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In ft little rtne-elftd house near Waycrons. N. C . Uvea a woman missionary worth flt.OOO.OOO She Is a niece of the late multi-millionaire. Cecil Rhodes, whose fortune at the time of hU death was estimated at $60,000,000. Her name Is Mrs Virginia Rhodes Baker. At various times during the past year the following advertisement has appeared in various newspapers In this country and England: VV ANTED. Information as to the whereabouts of m> daughter. Mary Virginia Rhodes A large estate awaits her 1 am Mrtng alone ten mi.ee frcm Dondon Charles W Rhodes. Thus the brother of Cecil Rhodes, the African millionaire, advertised for the daughter he had not seen for many years. In the meantime the young woman had married and she and her husband were engaged In missionary work throughout the country! Starting eastward from Denver they made their way over the endless plains, preaching the gospel as they went Little did the young missionary know that she was an heiress to millions. Neither would she have cared, so long as there was religious work to be done. Even now. sitting In her little cottage, with the hollyhocks and honeysnckle In bloom about her and all her fortune secured, she seems to' think of nothing but her beloved missionary work. She proposes to establish a Congress of Missions and to build large mission schools throughout the country. This has been the dream of her life. “I shall spend all the money fort hat,** the says, simply. The search for Mrs. Baker, or Mary Virginia Rhodes, eras in vain, although every effort was made, to locate her. The missionary couple came to New York and from New York they came south down the Potomac and through the Shenandoah valley, establishing missions wherever they thought they were needed. By alow stages they made their way to Way cross, where they established a

little home where they resolved to spend the rest of their days. Mr. Baker was killed a year ago. About a month ago the old restless spirit and the desire to extend her field of goqd works, cams upon Mrs. Baker strongly. So she, with a neighboring family, hitched up the old horses to the old familiar wagon and set out on an extensive trip through the mountains. . Here of all other places Is the last In which-one would expect to he overtaken by goodgtttfto. Mrs Baker was holding a little openair meeting, singing, praying and exorting alternately. Negroes and poor whites formed the congregation. In passing among them Mrs. Baker mat a woman acquaintance who formerly lived at Way cross “Mrs Baker." said the woman, "Is your name not Mary Virginia Rhodes BakerT** **It Is" replied the missionary. "Then look at this." the woman continned. drawing from her pocket n crumpled fragment at paper It was the advertisement of her father clipped from a northern paper. She read It calmly and add: >• "Van; I presume It Is for ms Ididnot know .that Cedi Rhodes was datd- He was my uncle aaff'wds tbs only weal thy one la the family. "I suppose it mesas millions, bnt what on earth shall I do tflth Itt It cannot buy salvation."

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