San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-19

ia,!l '.'r,s.s. ..tt lied Her husband did
mos w. rr.. i..s in. The CariSwoods never
n ri twice. hc said. grndly; and he
w, l"ur 10 3ar traditions of his race.
II was not II maJter of great moment to
the DuyS. Iitil. of their time. was spent
at brdiyu: they went to EtOn, and thence
to Oxford; they were left principally in the
charge of tutors Lord Carlswood was
careful to impress upon them the nobility
of their race, and the obligation they were
under to keep the glory of their name un.
sullied and their honor unstained; he left
the rest to their teachers
But for Katrine CarlswoOd her mothers
death was far more serious matter. Her
father was unwilling to send her to school;
he did not wish her to be out of his sight.
He had governesses and masters for her;
he did his best for her, but it was most
lamentably done He drew up code of
rules and regulations which was to be
rigidly adhered to: he made no allowance
for girlish gayety or eXuberance of spirits;
and the result was that Katrine grew to
look upon home as prison. She loved
her father because she had sufficient in
telligence-to appreciate his higher quail
ties, but she considered him to be some
IulIlB llht u gamer, anu shOiltu III cNduluS
his rules. The method of his training
was bad; yet he would never receive ad-
vice on the subject. Experienced matrons
would tell him that change and relaxation
were needful for the girl; he would draw
himself up proudly and say: The ladies
of the house of Carlswood are not to be
treated after the fashion of ordinary
school girls" When the catastrophe came,
no one was surprised.
Lord Carlswood had decided that his
daughter should make her debut when she
had reached her nineteenth year; until
then she was to study hard aud perfect
herself ia all needful accomplishments by
the help of masters. He frowned con-
temptuously when his friends told him
that it was unfair to treat q girl of eight
teen like child. None knew how in the
after years he repented of not having fol.
lowed that advice.
There was church at Lynn, and before
her death Lady Carlswood had presented
the rector with very fine organ; more
over, she had asked her husband to set
aside certain sum to pay for an Organist,
which he had cheerfully consented to do.
The first organist employed was an elderly
man, who had a wife and family to sup
port. A more remunerative engagement
presented itself, and he threw up his post.
He was succeeded by young and very
handsome man-ThOrnton Cameron, q
musician of no mean skill.
Lord Carlswood never saw him, he con-
sidered that his interest in the matter end
ed when the yearly stipend was paid. He
was in London when Katrine wrote to ask
if he would allow her to learn the organ
to take some lessons from the OrganiSt at
st. Luke's-Mr. Cameron. He is cOnsid-
cred very clever" she wrote; ''and it
would be a great pleasure to me to learn
upon an organ that was the gift of my
dear mother"
Lord CarlswoOd had no dream of dan
ger; to his naughty mind then it would
have seemed as probable that his daughter
would fall in love with one of his grOoms
as with her teacher; not even the faintest
suspicion occurred to him, and Miss Carls-
woods governess, who did feel some scru-
Piles, was silenced by being told that Lord
Carlswood wished it,"
The handsome young organist thought
he was making grand future for himself
when he saw chance of wooing Miss
CarlswoOd. He was very handsome, light
of heart and pleasant of speech, gay with
the gayety of youth gifted with q fatal
specious eloquence; and Katrine thought
the world had never seen his peer. They
could not converse freely in the quiet Sc
Clusion of the old church, when the light
streamed through the stained windows
and the governess stood by; but before
long Katrine's kindness had encouraged
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piled to them. He grew holder, and asked
her to steal from beneath her fathers roof
to meet him. She foolishly consented,
and when the infatuated young man told
her how dearly he loved her she owned
that she loved him.
Was it love, or was it an ambitious de-
sire to raise himself far above his station,
which actuated him? No one ever knew,
and Thornton Cameron kept his secret. 1t
was base betrayal of trust, cruel fraud
it was an objectionable deception,
most dishonorable deed-but he succeeded
in winning what the poor girl thought was
her love, and, after great persuasion, she
consented to elope with him.
She had been so badly trained. was so
young. so wild in the flush of girlish
spirits, that she thought little Of the con-
sequences. The sensation that must fol-
low amused her. She enjoyed thinking of
the fright, the search, and the emotion of
her stately father when he should hear
that she was married.
1T will be stealing march upon papa"
she said, with gay, ringing laugh that
should have smote her companion like a
sharp sword. HE was so particular that
l should not make my debut until / was