Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-11-16

London Thornton Cameron tried hard
ion professional engagement, but
young. unknown, without friends or
Influence. how was he 70 succeed?
! From the great city he had gone to
Liverpool, only too thankful TO take an
engagement that brought him hun-
4 dred per anuum. In Liverpool he and
/ his wife had taken furnished lodgings;
land there a little child baptized at ST.
Johns church under the name of Is
Imay Cameron had been born. In
/ Liverpool Mr. Cameron had tried the
4 hopeless and difficult task Of endeavor-
ling TO maintain a lady, brought up in
] the midst Of aflluence and luxury, OH
lone hundred per anpum. The struggle
| had been from the first a most hope
4 less one With a careful, economical
I wife he might have weathered the
4 storm, but Katrine had seldom heard
/ the word economical and had but a
poor idea of what it really meant
she was perfectly ignorant Of the
value of money; she had always had
exactly what she wished-the cost Of
/ it was a matter she never considered
/ She had been brought up in one Of
1 the most luxurious homes in Eng
I Hand what could she possibly know Of
small economies and sordid cares?
\ She wondered why, now that Thornton
( Lad an engagement. they could not
I have good wine She was Ill, and she
missed her fathers wine more than
\ anything else, She raised her beauti-
ful eyes in wonder when Thornton
I0nce, wishing to please her, brought
her a bottle Of Zine old Port"
THAT Is not good wine, Thornton, -
she said 1T is not like the wine we
had at home, Get me some OF that"
/ II was with difficulty he made her
understand that they could not afford
4 &c. and it was with equal difficulty he
taught her even more painful facts
/ lie gave up the task in utter despair;
aud started out In the world to find
something better
He was traced to Chester; aud at
! Chester it was found that, after strug-
Cling for some time with adverse cir.
Icumstanccs fate and fortune both
against him, he had broken down en-
tTely He had spoiled his life by the
very action that he had hoped would
r. AXE a. He had thought 20 reap 4
fortune by marrying the only daughter
of i rich nobleman; instead of which
/ he had marred every prospect life
4 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 even
the most common necessaries of life?
/ ie could not possibly do it, ana the
+. knowledge that be had made such a
lamentabIe mistake killed him He
had been seized with a dangerous ILL
ness which gave but little hope that he
would ever recover.
He he'd battled with il for some time,
/ but at last he had died and had been
buried at Chester His wife had re-
maned there for some time in the
greatest restitution, ana then left. TAX
Ing her littla girl with her; and there
i All traces of her and the child had been
lost Some of the cleyerast detectives
I'm England mad been employed to find
4 her and failed Mr. Ford who had un-
deraken the chief direction was
ashamed Of hts failure he did all that
was possible but he ayerrad to himself
|at Ias The task was hopeless. and that
4Ho bad mo choice but To abandon it,