The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-11

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPTILE.
No tale of hidden treasures. oc f1iry god
mothers. of magic wands o. Aladdin lamps
is more thrilling than the almost incr- du-
lous story of a long-forgottcu uncle. who,
dying leaves TO a simple rountry-br,i puT-
an a fortune of forty millions.
Through d new spapcr clipping Mrs. Mary
Eliza s..uIno.c oI Hampstead. l.. T.. learned
the other day Of the death nearly SIS vars
ago Of her fathers brother. John Tyson, u,
the unsuccessful arch since thar t'uGc FIR
his heirs. and of Nh many millions await
ing the riEhtGUl claimant.
Mrs. Sk!dnoro says that atn 10 the uaar-
est INirg relative of the late lnUl'lrliiliun-
aire. and that the entire fortune. consist
ing of geld mines AID sheep ranches ia
Australia. belongs 70 her.
How near she has been 10 losing this vast
Inheritance by the almost perfect chain Of
evidence presented by fraudu!en; heirs IL
an exciting chapter Of This modern fairy
tale.
According TO Mrs. Skidmoro. her urcla's
lawyers Were to receive :l.0gJ. 600 if they
succeeded In finding the Tyson heir. and
I'm case they failed In tho quest the Aus
tralian Government wcIld he the weather.
by $40 100. 900.
John Tyson seemed always a more or lrss
fairy godmother to his relatives. and Mo.
Skidmore's earliest rernllections Of this I'M
Gle are of substantial presents whenever he
tNi'' III bl'llfI VI ldfEf CHECKS coming
from his distant horne: of stories OF untold
wealth and successful business ventures.
TALL OF TWO BROTHERS.
John and Stephen Tyson were born in
Scotland about a hundred yen.s ago. Ste
phen was the elder by a few years and OF
a les'' venturesome disposition.
Their parents were poor farmers. and the
boys were up from early till late. blowing.
tending sheep and milking cows.
Thn 1nIt n.u To 1000 III. -
notoDous to John, who lonRed for exciting
adventures and for a fortune.
Tales Of vast riches to bc had for the
taking in the New World Gazzled him. and
one day he persuaded his brother to take
their JOINT savings and steal away on a shin
just sailing for America.
After landing here the two brothers
sought good farming land on Long Island.
and here they lahored together for a few
years.
stephen was content with the fair exist
ence he eked out by the sweat of his brow.
but John found the restless spirit again
upon him. 80 he bade Soud-by to the little
home OH the northern side of the island
and set out on a quest for a fortune.
His rowing disposition took him all over
the United States. and finally landed him
in Australia. where he became interested in
sheep raising and gold mining.
Here he lived for years. while his brother
lost all track of him.
John Tyson never married, but Stephen.
who loved n quiet home life. chose to wed
a farmers daughter and rear a little fam
lily in his tiny farmhouse.
Two girls were born to him. the eldest
being named Mary Eliza.
This was over eighty years ago. and the
little Mary Eliza who tripped about her
fathers farm. milking. feeding the chickens.
caring for the garden and doing the house.
work, whose life has always been one of toll
and poverty, is the same Mary Eliza VINO
will prohabl- soon receive an estate walked
At "a. O00,W0.