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Show Curse Said to Rest on i Possessor of Dicmond.1 s The Inre dlnmnnd srblch Mr. Knitter Kni-tter took with him when lie lelt South Africa has a very rurloua hUtory. It oviglnslly belonged to Meshhesh. a Baaiito chief, .from whom It was ei tortad by TOhaka. the Zulu king. T'Oaka's brother killed hltn and smle tl. The brother came tu grief, and the gam passed Into the possession of Zulu chief, who soon afterwards waa aasaaslnated. The nstlves say that no Iras than sixteen of the successive suc-cessive possessors of the diamond either were killed or driven out of the country. The diamond was then seen by white men, who set nut to get It. A party of whites attacked the natives wbo bad tie stone and a fierce fight ensued. In which Sou Uvea, mostly native, na-tive, were lout. Memela, a ratlva e.:.!ef. took tha gem and rnnrealad It in a wound which ha had received la battle. Af forwards Memela waa csuaht by tha Boars and sat to woik aa a slave. Km-ger, Km-ger, hearing his story, raleased b'm, and In gratitude Memela gave tha etose to his liberator, Roma years inased.and then Krugnrshared tbefata oh la, ovrrtiiLeii nil tho fcitnef , , of the dl.-ine n l who 1J '" I n kliie I i,e , drhen from "'er and loncd to liate Ills liatlae wtry. Where the fatal dinuicnil Is " l nnt certain, though It ta knows leg Hie ej president of the Trausvssi I parted with It. Some say th.tt It l In the enfiera of tha Vatican, and e that It wai sold lo the Kmperor W Austria, and Is among the cruwn Jrla at Vienna. k la said to be 20(1 rarala In weight, "l In in t perfect. Its history la oua h would not recommend it as a lalSmnn to anyone of a superstitious l1 of mind, it Is almost aa crua- Se a pusacralon ss that hideous lit II Indian Idol, the destruction of Wh Mme. Csrnut ordered In her w'l This Idol was given to Prrsl-' Prrsl-' rarniil by a friend, who laughingly laughing-ly told him a Irgeud attached to It, tMrh was to the effort that Its posses-lloi posses-lloi wuuld attain supresre power and thts dls by tha knife. The idol had belangad to tba Rslshs nf Khadjurao, of thorn Sva certainly- perhaps mora Cud by tha knife of the assassin. |