East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-01-20

4 physician had long desired to visit the
land of his ancestors, and made up his
mind finally to take his family there
on tour, intending if he liked the
country to settle there with his family
! He sold all his property, and after
placing the bulk Of his meney( $780,
I000) in the hands of Gomez for safe
keeping, sailed dlidW $40 $3.50 +
4 After his departure Gomez increas.
cd his business and grew rich rapidly.
After an absence of two years the doc
tor and his family returned in conipa-
ny with an intended son-in-law, and
lit was intended that the marriage
should be celebrated forthwith, with
the greatest pomp and splendor. The
physician during his tour in Europe
had spent all the money he had taken
\ with him, and after his return he call
ed at the house of Gomez to draw a
portion of his money. Gomez received
him with the most afioctionate demon
strations of friendship, and after drink
ing bottle of wine together, the doc
tor stated his business. Gomez star
ed at him in well affected astonish-
ment, and denied that the physician
had ever deposited any money with
him. The physician was surprised,
and endeavored to brushup his friends
memory by recounting the circumstan-
ces of the affair, but still Gomez de-
MED and challenged the doctor to
produce any proofs of his having
made such a deposit. The fearful
truth then burst on tho mind of the
victim. He had trusted his whole
fortune to the keeping Of this man
without scrap of paper to prove it,
and now he was left penniless, and
his family beggars. He ran odt OF
the bankers house scarcely knowing
and caring less where he ran. No one
believed his stoIy, the reputation of
his destroyer was above rep.oach, and
it was the general opinion that he. had
lost his money gambling in Europe.
The marriage was broken up, and
tho family retired to obscure apart
ments, where tho wife died after a
short time. The triumph Of Gomez
however, was of short duration. He
had now attained the very summit Of
of his ambition. His mansion in the
Scale de O'Reilly," the aristrocratic
quarter of Havana, was the most
sumptuons in town, and every Sunday
he was driven to the cathedral in a
magnificent carriage, and occupied the
! front pew, the envy Of tho less wealthy
members Of the church, while at the
same time of the poor physician upon
whose ruin these riches had been
built was suffering with his unfortu-
nate family the keenest pangs of do
spair. But the end came. One Sun
day, few weeks aftor the occurrence
related above, Gomez was in his usual
place in church, and when tho bell
sounded for communicates to advance
to the alter rails, Gomez left his pew
4 anu uutunvvet iroh~u ss.lfcery- -xhers
down when a man with unshaven
beard and dishevelled hair was OBJ
served walking at a quick pacc up the
centre aisle. No notice was taken, the
congregation supposing him to be a
communicant also. The stranger
knelt down beside Gomez, and re-
mained there with bowed head until
the officiating priest came down the
altar steps TO administer the sacre-
ment, when tho stranger suddenly
roso, and showing the clergyman back
cried, "This shall be his sacrament"
at the same time breaking vial OF
liquid on the head of Gomez, and
swallowing the contents of another
himself He died instantly, and when
the horror stricken congregation rush
ed up, thoy recognized in the suicide
the once prosperous and happy physi-
clan. Gomez was taken home to his
sumptuous residence, which he never
left until his death. The vial con-
tanned subtle preparation of poson.
Gus acids, which gradually eat away
the flesh off his head and face, and he
became hideous object, so hideous
4 that during tho later years of his life
he saw no person only those who at
i tended on him. The two daughters
Of, the unfortunote physician were
driven by despair to lead dissolute
lives, and disappeared from Havana
soon after the melancholy affair which
! terminated their parents existence
This story is no fable, but strict mar
ratiye Of facts-t the name of tho prin.
cipal character being slightly altered
= as they were related to usby gen.
tleman who has been for long time
a resident of Cuba, and familiar with
tho circumstances of the case.--Brook.
Ign Eagle. rriuof
i PLEAsuRE. : Blessed be the hand
that prepares pleasure for g child
for there is no saying when and where
it may again bloom forth. Docs not
everybody remember some kind heart.
cd man who showed him kindness
in the quiet days of his childhood
The writer of this recolleets himself al
this moment as barefootedlad stand.
ing at the wooden fence Of a poor lit.
tie garden in his native village with
i longing eyes he gazed on the flower:
which were blooming on the bright
ness of a sundy morning. The pos.
SCISSOR came forth from his little cot
tage-he was a wood cutter by trade