Family Trees are almost as interesting to study as Bradshaw, and, at any rate in this case, quite as instructive. In fact, without a Tree it is almost impossible to remember who Mrs. Gubbins really was.

The following, which eliminates all irrelevant matters, gives the descendants of George Gubbins, the founder of the family:—

Now John Gubbins, the grandson of George Gubbins, founder of the Gubbins Family, married Elizabeth Greatheart, on Christmas-Day, and on the anniversary of their wedding day little George Gubbins first saw the light. But little George knew not his father, for John Gubbins died when George was but two months old.

In his Will John Gubbins appointed his Cousin, George Gubbins, to be his executor, and thus it was that George Gubbins was brought into close touch with the Widow Gubbins.

Friendship ripened into love and resulted in Mrs. John Gubbins becoming Mrs. George Gubbins. In due course Mrs. George Gubbins presented her husband with a little boy, who was christened John after his first cousin once removed.

Little John grew in grace and played very prettily with little George Gubbins, who was his stepbrother and second cousin rolled into one, and altogether it was a very happy little party, until one day little John's Father, George Gubbins, was knocked down by a Steam Roller just in front of his own house, and was rolled into his own gravel drive.

Now the Steam Roller belonged to a Company, of which Oscar Gubbins, son of Charles Gubbins and grandson of George Gubbins the Founder of the Family, was a Director.

Hearing of the accident he hastened to comfort the Widow in her affliction, and succeeded so well that after a decent interval had elapsed Mrs. George Gubbins became Mrs. Oscar Gubbins.

A child was born two years later, three months prior to the death of Oscar Gubbins, the Father. The little boy was christened Charles, and after the funeral of Oscar Gubbins, Mrs. Gubbins took her three little boys, George, John and Charles, to Ventnor, in the Isle of Wight, for a change of air.

It was in the lounge of the Sea View Hotel at Ventnor that Mrs. Gubbins met Mr. Charles Gubbins, first cousin to her three late husbands.

Now Mr. Gubbins had ofttimes heard of the much-weeded Widow, but when he saw her for the first time with the naked eye, he realised what happy men John, George and Oscar Gubbins must have been.

And when Mrs. Gubbins first saw Mr. Charles Gubbins she thought how empty widowhood really was, and what fine men were the Grandsons of George Gubbins, Founder of the Gubbins Family.

Such feelings were not to be denied, and after three months of courtship Mr. Charles Gubbins and Mrs. Oscar Gubbins were declared man and wife by the Rev. Stephen Collins.

For 10 years Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gubbins lived together as happily as a married couple could, and four beautiful daughters, Rose, Violet, Daisy and Poppy were born to them.

And then Mrs. Gubbins died intestate leaving Personal Property valued for Probate at £12,000, and Real Property valued at £8,000.

How was this divided?