A Strange Story.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 123, 19 March 1872, Page 7

A Strange Story.

There is a curious story n'.lni which, if true, seriouslyeoinpromises a well-known Melbourne solicitor. i L is almost too sensation il for belief in these prosaic nntter-of-faet days, but the surrounding incidents are so eircumstantially relate;! tint they give it substance and coherence. An old lady, with largj possessions, and few, if any, relatives in this country, fell ammgst (perhaps 1 had better say) into the hands of a clever attorney. Ai English female relative who, in the event (if the old lady's decease, would be beneficially interested, had hor suspicions aroused in sonic manner, and came oat to Mellvmrne for the express purpose'of investigition. Upon her arrival here she made inquiries, but the old lady was nowhere to be found. She had utterly disappeared, and no one could tell of her whereabouts. H;r former haunts knew her n >t. With profession il assistance, a clue was obtained, an I a faint track was followed up to S ,'d icy, t!i m;e fir a hundred miles or so across the Bin j M > i daius, and finally in a rem >te inland town ship fie object of the search was found. i\ it in what condition I A desire for sthnuliuts had been encouraged,, and the old lady was b sing pci'nrtted to poison herself with alcohol, her suicidal allowance being a bottle of brandy per diem. With considerable difficulty shy was rescued from thesurveillmeeof her interesting New South Wales friends. Siie was brought back to Melbourne, and cou't mted with her late legal adviser. I[3 had obtained such control over her property, aid hid otherwise so planned matters, that, in the event of the old lady's death, he would hj tve himself b womo possessed of all. II >r n:i ;x----poetud reappearance, however, stunned him. He at once restored a large part in eish, an ! give security for further indebtednes?. And so the nutter stands. If people want to know more let them inquire in Oha'ieeryland, in Temple-court, or in any other haunt of the brother 1 :!') >l of lawyers, for exact particulars.—" ./Egles," in the Australasia*.