| Show ADVENTURES OF THE K DIAMONDI ND 1 t The T eventful history of the tal tam diamond bas IrU often otten been told I and nil as often otten half bait forgotten One Olle 1 h has vague vau memories ot of Indian li chiefs ot of the Great Gnat of Turks 9 and Sikh and I t which get Iret clearer About U the days Ita of and the Waha Wahab ushers jab b who ho was U from bl his tottering throne In the Punjab 21 t I yen ean ago But au one little incident In Inthe I Ithe the story has taa 5 elc m o 0 5 t I folks foill knowledge t I and ond I Is worth 1 telling III IIII lab 11 I ly as al It belo belongs bS et not lIot to mil t legend leend but bat to the region of 11 I Iban ban brt sot fact There Th his ml cd ways waye liMa acme a I thing ing In aLot the purl diamond dla dia monel mond van the th hard ended I I con aOI conI I I queron quero were ex V oiled It i jj i I ICell tell Cell Into their hands hand Lord Dalbo Lorde th e rr r ra rl rI l governor pu getter pual al a I wrote J dally tb t e h Lt hl Be his alii fa were fOrt at LItho Ii el t sisals to mate make trill loll tv J f provision for the security of the tate state jewels and above 1 o an all to Id the At the l of 0 tb the babe then ruU tb t e I t Punjab the great fRat diamond was WAI formally t 0 committed to the personal care of Joll i 1 Lawrence The Tb heed ot of that astute And civilian was U just then tb full rull of matt matters tF more mar Important to him t Jew Jewelry airy elry lie He seta trying to get et order tit ot of the chaos into which the native had plunged thIn things H Fie Wit seal working to 90 minutes to 10 the hour at coinage question sl at the revenues Itt It the and nd enrolling ot of traps pacifying native dignitaries punishing t traitors mapping out olt boundaries c sturdy turdy dashes abed It his hi work with willa a vigor almost mot man mall Crown Of rouse cour they must mut to be sent to England In use r MItI m tudy tody Alt Ab yes P to be Ii given i ito ra to the queen And he thrust tb the tE 4 F Ft wooden A box M Iwen hl t There were a hundred other things to I f A be settled at that board lIoard meeting anti and f 1 I Iby s sJohn e r by the time th the work ork was AI got ot through ri Ii John Lawrence hd had forgotten all about I I 1 the Ihl He changed hi his I 1 for Cor dinner flun Aunt the waistcoat t I r al aland and thought no more ot of the matter f h i j i 1 Some It six x weeks afterward Lord Lard Dal J wrote 1 saying her mal maJ d city would like I I j I j I I the bl big diamond a L sent tont to her ber at atone k konce one once I 1 remarked if j J 1 t I John Joh n e ih calmly We r must mut dispatch It I C Cat at onre onee Mean III 40 i opened wide hll I is J J I hashing e eye T e i s Where b be thundered i Wh I hy you have baY t l It Instantly I Ithe the fact Cat of oC hie hi J Ja I y r I a on th the Rica n II t I kt I I i t luckless John lie He tell u a b be afterward said laid u tile though I Ithe E Eth th the sun un had ton gone black But he had if i immense Immen e self If command Mist of I g I course courll I hid had forgotten about It 11 was f i all he be said Id and the business Of the board bord went on s sIt 6 It was a very ery wretched man t that at slip Dad fd ay away to ItS his private room aW awhile b t Z after atter and sent for tor III his old bearer JI Nave i 9 1 z you got ot It a small box that wu was Ia ht my InY 1 i t pocket some time ago he be demAnded 1 Tea sahib the man said Id C simply Imply Truly I round found It and put It ItI itIn In I one olle of the sahibs box boxes Bring It c hers bert ol ordered red the muter master as aI firmly a ac 1 leis voice olce would allow this tb the ii old w U brought a battered tin III uni t t Ion ca ease e dented Id and loeI This nil S he opened ind after arter a little Pr tog III produced the veritable little woo wood an box Open It said Id John Lawrence s and see III what I is inside A little bun 11 I If Zw c r dl die of silken tame apparently Fold Pol i P after fold w was unrolled d Then Th is II to i n here sahib sa bib the 01 old mu 1 d F bat t L a bit 0 of glus 1 t I |
