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The boys had gone far away; Jack, the elder, to Texas, where he had lost what money his father and mother had put into his first business venture; Thomas, the younger, to China, where he was woefully lonely, but doing well in business. THE BOYS HAD GONE FAR AWAY JACK THE ELDER TO TEXAS WHERE HE HAD LOST WHAT MONEY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER HAD PUT INTO HIS FIRST BUSINESS VENTURE THOMAS THE YOUNGER TO CHINA WHERE HE WAS WOEFULLY LONELY BUT DOING WELL IN BUSINESS
er, good and desirable schools were generally at an easy distance from the jewellers' shops and the dressmakers' and milliners' establishments her soul loved, so while Mr. Hamilton did his daily task in Antwerp, Mrs. Hamilton resided mostly in Brussels or Paris; when he was in Zittau, in Saxony, she was in Dresden. If he were appointed to some business city she remained with him several months each year, and spent the others in a more artistic and fashionable locality. The situation was growing difficult because the children were gradually getting beyond school age, although there still remained to her the sacred duty of settling them properly in life. Agnes, her mother's favorite, was still at school, and was devoted to foreign languages, foreign manners, and foreign modes of life. Edith had grown restless and developed an uncomfortable fondness for her native land, so that she spent most of her time with her mother's relatives in New York, or in visiting school friends here or there. THEM LUCKILY FOR HER GOOD AND DESIRABLE SCHOOLS WERE GENERALLY AT AN EASY DISTANCE FROM THE JEWELLERS SHOPS AND THE DRESSMAKERS AND MILLINERS ESTABLISHMENTS HER SOUL LOVED SO WHILE MISTER HAMILTON DID HIS DAILY TASK IN ANTWERP MISSUS HAMILTON RESIDED MOSTLY IN BRUSSELS OR PARIS WHEN HE WAS IN ZITTO IN SAXONY SHE WAS IN DRESDEN IF HE WERE APPOINTED TO SOME BUSINESS CITY SHE REMAINED WITH HIM SEVERAL MONTHS EACH YEAR AND SPENT THE OTHERS IN A MORE ARTISTIC AND FASHIONABLE LOCALITY THE SITUATION WAS GROWING DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE CHILDREN WERE GRADUALLY GETTING BEYOND SCHOOL AGE ALTHOUGH THERE STILL REMAINED TO HER THE SACRED DUTY OF SETTLING THEM PROPERLY FOR LIFE AGNES HER MOTHER'S FAVORITE WAS STILL AT SCHOOL AND WAS DEVOTED TO FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOREIGN MANNERS AND FOREIGN MODES OF LIFE EDITH HAD GROWN RESTLESS AND DEVELOPED AN UNCOMFORTABLE FONDNESS FOR HER NATIVE LAND SO THAT SHE SPENT MOST OF HER TIME WITH HER MOTHER'S RELATIVES IN NEW YORK OR IN VISITING SCHOOL FRIENDS HERE OR THERE
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