Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-06-28
Extraordinary Romance.

TLondon correspondence Belfast News Letter.
A short time since an old lady, living in one
of the small streets leading out of Albany
street, Regents Park, close to what was
once the Colosseum, entered the shop of a
poulterer in the neighborhood and purchased
a chicken. The tradesman was attentive to
her, and the lady became a customer, al
ways coming to the shop and giving her own
orders She appeared to be very old, but
to have all her faculties about her. On
Saturday evening she came when the poul-
terer happened to be very busy. She said
to speak to him, and he asked her to walk
into the little parlor behind the shop, and he
would come to her the moment he was olsen
gagged. In the parlor she met the daughter
of the poulterer, and after some converse
ton, in the course of which she remarked
that the young girl looked ill and required
change of air, she produced parcel tied up
in paper, and said: ''Give this to your
father, as he is busy and cannot come, [ can
not wait. I wish him to take you away for a
little change, and here is something that will
enable him to do So" She placed the parcel
in the girls hand, and told her to lock it up
in cupboard, to which she pointed. The
girl did so, and thought no more of the mat
ter; but when, some hours subsequently, the
shop was closed, and her father came into
the parlor to get mis- supper, she produced
the parcel, and gave the message by which
it was accompanied.
The poulterer laughed as he united it, but
to his amazcment, the parcel was found to
consist of bank notes and gold to the value
of e1 900. There was also in it an antique
gold watch and chain. The next day he hur-
ried round to his customer to thank her,
when she desired him to take his daughter
out of town for few days, and on their re-
turn to inform her of their arrival. This, OF
course, was done. A day or two after their
return, she called at the shop and said she
wished the tradesman to come to her house
to tea, accompanied by his daughter. AS
they were about to leave after partaking of
her hospitality, she said to him, 81 wish you
particularly to call upon me tomorrow
morning, and bring with you two respecta-
BILE persons upon whom you can rely"
The next morning ne attended, accompa-
MED by the curate Of the parish and neigh
Dor. The old lady then said TINT she was
upwards of ninety years Of age, and had nc
relative living but a cousin, an attorney, who,
she alleged, had not treated her well, and by
whom she said she had lost EGO, 900. She
added that she had g25 900 in consols still
left, and that she felt she would not live
long, and was resolved that the attorney
should not get anything belonging to her =
She had asked the shopkeeper to attend, will
two witnesses, in order that she might trans
fer to him, for his own absolute use, thu
/ 925, 900 to which she had referred.
She added that she knew very we'll what
she was about, and that by giving him thu
money while she was alive, instead Of be
queathing it to him at her death, he woult
be saved the payment of legacy duty to tn
extent of 92. 600, This announcement ap
peared to be of SO singular nature, tn
clergyman very properly suggested that
solicitor should be sent for. The man Of Law
came accordingly, and the transfer was dull.
effected. The old lady's presentiment of ap
preaching dissolution proved to be correc
and she died in few weeks after making
this singular disposition of her property =
It Seems that before her death she had inten
ded to give the money to chemist with whom
she used to deal, but that he had offended
her by some inattention to her wishes. TIL
moral of this story (of the substantial accu
racy of which there can be no doubt whatev
er) is that civility costs nothing, and may
sometimes yield a rich reward. a.