, 1874-06-13

'1'sS3 avs , sra never spe'' to any one IL he can
)" " DO m yoq know him. grandma ?" aaid ono of
. s y sss .sats sSs ApeusttS Aeus % ,ss y a
sdron. jacques: had fever, and after that
grow very odd and melancholy. At Last ho begen
10 grow penutioub; and for many years llo las
oeen known as lhe n,lset: = b, hnyS no. spoken
waB just fifty yoars ago to-tay, y,-and hage onlv
aoon him occasionally On tile street."
Two days !atcr q crowd Of neraons-men,
women, md chi'dron-..niBht hnvo boen secn in
front OF tlio little dwelling -houro where TO first
introduced our readers to Jacques Gnyot auI
: Ills mother.
~ live naxt door thoro," ;naid a:carpentor. in
hts sliirt.nlooves, aud without hat Oh his head;
. no ONE ABOUT THE HOUSE TnEaE TWO DAYS."
yoatorlay,b said q grocer, ITO fnay mo
soaS satops" e"n''' 'nah0 ID always prompt in aao'
"And ho aaid 1,o wonld call ut my shop to coll
boon noar sinoe.".
"rhat's not like him !" added another. "somo-
land to rocoiYo tho money" '''@ ~'''
An officer l.ad arrived; and they proceeded to
t force tho lock Of tho frontaloor. There was n
strong iron bolt inBido-; aud tho entrance WIS
found In tl,o first room but a parrot
"se = pooe oSsn assqaes II 500 .a sG
!. "poor Jac1ucsl" Then. on soong two or tlrua
boys; poor .Jacques! Bad boys poor Jacquos!"
For q minute or two thoro WAS profound
ailouco; not stir or whisper broke tho sillnoss
Tho officers then approached tho chamber, tho
door of'wl,Icll was slightiy a1ar. 1T WA pushed
opan; and eagorly. tho crowd gazod into tho
room. Thore ,,EaH tle old man knoolh,g In front
of q great iron Ghost, his head bent forward, mud
QUO hand on tho euge Of tho boz, while t4o othor
GraBped an
Old nRowN-LooK1xa r1EcE or rApE1..
Thon tho authorities were sont for, m
Investigation made, aud p'oces-rerJdt drawn up,
to the effect that tho defuuct, had como to hla
doath by hoart-diBoaso.
Tho panor lie held was a worry old document,
and 80 fadod TINT it .vaa scarcely legiblo. Tho
docoased had apparently, takon It ont to e1ana-
mo 1t aud llo Ind written down at the close oi
tho will-for Bloh 1t was-the amount Of hiA
property, aud tho manner III which it MAJ jn-
vested.
tTlo oflloor who directed tho proceedings
MAS a natl far advanced In years. IIo had
Ice ceep Soarado l ' Of Jacques in their boyhooa
woro tears, In Tho old mans oyea aH 4e held up
l. tho instrument, mud aad in 4 ahrill and broken
voice. to tho motley group which had assentlcq,
"My frionts aud towua1non, bore lios tho body
Of q man whom tho whole city ridieued aid
|. dospised lB heartloHs miser. .Tha boys hootod
! ut him in tho streets, aud peltel him with dirt
mt stones. pIooplo taught thcir very dogs to
| bark at him us ho passed. The poor upbrAded
! him; and the rich snoorod ind pointed tho finger
Of aeorn ut him as they rode By in thoir coaches.
| Lot mo read you
| NIa WILL"
He paused to wipe his spoctacles, and then be.
gan i'll q moaaurol sopo,-
| "MAnsEILLEs, Aug. ], ITS.
"Whou I was a child, I fell! III Of q fover and
during myrocoyery suffered intensely from thirst.
l.Illoro Ind boon "a severe drought for many
months and tho water, always poor iu quality,
waa' almost wholly exhausted. At that time my
mother told mo that many 1uudreds Of tho poorer
clasa suffered in tho sauo way. .Sho nlao told
me ,hnt my father md many othors had lost thoir
propertyby tiro, chiefly because thero WAS m in
sufficient supply of water to .o1sineuish tho
ldlameB. For those reasons, I bequeatit all my
property OF every kind, after tho payment of my
Just dehts and Of my funeral oxpenaes, to nv
nativo city Of Marselles, for tho purpose Of pro-
.yiding ,watorworks which shau supply tho entire
community free Of :oxpenBe.,
T. !" JACQUES GuYor"
Aftor "a slight pauBo, the officer continued
l. "Ihis ia the original document, and is much
fadol. Nhat Iallall now read was apparently
written
ON THE DAY or HIS DEATu,
and Is yory brief:
"Auo. i, 1926.
"3y ECONOMY nud Industry I naye ACt tllrou a
fortune OF more than four million francs; and. ]
horeby give and boqucath tile aamo to the object
above nnmed, JACQUES GuYoT."
Such 1s tho pathetic story OF jacques Guyot
tho 1nBer Of Maraail1es.-J. Il. Temple IN Od
and Ne.o for june.