A Painful Meeting

A dramatic story was told at a Hamilton college alumni dinuer in New York. General Schuyler Hamilton gave some interesting incidents f rom the lifeof kis grandfather and described a meeting between Aaron Burr and Mrs. Hamilton, daughter-in-law of Alexander Hamilton and the mother of the speaker, in 1830. "As Colonel Burr entered the room, " he said, ' 'my mother, in extreme agitation, seemed about to faint. Colonel Burr, noticing this, but not knowing her, immediately went to the sideboard, poured out a glass of water and advanced to hand it to her. It was all done most naturally, gracefully and courteously. My mother shook her head and nmrrnured, 'I am the daughterof Alexander Hamilton. ' Without a word, Colonel Burr placed the glass of water on the sideboard, bowed in silence fco the Misses Nathan and quietly i'etired. It was to lrim, as to my mother, evidently a very painful meeting. Colonel Buit deported himself like a dignified gentleman. I was a little boy about 8 years old. Then I learned for the first time to impress the fact upon my meinory that Colonel Burr had killed my