Arizona republican., 1898-11-12
A GittIe Comedy
 of Errors BY s. s. MORTON.
(Continued From Yesterday)
CHAPTER XIII.
BY s. s. MORTON.

 vivors. The eldest of the children, Mrs. Dunl1irls. was ln0rc than twenty years older than IIalnilton: q disparity i.l age that prevented them from hay ing any common interests or plcaGRrcs. All the other children died in infancy, and Mrs. D,-:pont died when Hamilton was in his tenth year. He wcs wild and u2goveraable in lis boyhood, and as he grey. older he became 50 incOr- rigible th2t his father, who vv;>s very hard, stern man. GisinhCri1cd him.
 .And-pardon the Interruption, but one question. plcaSe-lO[T soon after this did AIr. Dupont'5 death Ccorr?n
 T really do not know, positively, but it could -ot Esvc been many months after. Hamilton was only twenty-Oac when hi1 father died.
 And after this sad event Mrs Dun kirk and Hamilton were the only sur viving members of tie family. Do you lno"-, by this their immediate family, tl,eir fathers family, or, in g broader sense. that there were TO col lateral branches, no cousins of any dc- greco
 T used the expression as Mrs. Dun kirk hcrsclf did, in it's broader sense. She frequently spoke of the fact that her family was so nearly extinct. She nad not 3 relative III the world, she said, of whose existence she had any knowledge"
 She was widow, was she not, for many years?'
 '-Shc was. Dr. Dunkirl1 was lost at sea o1 lis way to Europe, a few years after their marriage. Of cOursc, though, Mir. North, you know 2l this,'' she add cd, checking herself with a weary little smile.
 North also smiled.
 we'll he said, my ore question has grown to several. l beg your par dola for this long interruption, Will you please procced~1Irs. Maynard?''
 Where was I? Indeed, I have for gotten
 You spoke last observed North, re fcrring by glance to his notes, of Hamilton Dupont's reckless course, which resulted in his being disinhcritcd: and my first question clicited the fact that within a comparatively short time after this event his father died
 Oh to be sure! Now don't expect q detailed history. Mr. North. fer my in formation is extremely fragIncntaYy: but it is certain that there had always existed between Mrs. Drnl1irl1 and her young brother a barrier Cf cold reserve which time and his wayward' conduct only increased. AIr. Dunllirl1 v-as not a woman possessed of warm affections. fer regard for people was purely Q mat ter of intellectual esteem. If her stern judgment approved them, that was sui ficicnt; If not. there was no tender voice ia her heart to plead their cause. There was little in Hamilton, ;, wayward life Of which she couil l2pro+2; hence her total cstrangorc1t from him.
 After the death of their father. how ever, shc seemed to feel tie loneliness of her position. and for the first time she turned tn her brother Hamilton for symrathy and Corapaaiorship. He was in trouble of every sort. drifting about in tie world without al.l ar purpose, friends OF prospects. She olfcrcd hrtn evc1'yihing-:. home. wealth, ,O.i2l ad- vantagcs. asking only that he rcnuuncC his youthful foilics and strive for the future to devote his t;lcnts anh c:2cr- gics to soInc useful and honorable p..r- suit She finally nduccl hrrn tn a"ropt this offer: and. having estaD.lshcd hrrn beneath her roof, she made cvCrv- cffOrt. faithfully. if not always wisely, to re-
 
 His education was fair, attAou2h he had never SorapIctcd any rc@Il3r course of study having been three urncs cx- pclled from college. Mrs. l'uokirll rrCed him to enter one of tho joarned professions. a-d, though EC hat no in ctination for such 2 Carcer he lin8llv yielded to her iTnpOrtunIulCs. chNnsInC tue study of IlCtiI and vVhIir he was pursuing the CUTrs,c at the universally. she scttltd Hpnn hEn q handsome al- lowancc for hI5 own personal expenses.
 lie was not lo.,G in attrao ting large ant hiiliiant Cirric of acquain- tanrcs, for hi; l&rhinr rlaanrr and reckless >t ylc uf crpendit1lr, ri,a,I, hItn tiIsci sally prpuIar. Aii tais. tavvCv,.r inter ferrd with more important mat tcrs; h3 could rot respond to tho con- st;.ut ,lcnand5 of sociciy and at the s1ll1lc tune attend faitHf1T,y to his du- ties at tl:c univcrsIty. and the coIisa- Iucnce WAS that his studies were neg glcrt,,,l, lis $ lsCncc from lcC4urcs and clinics bc-auc the occasion 0f frequent Irpr,vfa tr.ril the faculty. and in time th:. rCPpil ot his dclirqucncics reached Mrs. punhIrl.-s ears.
 Of cuulse she rcInonstrated with Hamilton. and he generally answered her rcproa-tlcs with angry dcfancc. These scenes, however, alv2Es ended in q rccon4llIutl3n, with promises of fu- turc g0oI behavior on his part, an,I q rrsolut."H cH hers t0 give him one more trial. Illus uiraits ran on until at last Uithot;t any warming, the catastrophe c;:tlic.
 Mrs. Danllirl1 had at the very be- &iHnil;s of her colup2et with Hamilton e>a: iti from hum a solrutn promise tha. hc v)ll,Hn)t many ,uuin he ha'l "l;;:In,'l lis ,iIplo'ua aIll established himself n practise. Unfortunately for th!5 rt"lUIae, chance t!irct- HIm into the a'','lr'y ot a young Iasiy wi" 1'aS neither wealthy nor El2aIy connected, but hos: 0o.l>.tI fuI beauty, combined with .het -sANcAioess and iutelllgenSe.