Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-31
LUCK OF THE INAN1MATE.
Remarkable Recovery of Articles OF
Jewelry Seemingly Irretricv-
ably Lost.

An element of good luck seems to
attach itself to some inanimate as
well as animate objects. This is es-
pecially noticeable in jewelry, and
may account for the hairbreadth es-
capes from being lost that some pieces
have had,. says the New York Trib-
une. On the beach and at seashore
resorts these extraordinarily lucky
happenings sometimes seem little
short of the marvellous when one con-
siders how tiny trinket is and how
extended the area of beach with it's
ever shifting sands. Yet each year
brings it's wonderful stories of almost
incredible treasure trove. Unless
there were number of witnesses to
prove the. truth of her assertion, who
would believe the story of the pos
SCISSOR of a lucky thimble which added
to its number of wonderful returns
this season by the most apparently
impossible recovery. It is valuable
little bit of jewelry for thimble,
gold, with rim Of alternate dia-
monds and rubies, and probably, just
for the reason of its oddity, it has al
ways been returned to the owner, who
has lost it number of times. Last
summer, however, size gave it up for
good, when after a morning spent
with her embroidery under an UNI
brella on the beach she found it miss
ing. Although she returned to the
beach as soon as she discovered her
loss, and tried to locate the spot, she
felt from the first that her thimble
was gone forever. But it's luck
brought it back to her in safety, and
in the following manner: A few days
afterward she was again sitting on
the beach and idly ran her fingers
through the dry, warm sand beside
her; several times she had done so,
when suddenly she felt something
hard, which was not pebble, as on
bringing it up to the surface it proved
to be the missing thimble!
Another almost incredible find was
that of woman's watch lost in the
Berkshires. 1t was crystal ball con-
sisting of three pieces, the center con-
tanning the works of the tiny time
piece, and the two others half globes
of rock crystal, which fitted over each
side. 1t was lost from the top of
coach on a very rainy day when the
roads were heavy with mud, so when
its owner missed it at dusk on the
arrival of the coaching party at its
destination for the night she nat
urally gave it up for good. Still, she
thought it worth while to take every
chance, so she had a notice of re-
ward put up in the post Office, and
left the matter in the charge of the
landlord where they stopped. The
next day some one brought in the
center piece, which was about the
size of quarter of dollar, and
which had been found in the road. A
week afterward the landlords little
niece picked up one-half of the crystal
globe on her way to school. Where
upon the landlord put up second no.
tice advertising only for the remain
ing missing piece. A day or two later
this, too, was brought to him by an
old woman, who, it seems, had trudged
over the road shortly after the coach
ing party had passed, and, stepping
on something round and being at
tracted by the shining glass, had
picked up the half and put it in her
pocket, not noticing the rest, WHICH
had probably become separated by
her heavy foot and had sunk into the
mud. Nothing, however, was injured;
the landlord had the parts cleaned
and put together by the local jewel
er and in due time its delighted own
er had the pleasure of receiving it,
together with the story of its re-
markable adventures.