. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . SEEKING FOR BARGAINING FOR A SPLENDID JEWEL. 392 GRANDPA GOODWINS STORIES. a dealer in precious stones, and traveled everywhere seeking thefinest gems, especially pearls. These grow in the shells of largeoysters. In warm climates fishermen dive for them and seek themvery carefully at the bottom of the sea. A large pearl will make afortune for its finder. It is said— There are two moments in the divers life:One when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge;Then when, a prince, he rises with his pearl. Why, are pearls so valu
. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . SEEKING FOR BARGAINING FOR A SPLENDID JEWEL. 392 GRANDPA GOODWINS STORIES. a dealer in precious stones, and traveled everywhere seeking thefinest gems, especially pearls. These grow in the shells of largeoysters. In warm climates fishermen dive for them and seek themvery carefully at the bottom of the sea. A large pearl will make afortune for its finder. It is said— There are two moments in the divers life:One when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge;Then when, a prince, he rises with his pearl. Why, are pearls so valuable as that? asked Mary. I knowthey are much admired and very beautiful, but I did not know theycost much. Why, yes. Small pearls are worth from fifty cents to three dol-lars each; single fine pearls cost from five dollars upward; pearlnecklaces cost from five hundred dollars to fifteen thousand single pearl, found in a South American river, sold in Paris in1858 for two thousand dollars. A famous pearl, owned by SirThomas Gresham, of England, was valued at seventy-five tho
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