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Show SHOWS PEARLS BY THE PINT Trader In Assam Keeps Them In Bottles Bot-tles on Shelves. In tho pointing town ot Mergul tif.tr the mouth of the hrawadd) rl cr. resided a trailer named Ishwav, who owns more pejiM and 'i Cf r ones, than any other man living Mr V. C. Scott O'Connor tho m troller of Assam, who vlsiud him not Iouk Blnce, un)s that he keeps 'h coma In his bottles, doens of then ranged along thelvcs lilti Jiu- or pickles or Jams In n juicer's shop Twenty-flve ears nso I'shvvnv a poor, rugged "beachcomber Om lay he was wnndeilui; ihsconsoln c v on tho strand of n small uncharted I'd and In tho Mergul nrrhlpclngo wlun his attention was arrested by a seil"3 of piercing shrieks Ituahlns to th spot where the) pint-ceded he dls coveted In the water a young natlv girl In the clutches of u lingo devil lis!. She linil been bathing and had been gripped by the lurking monster Without hesitation Ushuav drew his big sailor's clasp knlfo and gave bat tie to tho monster, ultimately killing It. The girl's father, who proved to bo. a sort of chief among the Islanders, gave his daughter In marrlaRO to her preserver, and set all his people llsh Ins for pearls to furnish her with n wedding portion Their phenomenal success opened Ushwny's eves He settled down thero and stalled pearl Tshlng on his own account He also bought numbers of the gems fiom the Salon natives who were, ot course, ignoiant of their value -nt tho regular all round rate of two shillings shill-ings apiece. This, however, was for flno specimens only. Seed peails ho pin chased by tho pint. |
