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Meteoric Diamond Changes a Ragged Boy’s Fate
A hungry 15 year old, Philip Anson, discovers a meteorite fragment in a yard after a London storm. He learns it is a meteoric diamond worth hundreds of pounds and plans to seek fair terms from jewelers. With growing hope, he buys breakfast on credit, contemplates securing safer storage, and ponders the life changing wealth now within reach.
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London
Philip
Tre
Hir
Johnson
Philip Anson
East End
Esse Ft
O'Brien
Biscay
India
Eternity
Ludgate Hill
Phillip
Messrs. Isanestein & Co
Hatton Gard’n
Wilson
Isanestein
Dreamland
Farrington Road
Hatton Garden
Golconda
Mesers, Isanestein & Co
St. Lords of the Manor
Brien
Mile End Road
Hatton Garten
Ile
Lumme
Judd
Lia
Jucgs
Mr. Judd