A STRANGE STORY.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 3 June 1878, Page 2

A STRANGE STORY.

A somowhat curious sot of ciroumslanooa is rolated in a lottor received by the last mail by a resident iii Napior from Moaford, Upper Cauada. tfho writer commences by asking whether 'thoro is such a placo as Nelson anywiioro about Napier, and then •goos on to stato that about twonly-oight ' years ago a Mr Pjoroo wont from Moa> 1 ford' to Australia, loaving his wifo and it ; child— • a girl— in Moaford j shortly aftorwards his wife bad a son. 'At first Pioroc usod to sond his wifo raonoy occasionally, but after a timo his remittances coasod Piero'o having thon left Australia and gone to Nelson in Now Xbout sixtobr years ago Mrs Pierce saw in a ncwspapoi an account of a ship wreck that had oo' ourod hoar tho Now Zealand coast", Mi 'Piorob boing among thdso drownoil. Tho person drowned was, howovor, anothbt man boaring tbo some name. About the sumo tiqo Mr Pioroo received a letter stating that his wife bolioving the buslant doad, and tho husband believing tho wife to hovo married again, until abo it two or thrco months ago, when a letter froni Mr Pierce, inquiring about bis family, datod from NoUon, wn» veceivci. by bis brolho- 1 in Canada. This has led to tbo son starting directly for Now J3,oulnnd in quest 0| his father, tho wifo being nwny' ot the timo on a preaching tour, sho hating bitterly acquired a religious mania, hut it ie hoped that when sho leurns that her hus« band is alive sub will recover her normal &tato of mirid.— HuwkoVßiy Ifyntld,