The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-08-23
DROU0MT TO TERMS.

lyon are surely not In earnest,
father r
~ assure yon nm. will not give
my eonbent 10 your marriage with TINT
GIRL" aaid Mr.. Cameron. angrily but
firmly.
ion nrr unjust III her. yan admit
that Won know nothing al huf--"
Except that shc IL tho daughter 81
farmer, n poor illil.rasn farmer WHO has
hall de SEN other children"
Mr.. Littleiieli II poor, grallt, bnt
neither he nor his children are illitsratr !,
Sophie hn~ ~ COOL an eInsstion ~ my
girl know"
bah T. exclaimed the oll man cen.
tcmptuonsly. "Of course nhc Ii perfcc.
tionl Why couldn't yon have Ind senae
enough t0 fancy Lossic FELTON, " That
pretty little Hilliarl girl7 III welcome
either oi them willingly enough. but this
girl will not receive"
Simply because she II a farmers
danghteyi"
Simply because ! choose not 10 /"
answered Basil Cameron, all the obsti.
Macy inherited from his Scotch grand
father risiHg mp against his ron u cool IN.
feasibility. ~ say yon shall not marry
heS--And yon shall not.
And ! my will, replied Maurice.
snRIy In return. ~ defy my one Ii
hinder ne without showing better cause
than her poverty
Yon seem toforget. Young man, that
yon have not penny NJ your ownl Pray
how do yon propose 10 support wifr
that disApproye of"
by my own exeTtionT, air, m thou.
sands III better mnn than nm nre AZ.
ing;. ] nm neither m invalid nor m i'm.
beetle"
I'm, ha, la r reared the father
Yon work That IN rich no nnl
toll y0ur sweetheart Tint Your father
will not give yOu another dollar during
his life or after II, anI Aee how quick
she'll repent NJ saying yea 10 yol.
''On thu contrary, tir, her fathers
only objection to mo In TINT am MI idio
young innn.
Don't talk abont tile matter. Man.
rice. Come, give m your word Ia
break ~ this engagement. and"
"Never, sir r
Then the Ho0ncf y0u gat out ri my
sight the better. waah my hands III
You, you thsnkIess hoy Go 10 work,
and come ~ me IN \ year begging bread
Tor your vito. III ~. yon rtarve befe m
I'll give u 10 you then"
Maurice Cameron WAS the uLly ron III
BasIl Cameron. ons II tho ,iclic.i and
most influential men In tin biny town
n NGlaon. H. Ind received i liberal
education, mud lliA Iaihrr, Who nerniuu.
lst4sl wealth only Tor him, looked 10 see
him tnko hia place among the len.iinQ
man ri thn biat,. Cautious, Mrs4yrY.
ing, obstinate, liz had marked ont Il Ger.
tsin course Tor his handsome, talented
hoy. and determined that he must carry
II out, forgetting TINT tl,e nOn usually
inberits mO~t II not NIL ~ his htropRcr
parents characteristics. Mr.. Cameron.
tor, VISA proud: proud ~ his good
Hc0tcli descent, III Ilir Abiliiies anil poni.
ti0u III society; and the id.a ii Man.
rico taking M il wife this daughter III 4
small. unknown farmer was bitterness
JUDGED. II Ii trnr In knew naah,nr
whatever n the girl, tni TINT made III
difference; ho Ind made up his mind
thst Maurice must marry into either
tho FELTON,, billiard, Or Htnyve~ant fam.
lies; therefore this nnhraf.l.0f Sophie
LitrhielL wss M interloper.
Mr.. Cameron worshipcsI both hus.
hand Aud sOn, rOnst qusntly this dis
agreaAsnt -rreninR. NJ X lid. into -
Opso rapture between the two cost llef
many tear, but against two Aurl. Slab
horn Natures Ahe was poworleNs.
The LitchNrlds wore, N Mr.. Cameron
had ssId, pooT, but thoy were honest,
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