A FORTUNE IN A WASHTUB.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 181, 4 June 1891, Page 4

A FORTUNE IN A WASHTUB.

A WASHERWOMAN AND THE i ORPHANS. j " Truth is stranger than fiotion. " at Mr Quarrier proved to bis satisfaction latelt (saye the Pali Matt Gazette,) He was asked to oall at a certain address oo the SouthSide, Edinburgh, and, oq doing so, found that his unknown correspondent was an old woman over 70 years of age. She lived by herself in a ' house of one apartment, whiob was olean and comfortably fur; nished, and she herself was the pioture of a frugal and tidy old woman, In the oouree ot oonveraation Mr Quarrier learned that ehe followed the humble oooupation of a washer° woman ; tbat she. had struggled successfully to keep houee, and bad year by year leid by something, until now her earnings in the bank, with aconmulated interest, had reaohed a considerable sum. She had taken a great interest iv the work ot rescuing poor street waifs, and, believing ehe oonld not put her savings to bettsr ÜBe, banded to Mr Quarrier oheques to the amount of £614. Although quite an uneducated woman, she muoh imp t_cd Mr Quarrier by her shrewd and intelligent talk -oout tbe orphan homes, and said th*t from what she herself had seen and experienced in her struggles through life she waß oonvinoed tk.at the only hops of sucoess in suoh work f, -:b to get the young people from their vioious companions and surroundings, Believing tbis, ehe was profoundedly impressed with the great things Mr Quarrier bad' already accomplished, and, aB it would brighten her closing dayß on earth to know that she had done what she oould to help on the work of rescuing the poor street waifs, she freely made over the sum to the orphan homes. She was apparently in fairly good health, but we regret to hear that thie unique example of munifioence in humble life has sinoe died, The sum handed to Mr Quarrier did not exhaust all her savings, and, aB she haß left a will drawn up by a lawyer, a few days will show how she has disposed of the rest of her money,