits of his misdeed. He therefore I'M
oarthed his booty, broke the stones from
their settings, hiding them In the hollow OF
his knotted stick and in the handle OF the
| family umbrella, replaced the gold and
heavy pieces in the excavation and with
his wife and two children emigrated 70
France. There he was successful i'm eX-
changing the diamonds for the equivalent
of $1,000 cash, and then they all came to
New York, where he was careful TO bury
The remaining gems in his possession.
But he made the fatal mistake of ac-
ouainting his wife with the place of hid
ing, who woman like, lost no time in I'M
parting the secret 10 a Frenchman of her
acquaintance, NJ. Roumange. He, in turn,
took the police into his confidence, who
were kind enough to place Polari behind
l0 and key. Thereupon, Roumaee I'M
lArthed the property and, with Polari S
faithless spouse, fed to Liverpool. But
they did not profit for their hasty depart
are aroused the suspicious of the New
York police, who caused the pair 10 De
shadowed in England ...
The result was that gems worth 100000
were found in their possession, also me
ring which Wilhelmina so highly prizes to-
day, and which, after disappearing Tor