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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 100, 3 October 1877, Page 3

A London correspondent gives 1 the particulars of a f cry ronmntic story as fellow :— '■ Some years ago Mr Gardner, a ! well-to-dd farmer at MelrosS, Scotland, married a young lady of the neighborhood, and m a very few weeks after the marriage his wife presented Mm with a daughter. He hired a discreet nurse to take care of the child. The .daughter, Margaret €terdner, be'cttme & mill-hand m a fdctory, and at the age of twenty-one discovered by some means the .story of "her birth and parentage. She at once sought out her parents aad demanded recognition, but Mr Gardner declared' that her father was a. shepherd named Laidlaw. 1 The girl,' however, declining an offer of £1000 to hold her tongue, brought an action m the Scotch courts to compel her recognition as a legitimate daughter of M? and TWC rs. Gardner. The cose was decided.agaiusfc her by the Judge Ordinary, whereupon she. appealed to the full Court of Sessions, who gave judgment m her favour. Against thisher parents appealed, and the case found its- way to the House of Lords. This court of ultimate appeal decided as the lower court had done — m her favor. The girl becomes -the natural heiress of he* father's wealth, which is considerable. .