It is a strange circumstance that little men with red hair usually have large families. At any rate Septimus Hawkins had red hair and twelve children, of whom eleven were living, but strangest of all he died intestate worth £122,600 subject to the payment of Estate Duty, and of which the Real property was valued at £36,000.

Mrs. Hawkins had been very beautiful in her younger days, but time and children had robbed her of her rosy cheeks; and realising that widow's weeds did not become her, she withdrew shortly after the funeral to the seclusion of a country life, where she spent her time ministering to the sick, and looking after her late daughter Pearl's two small children. The names of her children in chronological order were as follows:—

How should the property of the late Septimus Hawkins be distributed, and how much did the respective beneficiaries receive?