Butte record., 1855-11-03

The son was in all respects worthy "a
fortune. He was a polished gentleman,
a good companion a flithfgI counselor,
and a splendid scholar. He removed to
a northern state shortly after his fathers
death, and soon took a prominent stand
at the bar Party politics ran high
He was candidate for Congress az inst
a man twenty years his senior. Many
bitter things were said on both sides,
some Of which The hot blood Of the young
man rese nted with fury, and some which
the cool determination Of the older can
didate made causes Of enmity that was
confirmed by bis defeat, and made ten
fold more fierce when young Cameron
ran away win his daughter, married her
and took her to Washington as his bride.
She never went into her f4ther's house
again, nor was recognized by him, or
by any Of his family, when they met, as
they did daily, in the streets. Sixteen
years had elapsed, during which neither
Cameron nor Bromley changed one iot
in their feelings toward each other; and
then death came into tie house Of the
former.
Death is a terrible leveler. lie is n
Tremendous enemy to distinctions. So
even are the bottoms and the surfaces OF
graves that men begin to feel that level
whenever death approaches them, and
are ready to forget all their differences
Not So john Bromley; he was not like
other men. Net 50 Charles Cameron.
he vas Ike John Bromley.
"CLalles," said Alice Cameron, q am
dying, and I fain would be reconciled to
my father VIII you ask lin to come
and see me-"
He consented Willingly, and sent that
very hour a servant with note asking
Mr. Bromley to do Mrs. Cameron the
honor to. call and see her. Such for
mai note seemed strange in sucA cir
cumstancos; but al the town knew that
Mrs. Cameron was dyiug, and he could
not but understand it as a sammons to
the doa,h-bed of his daughter. He paid
not the slightest attention to If. She
Penciied with her own feeble hand Pc
tition-a daughters earnest prayer
that she might be allowed to look once
more on his face before she departed TO
the dread assembly of the dead He
did net come. When Cameron saw his
wife lying dead, and the note returned,
unopened, lying on the little stand by
her head, he vowed solemn VOW that
he would never forgive the nan for that
uak.ndness, not on earth, not though he
stood at heavens gate and rs excluded
tor that hatred. lie forgot that he would
have done just so himself.
She left him one daughter fifteen years
oId Two years later she was seventeen
and exceedingly beautiful. All the
strong mans heart was bound up in the
child, and she was one to love. Her
form was Of the mould Of Ewes. Her
eye was Of the blue Of the Sky of Eden,
Her voice was perfect music. For the
first two years after her mothers death
she was growing into complete woman
hood, and then she was splendid wo-
man.
I have some hesitation in attempting
to describe her character Itwss by no
means perfect. 1t was hardly possible
that tie child Of such a fliher should be
very mill and gentle; and, in fact, she
was very Ike him in her frmness and
her determination Of purpose. Withal
she inherited from her mother an amount
of passion, warmth Of feeling, and devo-
tedness to any object Of her affection,
which, coupled with her fxedness of viii
made her difficult subject Of manage
ment.
These we're the prominent points o.
danger in her character. Everything
else was exceedingly winning and lovely,
and even these points rendered her more
attractive. Ifher horse refused to leap
a fence, she rode him at it steadily till
he did it. If she wished flower that
grew On tie edge Of preeipice, she
walked boldly out and plucked it. Il
one she called friend we're in need, she
never rested till the aid was rendered.
She had even been known to 60 alone at
n dnight fer a physician to see her IA
ther IN a severe attack Of illness, because
she would not trust sergaat.
It was not strange that the strong
mans heart wound itself around her.