The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-20
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father pored over books IA HI. ID b.
cd office.
Matters were in this CO.. ~, n
Mr.. Bromley died, lcav.r a~'i!'
which be gave his entire pro ''ts - az
three children older than A'' ~ 'rt
off Mrs. Cameron and hpr d ..'ts
Kate.
Mr.. Cameron had no care i,~ th>
money; fourth of the fortnne wc ia
not amount to titho Of that T'en 2,
would himself give to his daugl ,. 900
But a flaw in the will of his oi4 He
would be grand discovery, and cap
tai revenge, aud be sought for it, and,
as he supposed, found it.
The CONSERVATION, anger, fury o! the
Bromley family may be imagined wien
it was announced that the father Of kate
Cameron, now just Of age, had con-
menced proceeding TO set aside tho
will of her grandta'her. The rcputa-
ton of the lawyer did not satisfy that It
was anything more tban the ermiv of
the man that induced the proceeding,
and they employed counsel to oppose.
One evening, not long after this, Mr..
Cameron came somewhat suddenly from
bis library through his ds,wiog. roolo,
and into small parlor which was de-
voted to books of the lighter sort, aud
musical instruments. He was seeking
an authority which his library did not
furnish. He found something he did
not expect. .f -
Possibly the freedom of life which ho
had permitted to his daughter might
have authorized it; certainly it ought
20 have excused it, though it was a
. strange affair.
4 Kate was sitting in no equivocal posi-
ton with q gentleman. His arm was
around her, her head on his shoulder -
and she wis in such a splendid flow Of
spirits that ii was not until her compan-
on-called her attention to him, that she
saw her father standing in the door with
brow like a thunder cloud.
Young man, leave this house y was
the first remark of the father.
John, keep your seat = was the firm
response of the daughter, as she arose
and met her fathers eye with look
that was as firm as bis. .-.f
War was declared--that was mani
fest. The young man was John Brom-
ley, grandson of the father of Mrs
). Cameron, cousin of Kate, and tho first
of that family who had ever been seen
. Al, - al, 4 L.,
interposcd, with some confusion indeed,
but politely:
Accident makes necessary, Mr..
Cameron, what l. bad intended to defer
until more auspicious time, when our
! present hostile aspect might be some
what changed. But doubtless -
Explanation is unnecessary. Sir, 1
have requested you to leave the house
) oblige me by sparing me the trouble OF
enforcing my request
Stop minute, John, | will 60 with
you y as
T Mr.. Cameron looked at bis daughter
calmly, half smiling at the spirit which
ho in fact admired.
And where do you propose to goi
20 Stephen Bromleys ; fancy yod
will nc; had welcome there
\ Il don't care where, father love
John Bromley, AMI | will 60 with hlm
to the worlds end' ,... ae..I. .-
Aud leave me, Kate = ...L
I There was look Of pain mingled
with the sternncss in her fathers face,
and it melted her. Tho next instspt
the two were alone, aud she lay folded.
in her fathers arms But tho chafncA
bond that had held that father ~
daughter together was injured sid.
can not pause to relate how ltwas bI, 81.
ed more aud more, and was final y brok-
en-. 1t was enough that Kate was de-
termined to conquer her father, aud ili
: the evidence he furnished her thar Jobn
: Biomley was an abandoned cbarsc'er,
Q .uu6t for her to love, but served to con.
q vince her of her fathers injustice; and
: after success. ion of violent scenes, Tho
r end came, and she disappeared. He
: made no search for her. Hissheart was
9 we'll nigh broken. His home was obso-
r lu,ely desolate. lie devoted himself to