The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-25
HAS A FORTUNE IN ENGLAND.
LUCKY ENDING or 4 SAVANNAH
WOMAN's ROMANCE.

Left n FoundIinE a. an Infant In n
savannah Asylum by the Nurse In
whose Care She wa. Left ~ the
Death of both Parents IN the s"ath
Forty Year. Ago. she Ias Remain
30 ia Ignorance OF the Fortune
which Was Hers by HiEht-On Her
Dcathhed the Nurse. who HAD He
trayed Her Trust. Revealed the
WRONG and sought 90 MAKE Resti-
tuition.
That true stories Of real lie arc
stranger than the nctlons % the novslists
Is doubtless true. but it Is only occasion
D. that these romances Of real life are
brought 90 usht. Il appears that one Of
this sort b. 40 develop in Savannah short
D. This story has an the details Of a
romance. and like the old-foshioned nov
els the ending is very pleasant what
interests the readers Of the Morning News
j. that Il Is located IN Savannah and the
parties are doubtless well known here
Their names cannot be made public IS
yet, however
The story. as ~ comes to the Morning
News from a reliable source Is that Ia
1850 an Englishman and his wife came 10
this country on an extended tour. They
were accompanied By q nurse. some time
was spent In Savannah and from here
the parties went TO Atlanta. There the
wife died. leaving the bereayed husband
with an infant daughter
Together with the nurse and his infant
daughter. the husband returned to sa-
vannah. and here he. too. died. leaving
the nurse In charge OF the child. The
Engnshman was evidently a man Of
means. az he seems TO have had c0usid-
cradle funds with him. and perhaps pa
pers which gave possession OF other prop
crty. Instead OF returning 10 England
with the little orphan and placing her Ia
charge OF relatives there. the woman
placed the child In al asylum and re-
turned 40 England. taking with her the
fuuds which should have gone 10 the sup
port aud education Of the girl.
From the founding asylum the child
was transferred TO one Of the orphan asy-
lums OF the city. IN which she grew 10
young womanhood and from which she
probably went forth 90 some place Of en-
ploymeut. Anyway she had the fortune
10 meet "a lover. and In due time they
were married. The couple has since re-
sided in this city and have several chit
dren The husband Is IN the employ OF
one Of the railroads.
The nurse. who had LEFT the orphaned
infant behind Ter ia a founding asylum
la Savannah. returned 60 England and
seems To have prosps red with her III got
ten gains. Recently a letter was receive
hy a law firm IN this city. from frm OF
London solicitors. making inquiries a. 20
the infant which had been so heartlessly
lett behind forty years ago ana giVing
names ana details which made u possible
20 trace the record OF the former found
ling with httie dificultN.
The letter stated that woman who
had recently dicd there had made a state
meut shortly previous TO her death N
which she told how she had acquired q
fortune by leaving b hind her In found
ling asylum here the infant child Of her
dead master aud mistress and concealing
the facI OF the child's existence. she
desired 10 atone for her misdeed by leaN-
ing to the one she had so misused. u still
living. the fortune which she had acqulfei
AZ her expense This fortune Is stated 10
be valued al $4,000.
These are only the bare facts OF n case
which doubtless possesses stlll more m
teresting details Anyway, the fortunate
has been located and the matter is being
looked into by attorneys here tntil sac
Information contained IN the letter has
been fully corroborated the parties prefer
10 keep their Identity secret. There
seems 60 be- no reason TO doubt the intor-
nation received. however as the facts Of
the history OF the fortunate recipient a.
ihis end OF the line. so far as known %
herself and others. corroborate the state
ments made IN the letter.
From modest circumstances TO for
tune OF $4,000 IS no small step and 2
very desirable one when there Is "a family
on hand. n the fortune matcrializes. as
retained wrongful possession % q for SO
lucky recipient.
The story s. somewhat similar IN many
respects TO that told by Austin Davis. a
variety actor who was "a Savannah not
long since and VINO told a remarkable
story Of having recently discovered by the
death Of the woman whom he had always
suprsscd 60 be his mother. that she was
no, his mother but his nurse who had
taken possession OF him and his sister on
the death 81 his mother, who was separ-
ated from her husband while the children
we're in infancy. BY this sraud the We
man secured possession OF considerable
property which had been decided 10 the
deceased Mrs Davis hy wealthy relatives
IN Charleston. A. Davis gave names.
dates and locations. his story seemed To
be straight though the life OF the all
ventures who had passed a. his mother
was such tangled web that IL seemed
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