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Show I - Owner of "Pearl" Took Long Chance, but Won An Important connoisseur recently found In Paris, after a great deal of searching, an Immense black pearl, a glorious thing with pink and purple lights in its dusky depths. He brought It to this country and took it to a widely known jeweler to have it set. A few days later the head of the firm sent for him. "Mr. Z," he said, after they were seated In the invariable little ofiice. "I'm afraid I've got something very disagreeable to tell you. I believe your black pearl Is an imitation." "Why," laughed Mr. Z, "That's impossible! im-possible! I paid $100,000 for it at your own Paris house." "Nevertheless," said the jeweler, "! do not think it is genuine. And there's just one way to find out it seems to be such a perfect thing. If you are a very good sport you will let us crack It open. If It is the Imitation we believe be-lieve it to be, we will assume the responsibility re-sponsibility for our Paris house and replace It. If Is Is real well, you lose." "Crack away," decided Mr. Z, after a slight pause. The pearl was Imitation. Katherine Sproehule and Jane Grart in the Saturday Sat-urday Evening Post. |
