ROMANCE OF A LEGACY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 433, 16 February 1909, Page 9

ROMANCE OF A LEGACY.

■ THE REWARD.FOR HIDING KINO '■ifi-: \, ; ;j;; .c^;-■ charlesii.v/:; ■;,,:.; -; v : l ■; >'A?ypoor;■ woman's : : act:■;.of -.'■/; kindness >.has brought,■.her'-: , an unexpected:;reward: under a-romantic which King of; England : granted '..to pi? subject over t'wo'Tiuridred arid lift'y : ;years'ago> . -.;f. .. : -^'v::i:l; v-':;>- : ■•■ f.'/The'storyiof tha legacy!s-origin is famous.; Flying from' the battle of Worcester, ■ in. 1651;'King:Charles 11.. was; hidden';from the pursuing soldiers amid;the"foliage;of an ; oak tree.byva farmer named..'Richard'.Penderel; ■ .;■The.-Kingls gratifcude'tdok the form 'of .Six, perpetual'legacies,, granted'tb Richard, Penderel and other.members of;his';fainily.--.:Two .were'of £100 a year,Jthe':others : of: slightly, over -'£50. .These romo. doTvn through many generations;':;■:!•;::;, ' ' ::j: ■'■'■• Some time, ago Mrs. Cassin, the. .wife 'of a .Londori;,cabdriver, : appeared at'■'.tne; ofßce'.:6f Messrs. i,-;Petch. and ; ;Cb., : --.solicitors,':-'having read of., a : Periderel.-Jegaoy"'last July.:. 'Nino years ago, she sai;l..her brother,' John Richard. Penderel, a fruit porter, diedjjeavihg a little ' daughter.;of four years old' quite unprovided 'for. , -;■;".'''•.'.'■•■■■.•:■"■. .•:;■:-,■■ .:■■:•• ■■.'.' ■■;■'■_ >: Although she had , children of':her own, and it .was a stragcle to make both ends: meet, Mrs. Cassin .adopted, the, little girl\to. save her from .the workhouse.: ■'",•. L 'v-,-'' .'.'■,'•■■'. ; . i.'Applications, to the courts and to'-trustees followed, and recently the dead man's- little daughter, was hold to. be legal successor to her father s pension; which amounts to nearly £laweek.'■.•:■•>■.■■•'■ .;■::••■'.•;' ■'.•.:■.■•'■■„■.•.■- : ~:":Mrs. Cassin , s: kindness to her: little niece .was rewarded by! a" sum of; over.'£2oo; which had accrued in .the hands of the. trustees In addition she: was created the euardian of •tho child. -■:<:■■; ■■'-■-? .:-:■,./,--,:■- : :,.-- .; ■:..-...■-