A £lo,ooo LEGACY
Woman’s Dismay at Unexpetced Wealth. “Would Rather Not Have It.”
A woman who is to receive an unpccted legacy of £IO,OOO toid 3 London reported of her dismay on learning 0! her good fortune. ' She is Miss Florence Mary Eiphick. and the legacy comes to her under the will oi’ Miss Annette meshay Ormex‘od, of ‘Overdaie, Croxiey Green Hertfordshire, “ as a token of my gratitude and a remembrance of :her kindness and care for me during my illness and afterwards." Miss Ormerod. who was 82 when Ihe died inst November, ien £36,676. iivrihequcsi to Miss Elphick, who acted as her nurse companion. includes £6OOO. a gold wristici watch, securi-lir-s lo the value of MOOO, and the house in Uroxuy Green with its con—tents not otherwise bequeathed. _ A Labour of Love. "The legacy came as a complete Siii‘pi‘isi‘. and reaiiy 1 would rather not mu? had it.“ said Miss Eiphick. “i \\.iS'lli‘Yn'F‘d in Mrs Oi‘mcrud and her ~|\i--n- \\'im :iiml some years ago), and :muidn: (ii'ivr her was miner :- labour \li lU\l‘.
“I would rather that it had been left like that than that she could have given me what I can only consider is far too large a sum. considering that I only did my duty in looking after her as best I could.” “\\'hen Mrs Ormerod made me promise shortly before she died that I would not give away any money she might leave me I had no idea that she meant anything more than a small gift. Share For Niece. “ln the circumstances I consider I am absolved from my promise, and I am giving a third of the amount to her niece. as I think that is only fair. ‘ ”It was four years ago that she 'askcd me to come and look after her. ‘and she was such a delightful old lady that no one could have helped doing all they could for her. ‘ “ Though I know she left me the money out of the kindness of her heart, l would rather that she had not done it at all. it makes it appear elmust as though I had been looking after her all the time for a reward."
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19893, 23 May 1936, Page 18 (Supplement)
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365A £l0,000 LEGACY Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19893, 23 May 1936, Page 18 (Supplement)
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