Arizona republican., 1898-11-13
A little @omedy
 of Errors DIV c q NEOPTONT
(Continued From Yesterday.)
BY s. s. NORTON.

"A very 1.lysterious case. commented North with a perplc-zed fl'own. ''Ant EoyF let mo iaquire. Mrs. Maynard, h2l Dr. Dunjsirl- any near relativcs?'
 --Nol in thi" country. His family ,E-ol know. were English
 ''i!a'i he any prcncrty?''
 None whatever.
 Then all this great wealth of Mrs Duu]5irls's was inherited from her fathcra''
 Entirely from him"
 The heirs, if any there be, must all be on the Dupont side?'
 50 1 imagine
 There are no heirs on that side?"
 None
 .-Cnless Annie Dupont is discov- , cre.l9''
 -Oll certainly! That is always grant cd. aJr. 1<o:th."
 ''LIow seon after Hamilton Dupont's death ,!i3 1Li,s. n1'fll,irl1 commerce. her search for Nnn;e3''
 1t must hare been at least ten years before she lna.ye any effort to trace the child"
 she tlid not adrcrtis,c ROT resort to any vcIy pGblic Ilca::air,s?''
 ''I'ac search veas coial.ctcd in very quiet yviy, though she spent q great dcal of money aIld employed the most sllillful detectives.
 '-An,l all to no l,nfpoSc?''
 No trace of the child v2s ever dis covered"
 Finally. Mrs. Dun!>ii!, herself be- came congincca that t;lcrc vas no st,eh person in c>isteuc.-?"
 As said 14r North. her mind way cred between the two opinions. She told me shortly. before my marriage, that she had quite lost faith i'll th:.t old rumor about her niece: and yet It re- turned to her aftcrWard and le,l tO the destruction of her wili four months be fore her death.
 Welt. Mrs, Maynard" said North. with an air of firm conviction, ''one of two things l. certain. Either there Is 1,ot and never has been any surll per suu as Annie Dupont in existence, N hiCh i,s tn my notion far the molc plausible t2c"l '. CT there are pcrs,1l> who are interested in keeping from the 1vo1Jd all know ledge of her where ahouts. Iii either case, We need net al,- I'rrhcnd ha final defeat of our plans, through her.
 --Bn y-o,1 ;l.i:,!, SOP Tie question was uttered iiSt'e~~Iy without any apPeac- ance of interest ar ciation. Sle tilI not even glance ,t him as she sp3,.c,
 --I am convinced cf it.. A4 reiterated. lf,,tin- at her jn npli.] s,;tr,t7s,, ..lt i> iuv firm l'1iier that if Annie Ds:paut $ itcnp to-day. ~hc j. sts ptof.,udIg ieno- rant rf her own true itlrntity anal of her rlJut to fhis, fortune :.s We ourselves afr of her present ys sIIei"ainput-. Now Ii appears. lirs Hiavra,,.- !ie went on v-ttE another abrupt c5an~e uf :;naIcct amt lnaunrr. .-tbai yen Gad no clijIG, upon Mrs. Dunl.irj, except. indeed, that If friendship. which she 1cltnoe; lodges hrrc'1
 .'e took m Mrs. pur'>irh-s letter, wAich ha! lam all ti,j., tInir u:tnotire,t "n ti,,. tIl!,, at Iii, cilasv. ;.3isl u.ilol.i- ing 1ha tlin hi;ie paper. ho glanced ;4t it sretuIativcly.
 That uas laF oniy claim. yet she sccrcd Ia consider it sufficient. This may le El@tciy flr ouH mistaken inter rr~t4tio:, of her words. however. Y hal "i,'nts.,i i;elve. y,rl fnf ncG. Fir. -eolth as tn the value of t.tis letter as evidence in our ,:,:,,.?''
 North preserved q lncditative silence fn,' d fcw InoHcrts: then he answered. slowly: ''i must say. Mrs. Maynard, that in my opinion this letter clearly proves that Mrs. DunkirIz, alt!ionch not yet