The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
War Veterans Find Peace in
The StudiOuS Calm of Oxford

tinir with q square picca OF hln, Y
velvet on H. aud two chaira
"W"ll. We sat down nt the tahl-
II wbE boiling hot in The room. I
commenced ~ get excited. Suppos"
ihry dIdut bring tho ,mrrrld along
suppose 'hoy only showed us the dia-
moudH' Maybe thcy kept the ouo -
aId separate.
'Thon In conoa tho emperor .
chief 'humr' with rhamoia bag
He h"Ws to ua and unl,cs the bag
and rlN's the rforra rp'l out into
~" black velvet Ny head pwiu-
There she is | Gays 20 myself
I'y gum | says. ITS a fnSe
stone"
Sow a rcal emerald always has
q lot ~ flaws In g. ii's mower abs.
lu'rly clear. This big chunk ~ Ilg
az hon cry Was yl,1r as ,ryFfal.
\ piece uf glass says 20 nv
a"lf Iut I didn't know how 80 ton
Ydlihl. n said outright that It was
u flkc he wouldn't believe me. So
dId g. this way.
ldlihi' I aaid white he was IA
ding around with ihrqr diamonds.
something about thom. 80 YOU know
how 90 tell whether au emerald f.
real or note ifc didn't know -
course. So nid, and this is real
t"si. You trko q straw and dip T.
In y glaw' Of water You Eot "a drop
ON the end of the straw and put T.
ON th" emerald. II the water
spreads fat. lts n fake stone. II II
gathers up In a ball i''s r"nl Try
4 ON this stone
~" thought ! wac crrlv. but We
sent ont for water and a straw. +,
wns right, the water aurond
"idlihi almost had q 1T We
talked it over and decided not 60 toll
th" emperor. Ifc'd think we wcro
Wing. ana probably hayc our head,
OFF
$50 ! went ahead and apprais isod
tho diamonds and Ydlibi. lust 10
pleas" the emperor. gave him n val
uation figure twice as big as | told
him.
"A couple Of days later Queen
Tnitu sent ug an invitation 20 Ap-
praise her Jewels She had heard
about us doing II for Mcnclik. Ydlibi
was mighty pleased iIc figured
that ho could get anything ho wnut-
he had done the royal family these
services. Well and good. I agreed
to 20 with him again.
80 We went to the palace again.
ana they took us TO the came room.
with the same comedy guards wait
Ing around To stick us II we tried to
suhstituto n fake stono.
Il looked the diamonds over and
nut n reasonable price on thcm.
This time. to please the queens van
ity, Ydllhi made "A figure three times
as big az the market -nrle. Fine,
Her chief man took the news In
to her and we left.
"a week later Ydlibi camc to mo
with a worried look on his sly old
face. Tho Gueen had sent for him
agnin and he was wondering what
could hc the mnttcr7 Had We done
anything wrong?
There the queen was, In fine
white robes, with hushel OF Jewels
on her Through tho interpreter she
asked Ydlihi whether II was a fair
figure he had put on those dia-
mondH.
Yes, your majesty Ydlibi an
swercd
Her majesty asks n YOU are
Veg, your airsty.' eaid Ydlihi.
Then anybody that bought them
would not lose by the purchase? p was
the next question Ydlibi said no.
But he was beginning to tremhlc a
little, and his forehead was sweaty
| tried 10 motion TO him to sny yes
and explain II TO her. but he wouldn't
look at me.
Then, tho Interpreter said. Her
majesty commands that you buy her
diamonds AT tho price YOU have set
you are rich man. and will do her
majesty this favor 1t IL her wish
"Ydllht turned pale. and the sweat
began to run off his face. lie didn't
dare protest. II he had he would
| have been run out OF town, maybe
have his throat cut. Al the very
least he would not have got any
concessions, and would have been
ruined. So he said yes. and | helped
him out of the palace.
THE next day l saw him running
| down tho street In the middle Of the
day in the broiling sun. He look ed
ton years older. He told mo ne
didn't have time to talk. he was try
! Ing to raise the money!"