Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1909 — Clover Ruse of a King. [ARTICLE]

Clover Ruse of a King.

Alfonso, King of Aragon, was one day examining the different articles in his jeweller’s shc~» in company with many ladies of his court, and hau scarcely left the house when the Jeweller missed a diamond of great value and ran after him, complaining of the theft The King, not willing publicly to disgrace any of hi attendants, commanded a large baslp full of Band to be brought him. Into which he di reoted each person to put in the hand clenched and draw it out flat. By this means the diamond was left in the sand and tae Identity of the would-be thief remained unknown. Bobba—“What does Brown want to sell his burial lot for?” Dobbs—“He has Just had his life Insured.”