A Fortune for a Friendly Nod
A retire n Government clovk died in Vionna a few days ago and bequeathed a considerable sum of money in these terms : ' Up tho second flight of stairs there lives at door No. 63 a widow who has two daughters. I leave tho sum of 80,000 florins lo the one who always nodded in such a friendly, way whon she met me.' The two sistors fell out as t>o which of them the old gentleman had left the money. Legal proceedings are pending, but the lawyers are said to 1 be " inclined for a compromise by dividing the money.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 335, 19 January 1889, Page 4
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105A Fortune for a Friendly Nod Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 335, 19 January 1889, Page 4
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