Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-11-01

and time Will enable me to become
established and to rise to that posi-.
tion in which you would see me
when l ask for your daughters
hand. But you will not allow me
this endeavor to meet your stand.
ard-you would discourage my trial,
and add insult to injury. Is that
justice?" &
"Whether it be or not, carc,lit-
tie, young man." said the rich lum.
herman, coldly. 81 have no faith
in your hopes for the future, and
hardly believe my daughter has,
I do not think you capable of per-
forming anything startling. If you
have been so unfortunate and foolish
as to fall in love with one so widely
removed from your sphere, it is
your own fault and loss. Helen
Graham and Arthur, Dixon will
never gain my consent to their mar
riage, rest assured"
"This answer is final? You will
break our troth, and force your
daughter to obey?"
81 will, sir! IF it will add any
thing to the pleasure You now enjoy
to know that one whose fortune en-
titles him to high consideration has
sought her hand of me and gained
my consent, you are welcome to the
knowledge. And now, after what
has transpired, I think l need not
intimate that your presence at my
house, in any capacity, will be un-
appreciated. Good-day, sir"
And with this parting cut, John
Graham, one Of the wcalthiest lum-
bcr dealers on the Peshtigo, turned
and entered the mill-office with a
triumphant tread, thinking that he
had effectually crushed the unparal-
leled effrontcry of "that young Doc
tor Dixon"
Down the busy little street the
physician went, strange mist be-
fore his eyes and a stranger feeling
in his hcart-neither of which could
be dissipated by the powerful effort
Of will that he strove to exercise
His was a warm, keen nature-open,
hopeful, maryland going to the
father Of her he loved better than
life, with the hope of a consideratc
answer to the momentous question,
and with the expectancy of a kindly
hearing, at least, he had come away
with but bitter experience to re-
member, and the last of many taunts
still sounding in his ears. Scarcely
knowing where his steps tended, he
paced the street from the mill-yard
down, until the humble little build
ing was reached, over whose door a
plainly-lettcred "shingle" announc-
ed that
ARTHUR DIXON,
Physician and Surgeon,
had an office therein. Two years
before, Arthur Dixon had met Hell.
en- Graham in an eastern city, when
both were fresh from the laurels of
"high graduation" at their respec-
tive institution of learning. Unlike
the majority of maidens figuring in
the same social scale, Helen Gra-
ham was woman to admire for
rare and high qualities of mind and
heart, prominent among which were
unaffected modesty and abundant
common sense. Recognizing, read
lily and openly, true worth and no
bility wherever evinced, her ac-
quaintance with the new M. d. had
been of the most pleasing character,
the fact that he was less fortunate
in the possession of this worlds
goods than she, serving more to
heighten than to allay the feeling.
Two months of friendly intercourse
and they separated-one to return
to her wildwood home in Wiscon-
sin, the other to enjoy a short
season of travel ere he settled into
the practice Of his profession.
How it transpired he hardly
knew, but when ready for the duties
Of business, Arthur Dixon found
himself established in the flourish.
ing town which was, to him, cele.
brated as being the residence OF
Helen's father and family. Being
called, professionally, to Captain
Graham's house on several occa.
sions, the acquaintance between the
young folks was renewed, of course,
and pleasantly, too; and the rough,
out-spoken lumber dealer was toe
intent in his grasping after wealth
to note the fact that young Gu
pid was playing havoc on his do.
mains.
John Graham would never have
been credited as the parent of the
maiden who called him "father," by
any similarity in traits of character.
Naturally proud, and Of hasty spirit
"a strong devotee Of the gold
en- god--his anxiety to amass a
princely fortune for his child's ben
eft was alone his rcdecming trait.
And when the rising but poor ply
sition sought for that child's hand,
John Graham was thunderstruck At
the temerity evinced. He saw
nothing but the comparative power
ty Of the audacious petitioner; the
worthiness of the man and the re-
suits of time were alike unrecog-
nized. His daughter must "go up
higher"
"He is unjust-unjust, indeed
mused the young physician, as he
reclined in his office chair, and re-
called the events of the interview.
But, some day, he may see his er-
ror, and profit by experience, for
the advantage of some other good
fellow than me. Dear Helen, must
give you up?"
Not quite a month had passed
away since Captain Graham so
coldly interviewed the young disci-
pie of Esculapias. October, with
it's golden brown and azure haze,
had come across the landscape, hill
and vale, meadow and woodland;-
and for many weeks the "Wipdows
of heaven" had refused to open upon
the dry earth with cooling rains
The blue veil of Indian summer, us
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