Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-01-07
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the rarity OF this tinge aud my size
that makes me very valuable. Though
no larger than a hickory nut, am
worth many thousand dollars was
born in Brazil. The first Of this world,
at least of daylight, for me was rolling
out with stones, sand earth aud o,her
minerals following the stroke OF a
pick. lay on the ground before a
workman. lie looked about him aud,
seeing his foreman's back turned, pick
ed me up and put me In his mouth.
When he went from work he was
searched but was not discovered.
The next scene in my life of motion,
go to speak. was in wood. The work
man who had found me sold me TO a
man of better grade The price paid
was 500 In United States bills The
man who bought me took me to a
room. locked the door and examined me
carefully. could see by his express
sion that he was very much pleased
with me He got box Of sewing
utensils from a closet and. ripping 0
pocket in the lining Of his coat. put
me in and sewed me fast, didn't
suppose that / would stay long in this
place but | did
One day a policeman came TO my
owners room aud arrested him ns
was not wearing the coat in which he
had sewcd me 1t hung in o closet. A
month later It was taken down and
with other clothing taken to villa de
Principe. where II was sold to Jew.
A young man Fall tattered and torn"
came into the Jews shop, tried on sew
eral coats, and the one | was in fitting
him, he bought it, | think the price
paid was 50 The young man walked
all the way to Rio. doing work here
and there for n meal Had he known
that he had me with him lie might
have ridden in a coach and four
When he got 10 Rio he shipped on a
vessel bound for New Haven, Conn.
was rolled. with other clothing. in a
small bundle and put under his bunk,
he donning sailor toys When we reach
ed New Haven my owner put on his
shore clothes, left the vessel and walk
ed Up into the city. He met a number
of young men he knew, and by his con
versation with them | learned that he
had been Il student in the college there
and his father had died insolveitt dur
Ing the sons second year From a
student he had become a sailor, had
sought employment in South America
and had got stranded In Brazil, One
of his old ehums loaned himl some
money with which to buy Ticket to
biz. home In a distant city,
This home was in a shabby little cot.
tagt I'm the suburbs 1t was both a
melancholy and happy meeting be-
tween the young man and his mother
and his two sisters. They were evi-
IDENTITY people of refinement living in
poverty. Their returned boy was hun
cry, but there was nothing save a
piece of corn bread in the house to give
him. They begged him to stay with
them, try for a position and help them.
To this he consented and they were
happy
That night after he had gone to bed
one OF his sisters took his clothes and
sat up late patching aud darning them
that he might appear the better In
looking for employment After the
sewing she TOOK them downstairs into
the kitchen, heated an iron and pressed
them While running The iron over the
coat its nose hit an obstacle in me.
She felt of me, took me 20 The light 10
examine the place where / was; then.
taking a knife she ripped the sewing
and took me out Seeing nothing but a
browuish stone she threw me into a
coal scuttle, but on second thoughts
took me NJ again and put ne on "A
table. Then, finishing her ironing, she
took the clothes 70 her brothers. room
The next morning she showed me to
her brother and told him where she
had found me. He looked me over very
carefully, thinking all the while. ana
asked his sister to show him the place
where she had found me. Then he put
me in his pocket and later on started
out 70 look for a situation. About noon
he went home He met his mother in
the hal. lie was pale aud trembling.
"Oh, mother.' he exclaimed.
My boy. what has happened?'
If il shouldn't be true it would Kill
me"
"Nhatt"
The stone Fannie found sewed in my
coat Thinking &c might be a jewel in
the rough, took ii TO jcweler. lie says
its a diamond A diamond Of that size
Is worth many thousands Of dollars.
He TOOK wo uut Of his pocket, and
the mother and her daughter gathered
round each trembling with excitement.
Don't count on too much. dear boy"
said the mother II 1t is a diamond. it
has q rcal owner ana you must find
him. bur he will doubtless give YOU a
reward for Is return
But the owner was never found. The
young man wrote "a the officers of all
the diamond mines iu RrlvI ana OIL