The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

a person of gentlemanly appearance called
az his home and requested his signature
to certain document. This he refused TO
give, ana II was well that he did so, for
as II atterward turned out. he would have
transferred all his rights to the Iciffe
property. The agent, or whoever the
stranger might have been, defeated his
own ends, for he aroused Mr.. Icliffe's sus-
pictons sufficiently to lead him to make
Investigations. lie soon proved his claim
and in short time was in possession Of
his birthright.
Perhaps the romantic case Of this sort
that ever occurred in America was the
Recamier affair. Less than a decade ago
Fan River and neighbOring towns were
being seached for one Edouard Marie Re
camier, who was supposed to be employed
as weaver In some New England cotton
mill. He was wanted to take possession
OF fortune in France, which for half IA
century had been in wrong hands. The
During the first empire near rela-
tive OF the noted MINIS. Recamer, and
heir to large estate, enlisted In the navy
under an assumed name. He was a mere
lad, and was sent to serve on board the
brig Pomme dor, which, during the reign
OF the first Napoleon saw considerable
service. Young Recamier fretted not d
little under the discipline of the navy
and is said to have so fiagrantly disobey-
ed orders that he was logged.
When the vessel arrived at New Orleans
| he deserted and came north to a factory
! town near Boston, where he fell in love
With French girl who was working In
| one OF the HllliSs ana married ner. This
quiet life did not long content him, how
ever, for he soon deserted his wife ana
child and returned to his native land
Here, after the overthrow of the first
empire, he revenged himself for his treat
ment on board the Pomme dor by assist
ing in guillotining the lieutenant who haG
caused him to be logged
After this he wooed a Mile. Arlet, a lady
Of rank and a relative of Mime Roland
and, cOncealing the fact of his previous
marriage in America, he led her to the
n oh
dren.
Fifty years ago Recamier and his wife
both died, and "a few years later their
children, who had meantime come into
the property. discovered papers disclos-
ing the fact of the first marriage which
of course, made their claims TO the es-
tate invalid. They kept the matter to
themselves. however, destroyed the tell
tale documents and divided the property
For half century almost this silence
had been maintained, when they quar-
relied among themselves. and one of the
seven, who was rich from other sources
vindictively revealed the whole decep-
ton. Knowing that the others would be
ruined, he was quite willing to give up
his share in order to purchase his re-
venge.
The following incident may not be out
of place in our consideration of this sub
ject. On March II, 1885 an attorney wac
seeking for records IN an old spoliation
claim case, when he found in the vault
Of the Hartford National Bank, an an
tiqe chest. on inquiring its contents he
was told that none Of the present Off
Gals had ever seen opened, but all
supposed ii contained worthless old pa
pers. Receiving President Boilers per-
mission, he had the chest forced open
when there stood revealed to his aston
ished gaze a lot of silverware of great
value. Many Of the older pieces were
fond to bear the crest of the Melbourne
family of England, and this finally led
to an Identification of its ownership.
1t was found that the Brlnley family
of Connecticut were descendants of the
AIrIta rarasf md
fed Mr.. George +. Brindley stated that
the family plate had disappeared some
twenty years ago, and up to that time
found
An amusing story is told of young
ster at Harrow, who. seeing a stont
opened it to save him the trouble OF dis.
mounting. The man evidently was not
used to such treatment from Harrow lads
SO he kindly inquired the boys name
"Grceni" returned the youngster, draw
ing on his imagination. and thinking II
was great fun to deceive the old farmer.
And what may your father be?'
ooh. my father is a cheesemonger IN
TheObald's road, in London replied the
boy keeping up the joke; rather small
shop, with two steps down from the
street.
Pm very much obliged to you" said
the farmer, you're a capital young chap,
and l shsn't forget you"
'Don'tW was the boys parting shot
and of he rap to tell his schoolmates how
nicely he had imposed upon the unsus-
pecting old farmer.
But ten years later he saw the matter
in quite different light, for search was
being made for young man by tho
name of Green. living in Theobald's road
who had been left a large legacy in re-
turn for opening a gate in a specified year
for farmer on horseback AS there
was not particle of truth in the infor-
nation he had given on that occasion. he
Of course, could make no claim upon the
bequest.