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Show THE BRILLIANT DIAMOND. Att Olrt Couv'tIo Who u-ein K.isomnted witli Its Sj;nrkl;as Uiiys. "I have oftc-ii wondcieii." said a jeweler, jew-eler, "at tihe fascination a brilliant big diamond possesses for -ome people. J' don't know how to account tor it. bin the commandment that refers to eoveir ousness is broken every second of 1 in-day in-day in front of my window. And Unerring' Un-erring' ones are not mostly women either, as is generallv supposed, bm men .some in. the sere and yellow epoch of ae'e stand before that window and g-a?.e upon my poor display of gems with straining.bulging eyes. Last week 1 sold a diamond that weighed a little over five carats. .Previous to the sale 1 had it in tha window for a few- weeks.-A weeks.-A certain old couple vised to come regularly regu-larly every day and gaze for an hour at a time, at the gem. Jt was a straw-eoh ored diamond, but very flashy. The old couple would invariably turn and keep their eyes on the stone as long as they were in sight, and seemed reluctant reluc-tant to leave. The next day after I had sold the gem the old couple appeared ap-peared as usual, and the look of disappointment disap-pointment on their faces was keen and lingering. They scrutinized every corner cor-ner of the window; in a vain search, and when they failed to discover their favorite: fa-vorite: moved, slowlv and sadly away " ' |