| The antique bracelet went way back to | | | | The family has since then fallen on hard |
| the "old world," to her mother's | | | | times I'm sorry to say, they once had |
| upbringing in the area now known as the | | | | been quite well-off, and the antique |
| Czech republic. At that time, the | | | | bracelet had reportedly been given as a |
| antique bracelet was the only true thing | | | | wedding gift to my great ancestor by a |
| that could be said to of that value of | | | | nobleman. She at one time could actually |
| her family's possessions. | | | | lay claim to half of a rich, fertile |
| When my grandmother passed away, she | | | | region, and rode proudly on a horse, |
| bequeathed me her antique amethyst | | | | surveying all she posessed, the antique |
| bracelet. This antique bracelet, I later | | | | bracelet was one of many beautiful |
| learned, had about as many stories as | | | | pieces of jewelry that adorned her |
| she had, and that was plenty. Her | | | | person. |
| amethyst bracelet had been in the family | | | | In the antique bracelet was mysteriously |
| for generations, as are the case with | | | | unaccounted for for quite some time. |
| many antique bracelets, an heirloom | | | | There evidence that there was some sort |
| viewed as beyond all value, and | | | | of a few with a neighboring nobleman |
| cherished and for generations to come. | | | | that may account for its disappearance. |
| The antique bracelet went way back to | | | | Apparently it was pretty bad, because |
| the old world, to her mother's | | | | there is a long and elaborate record of |
| upbringing in the area now known as the | | | | the dead. As far as we know, it became |
| Czech republic. At that time, the | | | | so there that even their manor was |
| antique bracelet was the only true thing | | | | burned to the ground, and the antique |
| that could be said to of that value of | | | | bracelet was one of the items that was |
| her family's possessions. Her journal | | | | destroyed by the fire. |
| spoke of a beautiful amethyst bracelet, | | | | One of my ancestors became obsessed with |
| which her mother would not even venture | | | | the amethyst bracelet, and spent a great |
| outside a house with that on for fear of | | | | deal of time and effort trying to locate |
| loosing it or having someone taken from | | | | its, until the beautiful antique |
| her. My grandmother's earliest memory is | | | | bracelet was hers again. She succeeded |
| of watching the sun's rays dance off the | | | | and I was glad. But it was also rather |
| face of the beautiful antique bracelet, | | | | foolhardy because the family itself was |
| as her mother rocked back and forth in | | | | wanted by the other family to be put to |
| her old rocking chair in her small | | | | death after having come out on the short |
| village. But the origins of that antique | | | | end of the feud, and spent such a long |
| bracelet, that the one amethyst | | | | time in hiding that they eventually |
| bracelet, predated her by quite a bit as | | | | became peasants just like almost |
| well. The antique bracelet went back all | | | | everyone else back then, but the |
| the way to the marriage of my great, | | | | beautiful amethyst bracelet is the last |
| great, great grandmother. I don't know | | | | remaining remnants and of a once proud |
| exactly how old that is but there sure | | | | and noble clan. |
| are a lot of greats in that one. | | | | |