DEAD PEARLS.
Far down in the many fathoms of blue water .-'wherein the white turrets and minarets of Castle Miramar mirror -their 'fantastic and fairy-like shapes on the Istrian coast, there has lain for years, in an iron casket strongly fastened to the rocks,' at the bottom: Off the Adriatic^ a. isuperb necklace of pearls, placed there to recover health and- beauty. This jewel belongs to the Austrian Archduchess Baineiy and lost its' 'orient' -when she lay : at death's door shortly: after her marriage and retained %mly energy' enough to refuse violently that the, bridal pearls at her throat should be removed. When she recovered she was almost in despair to .find that her favourite parure had been, toall in--tents' and purposes, destroyed by her own ailment, and that the experts' called in consultation declared them to be dead. One of them, however, advised, as a last resort, that they should be returned to their native element, hoping thereby to re-awakeh the lastsparkle of life that might possibly linger in them. - ; '
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 101, 30 April 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)
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