Show REUNITED DIAMONDS LONG SEPARATED MEET AGAIN balk back again to europe to be B dought by a rich now new yorkers said kaid to lie be mr aitoro for A lurf large sum a Kuai anie V I 1 IAMOND A at 0 ND dealers ile alera the world over are speculating as to if the identity of a mysterious 1 age of unlimited means who ho has just purchased of a parisian diamond dealer two tao of the most moat famous gems la ia ex istance a pair of diamonds so BO nearly alike in appearance that they have become known to collectors and dealers as the indian wins twins the wealthy individual who has haa just become possessed of them is believed to bo be mrs airs william A jeh jeweler eler would A describe the twins as a pair of old indian diamonds tilt cut in cushion shape weighing eight and a half caiati each and 0 of f a pate pale blue color their tint Is far deeper than steel blue and much lighter than tile the blue of the celebrated hope diamond the twins are so ao full dill of fire that many a pure white diamond is pale by contrast so absolutely perfect ore are the gems that the ho slightest flaw cannot be discovered by br the aid of the most powerful magnifying glass their combined weight Is seventeen carats barats which Is divided exactly between the two they are alike beautifully proportioned and the pecullar peculiar shade of blue la Is the same in each so perfect Is their ence that experts do not doubt that they acie one stone which was divided for some reason probably because the original shape was such that while susceptible of division it could not be cut to advantage as aa a single ongle stone eloiie without great loss in weight the first of the indian twins places them in the possession oi of warren hastings at the time he was governor gov einor general of india next chev came caine into possession of a russian nobleman who was mas afterward exiled ailed As expatriated noblemen have to eat and drink like ordinary mortals mor tala the russian found himself under the painful necessity t f parting with his bla diamonds they pard par d from ach each other and for a long s me only one of the gems gema was know nto diamond this lone twin afler many wanderings fell ut at last into the possession ot of the tk duko duke of Bruti brunswick Brunsw swIck lck whose agents searched earch cd the world for the lost twin but were unable to aind any trace ot of it although the price offer offe 4 for its ita recovery was a tremendous one rally the duke wag ga gathered therel to his fathers and lla io fine collection of diamonds was sold bold the indian twin coming to america I 1 ahe he final chapter of the story la Is told by mr air 11 1 august shelmer of new yolk city vice pies president ident of the I 1 society of america I 1 had the diamond in my possession said mr air shelmer lind and my agents looking for the missing lela tive although we had little hope of finding it ihla ibis was vas about twenty years ago A newspaper at that time recorded the story ot of the strange finding of the long lost gem one ot of the agents who had been for so long engaged in the search for tho the twin that it had become a mechanical habit for lin him to study the jewelry on men and women whom lie he met was surprised almost out of ills his wits one clay when seated boated in ili it chicago saloon he saw a western estern man enter in whose shirt hoi ont om blazed the identical twin the alia of which had been for io bo long sought ile he lost loat no time in tot foi and seeming tile the chih aas ni forwarded to me the hie unite 1 twins ft ere allied valued at and taken to parts paris where I 1 hear bear they have been purchased pu pui ichaBod chased by an all american whose identity has been kept a secret eliere la is little doubt however hoever from what hat I 1 haie haq heard from my correspondents over oer thiro that mrs william astor aster will dazzle the ees of 0 Ame american society people with the bias next sea son |