 | 1859 - 826 pages
...years ago (a year before the date of the letters), she had married, against the wi.-h of her relatives, an American of very suspicious character ; in fact,...deceased brother having by his will left his sister the guardian of his only child — and in event of the child's death, the Bister inherited. The child died... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 pages
...years ago, (a year before the date of the letters,) she had married, against the wish of her relatives, an American of very suspicious character; in fact,...deceased brother having by his will left his sister the guardian of his only child — and in event of the child's death, the sister inherited. The child died... | |
 | 1859 - 620 pages
...years ago, (a year before the date of the letters,) she had married, against the wish of her relatives, an American of very suspicious character ; in fact,...deceased brother having by his will left his sister the guardian of his only child — and in event of the child's death, the sister inherited. The child died... | |
 | 1859 - 1036 pages
...found in the Thames, near London Bridge ; there seemed some marks of violence ahout his throat, hut they were not deemed sufficient to warrant the inquest...The American and his wife took charge of the little hoy, the deceased hrother having hy his will left his sister tho guardian of his only child — and... | |
 | 1861 - 878 pages
...of the letters) she had married, against the wish of her relatives, an American of very suspicions character ; in fact, he was generally believed to...deceased brother having by his will left his sister the guardian of his only child — and in event of the child's death, the sister inherited. The child died... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1864 - 378 pages
...am well able to afford the cost ; for the rest, allow me to write to you." About ten days afterwards I received a letter from Mr. J , telling me that he...deceased brother having by his will left his sister the guardian of his only child —and in event of the child's death, the sister inherited. The child died... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1865 - 396 pages
...am well able to afford the cost; for the rest, allow me to write to you." About ten days afterwards I received a letter from Mr. J , telling me that he...deceased brother having by his will left his sister guardian of his only child —and in event of the child's death, the sister inherited. The child died... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1865 - 396 pages
...he had read them with misgiviues like my own ; that he had instituted a cautious inquiry about tfie woman to whom I rightly conjectured they had been...deceased brother having by his will left his sister the guardian of his only child — and in event of the child's death, the sister inherited. The child died... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 216 pages
...before her marriage. She had a brother, a widower, who was considered wealthy, and who had one child about six years old. A month after the marriage, the...deceased brother having by his will left his sister the guardian of his only child, and in event of the child's death the sister inherited. The child died... | |
 | Charles Casey - 1876 - 634 pages
...received a letter from Mr. J , telling me that he had visited the house since I had seen him , that he hnd found the two letters I had described, replaced in...took charge of the little boy, the deceased brother haviug by his will left his sister the guardian of his only child — and in event of the child's death,... | |
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I had taken them; that he had read them with misgivings like my own; that he had instituted a cautious inquiry about the woman to whom I rightly conjectured they had been written. It seemed that thirty-six years ago (a year before the date of the letters)... 
