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Show Found a Long-Lost Deed An unrecorded deed wns found In nn obscure corner of nn old desk In Lawrence, Kan., not long ago, which Insured to tho University of Kansas a valuable legacy, says tho Kansas City Star. After tho death ot tho lato Gov. Charles Iloblnson It wns found that ho had followed up a number of valuablo gifts mado to tho university during his llfctlmo by bequeathing to tho university uni-versity his valuablo farm a few mllos north of Lawrence. His widow was to havo tho farm during her life nnd then It was to go to tho state university. uni-versity. A few months ngo I S. Steele, an abstractor In Lnwrcnce, was commissioned commis-sioned to mako an abstract of tho farm. He found tho title vested In a sister of Gov. Robinson by vlrtuo of n deed more than twenty-flvo years ago. Tho executors could not find nny deed or other Instrument transferring tho property to Gov. Iloblnson. For a tlmo It seemed ns If tho legacy would bo lost. Tho woman In whom tho title wns vested had boon dead for several years. Tho widow of tho dead governor was sure that her husband hus-band had held tho titlo of tho farm at tbo time of his death. A thorough search was mado. Finally It occurred to ono of ths executors to compllo a list of all of tho agents Gov. Iloblnson had employed em-ployed during his llfctlmo. All of these ngents that could bo found woro seen and each of them searched ovorywhero for tho dcod. Finally ono of them recalled nn old desk that ho bad sold to n second-hand dealor a few years before. Tho desk was traced to a farmhouso almost adjoining adjoin-ing tho Iloblnson farm. Tho desk was searched, but tho missing document was not discovered. Tho farmer who owned the desk was not satisfied with tho search mado by tho lawyers who had visited him for that purpose He took tho desk apart and behind a broken panel found tho missing deed. The document was recorded tho noxt day and tho widow of tho lato Gov. Iloblnson Is now sure ot her homo during her llfctlmo nnd tho University Uni-versity of Kansas Is ngaln secure In Its anticipation of a valuable legacy. |