Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-11-09
IpvERTIsING RATES.
hanging brows. And with what re-

sult?' B
She refused to be unfilial, and she
brought me to my senses by = display
OF her own noble wonlauhOOd. / have
come to ask your pardon as l asked
hers, Tor approaching her in that way:
and TO say that | am more determined
to have her now than ever
Gayl looked squarly into the Judges
face, while speaking. The faintest
trace OF grim smile stirred the grizzl-
ed mustache of the parent at the an
nouncement Of his daughters loyalty,
sud his eyes contracted speculafively
rs Gayl expressed his determination to
win her. But he waited silently for
the development of Gayl's plans.
Il ask a probation of five years, with
an engagement conditional upon your
approval at the end of that time. Your
daughter will then be twenty three and
thirty
Mr.. Farnsworth, regret the neces-
sity OF declining. A moments thought
will show you the folly of so long and
so uncertain an engagement
WIN you consent to correspondence
between u.s.
My dear sir, is that much better
than what have just refused % asked
the judge, with a lift of the brows and
an indulgent smile. Il Cannot consent
that my daughter be trammeled in the
least
Surely, sir, you will not interdict
my visiting her, when chance in the
city, pleaded Gayl, desperately.
MOP smiled the judge, thinking the
young mans visits might not be mere
chance No child of mine shall be
he'd ged about by anything more tangi-
BILE than precept. With rational be-
ings, when that fails, coercion is use
less
For this much, then, l thank you.
Five years from to-day, if not sooner, 1
shall renew my suit, and, depend upon
it, | shall winn
i tell you. Copeland. he's bound to
be an ornament to the profession, And
he sought it from pure love of it. He
was independently rich before he saw
the title page of Blackstone. He was
the first man in his class at Albany.
They told me he worked like Trojan.
And now he has won the most notable
case that has come up for decade.
His handling of it Was masterly-such
subtlety, such thOrOughness in detail
He can't stop short of the benchp
Judge Copeland smiled an inward
smile, and when he reached home tess
ed the paper across the table to Maud.
She looking just as fresh and sweet,
and far grander and more womanly
than when we saw her last. As she
glanced over the headlines, her face
lighted up gloriOusly.
Father she said, all aglow with
love and anticipation, 'if he were to
come now?'
Hush, girl! He hasn't come yet.
expecting anybody?
ested in the new arrival, but YOU have
not answered my question:
We'll, then, if he were to come now.
he would undoubtedly be here, replied
the judge teasingly.
MIR. Gaylord Farnsworth to see Miss
Maud, '::announced servant.
And Judge Copeland in the library
concluded Gayl himself, entering that
apartment at the heels Of the surprised
servant, who supposed him waiting in
the drawing room.
Maud sprang up and cast herself into
his open arms with glad cry.
%, Gayl! it's all right, and you have
won so nobly p she whispered.
Proudly Gayl led her forward, with
his arm still about her.
Judge Copeland he said, -'I have
come again, as promised you. / said
then was determined to have her.
Was / mistaken?'
no, Gaylosd; mop replied the Judge
with feeling, Il thought there was good
stuff in you when first saw you. Now
l know you are worthy of her.
Il have now to commend the wisdom
of your action, and to thank you for it,
said Gayl, pressing the hand of his pros
pective father-in-law. Il feel that Ii
has made man of me by putting me
in the way to be of some use in the
world
And Maud whispered slyly: 'Gsyl,
you have commanded yourself and cir
and now papa thinks you
are capable of commanding me-and 1
think so, tOOn