CASTLES IN SPAIN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15521, 31 January 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)

CASTLES IN SPAIN.

ACTRESS'S WINDFALL, - J LEGACY FROM RELATOR | Steangek than fiction are the ~• ' stances under which a Bristol wW^'' shortly come into possession of a« I. >l ' Spam and a fortune of a-quartor if - m S lion. The lucky kdy is Mr . a * :l - ' line Muriel Parnall, who' £' : ' ■ living at Bristol with her I°* band, Mr. Frank Gorton Parml! ; engineer's draughtsman. Mrs. Parnalr ? is about 22, is a daughter of th,' l ' Comte de Mario, a Spanish nobleman R mother was an English actress i ? ** and girl were born to the. couple 71 ' while the boy was in the custody £Vr '"" father the girl remained with her irm ' The girl was educated in Prance, but?" turned to England, became a' jw , comedy actress, and later married. "■ &* Parnall has never seen her father, andn?l a year ago was unaware of h-r rel# '' ship to him At his death the estate®" left to his only sou, her brother, who £> with a tragic death in D ain in NovmS last at the age ot 24. He died iES* : so that the property passes to her - * h :, ~'' " Though I was brought up and educate abroad," she said "I had never «?« ' father or my brother, and I had no iZ' that there was any possibility of m v r „s"' ing into such a fortune until a year a* when I received a communicatWfrom t' uncle, who had traced me through i"'* Actors' Association, knowing thai I v t' been on the stage. Since hearing fZ ' my undo I have been in commulicafe -'"■ with the lawyers acting for the 111 - who inform me that in addition '' £250,000 there is a chateau conSh- «-'* rooms, excluding servants' quarters, a tfV ture gallery, a celebrated oak dining hi" an oratory, a laboratory, and a nririil £j chapel. The chateau stands in 280 aa! ; of ground, and has famous rose gardsta \ extending down to the River GiraKk> 1 i?, plate is valued at £5000, the jewel* '"" ■ , £3000, and the lace at £1500, in addiW ' to which there are carriages and horses. ;i tMr and Mrs. Pamall have been married 18 months, and have been living *i\ ' Bristol since September. It was maaLEl H to Mr. Parnall that some Spanish foC '" had a habit of not materialising «o*7 yes." he said, "we thought exactly ifi same as you when we were first. told toP'S we should baldly have been in communis" i tion with London solicitors for w er i i months without finding something bar' J It was also hinted that usually in simV' cases the supposed legatee was asked If-. ' ! money for "payment of expenses." •'j'C was.just what we were looMnff for"™" I plied Mr Parnall, "but all thl. tim'e, J : though there have been expensive journey?l for:- the solicitor to make, we have m l"j been asked for a single penny. My w ;f*' J and I are, at any rate, quite convinced : that it ,:s genuine, though of course is ;'• nothing it sure in.this world we 'prefer noi J to say too. much until we have defimfeir - got the estate." »