Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-07-19
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Carlswood spirit-the fire, the chlvalry,
the honor of the race"
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''If that SHOULD be the case" pursued
| Mr.. Ford. they have greater claim to
succeed than any stranger without these
characteristics could have. After al,
there is something in rightful claim; a ld
most certainly the children of Katrine Is
| may Carlswood ought to come after her
father-that would be crying injustice
to pass them over"
You are begging the question: said
his lOrdship, sharply-'she may have no
Children
81 grant that: but suggested that we
should find her. and then we shall know"
AT first Lord Carlswood was violently
| opposed to the idea-he would never let
the children of THAT thief have BraIyn.
"He was thiefr' cried the old man, in
sudden passion of anguish. eff he had
stolen all my wealth, could have spared
it far more easily than l could have spared
my daughter
lie buried his face in his hands, and the
lawyer respected his grief. Lord Carls-
wood would not at first consent to Mr..
! Ford's proposal; he was angry, contempt
uous, indignant; but after a time he re-
| opened the discussion, which Mr.. Ford
| considered good sign; and then he lis
tened to reason, next made excuses for
! himself, then wavered in his resolution,
! and finally agreed to what was suggested.
He persuaded himself that after all he
| had only listened to reasOn-that he had
only consented to do what was rest for his
race. He would not, evepto himself. own
that natural affection or flingering rem
nant of love for his daughter had actuated
| him. Having yielded, he wrapped himself
in "A mantle of reserve; he became to all
| pJItU rH Iar
| than ever. But Mr. Ford saw how the
| proud face quivered with emotion, and the
firm lips trembled. The old nobleman
was silent for some minutes after he had
! given his consent, and then he turned sud
denly to Mr.. Ford.
ali it has to be done at ALL" he said;
''let it be done quickly; there is no time to
| be l. ="
Then they began to discuss details. Mr..
Ford found, not much to his surprise, that
| Lord JarIswood knew nothing of his
daughtcr-that he had never heard one
word Of her since she left home.
Has she never writtenp asked the law
yer.
Eyes" was the brief reply; 'but all the
| letters have been destroyed"
| 1t was agreed that they should begin to
| search for her at once, but there was not
| the least clew to start with.
cts more than twenty years since she
| left home" said Lord CarlswoOd. at
| seems to me almost hopeless"
| But Mr.. Ford thought differently.
at is not so difficult to find anyone as
| you imagine | shall seek the help of one
| or two men from Scotland Yard, and you
! will see that we shall soon have news for
| you" lie said, hOpefully-and he believed
| what he said.
For some time after this interview,
| friends and servants all noticed how ex-
| cited and restless Lord CarlswoOd had
| become. 1t seemed to him impossible that
| he should ever look upon the face of his
! child Katrine again. He was always won
| dering if news had been heard of her-if
| she were found.
Weeks passed, and, though Mr.. Ford
wrote constantly, his letters contained but
| little intelligence. One came at last which
| threw Lord CarswOod into u fever of ex-
element. Mr.. Cameron and his wife had
! been traced first to London, where they
had lived some months. and in all proba-
DllUy nau spent Jne niue money Lncy nau.
| In London Thornton Cameron tried hard
| for II professional engagement; but, young,
unknown, without friends or influence
! how was he to succeed? From the great
| city he had gone to Liverpool. only too
| thankful to take an engagement that
| brought him in hundred per annum. In
Liverpool he and his wife had taken furn-
! ished lodgings; ana there n little child,
| baptized at St. Johns Church under the
| name of lsmay Cameron, had been born.
| In Liverpool Mr.. Cameron had tried the
| hopeless and difficult task of endeaVOring
! to maintain n lady, brought up in the
midst of afflucnCe and luxury, ON the hun
| dred per anuum. The struggle had been
| from the very first Il most hopeless one.
| With II careful economical wife he might
| have wcathered the storm: but Katrine
| had seldom heard the word ECONOMY"
| and had but poor idea of what it really
! meant. She WAS perfectly ignorant of the
value of money: she had ALWAYS had eX-
| actly what she wished-the cost of it was
matter she had never considered. She
had been brought up IN one of the most
| luxurious homes in England-what could
| she possibly know of small economics and
| sOrdid cares? She wondered why, now
| that Thornton had an engagement, they
| could not have good wine. She was i'll,
| and she missed her fathers wine more
| than anything else. She raised her beau
| ttful eyes in wonder when Thornton once
| wishing TO please her, brought her bottle
| of Fine old Port"
That is not good wine, Thornton" she
said-'it is not like the wine we had at
| home. Get me some of that"
1t was with difficulty he made her I'M
| derstand that he could not afford it, aud
| 1t was with equal difficulty he taught
| her even more painful facts He gave up
| the task in utter despair, and started out
! in the world again to find something bet
| ter"
He was traced to Chester; and at Ches-
ter it was found that, after struggling for
some time with adverse circumstances,
fate and fortune both against him, he had
broken down entirely. He had spoiled his
| life by the very action that he had hoped
would make it. He had thought to reap
fortune by marrying the only daughter
of rich nobleman, instead of which he
had married every prospect that life held
for him. How could he, a poor, unknown
musician, without friends or interest, keep
an elegant, refined lady in comfort-nay,
supply her with the most common neces-
saries of lfeP He could not possibly do
| it, and the knowledge that he had made
such lamentable mistake killed him.
AiS iittl bttu StlLtl Win Il dangerous III
| ness, which gave but little hope that he
would ever recover.
He had battled with it for some time,
but ut last he had died, and had been
! buried at Chester His wife had remained
there for some time in the greatest desti-
tuition. and then left, taking her little girl
with her; and there all trace of her and
the child had been lost. Some of the
| clevcrest detectives in England had been
employed to find her and had failed. Mr.
Ford, who had undertaken the chief di-
| rection, was ashamed of his failure; he
did all that was possible, but he averred
himself at last that the task was hopeless,
and that he had no choice but to abandon
it
CHAPTER VIII.
Once more Mr.. Ford and Lord Carlswood
sat together; the lawyer looked puzzled,
the master of Bralyu unhappy.
so you give up all hope?' he said to
the solicitor. You think there is no
chance?"
Il have done all that man could do, and
have failed" he replied drearily; IF there
had been me resource left, | should not
have come to your lordship. 1t is almost