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Show His Diamond a Bargain. An amusing story is told In connection connec-tion with the early days of Sir J. B. Robinson, the South African millionaire, million-aire, who has been figuring prominently prominent-ly in the London law courts. He was crossing the Vaal river in 1869, looking for diamonds. He asked the natives if they had seen any "pretty "pret-ty stones," and at last he found a man who had a diamond. It was a small : stone, and the prospector offered $50 for It, but he refused to part with it. He increased his offer to $00, but still the man refused. "What will you take for it?" he was asked. "Twenty goats," was the firm reply ; "nothing less." "I sent off to the nearest farm." says Sir J. B. Robinson, In telling the story, "and bought 20 goats for $37.50, and so got possession of my first diamond." Philadelphia Public Ledger. t |