New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-23
LOVE AND GOLD,
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| above those which lower it by meanness or de-
pravity, both, when urged to their utmost, are
nevertheless equal in the uncompromising vio-
lence of their results.
| A young flemish gentleman, having lived in
voluntary seclusion the greater part Of his life,
| in company with his father, who had been BAN
ished for some political quarrel in which he had
engaged, returned, on the death Of his father, to
his native town, which was in -.
| Shortly after his arrival, he fell in love with
| the daughter of a merchant in very reduced cir.
| cumstances He, being youth Of strong feel
| ing and honorable sentiments and conduct, soon
won upon the sensibility of the young girl, and
their affection became mutual and intense The
father, however, refused his consent to their
marriage, because of their mediocrity Of means,
since the youth had but little property and him
self had not wherewith to give his daughter the
/ least fortune
| But go" said he to the young gentleman,
employ what money you have in business, and,
! if you follow my directions and experience, you
may, with assuidity, possess in a few years suf-
fcient for an afauent support; and | shall then
no longer deny my daughter @
This advice was as good as it was unwise 1t
was the most proper thing to recommend, and
the least likely to be done. The youth was of
an ardent temperament, and had passed his life
in solitude, with his sensinilities and passions
yearning for an object This he had now found,
and having means to live, did not care to wait
tedious years for the chance Of doing so affuent-
lily. He had found his long desired object of
Ientire sympathy, and this he was determined
not to forego for q question of worldly posses
sions, wherein no man living is happy. or justi
fed, we had almost added, for g there are
secrets in all trades,' which is only conven
tional palliative for ehicaneries.
Lest, however, he should lose the young lady's
society, the youth agreed to her fathers propo-
siton. He considered the old gentleman's post
ponement of the ceremony involving a re-
sponsibility for the consequences. Meantime,
| they were much together, and their affection
being excessive, the young man frequently be-
sought her in the tenderest manner and with
| the most earnest entreaties to grant him pri-
vate meeting in the garden after night-fall.
But she, fearing detection, could never be pre-
vailed upon; till one day, walking pensively
| through remote bower, she accidentally dis
| which she had never before suspected; and,
having communicated the circumstance to her
lover, he 80 redoubled his entreaties that she
would meet him there alone the next night, that,
| overcome by his ardor and her own feelings,
she at length gave her consent ~
1t SO happened, that laborer, who had been
for some time at work in the adjacent fields
came into the garden to get some fruit, on the
morning of the day on which the lovers were
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the cave having been opened by the young girl
the preceding day, it had disturbed the earth
surrounding it, SO that the man presently dis
covered the entrance, and descended. In CROP
ing about he stumbled over something, and,
upon examination, he found it to be large
earthenware jar, full of gold, which the father
of the merchant had placed there in his last
illness, and, being perfect specimen of the
miser, he had died without breathing syllable
of the matter.
At this moment q sound of voices alarmed the
laborer, and quickly ascending and replacing
the trap-door, he escaped out Of the garden
Now this man, who had been bred in OBJ
sourity, and surrounded with indulgence all his
life, was by nature of an ambitious disposition.
He was sensual, enyious, and dissatisfied accord
ingly. He longed for power, that he might
. abuse it; and for money, as the means OF de-
PRAYED indulgence. He now saw prospect Of
quickly gaining all his desires, and revelling in
| his low appetites; and after wandering about
the fields a whole day, in state of feyerish
absorption, now mounting q hill, then climbing
a tree, SO as continually to take view of the
merchants garden, he repaired at nightfal
I to the spot that contained his heartfelt gold
determined to possess himself of it at any rate
: The laborer had scarcely descended into th'
cave, when the young man came to keep his ap
: pointment Finding the trap-door open, he de
scended also. 1t was quite dark, but heamne
l. Jad xrha
Paoe;ring oaS, ans,rer e hs raneated the ouestior
~ W, ~, + ~ - .,o;oo
ssnna 81 ,r,o ,.Ii aefsnJ b;s canse said the Ia
hora sattnr Hnu lie 10th q he van man or devil
for ha tbong5t that either the one or the othe
had M ~ ooma rme Ie ss;ze tbe cold o'--0
:. Eor rbat nnrnosa Al Won come here -, de
andsd tho ynntl f'1' Ne,e~
ssTsa u sa,,a that vo,, coma for - renlied III
: othoa ,r;tt h sa,.Gon;c Iangb
o'l Az tb;s s9 4he youth iea1onsly took fire. and
: osted 'sa5 t;eresly 6 Rv ] what rigbt y,
s * ~ n;sSt ~ rrov;n,s oononest - sa;d tho Ia
I'd horar & r., NV n1vr, u;llbv aood lnck-or an
othar ,olf ,nv v niease, }, o.
ia Az thssa n ,,t;no ] yoras tho voutb closed wit
h;,n and ondea vn,ed ~ tbrnsf him ont of n
800. bnt the borer was the stronger an
;, could NOT be moved
: pan,ino for breath the vounp man went +
h tba antrsnca If the cave. foIlowed hv the ID
horer ,vbo watched every movement Seein
It. by the rising stars that it was the exact time
aono;ntment with bis love. whom he momenta
. III axnaota5 ba aadrassaa tba other in thes
" words Np'e' 'ss~
:. Tnfan,ons and rude defamer. think not th
j. aross fals;ties obtain the least eredenee frol
y me Int since Won will mot come out from III
have 80 neither will / 90 forth without yo,
" Int viii drag down the tran door. and enclos
: both for ever
" The Jahorer's will was too much involved
= rive nm the poiut: but seeing the youth in sue
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