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THE LOST HEIRESS.

Up till the present time rid"information flias been gained, notwithstanding the rigi* lance of the search which is being, in a(le, T which can lead to the discovery'hf the young woman alleged to be the daughter Of an English Baronet, who had been deserted when a mere infant by her-parenls nearly twenty years ago at Kingstown. Numbers of persons remember the circumstances of an elegantly-dressed female, * infant being found oh the. doorsteps of, Mr Thomas Carey, Sussex .Parade,;also. the baptism of the infant arid Tier removal to Rathdown Union Workhouse, Louglinstown. A vigilant search - .has been,. through the old admission books arid records of the workhouse, and one was' - found referring to : the ■ pertonj whenir:the child; had ibeen deserted,!. It (i records the;;' admission .•■ofh-lr.alf-. female infant. . vwho ; : r had;) been v de-;‘ sorted in Kingstown ; but, strange to say, ; there is"'another entry whichstates.that this infant, .was taken out .of :the workhouse two days after her admission by some young woman who then resided in Green-street. It is said that this entry cannot refer to the missing heiress "of £IO,OOO a-ye?r and an snormpus amount of accumulated ‘ riSoriey. ? A lt is sfaWd that as.much as £2OOO isoSered for trusty worthy; ; information that; wilhlekd*to theL' discovery of the long lost heiress. ls ‘The ’story of the desertion : of her child was disclosed by her mother on her death-bed - , a short time ago. - "

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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1024, 20 April 1883, Page 2

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THE LOST HEIRESS. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1024, 20 April 1883, Page 2

THE LOST HEIRESS. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1024, 20 April 1883, Page 2

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