‘She Noddit to Me.’
A retired Government clerk, who had for many years lived the life of a recluse in one of the large barrack-like houses of suburban Vienna, died a few days ago, and in his will he bequeathed a considerable sum to one of his neighbours in the subjoined terms : —‘ Up the second flight of stairs there lives, at door No. G 3, a widow who has two daughters. I leave a sum of 80,000 florins to the one who always nodded in suoh a friendly way when she met me.’ At first there was great rejoicing in the widow’s home, but presently the two sisters fell out as to which of them the old gentleman had left the money. Both of them had nodded when they met him, and both claimed the legacy. Legal proceedings are impending, but the solicitors on either side are said to be inclined for a compromise by dividing the money in equal shares between the two sisters.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 878, 28 December 1888, Page 4
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