Arizona republican., 1898-11-28
A CittIe .omedy
 of Errors
(Continued From Yesterday.l

''Well. to be brief ;ibOut it. the lady carried her point. The adoption papers were duly made out, and before an other day had elapsed Annie Dupont had left the orphan asylum, never to enter it again. She was taken to the home of her new mother and given the name of that lady-the name by which she was ever after called; and she has never known to this day. though l shall marvel very greatly if she doesn't be- gin to suspect 1t soon. that she ever was Annie Dupont"
 Again Hrs. AIaynard's glance sought Mics Hilary, this time to encounter Myra s eyes, fall of eager speculation IT each Lad spoken the thought in her own mind ia that instant, the Gcnoue- 1acnt of North's story would have been materially hastcned. But they both held their peace and waited for him tq unfold the mystery in lis own way.
 Beyond this point" he went on. catching mp the narrative again after q mcditativc little pause. Ii cannot in this necessarily brief outline follow her his tory step by step for the next fifteen or twenty vccrs. It is essential, however, to note that the lady soon after em- parked for Europe, where her husband held some official position under oar qoverrmCat-cOnSul in some remote foreign part. l may as well add in this connection that he died q year later, and his widow. nov more than ever devoted to her adopted daughter and drc2ding q separation from her more than anything in the world. rc- mained abroad for several years, drift ing from one point of interest to an other: thus Annie was nearly grown to wOInanhood before she revisited her native land. Owing to this fact, as well as to the entire lack Of cnv definite information to work on, and the multi plicitv of false clcws that were given from time to time, the detectives whom Mrs Du11l1irl1 at different periods en- gagged in her search for her niece were bafflcd in all their attempts to find her. Swallowed up in another name and identity. Annie Dupont had practically ceased to exist.
 And now I must dicrcss just for moment in order to bring to your notice yet another person who plays an important part in the sequel. This person is at present living in Evansburg, q small place abOut ten miles from N. and it vas from her that I succeeded in ob- tainiDg my chief evidence in this case. Her Eamc is of TO consequence: or rather, 1t is of so much consequence that l shall withhold it for the present. Taken at an carly age from q NrctehcI tenement house in New York, and transferred to the different atmosphere of q wealthy lady's home, where for the first time in her life she was treated as human being. where her hands were. trained to dcftneSs in gil household duties, where she was given . sound education and was fitted by kind and painstakin% instruction for the humble walk il life for which naturc and circumstances had evidently designed her, this girl knew no better than to laisintorr-lt the intentions of her kind bencfactress (who w2s as you may have already shrewdly s-.r4ised, none other than Annie Dupoat's ldoptive rnothcr). and upon this Tlisin- to build the met GB3-.rI and c.1trava gent expectations. It may have been the girls own prcPo3tcrous vanity that conceived the notion, CT 1t is possible that the thought was sag- rcsted to her by some older person. Be { his as it may, she began to cherish the hope that she would some lcy receive q liberal share of thc l3dy-s s.3lal! fortune, to which. e abo l:ncv. there were no immediate heirs. It was only when Annie Dupont was legally adopted that this absurd bubble burst. Learning accidentally at this time of tho foolish that the Gir! had been in- dulging, the lady told her to dismiss the idea at once. I should never have dreamed of making you heir, i1 any event, she said, and now everything that I possess will go to Annie, ny adopted daughter.
 'Instcaa of acQaicscing in this dcci- sion without q lnurlnur-Thich calm philosophy, by the way, woald have prevented this story of mine from being told to my present select audicnce-thc | girl was angry, and she visited all her | resentment upon the child v.-hO had in nocently overthrowu her ambitious air