The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-03
A DOCTORS LUCK.
A Dentist Who Cast His Bread Upon the
 Waters to Good Purpose.

A Dentist Who Cast His Bread Upon the
 Waters to Good Purpose.
 Dr. Thomas c. Stellwagen has re. gently been left a fortune by an aunt, and the means that brought his good luck about and cut other relations of without penny are extremely novel. The result will probably be that the will will be taken into the courts.
 Mrs. Dickey, for that was the rich lady's name, was the widow of the late Dr. Dickey, and her home was in Att lanta, Georgia. One year ago, so the story goes, after having been lost to the memory of her Northern relatives, she saw that her days on this earth were not many, and, with the wisdom of Solomon, sat down and wrote to many of her nearest kin in this city, Media and Bal timore the same words-that she was very old now; that she was very desti- tute, too, and would so much like to pay them a visit. One of those letters reached Dr. Stellwagen and no one of her relatives knew that another had re- ceived her plea for help.
 After her task was finished Mrs. Dr. Dickey folded her hands and waited
 To some of the letters no answers came. One or two, it is said, replied curtly, and one, lady, wrote: Really, it would not be convenient to have you visit me, for at the time you name I expect to have house full of company" Among fhn H,.cf lo%@ -l~. was one from Dr. Stellwagen, and en- closed was check for fifty dollars. He wrote her that he hoped his small con- tributiOn would help her, and that he would be pleased to have her as an in- mate of his pretty Northern home on the outskirts of Media.
 A month or two after that another demand for help reached the doctor, aud his second check for fifty dollars went South, with a renewal of the invitation for his old aunt to visit him. Up to three months ago he heard nothing from her, and then he received letter sayng: Come, I am very sick" Dr. Stellwagen obeyed the summons, and when he reached Att lanta was tumbfounded to find that Mrs. Dickeywas living elegantly, and that she was wealthy She told him that she wouldn't live long; that she wanted to g home with him, and it is said deeded everything over to him, and made him a present of all her household furniture, silverware and jewels. It took took two cars to carry the latter, and it is said that the pro- lessor left tehind him in the Southern city row oi handsome dwelling houses.
 Two daysafter reaching the doctars home in Mtdia Mrs. Dickey died, and then it was found that in addition to the deed, which gave her nephew every thing, she had left will made before she wrote those letters testing the affec- tion of her relations which divided her property among several of them. On that ground it is claimed that the dis appointed people will contest the case in court. A number of pieces of Mrs. Dickey's slverware and some jewels have been placed by the doctor in trust deposit company's vault in this city.
 The relatives are all at sea as to the ex- tent of the eccentric old lady's wealth cluO lO lo Satl HcI HclI SlN cS Iu6lll uO SdU- isfaction whatever. The Baltimore kin, his cousins, of whom there are several, are the most aggrieved and if any legal action IS token it will probably start from that direction. Another rumor is that the doctor has promised to make some sort of settlement by which the nearest blood will inherit some of the estate. Win his good fortune the doc tor inheritel an addition to his family, dark-haired Southern girl, an adopted child of the late Mrs. Dickey, with a picture of aface, we'll educated and at tractive. Strange enough the old lady left her penniless, but obtained prom ise from her heir on her death-bed that he would always provide for her-live with him sone of the family-for she said, Thomas, love her dearly" The young lady is seventeen years old and has made host of friends for herself in Media. It is said that the story of her own life is a romance in itself All dreamy Media is talking about the affair and the high standing of the families in- volved makes it choice morsel for gos. sip. Philadelphia Press.
 =