A miser, to make sure of his property, sold all that he had and converted it into a great lump of (noun?) went continually to visit and inspect it . This roused the curiosity of one of the workmen, who, suspecting that there was a treasure, went to the spot and steaked it away When the miser returned and found the place empty empty he wept and teared his grief, and learned the cause of it, said, "Fret no longer, but take a stone and put it in the same place and think of it as your lump of gold. As you never meant to use it, the stone will do you as much good as the gold".
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