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Avarice Providentially Punished.
AVARICE PROVIDENTIALLY PUNISHED .
M ONSIEUR Foscue , one of the farmers general of the province of Languedoc in France , who had amassed considerable wealth by grinding the poor within his province , and eveiy means , however low , base or cruel , by which he rendered himself universally hated , was one day ordered bthe ment to ¦ raise a considerable sum . Upon
y govern which , as an excuse for not complying with his demands , he pleaded extreme poverty ¦ but fearing lest the inhabitants of Languedoc should give information to the contrary , and his house should be searched , he resolved to hide his treasure in such a manner as to escape the strictest examination . . Pie dug a kind of cave in his wine-cellar , which he made so largeand deepthat he used to down ba ladder . At the
en-, , go y trance was a door , with a spring-lock on it , which on shutting would fasten of itself . Very lately Mr- Foscue was missing ; diligent search was made for him in every place ; the ponds were drawn , and every method , which human nature could suggest , was taken for finding him , but in vain . In a short time after his house was sold , and tire purchaser beginning to rebuild it , the workmen discovered a door in the
cellar , with a key to it , which he ordered to be opened , and going down they found Mr . Foscue lying dead on the ground , with a candlestick near him , but no candle ( having eat it ); on going farther they found the vast wealth he had amassed . It is supposed that when Mr . Foscue went into his cave , the door by some accident shut upon him , and being out of the call of any one , he perished for want of food . Lie had gnawed the flesh off both his arms , as is supposed , for subsistence . Thus did this miser die in the midst of his treasure , to the scandal of himself and the prejudice of the state .
A Dog's Wonderful Sagacity And Affection.
A DOG ' s WONDERFUL SAGACITY AND AFFECTION .
IN the reign of Charles V . king of France , a gentleman by the name of Aubri de Montdidier , passing along the forest of Bondi , was assassinated and buried at the foot of a tree . His dog remained several days on his grave , and did not quit it , till pressed by hunger . He came to Paris , to the house of an intimate friend of the unfortunate Aubri , and by his mournful bowlings , seemed to inform of the Joss they had both sustained . After having eaten , he renews his cries , _ goes to returns tothis friend
the door , to see if any one follows , turns his head , of his master , and pulls him by the coat , as it were to desire him to come along with him . With the singularity of all the dog's motions , his coming without his master , whom he never quitted , the master who never appeared , and lastly the distribution of justice and events , which seldom permits crimes to pass long unpunished ; all these particulars were inducements for following the dog . As soon as the dog came to the foot of the tree , he redoubled his bowlings , scratching up the earth ,, as 4 H 2
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Avarice Providentially Punished.
AVARICE PROVIDENTIALLY PUNISHED .
M ONSIEUR Foscue , one of the farmers general of the province of Languedoc in France , who had amassed considerable wealth by grinding the poor within his province , and eveiy means , however low , base or cruel , by which he rendered himself universally hated , was one day ordered bthe ment to ¦ raise a considerable sum . Upon
y govern which , as an excuse for not complying with his demands , he pleaded extreme poverty ¦ but fearing lest the inhabitants of Languedoc should give information to the contrary , and his house should be searched , he resolved to hide his treasure in such a manner as to escape the strictest examination . . Pie dug a kind of cave in his wine-cellar , which he made so largeand deepthat he used to down ba ladder . At the
en-, , go y trance was a door , with a spring-lock on it , which on shutting would fasten of itself . Very lately Mr- Foscue was missing ; diligent search was made for him in every place ; the ponds were drawn , and every method , which human nature could suggest , was taken for finding him , but in vain . In a short time after his house was sold , and tire purchaser beginning to rebuild it , the workmen discovered a door in the
cellar , with a key to it , which he ordered to be opened , and going down they found Mr . Foscue lying dead on the ground , with a candlestick near him , but no candle ( having eat it ); on going farther they found the vast wealth he had amassed . It is supposed that when Mr . Foscue went into his cave , the door by some accident shut upon him , and being out of the call of any one , he perished for want of food . Lie had gnawed the flesh off both his arms , as is supposed , for subsistence . Thus did this miser die in the midst of his treasure , to the scandal of himself and the prejudice of the state .
A Dog's Wonderful Sagacity And Affection.
A DOG ' s WONDERFUL SAGACITY AND AFFECTION .
IN the reign of Charles V . king of France , a gentleman by the name of Aubri de Montdidier , passing along the forest of Bondi , was assassinated and buried at the foot of a tree . His dog remained several days on his grave , and did not quit it , till pressed by hunger . He came to Paris , to the house of an intimate friend of the unfortunate Aubri , and by his mournful bowlings , seemed to inform of the Joss they had both sustained . After having eaten , he renews his cries , _ goes to returns tothis friend
the door , to see if any one follows , turns his head , of his master , and pulls him by the coat , as it were to desire him to come along with him . With the singularity of all the dog's motions , his coming without his master , whom he never quitted , the master who never appeared , and lastly the distribution of justice and events , which seldom permits crimes to pass long unpunished ; all these particulars were inducements for following the dog . As soon as the dog came to the foot of the tree , he redoubled his bowlings , scratching up the earth ,, as 4 H 2