Fair play., 1877-10-11
How lie Found Hi> Fortune.

Aayu, the middle ci Ia, MAY. >Iy>
the Richmond (Iujl FG.i,lii'u. =
Uumucr 90, .,;,>ir> ,.imrcd near HG>h'>
Mil. west - The ,it They made their
living - other gyl,~it- IL. tN trading
horses. I.livuu-. telling fortunes and
hry-iu. bnr ,ii, twoui ;hCiu slll Il II
the house II kous'rt Cotton. " hr Keeps
= >.l.... -gv,rTN iu >ySa~;II''l, and oi-
i,r,,j L. ,rl, hi~ fortune To- fii,N cents
Mr. Cotton w.t~ an uuhrlyvrr in witch
craft. ari r,iu>ri ?" nav ANY thing tor
their >.ryic,.S. 60, JEcV volunteered the
Information iAAs tie wt> All English
man, whirh he owned was "a fact. They
then j',t him !hIt hl> iI'h,'-. wv uUylr>
aut - brother bad ii,sl >iuyr ~ heard
from them. and ha, M father anj one
uncle had i-it him considerable sum
ni money Had they tn.i him un more
h. would have PASSED The matter bS H.
au Idle tale, bg, they related ihv history
ai hi lfr So jrlI,hiully ,ha; re- readily
heard their story. although r,iU>ju. To-
pay the hall dollar demanded Ter
a fu.l revelation oi his for-
time. pAcy persons >,v'i ~
Whose characters were rr;Id and
their fortunes told hv ia" .Np>i,'>. Iui
al. .llirn that they ;uiJ IN" truth IN c,-
cry instance. BIi cuitru'S faith was
still -haky. hut Not - with hl> >Niic. whr
dali, .mp"r,uncd h,ri ~ ~ inlhr moth
rr country and So, whether the r.Nela-
lions were true. Alter much ..tirr
,prul IN vain IA, concluded that II WAS
useless inr h,.r - ur-r him longer. -
Sh, told h!m ON, dIv that II hr did unt
go IN, w"iii. COuoG then a>>ru,yj,
and on July Ia li>I she started iuT the
cornish Mountains vi SuUihNr>t In.
land Her husband, birthplace Is
Penrance. in CNrnw sll. III" treat cop
per aui tin prrduyIuS country ui ne ~
lr,m- south point ui ,IIc British Islands.
Al III, np,uin. "i the chanuc! which
separates England from France. The
village j within sight "i Lands End,
and the inhabiiIut :ur nG'>,!N miners.
bat the elder t,'t,ua was = retired mil
Ter. WIN lived uu the m"u,, acquired
vhllr wurkin. at his trade. When Mrs
Cotton arrived IN Cornwall he met old
friends. vi whom ~hr learned that The
-ypsirs' ~inI, Wa trur. Al i.n1aucc
>h,. iuauI iha, the father. hi hru,h"r~
and ~rn ha,i been dead urari, Nv" wears.
AMI that all four 0fthcm had died with
II 4 pcri"d If three. weeks. Sh" pr, >.nir,i
the claims pi h4r husband, and after u
prulon.r,. visit returned t. iii~ city
sl,ru, two weeks since.
Mr.. Cotton refused io tell thu reporter
how much m..u-s i.s So.Ild ..r; from the
,,iates Of his father and uncl.>. but
from outside sources il w;,> learned that
the amount would not fail ~h"r; II 500
Uu1. For manv wears previous to the
death of hl- father Mr.. Cotton was uu-
able iu hear from him, except through
ih,. agency nf (, sister " iir lived ~ home
with the old .cu-icN,an. Hc always
thought. and his wiic's Investigations
proved that he w.- !ight IN :" thinking.
That the sister opened the letters tn hi>
father and answered them without hi-
fathers kn.wic,lge, at til. same time
a.iyin. him I" understand that Robert
Wa dead. - that her -lrtrr Il the estate
.",ild ice increased hv the addition IT :.
portion 81 Roberts
Previous To leaving ENGLAND. SOME
fourteen Years ago, Mr.. Cotton quar-
relied with his uncle, and hr thought
that his portion oi the estate wuuld h..
given {" his brothers. and the most in
credible part oi the gyP-ic,' story /"
him was That his uncle had made hlm
his heir. Acrru!iu. "a Mr. Cotton, II"
will bc Obliged ," wait several months
before ne viii receive hs money. ~ ,irc
e>tai. i yet unsettled.
An inquiry into the reputation "f Mr..
Cotton, upon whose authority th, story
j. told, brought to hight n.i hin. To- i'm