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Continued.


: considered that his interest in the mat
ter ended when the yearly stipend was
maid He was in London when
Katrine wrote to ask if he would al
low her to learn the organic take
some lessons from the organist at st
I.uke's-Mr. Cameron. "He is consid-
cred very clever she wrote; and il
would be a great pleasure to me to
learn upon an organ that was the gift
of my dear mother"
ford Carlswood had no dream OF
danger; 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 oc-
Cured to him, and Miss Carlswood's
governess, who did feel some scruples,
was silenced by being told that Lord
Carlswood wished it"
The handsome young organist
thought he was making a grand flu
ture for himself when he saw chance
of wooing Miss Carlswood. He was
very handsome, light of heart and
pleasant of speech, gay with the gaiety
of youth. gifted with a fatal, specious
eloquence; and Katrine thought the
world had never seen his peer. They
could not converse freely in the quiet
seclusion 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 him to write little notes,
and she had replied to them. He grew
holder, and asked her to steal from be-
meath 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
desire to raise himself far above his
station, which actuated him? No one
ever knew, and Thornton Cameron
trayal of trust, cruel fraud-it was
an objectionable deception, a most
dishonorable deed-but he succeeded
in winning what the poor girl thought
was her love, and, after great per-
suasion, 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
consequences. The sensation that
must follow amused her. She enjoyed
thinking of the fright the search, and
the emotion of her stately father when
he should hear that she was mar
ried.
ut will be stealing a march upon
papa" she said. with gay ringing
laugh that should have smote her com
panion like sharp sword. "He was so
particular that | should not make my
debut until | was nineteen: what will
he say when he hears that | am mar
ried?"
There was no excuse to be made for
her save that she was charmed with
her lovers handsome face, with his
musical voice, his eloquent words, his
passionate pleading and prayers. She
was charmed to be the heroine of a
quasi-romance; it would be so anus
ing to appear in London as Mrs. Came
ron, instead of Miss Carlswood The
whole matter seemed to her simply a
delightful adventure; she never
dreamed but that her father, after per-
haps reproaching her In stately
fashion, would again receive her with
open arms.
mo Carlswood ever made low
marriage had heard that ex-
preston often enough. but IL never en-
tered her mind that hers was what
would be called ''low marriage.
Thornton Cameron was handsomer
than. and quite as polished in manner
as, the gentlemen who had visited
Bralyn. There was nothing about
him that could be called vulgar, much
less low: and Katrine, although
clever beyond her years. did not know
much of the world
She would have considered herself
making a low marriage If she had
promised to run away with footmar
or groom; but an artist was to her 6
gentleman. How could a man who
created such harmonies who gave his
whole time and attention to the cult
vation OF the purest taste-how coult
such a man be low? She considered
him a genius and genius. she said L
herself, levels all ranks, She haC
read somewhere of king who STOPPED
to pick up the brush of painter. Was
a painter better than a musician
she asked herself. Certainly not. If
then. king could honor painter
surely her father might respect
musician. She had read of such grea
.honors being paid to them-of king
and queens who had done homage Z
their genius, and reverenced thei
names.
Still il seemed strange that n girl
reared in the very atmosphere of pride
should have forgotten the lessons o
her life: but such was the case when
one fine autumn evening, she stol'
from the time-honored walls of Bra
iyn. and eloped with the handsome or
ganist OF Lynn.
CHAPTER VI.
The anger of Lord Carlswood, whe;
he heard of his daughters elopement