A STRANGE REQUEST.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 931, 22 October 1879, Page 2

A STRANGE REQUEST.

Mb. J. C. Uhthoff, second housesurgeon at , Guy's Hospital, was waited upon recently by a well-dressed and ladylike female, with a strong French accent, who requested a private interview, as the subject on which she wished to speak was, to use her own words, " a delicate " one. A young woman, a relative or friend of hers, she said, was entitled to inherit some property, if married ; but, being single, there was a prospect of her losing it. As no suitable husband seemed likely to appear, she was desirous of finding some " dying " man, of what position it mattered not, to whom she might be formally, married, and so obtain the property ; while at the same time the link might be a slender one, and soon broken. This they had not been ablo to manage m France, where she lived, and they had accordingly Beflt over to a London hospital, where they hoped, for success. Mr. Uhthoff was requested to find such a dying man suitable for the objeot. If he were a widower and had children: they would make provision for the children. The answer given to the young lady by Mr. Uhthoff can be easily guessed. Of course he could not supply her want, and she left rather more vexed than pleased.