ROMANCE OF A LEGACY.
END OP A LONG SEARCH. A fike-beatee, Mr. James Fox, employed at Barrowford, left his engines recently to take over a fortune of £5335, to which a romantic story is attached. A native of Derbyshire, Mr. Fox when a young man obtained a position as engineer at a iace factory at Nottingham. Some years ago the firm sent him to Lyons to instal several engines in a large factory, owned by M. Le Gresse, a wealthy French manufacturer. Four months after Oris arrival, while boating on a lake near Lyons, M- Le Gresse and his nephew, M. Gaumont, were thrown into the water through their boat striking a submerged rock. Gaumont swam to the bank, but his uncle could not swim. Fox, who happened to be in the vicinity; dived in, fully dressed, and after a great struggle rescued M. Le Gresse. The manufacturer from that time regarded Fox in the light of a son. A difference with Gaumont led Fox to return to England over two years ago, and eight monfhs later M. Le Gresse died. He bequeathed £10,000 to be divided between Fox and Gaumont provided they became reconciled. For nearly two years search had been made by a firm of solicitors, of London, but not until a couple of months ago did they find Mr. Fox at Barrowford in straitened circumstances. He met M. Gaumont in London, and renewed the old friendship.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15563, 21 March 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)
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239ROMANCE OF A LEGACY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15563, 21 March 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)
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