Thomas County cat., 1889-08-08

ing out among the green tops of the trees
and shrubbery, was the house Of Colonel
William Kane, the magnatc of tho village.
He had bren an officer in the Federal army,
and it was whispered around that his wealth
aad sprung from despoiled Southern planta-
lions and robbed stables. Perhaps there was
ashadow of truth in this statement and
perhaps not. But, be that as it may, his
home was that Of man of afluence
This pleasant villa was made more pleas
ant by the presence of q daughter-Ethel
Kane. The Colonel's daughter was beauti-
full A perfect type of blonde, a tride be-
Tow ordinary stature, with large blue eyes,
shaded with long silken lashes, q complexion
which drove all Atoms beauty fairly
snad with envy, lips red as June cherries,
how could she have been other than beauti-
.uil
Ethel Kane was dutiful daughter. With
the tenderness accorded only to women,
She would CONTEXT her father when, suffer
Ing from an attack Of the gout, he would be-
come Grabbed and unpleasant, and laughing
and joking with him when some happy
speculation would cause him to become
more than customarily Jovial. Colonel Kane
fairly idolized his fair daughter, and often,
IA imagination, saw her the petted wife Of
some duke or nobleman. The idea that she
Eould marry or even love man of common
birth never entered the old mans head.
Karl Douglass was young school-master
n the village of Alton. Well educated and
Intelligent, he was accepted as member Of
.he best society of the town, and it was at
q social gathering of the elite that he first
saw Ethel Kane. When he looked into her
modest face and met her innocent gaze with
lis dark eyes, he knew at once that he was
h danger, yet strove not to escape his i'm
pending fate. He sought an introduction,
<nd before the company dispersed had con-
<ersed enough with the idol Of the Kane
uausion to know that he was madl in love.
With Ethel Kane it was butlittle different.
der heart which had known no other love
than for father and mother, had found
another object for its devotion. The dark
Eyes Of the young pedagogue had captured
her. Turn as she might she was haunted by
she dark and poetic CLEAN of those soulful
eyes.
Three months later and young Douglass
md Ethel Kane were avowed lovers.
Colonel Kane soon discovered their love
md determined to put stop to it at once.
Accordingly he saw young Douglass and,
tu tones more forcible than polite, warned
aim never again to speak to his daughter.
Then he roundly scolded Ethel, herself, and
threatened to send her away to distant
boarding g-school.
As is usual in such cases, the young
rpcelie's love was but strengthened by op-
positiec- They arranged an elopement and
.re many hours were gone by, were secretly
married.
Colonel Kane was fairly crazed with
anger when he was informed of the matter.
! Wrathfully he drove his daughter from his
door, adjuring her never to come within his
. sight again. With q heart heavy over the
Anger of her parent, yet light over the hap
auess which she anticipated with her hand
some young husband, she turned away from
her home, leaving behind an angry father
and sorrowing mother.
AS is too often the case with young men,
Ear. Douglass had lived up to his income,
and aside from his monthly salary, was
penniless. Through the exertions OF
Colonel Kane, who spared to pains to pun
ish his daughter for her marriage, Douglass
twas turned out of his situation as a teacher
at Alton Academy.
Adrift in the world, seeking employment
and finding none, was the fate of the young
teacher. He had no trade and was entirely
dependent upon his education for living.
A year later found the young couple oc-
cupying miserable quarters in tenement
house in one of the lowest sections OF Chi
cago Starvation was staring them in the
face The rose had wand to white on
Ethers cheek, and the bright eve OF Karl
Douglass had lost it's lustre. But their
passionate love for each other remained
unaltered. Still, as of yore, they talked OF
fcye and home, and longed and prayed for
better days. But they came not
a beautiful brown-eyed little babe had
blessed them with its presence. Can we
say blessed them? Ifear not 1t was a con-
slant source of pain. Its mother was un-
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