Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-11-02
a stranger" she said. 1T must be be-
cause / so seldom see one
CHAPTER ".

Bertram, LORD CarlSwoOd, had the
reputation of being the proudest man
| in England. He was proud of his
name. of his race, of his pedigree
proud OF his unstained honor, of his
large fortune, of his gentle wife, OF
his fair children-proud of the re-
pute in which he was held, of his high
standing in the country. AS river
gathers force and strength from every
tributary stream so he made every
gift Heaven had bestowed upon him
tributary TO his pride.
People in speaking Of him said he
was just and generous, but very
proud. This pride was not shown in
patronage of his equals, but in the
most rigid observanees of class dis
tinctions. He never pardoned any
disregard of those distinctions; he was
punctilious in the extreme: he gave to
all persons the honor due to them
and he expected the same in return
he addressed each one by his right
full title, and insisted on being so adj
dressed himself He considered the
Carlswoods of Bralyn among the lead
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 low marriage. :"
There We're some who said that pride
of such kind must have 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 Midlothian, 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, a 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.
Ii was not a matter of great moment
to the boys Little of their time was
spent at oralyn they went to Elton.
and thence to Oxford; they were left
in the charge of tutors
Lord Carlswood was careful to inn
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 rigidly
adhered to; he made no allowance for
girlish gaietv or exuberance of spirits
and the result was that Katrine grew
TO look upon home as a prison, She
loved her father because she had suf-
icieut intelligence TO appreciate his
higher qualities, but she considered
him 10 be something like a goaler
and glorled in ovading 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
We're 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
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 an needful accom-
plishmeuts BY the help of masters
tie trowned coutemphously when his
friends told him that it was unfair to
treat girl of eighteen like a child
None knew how i'm the after years he