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you ever see Society Gossip?”
We both pleaded guilty rather shamefacedly.
“I ask because in this week’s number there is an article on famous jewels,
and it’s really very curious——” She broke off.
I rose, went to the table at the other side of the room and returned with
the paper in question in my hand. She took it from me, found the article,
and began to read aloud:
“. . . Amongst other famous stones may be included the Star of the East, a
diamond in the possession of the Yardly family. An ancestor of the present
Lord Yardly brought it back with him from China, and a romantic story is
said to attach to it. According to this, the stone was once the right eye of a
temple god. Another diamond, exactly similar in form and size, formed the
left eye, and the story goes that this jewel, too, would in course of time be
stolen. ‘One eye shall go West, the other East, till they shall meet once
more. Then, in triumph shall they return to the god.’ It is a curious
coincidence that there is at the present time a stone corresponding closely in
description with this one, and known as ‘the Star of the West,’ or ‘the
Western Star.’ It is the property of the celebrated film actress, Miss Mary
Marvell. A comparison of the two stones would be interesting.
you ever see Society Gossip?”
We both pleaded guilty rather shamefacedly.
“I ask because in this week’s number there is an article on famous jewels,
and it’s really very curious——” She broke off.
I rose, went to the table at the other side of the room and returned with
the paper in question in my hand. She took it from me, found the article,
and began to read aloud:
“. . . Amongst other famous stones may be included the Star of the East, a
diamond in the possession of the Yardly family. An ancestor of the present
Lord Yardly brought it back with him from China, and a romantic story is
said to attach to it. According to this, the stone was once the right eye of a
temple god. Another diamond, exactly similar in form and size, formed the
left eye, and the story goes that this jewel, too, would in course of time be
stolen. ‘One eye shall go West, the other East, till they shall meet once
more. Then, in triumph shall they return to the god.’ It is a curious
coincidence that there is at the present time a stone corresponding closely in
description with this one, and known as ‘the Star of the West,’ or ‘the
Western Star.’ It is the property of the celebrated film actress, Miss Mary
Marvell. A comparison of the two stones would be interesting.
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