Life Romances.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1493, 29 October 1885, Page 4

Life Romances.

Here are a few romances selected from* an. article on " Next of Kin" : — " Amougj missing heirs who have been found m Melbourne, atter their relatives have' despaired of ever hearing of them again j may be mentioned a brother of one of the present Australian Governors, wh<| was discovered painting fences and, doing other job work about the grounds of the M.C.C. The Earl of Clanwiliiauj was ifldebtedto his visit to Molbouru^ m company with the sons of ithe Prince oiWM forfhe r|coyer|froW bank m Dublin of a quantity of family plate, which had been deposited there by a relative early m the century and for| gotten.j The Earl received an intimation from the Messrs Lloyds' office that" ati , owner was required for this plate, bear- j ing his family crest, and he was able to establish his claim to it. Quite recently , a foreigner selling flowers was a familiar . figure m the Melbourne hotel bars and ( cafes. But he will be seen m the haunts no more, since, through the next of kid ' agency, he has come into a property m - France worth £4uO a year. This mis* sing man bad probably good reason for I destroying his identity. In Melbourne, r within the last two years, a respectable Swiss family set enquiries on foot for ( the discovery of a lost relative, and th'e mystery was cleared up through the agency of the Waxworks' exhibition ,fo|r the uufortunate man, having been exe^' c«ed for murder, hisefiSgy was found % m the chamber of horrors; No stranger mutation of fortune could occur than that promised m an advertisement ad- , dressed to masters of unions, police, officers, registrars of . deaths, - parish ficers, and others, offering a reward for proof of death of a man now entitled toa large fortune who^left Oxford 25 yeafs ago when 3p. years .of age; and who, when lastfheard of , was leading a roving life, eomatimes exhibiting a stuffed calf with two heads and seven legs, aiid f sometimes giving exhibition j|bf fpugilism m bobtHs at racecourses, while 18 years ago he was m an- ,English workhouse. Experience proves that windfalls of this kind; are doubtful; blessings. An" : old proverb "which* refers' tb money won by, chance, says '? What is got over t^ie 'devil's back iS generally spent under his belly." Tile re is a man m Victoria earning a precarious living as a hawker jin the country districts, who unexpectedly inherited £60,000 within the last four or five years, and ran through it all lin ■^woyears^ ..^.^ „. , r „ (