Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16

ohserver Her tout ensemble gave her the
anpearance of woman who could not DE
6ay more than twenty-five. Many man
would have fallen victim to her VIII ana
briiIiancv. hut | at least was saved that
knew her too well. / hated her LOT that
beauty. which effected such havoc III the
world. -, w., ,,os
fascinated by her; but at table she had the
good taste to address him in Engllsn. NJ"
and then noticed that she looked edrnes.1s
at our hostess After one OF these eiancee
she turned to me and said, In low voIce:
.SHow in LADY Bouverie is looking! Don't
you think SOP?
Yes" replied. "she is. feel anxious
about her." 80
nIied ~ could do her good. But she VIII
not. She Is under the impression, MI
Druce that am a quack because 40 no,
hold diplomas-a curious oelusioh l A'io
among people.
She laughed and turned again to her
other neighbor.
When we Joined the ladies after dinner
Lady Bouverie crossed over 10 the ferslah
and said something to him.
Certainly" he answered. and immediate
" left the room, returning in a few minutes
with a dispatch box. We all clustered ABOUT
him as he placed 1t on the table and opened
1t. little murmur OF surprise ran 5oa anu
the group when he lifted the lid and dis
played the contents mass OF gorgeous
gems was lying in a bed of white wool. IL
was a blaze of all the colors OF the ram
bow Emeralds sapphires, diamonds, ru-
bies pearls, topaZes, cats eyes, ametnysts
and many others whose names l did not
know were to be found there. one by one
he removed them and passed each ROUND
for inspection. AS he did so he gave a
short description of its virtues. its origin
and value and then returned II 10 the pox
again. Truly the display was wonderful
Nine Sara fingered long and lovingly over
.,f. hot hD q
seen one of two before, mentioning certain
anecdotes about them to the Persian, VINO
nodded and smiled as he replaced, with ms
pointed fingers, each In its receptacle He
was evidently much pleased with the au-
miration they excited.
But surely, Mr.. Khan, you have brought
the bloodstone to show us?' questioned
Lady BouVerie.
"Ah. yes. L kept that supreme treasure
for the last"
AS he spoke he pushed a spring in the
box and "a secret triangular drawer came
slowly out In 1t, nesting In bed OF
red velvet, lay a wonderful stone-a per-
fectly oval piece OF moss-green chalce-
dony with translucent edges Here and
there in irregular pattern shown out In
vivid contrast to the dark green num-
Der of blood-red spots, from which the
stone derived it's name
Yes" he said, lifting II out with rever-
ence and laying IL on the palm of his
hand, this is the bloodstone. Look close
ly at 1t IL you will, but must ask none
of you to touch 1t"
One after another we bent down and
peered into it's luminous green depths
and doubtless shared some of the fascina-
ton that its possessor must feel for II
The stone was wonderful, and yet ii was
repellant. 1t seemed to me that there was
something sinister in those blood red
spots. The thing inspired me with the
same feeling that often have when re-
Rarding some monstrous spotted orchid.
Yes" said Lady Bouverie. 1T is won
derful. Tell us something of it's history
Mr.. Kahn"
II cannot" he answered, "for the sim
pie reason that no one knows its origin
nor when IL came into the possession OF
our court. / could tell of some of its prop
critics, but the tales would fall unbecom.
ingly on the ears of western civilization
He replaced the stone in its drawer. and