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As he swung his hat, he said to me, "Had Ali Hafed remained at home and dug in his own cellar, or underneath his own wheat fields, or in his own garden, instead of wretchedness, starvation, and death by suicide in a strange land, he would have had 'acres of diamonds. AS HE SWUNG HIS HAT HE SAID TO ME HAD ELIPHEDMAINED AT HOME AND DUG IN HIS OWN CELLAR OR UNDERNEATH HIS OWN WHEAT FIELDS OR IN HIS OWN GARDENS INSTEAD OF WRETCHEDNESS STARVATION AND DEATH BY SUICIDE IN A STRANGE LAND HE WOULD HAVE HAD ACRES OF DIAMONDS
“Oh no, Ali Hafed has not returned, and that is not a diamond. That is nothing but a stone we found right out here in our own garden.” “But,” said the priest, “I tell you I know a diamond when I see it. I know positively that is a diamond.” Then together they rushed out into that old garden and stirred up the white sands with their fingers, and lo! there came up other more beautiful and valuable gems than the first. “Thus,” said the guide to me, and, friends, it is historically true, “was discovered the diamond-mine of Golconda, the most magnificent diamond-mine in all the history of mankind, excelling the Kimberly itself. The Kohinoor, and the Orloff of the crown jewels of England and Russia, the largest on earth, came from that mine.” When that old Arab guide told me the second chapter of his story, he then took off his Turkish cap and swung it around in the air again to get my attention to the moral. Those Arab guides have morals to their stories, although they are not always moral. D SHOUTED HERE IS A DIAMOND HAS HALIFED RETURNED OH NO ELI HAVE NOT RETURNED AND THAT IS NOT A DIAMOND THAT IS NOTHING BUT A STONE WE FOUND RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN GARDEN BUT SAID THE PRIEST I TELL YOU I KNOW A DIAMOND WHEN I SEE IT I KNOW POSITIVELY THAT IS A DIAMOND THEN TOGETHER THEY RUSHED OUT INTO THAT OLD GARDEN AND STIRRED UP THE WHITE SANDS WITH THEIR FINGERS AND LO THERE CAME UP OTHER MORE BEAUTIFUL AND VALUABLE GEMS THAN THE FIRST THUS SAID THE GUIDE TO US AND FRIENDS IT IS HISTORICALLY TRUE WAS DISCOVERED THE DIAMOND MINE GALCONIA THE MOST MAGNIFICENT DIAMOND MIND OF ALL IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND EXCELLING THE KIMBERLEY ITSELF CAHUNURE AND THE ORLOFFE OF THE CROWN JEWELS OF ENGLAND AND RUSSIA THE LARGEST ON EARTH CAME FROM THAT MINE WHEN THAT OLD ARAB GUIDE TOLD ME THE SECOND CHAPTER OF THE STORY HE THEN TOOK OFF HIS TURKISH CAP AND SWUNG IT ROUND IN THE AIR AGAIN TO GET MY ATTENTION TO THE MORAL THOSE ARAB GUIDES HAVE MORALS TO THEIR STORIES ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS MORAL
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