The Origin of Her Name.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 260, 2 May 1888, Page 3

The Origin of Her Name.

A lilC IKK SL \'l' I'.KOADSTUKS. The life of this woman appears lo ho an inexhaustible mine of romance. Whether inquiries bo pursued in London, Edinburgh, oi- Dublin, incident*- are revealed in her ciieei ol a chuiaetei thai would >li,'iin the faith of the ino<-l ciodulous were nob cirouinslance^ orpiall) sui prising placed by accumulating e\ulence beyond the 1 each o\ doubt. Information wliieli hii 1- been colled od by a " Star '' icpoiter Lo show thai

\\\M AShUMI'TIDN Oh' TIIK NAMI O! CORDON liAllil/JK was nol dictatcl simjjly by a dcsiie to (;hauge the homely Annie B) ucc into a more impobin^ appellation. Indeed her pre-ent natnc was not the lirhl double-bavicllcd

cognomen she had sported. In November, 1884, 50. Voili-lovraco. Kou«mi(,'sp.uk, undci (he iiamcot Mts Ayul Whyto. Her teiianey was noi. ot lony, dui.ili' n, and i( ciuk'il unpleasantly, tJiou^h piobabiv not. unexpectedly. In ihretMnen tnUiuu possession on bohall oM he th ni u ho had supplied I lie tin niture. "Mi -, Mail land" wasanoUier alia-ot 1 \u> female I'iotetis, ( liouuh m f In-, inH.inee (hi-, name — under whu-li >'ie li\ed at. {"id, \\ clli eL stiiM'l. w hei c >lio g,\\ t le.s-^ons in oloeuium .nul aihoiliMM 1 tni :i-|M,iiih to the»l.iue wjs piobah^ i.dhei -unne^led hy attend'int eiieunislanees than was the p.oduii oi meie inxi'ilt ion. Sul)se(|uently. 111 1 I'd .it .i M ldaine Tu v |.udo i- in I !ai K>\ -tic.'t \\ hen -he IoU she <j,.i\e ,l bill ioi WO in p.i\ iiu nt li u,i- not m I V\\ o ot Inn ,iddi ">v - ,il w hi< h i-he mi'jht ha\c in" ii loiii'tl toi i -lini! p 'Mod in IBBi'i wee ,-> Pin hi-" M'n •, I'm 1 1 ind-pl.m . .tint \, i!M,niMu" Mm i At •Me laitei lum ■» -he w a^ t ho tenant ot

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1 (II \I) 1)1 \|) UN 1111 I I 1)1 II u[ hi i > ooiii \- .1 ( l"i t") wa- a bit tit' 1 1 111 1 ' h lli.f-hr I). id died MnlM ,i!i .'i;i(M»J( i (if 111 an iiK ]iif-t v.>> nut Ik M \nol!ii'i nt Mi(■union li.iilln - iuhik i on- land adb - wa- a iioiu • I i w oin.ii) naired Mo!', Iniiii; in , Soiii h,ini|>ton -tuit u'i t Stiand loi li< i .ii i ount -he u'tiud viint puw n-i li'kt'l - \o plt^i'litliiL J.ioin'l t \ -<i Mi-<! !'> -.lid o\ , <_;u,it \,i!m lint when M id, inn Mini tiled to H'.ilim -lie (h-io\ii 1 tins win -|u'i i.d i nut l.v t tn kiti t - !he | it i iod ! n w hicli had ,vi i'iid\ i:\pn t d Mi - iiailln \\ a- ih'i \ lit" -i nt .it) .uulio)!'-- naint d Wliitf lr-idinu in >ou!li Xt n-ini_ r ton i'h< \ nn t in a bii-. ai,d -o intiu-ltd did Mi- Wliin In «mm in liii now ac'iuaintaiH i th.it -In in\i , d hci honit' !o-tas Mi- 1 J.iillu It ft att.-i a thii't da\--o|omn. t< i UU 1 111 1 ■_; with h< i mad\ ci U-nt \\ -omc ot Mi- Wlitt*.* - M»^>. I'otin- uhmi ha\(^ ! -nut' tonnd pnlili' at mn owi -inotln i ii.ntii 1 I th.Mi that ol Mi- \\ hite I

\\ 1 1 11, I s\ I\lv I i < \ !I\ 11 | I . ii inu limit i \i i .i ' oud, 'iinl )ii mi Ti mi M) - ( .1)! llol) li.lillli kt|»l lip.l U'Xl'l »-i.lli ti-lnm nt !)< ip| ■( .ii - '. > h.n < .i hi. mi; toi h\i~ti(k iii thi.ii wilt ,i ilitMmit lvii-( nanu'd Sultan, ,i in, m i.il'td .l.uict ami ,i |'Oii\ T.tlh, -i\ i!(i<_ r - a '<i,ii, (ti'ii |u<j-, tl'lLl tlllk('\-, 2?J (111 l k^, .111(1 100 iliu!'Slii- ii-n! I i ad\ 1 1 i-i a- .i l.'dv of 1 1! It I ni \ihi n l; l.uiit - i« 'pi lut l>init in it .uni ,i tihi h t , \ hlr i o Colin and In i wit Ii ht i ( )n> i>-tii t l.il clt incut in t lie tci in- ma- {Im p,i\ nil ut ni L l OO in ,i<l\«inu .iial tliui -i,i i , w.itjiiiti of att inpoi n\ i iiai.K tt i In \n\rm ' liti 18D5, -lie Hum \id tin w liult dt lit • |)io|uil\ at ilaiton Hall to Mi Tin-I \ toi it -pondt'iil li, i- -u|it)lit'(l u- with mid'c mtt n t ni!i (1» t .ul- ot \I i - i .tiuloii n.tilln.'^

-ii mi i;\ \ r mji \hm \n>M.iiiiu Udii-f. in th.it town w.i- t.'ken in M 1M 1 -( !oi dun il.uHii - naiui about tutu month--inee, and !i\e ( In Id leu w t le -» nt tin le v. Uh , .ill tlii aci i --in n - of a In -( i i,i-- i -(-.iliii-h men! < -o\ ii in --, li'>n-t Let pi i , .mil h\o; -( i \.inl- »{i\c :i -In If tn I lie pi i( r. and (lie I li ade pi (i pic \\ ii ea- nun pet el \ di'( oi\ ed atln \ had Imm n in S'iihlou n I f-le o| \\ njifl, i Hi i^htnii, iluie l'>a\, <iinl othei -c.-kli , KMjil-. Befoi t. loii'j 111 1 uulilr- ln-^iin The! landlonl of Mamie Jlon-c made i>nn > -elf di-aui ccal"»!( , hut -ulln icnl v,>- foiih (^)ium^ to -ccuie the pienu-c - to L,id\ 1 >a\ Then the <_i<i-> \\ a- cut. oil; the tiade-nun iieeiinu' clainoi on-, and the -en. ml-, who i dcr-kn c the\ ne\er pie\ ic.u-l\ had know n o! ,m li \ ditlifidt '[<■-, hi'Lj.in |o Ic.nf imc 1 >"s one OnThui-dav, Maieh 1. the hou-ekeepor. \ linduiu that hoi liiend- won uoiic and thai- ' \[<- d'oidon liaillie fiad It ft ('>a-( houi ne i teii.KP, lea\ in 1^ no I'lnc to he) whiieabout-. al-o made I i.k k- and \> a-, followed to the -tation b\ a howlinu and indignant tion of the populaei The pieviou- Suiithn Mi- (ioidon Haillie, who had -la>"d al the Albany 1 lotel dm in«r Satuiday ni<rht, letl In tln 11.-II 1 . -I tiain at dusk, taking with liei tlie nui-e and bain. • M.iviny, ai -he -aid, left liei elit(|ii( -book ' behind, shejpi'omi'-ed to -end a i ennttanee on ' the Monday, but up 1o Kimlji\ (\eninir it i had not aili\ed. Ml V>o-\ fd-o wioti'i to be. down on Friday, Mai eh 2, ami -ut | e\ ui^tlu'n<r n'^ht, but up to -e\en p.m. he liatl made no -i^n. Thi.s wa- sciioii'-, as theiewa-no money in the hou^". The £jo\ ( ine^ w a-- iemo\ed by hoi tiiend-. a i woman set rant bein<_ r left, in ehar^e ot tlie ' ehildien till the following morning, and! i otiee was p\en Lo tho iclievinrr ollicei that the clnldien nii^hl need hi^ attention. Eventually, how e\ or, Mr Frost fetched them <'n\a>

MKs I'.UUJI. lIWTIiKIh IMJ/P'N l>U T <!llTl'i!s Tlio oldest, nann'il kichanl Duekwoi 1,1) Amciica (said to he an heiress under the late Sii R. D. Kin^ will), 'v> about 13, and the two younger arc named .Snow and "Paddy. Ffer two boys arc aged lcspcctively seven years and a lew month**