Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-01-30

band, she virtually renowned her father,
and sought to settle an annuity upon him
which would be amply sufficient to keep
him in comfortable circumstances for the
rest of his life. But as one of the i'm
piled conditions of this generosity was
that Barrano should not be known or pub
licly recognized as the father of his
daughter, he Indignantly spurned it, and
with desolate and heavy heart he left
New Orleans and went to Louisville, Ken
lucky, from which point he wrote his
daughter, Giroud, requesting her to write
and address him in the name of Benja-
min Macke. This gave her the clue by
which she has since probably traced him
to his miserable grave.
From Louisville Barrano came to Day
ton, where he lived and died, as has been
related. But as time wore apace there
was change in fortune with Mrs. Gil
roud. Her husband entered the South
ern army and was killed, and his pro-
perty, which consisted chiefly of slaves,
was swept away as one of the results of
the struggle in which he lost his life -
The widow disposed of the plantation
for Confederate money, so that when the
war closed she was very poor. Her po-
sition as fruit-dcaler's daughter would
have been a luxury in comparison with
her position, burdened as she was by the
care of two children, the fruits Of her
marriage with Giroud She returned to
New Orleans and again opened IL little
fruit stand, and wrote and advertised for
her father at every point where she
thought communication would reach
him, but nothing could be heard from
any source She led life monotonous
enough, until one day, scanning over the
list of advertised letters, her eyes fell
upon letter advertised for her in her
| maiden name. She went to the post
Office, and when the letter was delivered
to her she found that it was from school
mate who had gone to school with her in
France. The communication contained
some intelligence about an unknown UNI
Gle and princely estate to which the
Barrano family, of Biscay, was entitled.
And as the reader by this time has
begun to inquire in his mind where the
estate to which the Montgomery county
pauper was entitled comes in, we will go
back to the first and relate how it came
about
1t seems that Alfonso Barrano had an
elder brother, who ran away from home
when mere boy and went to sea. What
his adventures were or how he got his
start in the world is unknown but in
1866 it has been ascertained that he died
in one Of the Philippine islands, por-
ton of the Spanish possessions in the
East Indies, in possession of an Estate
valued at 1888 ,000,000 II he had heirs
they were unknown, but it had been as
certained that he had originally come
from one Of the Basque provinces, so the
fact of his death and an account Of his
estate we're communicated to the author
tiles of Biscay. The matter there be-
came one Of great interest, and was pro-
badly talked about very generally, and
this talk prompted the letter which VIC
have referred to. 1t was determined
that Alfonso Barrano, or lis representa-
tives, if living, were the legal heirs of
the deceased millionaire. So then com
menced search for an heir which has
continued for years, and which is gradu-
ally developing true story as thrilling
in interest as airy recorded in the world
of fiction. The representatives Of the
Spanish Government throughout the
world have been charged with the duty
Of finding out the whereabouts Of Alton
so Barrano, Or his representatives, and it
is possible that no clue would ever have
been obtained had it not been for the
letter which Mrs. Giroud received from
an associate of her youth. The estab-
lishment of the fact that Macke, the man
who died in the infrmary in this county,
is one and the same person with Alton
50 Barrano, of New Orleans, will not be
conclusive, yet it is an important fact
for Mrs. Giroud, and when she succeeds
in establishing it, there will be no person
between her and the succession to the
estate, and it is likely that, being person
ally known in Biscay, before she left
that country, she can establish her own
identity.