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and present to his parents the woman who hat
inndc Ills waywartl life happy--to whom Ito
cuu1d always cling aa guardian Of lis pcacu

and present TO his parents t',c woman who hai1
,nndc Ills waywartl life hapny--to whom Ito
anil eonfon.
! The fault Of eonrcatmcnt wns not ccnsurablo
n every way, Tor, as q netteu son, 10 feared
dL4plca'urc, and when, at lust, stricken with
To hls fathcr's country scat at HYDE fark, hts
eud Albany, was only ca.uai visitUr 10 i hcr
husbands home upon the Hudson.
| TIE BAD sToitr or DEATH.
| :, Strange md cycntful a. Ills carcor had been,
George j. l1oilma,i, broken IN spirit, and will,
the lingering disease GnawInH bis HE. was sui.
tu car1ent year e e, 1T yde a II rsrk Sa alone. 10 S.
| except attended by tho servants, and before any
Of Ills family could reach him,
Ihe story Of hls marriage l,ad been already
he al Mt Times resided willie his fathers House
Ind been closed, and thy Young wife reached
!Icr husbands bedside but i few moments after
Ills death, md but few nlomcnts after Ills
nlotticr reached the dcalhbcu uf her son.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND LOVE.
The scene between tic widow and tho mother
was one over which rareless eyes may well draw
tue veil of fnnetity. Mrs. Hoffman, sending fur
.9njs thH jef1sf ny her '0ns eopse' asked tile
"Arcyou Gcprge's wIfo1' Tho reply came
Simply. In a,,otlIer question:
"Are you ieoFge's 'notl'cr'" and when tho
answer was given. trcmblIngiy. and Will, head
bowel " sorrow, with ,notter's tenrs, tho
ncw.lourd daughter was acknowledged, and the
en1 Of the ronnIce '?as beSui!.
The lsart~h!story Ct Tic dead son calne slowly
to the mothers llcart, and II was received with
kfndhcss. There was no word Of rcprnacli, no
wnrd Of eenaure. no aemblaneo Of doubt. 3frs,
Hoffman tclls the story as only mothes can,
fontncss Of daughter Is the best tribute to
tl'e memory OF Wayward but not spcndtlrlft
son.
After the death OF George and the funeral
from his atters residence, III Fifth avenue, tho
bands pnrcnts, md un1y left the mansion to
occupy tho 1ouse Of d friend, in m a1ljaccnt
street, during the absence: Of the owner In
Enr{opc. { D,,r1ng the last summer she rcsidcd
mans daughter, with whom, as with nil OF lier
latc husbaul's family, she waa q favortc as an
'anRel of goodness, as her motlcr-lt-law e.
presses IL. iii the family.
WIT snK is STILL DANCING.
Wcadeu to her profession and etil dcsrous
while enjoying her great popularity rs II tau-
sescc, mud at her avn desire, Mrs. HofI,nanfs
late engagement at tue Fifth Avenue Theatre
ai,d ;!nt hsr present ono IN Toronto tarc brought
hor again before tho public rs dancer.
So fur as her present professional career IA
conccrncd, the family Of her late husband co,,-
9ent to It simply out Of Difference to her wishes.
Her mothcr-in-law. Mrs. Heorrc Hoffman, went
Avenue was frado with Mr.. Stephen FIskc, Mr.
Daly's busincRs-tnanagcr, md hcr home nt Mr..
Iiolfnan's house Is always open to icr, and
M w''ere M; she y ALWAYS loved visitor durin, the
Ihc statement Ot tho facts rs gtrcn by the
Herald Is by direct authority, and 1t Is due aEo
70 Mile. Donfa'iti, anu TO those With whom she
Is connected, to statc TINT, III withholding tho
neknoWlcug1nent Of her marriage with George
J: Hoffman until after His dcath she actc,l in
obcdtcntc to her husbands wishes, and tho best
test OF her purity Of mind and purpose, and
III. N In IN Nru