Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-16
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we're kept that they might be ldenTl.
fed In case of loss. Macmillan took
these photographs and told Bertha that
he was going to put the best detec-
tive IN Berlin on the track Of the jew
els. What are detectives? There are
no such persons now. There used to
be, but there were SO many ingenious
detective, story tellers that they reveal
ed to the thieves all possible ways OF
tracing them. and the detectives ceased
to be ofiuse.
"Well, Macmillan took two sets of
photographs away with him. telling
Bertha that If the gems were not called
for for month all would be well.
1t happened that the empress was in
disposedy about that time and attended
no state occasions, so she did not need
her Jewels. Bertha was in an agony
of suspense for the thirty days; then
one day Macmillan came to see her.
When they were alone he unrolled a
parcel, and there were the gems.
'Of5course she was wild to know how
he had recovered them, and to her as.
tonishment he told her that they We're
not the original gems, but others he
had manufactured. / will try and ex
plain to you how he did it. lie had
noticed that that funny substance call
ed radium impaired to the little glass
tubes he used beautiful blue. This
led him ito a new experiment. He took
certain crystals of different hues, put
them away in the dark. and when, aft
er several weeks. he looked at them,
what do you think? Why. the white
crystals had become yellow topazes,
the blue.crystals green emeralds, while
the violet crystals had turned into blue
sapphires. He had made the discovery
that has since led to the manufacture
Of what used to be called precious
stones. To reproduce the gems shown
In the photographs he had crystals cut
like the originals. then exposed them
to the influence of radium.
1T wasn't week after this that one
OF the multlmillionaires Of America
came to Berlin. At the same time came
q princeling, cousin OF the emperor A
state dinner was given, the emperor
pretending that It was for the prince
ling, but It was really for the big Amer
gan banker. The empress called for
all her Jewels. Bertha brought them to
her, and neither she nor any one else
knew that they had been manufactured.
The funny part OF It was that the great
banker, who was collector OF all kinds
Of rare articles, through medium, Of
fered the empress i've times the cost OF
her jewels. She sold them to him, ana
he presented them to an American mu-
scum. They are really curiosity.
though be didn't know It, for they were
the first manufactured real gems.
though now there are millions Of them.
And because they are cheap people
don't wear them any more
Meanwhile Bertha suspected one OF
the maids 81 honor OF stealing the losi
gems. The girl finally confessed to
BERTHA and returned them This was
after the manufactured ones had gone
to America. bertha consulted with
Maximilian as to what they should do.
ne said their return would make 4
| dreadful scandal and might create a
bad feeling between Germany AMI
America, % they said nothing about
them, but buried them"
And what became of Macmillan
ma Bertha n asked the child,
sTbsy M now ~ Count and Count.
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