The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-10

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fz--rrio11e Invariably wore in her au-
.urEs t-=sS@s a golden clasp which was
y-z.es.ente3 with 4 superb opal. This
.-na which sne never removed except
igr 4 few moments while her hair was
5eirg conIhed, was possessed of pc
-uliar quality. When the baroness be-
came animated the jewel displayed
:winkiing and flashing CLEAN which
seemed to be emitted by the gem itself
and not produced in the usual manner
~ the reflection of external light. When
( The beautiful Wearer was agitated by
4 TASTY or brief resentment. dark red
/ spots seemed to flash from the mystic
brooch as If it sympathized with It's
mistress emotions. The baroness was
particularly apprehensive when any
water was brought near 1t, and When,
at the christening of her child, drop
If holy water lighted on the opal 1t will
! De remembered how the stone shot out
! 4 spark like falling star and instantly
became lightless and colorless as COM
mon pebble. The baroness sank to the
! ground with a cry Of pain, and was car
| ried to her chamber a dying woman.
This mysterious lady. who had APP
oeared 50 suddenly, disappeared as sud
! denly, for a few hours afterWard moth
Ing could be seen of the late baroness
except handful Of light gray ashes
1t may be considered improbable that
so prevalent a superstition should be
based on the such slender grounds as
q fairy tale in one of Sir Walter SCOTS
novels, but such appears to be the
case where the successive wearers OF
an opal have been logged with bad
tuck Such stories are frequent. but
their origin, like that of so many ghost
stories, Is probably entirely mythical
1t is possible, however, that the So
called II. luck OF the opal Is due to the
fact that the stone is Il soft one, ant
II exposed to constant friction Is liable
to become loose and fall out. 1t II
very necessary that opals should be Sc
curely set, but, whatever the setting
It is always advisable to give the stone
careful scrutiny form time to time
and not expose them to undue wea
and tear II this Is done. there seem
To be no valid reason why the opa
! should be regarded as bringing Ill luc
to the wearer. Judging from histor!
the reverse seems to be the case.
1t is well known that the late Quee
Victoria, who was blessed with pro
> verbal luck. was very fond of thes
stones and presented each OF he
I daughters upon their marriage with
2 parure of opals and diamonds. 1t car
I not be said that these marriages hay
yeen otherwise than fruitful and pros
$ porous lady in waiting once said
{ the queen: Il am surprised, YOU
: majesty, that you are so fond of opal
as they are known To be so unlucky
! The queens reply was as follow!
p Queen Elizabeth always wore opal
a and | have always wosn them, and v
: have always found them lucky stones
German royal family The En-
I press Eugene, on the contrary, stea
4 lily refused to wear opals of any d
scription, and her life was full OF vic
: sit1des and disaster,
" Ii we go back to the times of the a
q cient Romans, We find no trace Wha
ever of any III repute attaching to I
~ "opalus." The esteem with which Il
er stone was regarded by them was We
81 marked. "Of all precious stone
~ writes Pliny, the opal is the most d
~ ~ icult to describe, since II combir
- in one gem the beauties of many ~
y. cies, the fire of the carbuncle, the p,
% pie Of the amethyst, the green of |
emerald, and the yellow of the topa
We learn from the same writer II
the Senator Nopius possessed val
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