Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-02-19
9ailp appeal.
CTRIoTs ETnRY.


Shorly after The rsvolaticnsEWar, acertatn
man was keeping Z tavern in Trenton NJ
Re had two dauchters, his only ehndren, -
both Of them said 70 be comely lasses Oneo.y
aFrench gentleman, with srieh equiHPage, TOO
I'D 70 die tavern and ordered dinner -
ne daughters alluded 70 waited on IN
table. and he was either 90 fleinatea y nel
--r,sl -bsm. A. 81 -oITihed BY the COED
liouors Of amine host" that when nc heo
finished bis dinner, De offered the young lazy
his heart ard hand. she called Fer PaIenl IN
70 hearths singular ofsr, when ne told them
hat be ust a wl3ower, that ne nae property
and that he loved their daughter whoms with
their psrmission be would wed In form as soon
al tbevroris zach Philadelphia. He moreover
asked them % 60 with him 70 that city, and SEE
the m4rirrs properly performed Within an
hour he parents, with their daughter, were in
he Trsnchmsn's carriage OF their way 20
Philadelphia. where the marriage took place.
Not long afterwards the Monsieur set SSH for
Francs with his pretty young bride.
Many years passedaWay without snyuoIngs
from the young lady who had entered into mar
rage under such circumstances. Both her
parents died without hearing what became Of
Der, and her sister was married 10 a man named
Cook When Rev. Mr.. Armstrong was pastor
q he church In Trenton, several letters came
20 him from q london lawyer acting for this
lady, and asking whathad become q Der sister
Was Ehe married? To whomf And had she
childrenf IN these letters The lawyer stated
that he FreDehmsn treated has wife with ne
most consi6er1ts affection, but thathis Children
BY q former marriage, resented Ter intrusion
upon then, and made her very unhappy Her
husband hsErng how Il was, cured the evil BY
threatening 70 dsinherit them. In due time be
died. leaving her in her oWnright enough prop
srtv % make her independent. she s~fterward
removed 70 England, and was there solicited IN
marriage By a wealthy gentleman, . widower
with grown children
She told him her only objection to his Of
fer we ne fear that hi children would make
her unhappy. He called then together, and
stated The natter 70 them, with his verv posi-
tive alternative: "1usan 70 marry this iady;
Il you wiz treat her with he respect which is
due ny wife, ] wiz now give each Of you 50
many thousand pouucs; II you viii not, I VIII
cut vouof with q shilling Such inducements
had he desired effect, and she was married
the second tine. II a few years her second
husband died, leaving her a very 6ne estate in
her oEn Hgh- By The generosity Of her two
husbands sbe had been mace independently
uchs but she had NOT . single heir, unless her
sister had children. Hence the london law
ysr's Letters.
7. was sscsrtsined that the sister married.
one Ellis Cock, and q nan BY that mans lived
IN Remover, Morris county, but Mrs. Ellis
wv N4 A-a aLehE aE AHrGLANLllla EDl z
long tine al The inquiries would lead right
hack 10 the Ellis Cook In Morris county. At
las another trail was found which led TO an
Ellis Cook IN Vermont, whose wife proved 70
be the long sought-for SISTER Meanwhile the
wealthy woman IN England died, and her
property went into the English treasury until
an heir could be found for it. A lawyer in
this country undertook 70 get il for the Yer
nont family a. his own expense, and IN case
q sueesss Be was 70 have half Of al that was
cbtEined.
7 an tod that for tn CT twelve years he has
done nothing else but trace out this thing
pefertiug TIE claim II his clients 70 the prop
er-v, and a. las, with incredible pains, he has
secured his end, and has paid 10 the heirs their
portion Of The property. One Of these heirs
be found a. the West, an humble cobbler.
whose share was said TO Be some sixteen
-housand dollsF. TIE poor nan was sutaken
absek with bis good fortune, and tod the
LAWYER tbs be did not know wh,t 20 do with
g much money, a difficulty which that acute
gentleman mer BY advising him 70 give each Of
his SIX bows e thousand dollars, and 10 invest
the Balance For his WI bsnsft-C0r ". Y
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