A LOVER'S WILL.
FORTUNE FOll THE LADY HE ADMIRED. London, June 6. A pretty romance has ended at Bristol iu a fortune being left to a lady by her admirer. The lady is Miss Mercy Lilian Large, of 4, Arlington-villas, Clifton, and the gentleman under whose will she benelits is the late Mr Edward liarraway Cope-l'roetor, of Pembroke road, Clifton, who died on March 0, at Berne, Switzerland. lie left property valued for probate at ,€15,757 9s 3d, including personality of the net value of £IS,COS 11a 3d. He left to Miss Large, besides bis books and pictures, funds comprised in a deed,-dated March 24, 1905, and it has been stilted, although it is not known, that these funds amount to not less than £IO,OOO. The story goes that the testator fell in love with Miss Large at first sight while oil her way to Bethseda Chapel, at Alma Y/ile, and that, he attended there constantly afterwards, and eventually obtained an introduction to her.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 3 August 1907, Page 3
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164A LOVER'S WILL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 3 August 1907, Page 3
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