208 LIFE OF TEGETMEIER 



estates, and official tours, all took him away 

 from home a great deal, while of course they 

 increased the pressure of his journalistic and 

 literary work when he got back. Consequently 

 he was not only often away, but when in town 

 he usually returned home late at night. Thus, 

 often the children would be in bed when he 

 came home, and off to school before he saw them 

 in the morning. 



He was, however, an affectionate husband 

 and father, and an indulgent grandfather. His 

 grandchildren came late in his life, when the 

 stress of it was over, and he had time and oppor- 

 tunity to display the affection and even sentiment 

 of his nature. He gave his son and daughters 

 an excellent education, and put them in a position 

 to earn their own living. The four daughters 

 were trained for and became teachers — of art, 

 cookery, needlework and so on, and his son 

 became a journalist, specialising in the sport of 

 cycling, and in general natural histor}', on the 

 staff of the Field. Two daughters predeceased 

 their father — the eldest, Edith, who after keeping 

 a girls' school for some time in north-west 

 London became a hospital nurse, and Marion, 

 the fourth child, who inherited her father's 

 artistic gifts, and had she lived, might have 

 developed into a very clever painter of birds and 

 flowers. Another daughter achieved considerable 

 success in technical education under various 



