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LIMITATION. Far all plilloaophy may teach, Only wi fur ran knowluilKH reach. All Ilmt wo know, from lircMh to breath, In Life (nil lia irrcut iiit'Ktlon Duutb. -Prank 1). tilienimn in Upiiincott'i. PASTE OR DIAMOND? "Vcs, ft belonged to poor Ttivenne, ' fiiiid Wyse rh lie pulled the riii Irom Iris (inner mid bunded it to us far in-pei-tiun. "lie left it to me by hit) will, nd I keep it in memory of one cf the bent nctiii'H nd one of the bent men 1 1 ever knew." ! Meanwhile the ring whs passing from ' li ii ml to h Mini, and the universal verdict : wan that none of iih had overseen afiuei ttOIIH, ; 'Turenne was rather a wealthy man, " aid one of our little circle, "but 1 didn't think he could have afforded or would have cared to spend so much money on an ornament as that ring must have coHt." "tie wanted it for some special pur pose which afterward tell through, " re joined Wyse. "I know all about it, for J bought it tor him myself. I had (juite 41 little adventure on the occasion." "Tell um the story," we cried. "Well," said Wyse, taking a pull at his cigar und settling himself back in his chair, "it is u good many years ago now. 1 wad playing high comedy char acters at the old Princess, and as I had been working very hard I set oil for the south of France as soon us the season closed. It happened that Turenne, who had proved himself a true friend to me, wanted a good diamond for a purpose I needn't trouble you with, and before 1 et out on my travels I told liiiu that if j I met with u particularly fine one at a i moderate price I would buy it for him, -and he, being too busy at the time to at- j tend to the matter himself, gladly con-j ented. I was staying at Nice when i there camu to the hotel one of those tall, ! loquacious Americans who are now so! plentiful all over Europe. There seemed cursed, we separated, and I saw no more to be nothing objectionable about the I of my friend from the States that day. man, except that he was vulgar and I "That evening alter dinner I hap 'terually talking about the United pened to be sitting not far from the fire States, i place in the billiard room when I no "(Jii the evening after his arrival a j ticed a small round object lying just few of us happened to be sitting in the ; inside tbo marble fender. Curious to billiard room, and by some chance or! know what it was, I left my seat and other the conversation turned on the ' picked it up. It was a jeweler's ring subject of diamonds. i case, not an uncommon article certain " 'I don't know much about the busi- ly, yet hardly the sort of thing one of ncss (niyself." said the American, 'but ten Bees on the floor of a billiard room. I'm told by good judges that thar's "Suddenly I remembered that the about as good a stone as you'll see in a i day's round.' "So saying be drew n ring from bis finger und handed it to me, who hap pened to sit next him. It was indeed a magnificent brilliant, set in a ring of a peculiar pattern. When the lump was removed, it seemed to gather into itself the light out of the semidarkness and glittered like u bit of broken glass in the sunshine. 'What is it worth?' asked one of the men present. " 'That 1 can hardly tell yon,' an swered the American, 'seein a friend at Buenos sent it to me direct, und I had it cut myself. But I'm tired of it and seldom wear it.' " 'Would you sell it?' I inquired out of curiosity. " 'I might,' answered the American, especially as this European ttip is clean in me out faster than I expected, and I don't want to go home to Vermont kinned as neatly as a cod. Yes, you may have that diamond for 80 of your money, stranger, and dirt cheap at that, 1 should Buy.' "1 looked at the stone again, and the longer I looked at it the more 1 liked it. Eighty pounds was quite as much as my friend wished to pay for a stone.. but what if I could get one for him ! worth 100 for 80? ! " 'Will yon trade?' he asked. j " '1 am not a judge of diamonds my-1 self, 'said I, returning the stone to its owner. 'I'm afraid I couldn't buy with-1 oat taking a lapidary's opinion s to its ! value.' ' " 'All right.' said the American care-' Jes8-ly : 'if you care to hev it. we can go I round to a jeweler's in the mornin. And if he puts a lower value on the j tone than I did you can hev it at the price he names, if you like to buy. 1 can't say fairer than that.' j "Tbe offer did indeed seem a very fair I one, and 1 went to bed that night deter-1 mined to secure the jewel for my friend I if the expert reported favorably on it. "Next morning the American and 1 rtrolled down to the shop of the chief jeweler of the town, und when we en-; tered the place I first of all paid my footing by purchasing some trifle, and j then taking the ring from tbe hand of my new acquaintance I placed it before tbe jeweler and asked him to give me an opinion as to its value. " 'A ver' fine 6tone, sir,' said the! Frenchman. 'I congratulate you on the j possession of so fine a diamond.' ! " 'It is not mine. It belongs to my j friend here.' j " 'Ah, if that be the case, then Icon-, grntalate beeni,' said the polite trades-: man. " 'What do you suppose it is worth?' ' I asked. ; " 'Oh, it is difficult to say, said the Frenchman, shrugging his sbouldeis. ' Von gentleman sinks von price inor' for him; another sinks' " 'Yes, but what would you give if you were to buy it? Would you give ! i 1,800 francs?" , "The jeweler did not reply for a few 1 seconds. He popped bis microscope j once more into bis eye, held tbe ring op to tbe light, examined the setting and j fell to making elaborate calculations with a pencil on a sheet of paper. j " '1 do not often buy such lar-re j stones, bnt I will give you 2,300 franci for this one.' i "Tbe Yankee did not reply, and tbe Frenchmen, axsamiog that hisoffet was ! accepted, .laced the ring on a little ledge behind bim and opened his desk for bis checkbook. "'Not so fast,' said Brother Jona than. 'Tbe diamond's not for sale. " 'Two thousand six hundred francs,' was tbe Frenchman's reply. "The American shook bis bead. " 'Seven hundred eight hundred I' " 'No!' " 'Nine hundred 11,000 francs! Thnt Is my litt-t uftVr. Pause, 1 beg of you, tnoiifieiir, before you refund it. It is a large sum .'1,000 francs.' And as if be were convinced that no one could refuse such a price he put the stone once moro among bis own treasures and again turned mil ml fur his checkbook. " 'Thunder,' exclaimed the Yankee, 'what do you take me for? I tell you I can't and I won't sell you the ring. It was as good as sold to this British gen tleinati last night, and it isn't mine to sell any moie. Give me the ring.' "So saying, the American took the ring rather sharply from the jeweler's hand ami replaced it on his finger. The Frenchman next made me an offer for the tiinket, hut as 1 had not bought it tor myself of course 1 could not sell it. and we left the shop. "My mind was clrar now as to the prudence of giving 80 fur the diamond. I bud beard the best jeweler in the town offer 8.000 francs, or 120, for it. " 'Well, I must say you have acted most honorably,' said I to the American when we reached the street. 'After all. a bargain can't be all on one side, and 1 bud never promised to buy the ring, so yon bad a perfect legal right to sell it to the FiencluuHn.' " ' You needn't say no more, stran ger,' raid the Yankee as if he were tired of the subject. 'You can hev the stone now if you choose at the price we fixed on last night. '4 Add beheld the ring out to me. - "But I had to get my letters of credit cashed, and I ugreed to meet the Amer ican in the billiard room, in an hour's time and conclude the transaction. "No one was in the billiard room when I entered it, for it was still early in the day, except the American, who was standing by the empty fireplace. Tbu transfer did not occupy more than five seconds, and tbotYankee immedi- utely proposed drinks, These being (lis American had been standing close to the spot wheie I found it when earlier in the day 1 hud exchanged my 2,000 francs vurtu of notes tor bis diumond An uncomfortable feeling crossed my mind. What did be want with a ring case? He had been wealing the ring be sold to me. He might have kept a case for it of course and might have thrown it away when he parted with the ring, "I opened the case. Tbe maker'i name was inscribed in gilt letters in side tbe lid, and the address given was Paris. 'Paris!' said I to myself. 'He said the ring had been bought in Brazil, There was no real ground lor suspicion yet I was uneasy. I went up stairs and teok out the ring. The pattern you see it is a peculiar one I remembered well. Somehow I judged or fancied that tbe diamond did not shine us brightly as it bud done the night before, "Next morning I took the ring to a second jeweler and usked him bis opin ion us to its value. He examined the diamond carefully und laid it down on the glass case before biiu with one con teuiptuoos word: " 'Paste!' " 'Pate!' I echoed. 'Impossible!' " 'Ccrtuinly paste, and a very good imitation,' he replied, turning away, j "My heart sank within me. Eighty pounds was a sum I could ill afford to lose. "With a faint bope that the second j expert had been mistaken. 1 took the ! ring to the jeweler who had offered tbe American 3,000 francs for it, "He seemed pleased to see me, but as soon as he bad glanced at the ring bis face changed. Tins is not the same ring yon showed me yesterday,' he said in a tone that made it plain that be thought 1 meant to cheat him. 'At least,' he add ed, it is not tbe same stone. This is not a stone at all it is paste.' " 'So I have been told,' I said sadly, 'Are you sure tbe jewel I showed yon yesterday was a genuine diamond? " 'I am certain of it,' be answered. "The honorable conduct as I bad thought it of tbe stranger in refusing to sell to the jeweler was now intelligi ble. The jeweler meant to keep the real stone. It was not difficult to see bow the fraud had been managed. Tbe swindler had had two rings made exact ly alike of a striking and peculiar pat tern. In one of them he bad placed a genuine and very fine diamond. This was the decoy. In the other be bad put a false diamond, closely resembling in size and shape the genuine one in tbe first ring. The one he wore and offered to sell was the true stone. When he got it back from the jeweler, ho had kept it and bad given me the sham one in ex change for my 80. What was I to do? "Tbe first thing was to ' ascertain whether my friend had left tbe hotel. Of course he bad on the afternoon of the previous day. Still tbe scent was so hot that I fancied I should have little difficulty in tracing him. But when I tound bim my difficulties would only begin. Of course be would swear that be bad sold uie tbe ring with tbe stone which tbe jeweler bad declared to be genuine. I might conceivably have sub stituted paste for tbe true gem 89 well as be. In any case, when I thought of tbe difficulty of getting back my ninnty from an American wandering about Europe, mv heart sank within me. Even if the p..iice consented to help me. taking niy word against his, even if the rogoe were convicted, bow was I to re cover the 2.000 francs? "These thoughts passed through my mind as 1 harried back to tbe hottl. Ctrtainly the prospect was gloomy. "1 easily Mceitained that tbe Amer ican had taken the train for Paris the day before, und 1 determined to follow him ut once. I did not despair of find ing bim, us he would probubly put up ut one of the good hotels. "On the way tin to Paris 1 could think of nothing but my Iocs. This fel low I saw hud iiit upon a very sufo and profitable method of swindling. In nine cases out of tell the cheated inun would uot discover bis loss for yeura after be bud seen the lust of the American, if indeed the trick was discovered ut all, for the paste, was quite good enough to deceive u casual observer, and tbo own er would of course be actuated by a pro found faith in his diumond straight from Brazil. Had it not been for the incident of my finding the ringcase, which the rogue hud accidentally drop ped, 1 should in all probability have un wittingly cheated jioor Turenno out of bis money, und be might afterward have been supposed to be trying to palm off a spurious diumond for a real gem. In all probability the fellow made a living, and a very good one, by going about Europe and practicing this trick, "This idea sent off my thoughts on a new track, and by the time I bad ur rived in Paris 1 had decided on my course of action. "First of till, I made careful inquiries at the railway station as to a tall Amer lean who bad arrived from Nice by a certain train on a preceding day, and by tbe help of some 0 franc pieces I found tbe cabman wbo bud driven bim to bis botel the Continental. "This being ascertained, I chose auiet. unpretending botel fur myself near one of tbe railway stations. Then I emptied the contents of a light bag on my ll, and tuking it empty in my baud went to a theatrical container s, and Buying 1 intended to take part in some private theatricals I hired the cos tome of a French abbe. It was o part I bad often played in a piece thut bud a pretty long run in Loudon some eight years ago, and I had little doubt that I should be able to ucnuit myself in it fuirly well. I got the proper dress, wig, powder und everything complete, und huving put all the in tides into my bag I went to oneot the railway stations and took a return ticket for a station a little way out in the country. "To my disgust 1 tound it impossible to get a compartment to myself. Tbe train was too crowded, hut 1 reflected tbut the trains returning to Paris would probubly be much less crowded in the afternoon than those going into tbe country. "In this supposition 1 was rigbt. I bung about the cuburban railway sta tion till a return train was abont to start. It was nearly empty, und a don ceur to the gnurd secured me the pri vucy I needed. By the time I returned to Paris I was a Btout. benevolent looking French priest in comfortable circum Btances. Mysr.it of tweeds I bad placed in my bag. which 1 took cure to leave at the railway station. Then I made tbe best of my wa v to the Hotel Continental "I was just in time for tbe table d'bote, and us I took my Beat I noticed with great satisfaction that my transat lantic friend was sitting not fur off, and that be bad not a suspicion of my iden tity. Nothing, I knew, could be done until after dinner, so I waited through tbe tedious procession of courses as pa tiently as I could, und when at lust they came to an end I followed the Amer ican and a little group of men wbo sur rounded bim to the smoking room. It was not exactly the pluce for a priest, but I could not help that. , "I Bat down by a little round table near the American, but slightly behind bim, so as to be able to hear the conver sation without joining in it unless I wished. From time to time I offered a remark, speaking of course in French, to the man wbo sut next me, but for tbe most part I smoked my cigar and sipped my coffee in silence. "As 1 expected, it was not long be fore diamonds became the subject of conversation. "'I don't know much about diamonds myself,' said tbe American, speaking in his native tongue, 'but I'm told by good judges that thar's about us good a stone as you'll see anywhere round.' Almost exactly tbe phrases, 1 said to myself, which tbe fellow used to me at Nice! " ' You kin tuke u look ut it,' he add ed carelessly, (drawing off the ring and banding it to one of tbe group. 1 bent forward, so as to Bee more clearly what was going on. One after another tbe men who were sitting near examined and admired the ring. The man next me was tbe lust to look ut it. 'A friend 1 bev at Buenos Ayres sent it to me, and 1 bud it cut myself.' "At this point I noticed tbut my neighbor bud finished bis examination of tbe diamond, und I touched bim, inti mating thut I, too, would like to have a look ut it. He bunded it to me us a matter of course. "It was tbe very ring which had been exhibited in tbe same way at Nice. 1 bud tbe imitation one which had been palmed off upon mo ready in my bund, und under pretense of trying tbe effect of the gem on my finger 1 easily substi tued tbe one fur the other, slipped the raise ring on ciy linger, admired it, us in duty bound, and then pulling it off banded it back to my neighbor, wbo in turn gave it to tbe American. "I put tbe real diamond, which I bad secured, into my pocket und finished my coffee baati.'y just us Brother Jonathan was making an appointment with a rich young l reuebmau to meet ut tbe shop of a lui-iiioiiable. jeweler next morning and take bis opinion on the value of tbe gem. 'And since it has taken your fancy,' said tbe unsuspicious American, "you shall bev it for tbe sume sum tbe jew eler offers roe for it. I can't suy fairer tbun tbut now, can I?' I went back to tbe railway station, got my bag. changed my bat and coat in tbe waiting room, slipped into tbe hotel and next day set off for Cannes. "My only regret was tbut I was un able to make a study of tbe American 's face when tbe Paris jeweler put a price an bis beautiful diamond next morn ing." Exchange. A HISTORIC CHURCH INTERESTING ANNALS OF DR. MAGE'3 NEW CHARGE. TAL- Tha Flrtt I'renuyterlBn Church of WmIi Inf ton IIu I! u! Many Famout Stateanien Among It Member For Forty Yel Ir. Hunclnrlaud Ilaa Been Ita Fantor. Although Dr. Talningc, who is soon to begin bis ministrations at the First Presbyteriuu church at SVoshington, is probably belter known to more neonl than any other American minister, hi predecessor, the Rev. Byron Sunderland D. D., who wi51 also be his coadjutor, bus probubly been the regular pastor of a much larger number of prominent persons than Dr. Talmage or indeed any other American minister. Dr. Sunder land went to the First Presbyterian church in 181)3, and the fortieth auni versury of his first sermon there was cclebruted on Feb. 6, 1898. Only four besides him were present who were also present on the Sunday be began his la bors there. Then he was a young man ins nuir was dark, and his eyes were bright. Now lie is on old man. but his eyes still sparkle. His voice is yet round and fall, and, although it has been found nece&iury to divide his work, his popularity with bis congregation is still go (Treat that his leaving is not to be thought of. Four presidents Jackson, Pierce, Polk and Cleveland have sat nnder his ministrations. Singularly enough, tbey FIllST rilKsnYTEMAN Clll IiCII, WASHINGTON' have tall been Democruts. When Dr Sunderland begun his pastorate, the pur of the city in which the First church stands was the most fashionable in nil Washington. It is not so now, and there was some surprise when President Cleve land selected it ns his favorite house of worship. Perhaps he was so moved be cause he had heard the doctor preach nearly 60 years ugo at Fayetteville, N. Y., near Syracuse, where the Rev. Stephen Cleveland was then displaced ns pastor by JJr. Sunderland. At all events, it is certain that Grover Cleve land, then but a lad, was greatly im pressed by the Rev. Mr. Sunderland's first sermon at Fuyotte'ville. Its subject was the fidelity of tbe eagles in watch ing over their young. There is nothing showy about the First Presbyterian church of Washing . - . . - . ton. It is a square box, prim and severe in all its lines. The singing is congre gational, but is led by a quartet com posed of young men whose music re minds the listener of a college glee club. Dr. Sunderland's sermons have been long, bnt not dull, for be is a sensible man and possesses a fund of dry Scotch humor which the president much appre ciates. Out of the pulpit the doctor is companionable and pleasant, and his popularity with his acquaintances is not excelled by any Washington pastor. Although, us stated, the Fust Pros byteriun church edifice still retains its simple lines of architecture, it has been enlarged by tbe addition of a second story and is now lighted by electricity, while its aged and infirm attendants are relieved of climbing stairs by an eleva tor, which was put in some years ago. Immediately before and during the civil war this church was tbe acknowledged center of Union sentiment in tbe na t ion's capital, and the loyalty of the pastor to tbe federal government arous ed extremely bitter hostility on the part of some of tbe church members. In 1 800, when Frederick Douglass secured tbe use of the church for a lecture on the ussai-sinatiou of Lincoln, the street in front came near being tlio scene of a riot. Chief Justice Chase presided nt that lecture, and several members of tbe congregation withdrew from the church because of it. In explaining why he consented to tbe use of the church for that purpose Dr. Sunderland said: "Douglass1 lecture was really the toc sin of free speech for the negroes, and there was no roof but that of the First Presbyteriun church to shelter bim." During the early years of the civil war Dr. Sunderland's exertions were so severe thut in 1803 be broke down com pletelyand went abroad, spending some time in Paris, where ho took charge of the American chapel. It is understood that he offered then to resign, but his Washington congregation refused to have it so and gladly welcomed him back wheu his health was recovered. His extra work consisted largely of his services ns chaplain of the senate and of sermons preached ut the military camps around Washington. It was Dr. Sun derland who preached the first sermon to the famous Seventh regiment of New York after its arrival at the capi tal. This sermon was preached in the house of representatives, where the reg iment was then quartered, and tho text was, "Endure hardness as a good sol dier." Naturally enough, Dr. Sunderlund's memory is stored with reminiscences of tbe republic's great men. He lives in tbe bouse on C street which was once occupied by General Fremont, tbe Path finder. 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