The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-09-30
F0soUE, qHE at1SER.

stance Of ayarice occurred in France.
A miser of the name of Foscue, who
had almassed enormous wealth by the
most sordid parsimony and the most
dlscred1table extortion, was requested
by the Government to advance sum of
money as loan. The miser, to whom
fair interest was not inducement sufff-
GENTLY strong to enable him to part
with his treasured gold, declared his in
capacity to meet this demand; he
pleadef severe losses and the utmost
pove " Fearing, however, that some
of hiss efghbors; among whom he was
very unpopular, wouldreporth his immense
wealth to the Government, he applied his
ingenuity to discover some efEectual way
of hiding his gold, should they attempt
to institute O search to ascertain the
truth or fasehood of his plea. With
great care and secrecy he dug adeep cave
in his cellar to this receptacle for his
treasure he descended by a ladder, and
TO the trap, door he attached spring
loci, Sc thatIensshutting it would iasten
Oh AIts56lIs.
II7 and BY the aiser Disappeared !; in
q,nries were made, the house was
searched @oodssyesre explored, and the
ponds were dra sed, but no Foscue
could they find the gossips began to
conclude that tho misor had fed with
hiss gold 70 some part whore, by living
incognito he would beSfree from the de-
naands Of Gosornnent. Some time
passed on ttsss housa2in which he had
lived was stJd and wprkmen wero buBily
employed ia its repair, In the prog
resso Of Their work they, met With the
doorof the secret cave, with the key in
the lceiix o3ttsiae. 1iiS 1ihiSSy sia threw back the
dooly and dega6neIed VIII q light. The
first Robiect{ upon which tn, a1rss bsl
reflected was the ghastIy body cas sSss ssSsss
cue, the npiser, and scattered around hirs
were heavy bags Of gold and pondsrotls
chests ofsnntold treasure e can alessts;icls
lay beside him on the fiooE.
This worshiper of rnanmon had gone
Sinto his cave to pay his deyoirs to his.
| golden god, and became a sacrifice TO
his devotion. What must have been the
sensations Of that miserable faarS, what
the horrors Of bis siSSation, when he
heard tho door close after him, and the
spring-lock effectaally imprison him
within his secret n1inel How bitter
must have been the last strugglRs of the !
Sayaricioua soul. How terdble muat
have beer the appesls ee conscience
within that soryiid sinner. How eanSl.
bag must have disgorged its treasures.
and each piece Of gold hare danced, in
imagination, around him us d denont
EEEE;t7;HGrf hated, when the gnawings panes OF
came slowly upon, him, must
have been that yellow vision his yery
heart must have grown sick at that
which he once so dearly loved. Gold
in bags gold in chests : gold piled
iis heaps; gold Ror bis pillow; gold
Etrewed upon the ground for him to lie
Stoon.
Waite his taper LASTED, turn where he J
Ygeslld his eyes, nothing met him hut 3 s.
gold. But when the last flicker a. y y ce
ayEaS, and the nniser was left ipy
ness, 70 dwell upon his comip
md upon his many sins, how. .
have been the agonies OF
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