LARGE FORTUNE LEFT TO FACTORY GIRL
A message from Vancouver states that Mrs. Charles Vandewater, widow of a Vancouver "lumber king," who died there recently, has left her entire fortune, which is valued at £1,400,000. to a poor factory girl named Esther Sleight, of Kingston, New' York. Mrs. Vandewater became attached to the girl two years ago, when visiting at Atlantic City, the famous summer resort of New Jersey. Miss Sleight was at that time a servant in one of the hotels, and was so attentive to the widow that a friendship sprang up between them and has been maintained ever since. At present Miss Sleight, who is only twenty years of age, is employed in a cigar factory, and helps to support her mother and father, who are in poor circumstances. Mrs. Vandewater had no children, and. in leaving her fortune to Esther Sleight, speaks of her as the girl she regarded as a "dear daughter." •
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 233, 20 February 1913, Page 7
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157LARGE FORTUNE LEFT TO FACTORY GIRL Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 233, 20 February 1913, Page 7
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