The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-07-04

"lI'hat's not, hike him." added
another, Something's wrong
when Jacques Gnyot isn't on hand
to receive money"
An officer had arrived, and they
proceeded tn force the lock Of the
front door. There was . strong
iron bolt inside; and the e,,trapce
was affected with some difficulty.
Nothing was found in the first room
bat aparrot, which seemed to he
delighted to see the newcomers.
"p'oor .lacques!" IL said, "poor
Jacqnes!" Then, on seeing two or
three boys IN the crowd, the bird
screamed, "Bad boys; poor JAG.
ques!''
Fora minute or two, there was
a profound silence, not q stir or
whisper broke the stiffness. The
officers then approached the cham
Der, the door Of which stood slight
ly ajar. 1t was pushed open; and
eagerly the crowd gazed into the
room. There was the old man
kneeling in front OF a great iron
chest, his head bent forward, and
one hand on the edge Of the box,
while the other grssped an old
brown-looking piece ofpaper. Then
the authorities were sfor, an III
vestigation made, aud a process
UerbM drawn mp, to the effect that
the detu,ct had come to his death
by heart.disease.
The paper he held was a very
old document, and so faded, that
it was scarcely legibIe. The de-
ceased had, apparently, taken it out
to examine it; and he had written
down al the close Of the will for
such it was-the amount OF his
property, and the manner in which
it was invested.
The officer who directed the pro.
ceedings was q man far advanced
in years. He had been 4 comrade
of Jacques in their boyhvod, but
had lost sight of him for many
years. There were tears in the old
mans eyes as he held up the instru-
ment, and said, in q shrill and bro
ken voice, to the motley group
which had assembled:
"My friends and townsmen, here
lies the body of man whom the
whole city ridiculed and despised
as . heartless miser. The bays
hooted at him in the streets, and
pelted him with dirt and stones.
People taught their very dogs to
bark at him as he passe'. The
poor upbraided him; and the rich
sneered and pointed the finger Of
scorn at him as they rode by in
their coaches. Let me read YOU |
his will"
He paused to wipe bis spectacles,
and then began III q measured tone;
MARsEILLEs, Aug. /, l775.
When / was child, ! fell III OIL
q fever, and during my recovery
suffered much from thirst. There
had been q severe drought tor many
mouths; and the water, always |
poor III quality, was almost wholly
exhausted. AT that time my
mother told me that many hundreds
ofthe poorer class suffered in the
sane way. She also told me that
my father and many others had lost
their property by fire, chiefly be-
cause there was an insufficient sup
ply of water to extinguish the
flames. For these reasons, ! be-
queath al my property Of every
kind, after the payment Of my just
debts, aud ofmy fnuRrsl expenses,
TO my native city OF MsrseilIes, tor
the purpose Of poviding watefworks
which shall supply the entire COM
free Of expense. io.'st wv
JACQUES GUYoT.
iIig t5ki@ WI ~ Y AMT ~
After . slight pause, the officer,
cOntinled "This Is the original doc |
dmeht, and Is much faded. What
| Shall q6@ read wAs 4ppSfsRNyl
vEisten onuthsa day of bis deat6y |
an!l ! Y islyeg hFieaft:", ",qsA sd,asp psaq
/ .yab,n,seAHe Ie2hol,E
BY economy and industry | have !
acquired . fortune OtmOfe ihan four