Romantic Story of an Trisli Lad.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 424, 30 November 1889, Page 6

Romantic Story of an Trisli Lad.

The ' Freeman's .Journal' says the Indian Government are about to be called upon to disgorge a sum of £100,000 which they have had in their possession for several years as the proceeds of a legacy left by the wife ot one of the native princes, « ho died upwards of thirty years ago. The deceased lady wao an Irishwoman, who went to Irtdia some sixty years since as the travelling companion of two wealthy English ladies. During her stay in India she attracted the notico of one of the native princes, and he married her. The pair lived happily together for upwards of thirty year?, tho wife having a separate estate &ettled upon her by the wealthy maharajah. She died childless, and left no will. Her property was taken over by the Indian Government, and it has remained ever since in their hand?. It was ! at the time of her death worth £30,000, but its value ha 3 since grown to close on £100,000. The relatives of the deceased lady in Ireland were in entire ignorance of her fate up to quite recently, when they learned it accidentally from a returned Indian soldier. The inquiries which have since been instituted have fully established ,her marriage with tho Indian prince, not only according to tho rites of the Mussulman, but also or the Christian Church, and also havo made certain the existence and value of the property &ho left behind he deatl'