Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-12-27

and great drops Of sweat stood on
the forehead he pressed with his
left hand.
Maud Copeland clung to his
averted face. The proud fire Of
her eyes was drownded in tears
now, and her beautiful face was
drawn in panied lines.
"Don't look so, Gayl," she plead
ed. "You know that / shall love
you al my life. 1t breaks my
heart to see you suffer so, my darl-
ing"
He turned to her with his own
eyes suffu.ed. There was nothing
Of reproach there, only sharp pain
and awakening terror.
MAUD" he said, huskily, as
this decision finali Can nothing
move your
She bowed until her lips and
cheek rested against his hand, and
with her hot tears steaming over
it, asked:
"Gsyl, can I disobey my father 2"
"But he has no right to trammel
your young life. Think of my
suffering and your own. Does any
right, human or devine, warrant
him in crushing us--and q whim
There is no fault of mine. Oh, my
darling! such an outrage
"Hushw she interrupted the
passionate outburst. Remember,
he has been father, mother and
sister to me from the moment OF
my birth. He has been tender
with me, even YOU could not be
more so. And | am all he has to
love-oh, you do not know. He
has given me some such love as he
bore poor mamma, whom / resem-
BILE so closely that he has told ME
time and again that If l were to 60
it would be like loosing her over
again. Be generous, Gayl; can !
rob him to give to youi Remem-
Der he is an old man without any
thing to look forward to-with
nothing to love OF live for but me
What would be left for him were !
to desert him."
Her filial devotion, her tender
ness for her fathers desolation,
called forth all the better qualities
of Gayl Farnsworth's nature
Taking her in his arms, he said:
"Forgive me, dearest, I no long
or urge you to become my wife
against your fathers consent.
will not seek to break down tha'
very royalty which is most to bt
sought for in a wife. / can but
commend your devotion and love
you all the more for it."
"Oh, Gayl, I am so glad,' cried
Maud, nesting in his arms. ave
will be true to each other, and HI
may relent eventually. You ar,
willing to wait, Gayll"
"Not in inactivity. l mean t
remove the obstacle with my owl
hand"
"But how can you, deari Yo,
are rich already, and you don
know how to work"
at isn't too late to learn, yet, |
itp
It was not until Just at the en-
OF the season that Judge Copelsn
came to the watering-place to b
met, on the day following his arr
val, by Gayl Farnsworth who dc
manded his daughters hand i
marriage, and this was his reply !:
"Mr. Farnsworth you are
stranger to me--a fact in which, /
. matter Of so much moment as m
daughters happiness for life, car
not be offset by even such exceller
references as you are able to Civ
me. There are matters Of tempe
ment and manhood, generally
most vital Importance In the rel
ton contemplated, which such re
erence cannot attest; but that is
mere question Of time and a
quaintance, an object which mig
easily be surmounted. In fact,
will say that I am well pleased Wi
!. your appearance. But there
another matter, one seldom tak'
into consideration, but to me Of Il
|, last moment. You are rich mi
!, -you have always been rich.
"The experience Of a long Iii
o in position Offering unusual o
e portunity to observe men taug
i me that nothing is 80 precario