Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-02

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ing spirits of the country; they had
few equals, no superiors.
Had the Carlswoods been kings
they would have known how to reign
he was wont to say.
Another of his most frequent sayings
was
The Carlswoods were an old family
when William the Norman took pos
session of our fair Saxon land; but
study their records, and you will see
that no Carlswood was ever dis
honored. There has never been a
fortune-hunter, or traitor, or renegade
amongst US; and-thank Heaven!-no
Carlswood ever made a low marriage
| There were some who said that pride
of such kind must have a fall-that
it could not remain so arrogant: but
the stately head had not yet been bent
in humility or sorrow-there was no
| STOPPING of the erect figure, no soften
| ing of the naughty face.
Lord Carlswood married the daugh-
ter of the Duchess of Middleham, a
gentle, high-bred, elegant woman
They had four children-three sons
and one daughter. The fathers face
would glow with pride as he looked
round on the young faces.
There is no fear of the old race
dying out yet" he would say.
He loved his wife, he was proud of
his sons; but the great delight of his
heart-the very light and brightness
Of his home-was his daughter Ka-
trine, beautiful, gay, high-spirited
girl, who had all the Carlswood spirit,
with its attendant pride. Her father
literally worshipped her. He watched
her beauty as it developed day by day;
he pleased himself by imagining what
her future would be. What position
could be too exalted for his daughter?
When Katrine reached her tenth
year, Lady Carlswood died. Her hus-
band did not marry again. THE
Carlswoods never marry twice." he
said, grandly; and he was true to the
traditions of his race.
1t was not a matter of great moment
to the boys. Little of their time was
spent at bralyn; they went to Elton.
and thence to Oxford; they were left
principally in the charge Of tutors.
Lord Carlswood was careful to i'm
press upon them the nobility of their
race and the obligation they were I'M
der to deep the glory of their name
unsullied and their honor unstained;
he left the rest to their teachers.
But for Katrine Carlswood her
mothers death was a far more serious
matter. Her father was unwilling to
send her to school; he did not wish
her out of his sight. He had cover
nesses and masters for her; he did his
best for her, but it was lamentably
done. He drew up a code of rules and
regulations which was to be rigidIy
adhered to; he made no allowance for
girlish gaiety or exuberance of spirits;
and the result was that Katrine grew
loved her father because she had suf-
ficient intelligence to appreciate his
higher qualities, but she considered
him to be something like a goaler
and gloried in evading his rules. The
method of his training was bad; vet
he would never receive advice 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 schoolgirls" When the
catastrophe came, no one was sur
prised.
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, and
perfect herself in all needful accom-
plishments by the help of masters
He frowned cOntemptuously when his
friends told him that it was unfair to
treat girl of eighteen like a child
None knew how in the after years he
repented Of not having followed that
advice.
There was a church at Lynn, and
before her death Lady Carlswood had
presented the rector with very fine
organ; moreover she had asked her
husband to set aside a certain sum to
pay for an organist, which he had
c,leerfully consented to do. The first
organist employed was an elderly
man, who had a wife and family to
support. A more remunerative en-
gagement presented itself, and he
threw up his post. He was succeeded
by young and very handsome man
mean skill
(To be continued)