I AN EXTRAORDINARY SOCIETY STORY.
— ■ -♦■ . A curious story according to the Daily Telegraph, is afloat illustrative J of a superstitio.i which still obtains. It appears that at a ceitain party lady lost a diara- nd earing of greaa value, which could nowhere bt found. Thereupon a gentleniane who had just returned from the, Just, proJ eased his capability to discover the missing gem by means of an Jndiatjdrug. Accordingly he asked all the company to be seated, ) and presently after leaving the room he reappeared wth a coloured jjlnss bowl containing liquid. Ho "then announced that he would ask all those present to dip their fingers into the vessel, and declared that should anyone have secre ed the jewell for a joke the jester's hand would be tinged with a rich bloodred. After the ordenl was gone through every oiip's did s o?inv- out perfectly wiiii..-, U-.t liv- ., . .. , vaS found at the hottoui of the %, w \. -The p.ofessor was, of course, above suspicion in the matte,-.
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Manawatu Herald, 9 August 1889, Page 4
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166I AN EXTRAORDINARY SOCIETY STORY. Manawatu Herald, 9 August 1889, Page 4
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