The Penn's Grove record., 1885-11-07

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eighteen years of absence, so altered
that his own wife didn't know him.
A Poor French Girls Romance.
u verlCaDle romance In real life, the
facts of which are vouched for by the
attorney of the young lady in the case,
has been developed by his efforts to
prepare the way for the admission to
probate of a will by which she was
made joint heiress of a valuable estate
upon conditions which are now IN
course of fulhlment. The principal
characters in the story, which might be
named s'The Silver King, ''The Lost
Herr "a Tale Of Two Cities" or
ssrhe Romance of a Poor Young
Woman" are a wealthy Wall street
operator, a hayward youth who ran
away from home and made a fortune,
and a French young lady, companion
to a desolate but wealthy widow. The
story as related to a reporter by John
s. Griffith, a lawyer, whose Office is in
the Garfield building, No. &c Court ST.,
Brooklyn, is as follows:
In 1871 Joseph w. Walters, a New
York broker, living with his wife and
only son in Green avenue, near st.
James place, Brooklyn, died leaving a
fortune of 500. 600 to his widow. She
was at that time about forty eight years
old, and her son., Lester d. Walters,
was sixteen. The boy was Of a rowing
disposition, and wearying of the strict
discipline of his mothers household, he
resolved to leave home and seek his
fortune in the West. Having saved a
little money from the allowance which
Mrs. Walters gave him, he packed his
trunk one day, informed his mother of
his intention, and took a sudden depar-
ture. His mother thought he would
soon see thererror of his ways, and wa
prepared to kill the fatted calf as soon
as the prodigal should return. Time
passed on and no tidings of the truant
were received. After a while the lone
ly widow inserted an advertisement In
a New York newspaper calling for a
young lady companion. Among those
who applied for the position was Miss
Marie De Lacy, a young French girl
who had been brought up In Paris, and
| found herself without friends in this
country. She was of prepossessIng ap.
pearance and manner was an accom-
plished reader and conversatlonalist,
ard was a fine pianist. She was en-
gagged, and was Don the trusted friend
of the lonely occupant OF the brown
stone mansion in Greene avenue. They
| continued to live in this home for sew
eral years. and then, nothing having
been heard from young Walters, who
was mourned as II dead, they went to
Europe and spent two years in travel.
! going as far as Palestine. Mrs. Walters
became strongly attached to the young
woman, and treated her as a daughter.
They returned to this country. where
they continued their travels. at
length in 1882 Mrs. Walters died in
| this city, where they were temporarily
living, and left q curious VIII.
sThe will is at my office" said Law
yer Griffith to the reporter who called
upon him at his home. No. 1888 Madison
street, Brooklyn, "bat its exact terms
are nearly as follows:
81 give, devise and bequeath all my
property, both real and personal, OF
every kind and nature, wheresoever the
AM may be situated In trust, upon
tho following conditions: First, 1t is
my will and intention that my friend,
Marie De Lacy, after my decease, shall
faithfully search for and find, If pos
sible, my son, Lester D. Walters, and
if the said Lester ID. Walters is unmars
ried it is my wish that he and my friend
Marie De Lacy. join in the bonds of
wediock. If either my son or my friend
Marie De Lacy shall not consent to
said marriage, then the share herein
after mentioned shall revert to the one
who refuses to abide by my wish. Sec
ond, if my said son, Lester u. Walters;
refuses to abide by my wish, l give and
devise and bequeath to him one-quarter
of my estate, both real and personal,
and the remaining three-quarters Igive
devise and bequeath to my friend,
Marie De Lacy; and if said marriage
takes place, / give, devise and bequeath
all my property, both real and personal
to my believe dson, Lester ID. Walters,
and my beloved friend, Marie De Lacy,
to be divided between them equally,
share and share alike. The expenses
growing out of the search for my son
are to be paid out of my estate.o
MI. Griffith said that two years ago
be was introduced by a well-knewn
Wall street operator and owner of
silver mines in Mexico who did not
wish his name to be published, to Miss
De Lacy, who was living with friends
in West Fif~ty-second street, in this city;
that having learned the facts of the
case, and having also learned from a
schoolmate OF Mr.. Walters that he was
said to be in Mexico, he advertised for
him IN a Mexican newspaper. The
advertisement was answered by Mr..
Walters, who came to this city recently.
BY preconcerted arrangementthe lawyer
took Mr.. Walters to the Bijou Theatre
about six weeks ago, where Miss De
Lacy and Mr.. GriGith's friend occupied
a box. The young lady was pointed
| out to Mr.. Walters, who fell in love
with her at first sight. They were
introduced after the play and the party
went to Delmonico's. Mr.. Walters,
who did not know who she was and
knew nothing of the terms Of the will,
visited her afterward and they became
engaged to be married. Then the
lawyer explained the little plot to Mr..
Walters by which they had been brought
together and told him about the viii.
Mr.. Walters was pleased and the we'd
ding soon followed.
"LooKING at your drawing imbues
me with an artistic fever,n remarked