The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-22
KATIE AN IRISH HERES
a MILLION IN HAND CASH LETT a
1.-THE MN YORK GIRL
Her Father was Once spcrt-he I'" INV
Ancestral Homo and Carried VA" "'"'
Fortune Could Have Been His.

Katie Sullivan, says yesterdays New
York World. s. as hne a htue s"'
as can be found IN any tenement vi
Third aveile. and she Is worth "roie
lot OF money.
Katie probably knows that she mas
typically pretty irish face ana DIE Vioie'
eyes. and thick black hair ana "h''e'
.yer teeth and that she Is likewise
blessed with a strong constitution ana
an erect and graceful figure, for the
neichbors Tor blocks around have toid
her mother what a fine figure oil W.
man Katie was sure TO become.
But the little girl. she is only fourteen
hadn't the remotest idea up to few
days ago that she was heiress 70 a blS
handed estate In Ireland and bank ac-
count which represents the savings OF
SIX generations OF Irishmen who were
not land poor IL,
The story oil Katie's Inheritance sounds
IKE the blot OF Little Lord Fannie
row." with the sexes substituted. k@ue
sixth great-grand. Ather was named ray,
rick Sullivan. lie owned a lot OF iaiu
In County Derry and more near Dup,I,hh,
lie had also n tidy amount OF hiis 81
gold stored away against the times ~, ~,
trouble. Since then hts heirs. Htd5 "1y
frst-named Patrick, have addeu ~
economy and shrewd investment 70 w
value Of the original estate 50 ua.o,,ld
now amounts to q figure whiiy,u, 49,
surprise some Of Americas mli'o"i" Co.
HHR WEALTH.
According 10 the letters received oy
Katie's mother, Mrs PATRICK o"ll,hSPa,hs
the little girls share in the es't.e' n0d
s divided equally 9etw ,gin ann amount TO
Marty a million dollars in punk anu
some miles Of fine ullel anu paJte1ttr
lands. The letters came from Oar tiSSV,
John Donohue, who, IN auu'.,o' a' ~ G5
the lawyer for the estate ~ apPoin'0N
Guardian of both Katie and PatricK.
Ali thls wealth Is left to Katie by heI
grandfather on her father sue, ~, ~
Father was the first born. re was d ~
~ The FIST disappearing Irish country
Gentleman, He was rollcking fellow,
nassIonafelv fond Of a horse. ioN-hute
or "A sfecplechase. lie liked his Hquor'
ike all his prototypes Ia Lever hotSi1ss'
ale always told me, said Mrs; sun
van. referring to her late husband, that
he was too much Of sport 10 get alon5
with the old gentleman 50 II hapPenneua
that, when still a young man, h@ .'.n,.'
father left the ancestral nan anu .he
10 England TO seek his fortune on INV
turf He managed to make an uhcer.a.n
sort OF living there for eleven, YEN
Then he came 10 this country "nu ~
love with Kaie's mother VINO VIZ LIZ. tmra
married twenty years ago, ana ilNen 70
rether so happily that the sporty lilsh-
man was thoroughly content 10 carry tht
nod all day and bring home the larseI
part Of his wages at the end OF Satn
week. Katie was the only child porn 10
In lSSs, the year Of the blizzard. Pat
rick died. The mother supported herseii
and children 10y taxing in was ing aiii
scrubbng floors in office buildings. she
IS a fine specimen OF the Irish working
woman. Apparently neither her years
nor her hard labor have tod upon neI
hardy constitution nor her good mature.
.My husband. Patrick" says she. was
ALWAYS a snort but he was fine mar:
Whenever the money ran short ana L
worried about Katie. he always sal1;
Never you mind, dear; the day VIII
come when I'm dead and gone, Wheh
vo,i'u he nroud 70 be the mother of the
little one. and you'll know then tnat
Patrick Sullivan, the sport the h0a-
carrier. and your husband, was as me
Il gentleman as there Is In ireland
AFTER HER BUsBASD's DrAru'
But after her husbands death Mrs.
Sullivan made no effort to find out about
her husbands ancestors. She kept on
scrubbing Office floors, doing Washlns'
seeing that Katie went TO the seventy
sides furnishing the little Nat, full OF peo-
ple al No 1853 Third avenue. with
plenty to eat, she put money IN the
bank. Her daughter by her first husband
-..4rrtoa ma tNn Hf me- p WI
but Katie she has always kept with
her. Two years ago the latter, by
nhvstcian's adVice. was taken from
sehool She had studied too hard ana
WAS then far in advance Of Sch0iars OF
her own age But when she was Tor
hidden to study Katie's ambition turn
..d in another direction. 81 must make
money" said she. II don't want TO be
81 servant. | want 10 have servants
Then Mrs. Sullivan paid a dressmaker a
Zee and Katie WAS taught all about pun
"a sleeves. homeless waists, and the IN
fermInahle WhatnOt OF a woman clothes.
Tor a year and half now she has
made all Of her own and her mothers
clothes. besides a lot of other peoples.
Then too, Katie always managed 10
xet home from her work before her
mother returned from scrubbing floors
and have a neat supper prepared for the
latter. mamie is no dummy said MIS-
.,u..trnv. 'snp afW8vS ra1 sra 10 "a.
hut she's always been willing to work
and work hard. I'm glad she's got the
money. and when the time comes when
The LAWYERS pay IL to her i Know mat
her mother will have q fine easy time Tor
sbe rest of her life
Katie sails for Ireland on Wednesday
pext She will be chaperoned by Mrs
n o'Hoilev. a friend OF her mothers
After visiting her relatives there, the
IL In r.r.-s ~Ii enter convent
IN Derry County and there study music
Wrench and other fine arts according 10
provisions i'm her grandfathers Will