COLONEL AS “FAIRY GODMOTHER”
POOR-LAW ROMANCE The good fortune of a girl who three years ago was taken from a Poor Law institution and adopted by a retired lieut.-colonel and his wife was told to Lewisham Guardians. It was stated that on the death of the colonel’s wife, the girl, who is now 21, was left generously provided for. She was treated by the colonel as though she were his own daughter, said the clerk. She had a beautiful home, had been educated and had now asked that a younger sister, aged 14, should be discharged from the institution and allowed to join her. The colonel with his adopted daughter, a well-spoken young woman, appeared before the guardians, and he told the board he was anxious that the sisters should be together. When they had left the boardroom one of the members observed: “We can see that Miss has developed into a perfect lady. To let the child go is the finest thing that we can do 5° r , , her.” Another guardian said, Tnis girl has nearly £6OO a year settled on her.” The board agreed to hand the child over to her sister, on the understandms that the colonel would adopt her.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 410, 19 July 1928, Page 18
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203COLONEL AS “FAIRY GODMOTHER” Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 410, 19 July 1928, Page 18
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