Show MARY STUARTS BLACK PEARL story of accidental ace recovery of th the scottish queens necklace in a little shop A remarkable story appears in a parts contemporary of the he discovery of the black pearl necklace lec klace of mary queen of scots which disappeared on february 8 1687 we give the story as we find it A lady cyclist had a mishap with the cord of her pince nez while touring in an obscure town in scotland the lady pulled up at the general shop and tried to replace the cord the shopkeeper not baying a suitable cord told the lady he would take the wire from an old necklace which he bo showed her she being struck with it said she bho would buy it at the price asked od and do as best she could for ft a cord on reaching her lodgings the lady cleaned the pearls and was struck with their beauty the ladys ext procedure was to submit su amit the necklace to an expert jewelry who pronounced the pearls to be of very great v value a 1 u 0 and a nd tb the e P paris a r is contemporary from which we have taken the story says they are worth at least adding that on the day of the execution the unfortunate queen of scotland divided among her women who attended her ornaments and lewels jewels including the of black pearls how it passed into the ha bands of the ancestors ance of the shopkeeper Is a mystery |