The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07
Brought to Terms.

~ gu are surely not IN earnest, fatherE
~ assure you l am. l will not give my
consent to your marriage with that girl
said Mr. Cameron. argrily, but not firmly.
You are unjust to her; you admit that
you know nothing OF her
Except tina: she is the daughter of a
farmer poor, illiterate farmer who has
half dozen other children"
Mr. Litchfeld is poor, grant, but
neither he nor his children are ignorant;
Sophie has as good an education as any
girl know"
Bah - exclaimed the older man, con-
temptuously. "Of course she is perfec-
ton. Why couldn't you have had sense
enough to fancy Lottie FELTON,, or that
pretty little Hilard girl! I'd welcome
either Of them willingly enough, but this
girl ! will not receive
"SImply because she is a farmers
daughteri'
simply because choose not to- an
swered Basil Cameron, all the obstinacy
inherited from his Scotch grandfather
rising up again>t his >On ; coolintieXibility.
Il say you shall not marry her-and you
shall not
"And l say l will" replied Maurice,
angry in his turn. Il defy any one to
hinder me without showing better cause
than her poverty"
you seem to forget, young man, that
you have not penny OF your own Pray
how do you propose to support wife that
disapprove OFF,
by my own eXertions, sir, as thou
sands OF better men than am are doing
7 l,ar frr- 4 l.
"Hs. ha, ha.' reared the father, you
work That is rich, Go and tell your
sweetheart that your father will not give
you another dollar during his life or after
it, and see how quick she'll repent of say
ing yes to you"
ION the contrary, sir, her fathers only
objection to me is that am an idle young
man
Don't talk about the matter, Maurice.
Come, give me your word to break off
this engagement, and
Never, sir -
Then the sooner you get out of my
sight the better. | wash my hands of
you, you thankless boy Go and work,
and come to me in year begging bread
for your wife. I'd see you starve before
Ia give il to you then"
Maurice Cameron was the only son of
Basil Cameron, one of the richest and most
influential men in the busy town Of Nelson.
He had received liberal education, and
his father, who accumulated wealth only
for him, looked to see him take his place
among the leading men of the State
Cautious, persevering, obstinate, he had
marked out certain course for his hand
some, talented boy, and determined that
he must carry it out, forgetting that the
son usually inherits most. if not all, of his
stronger parents characteristics. Mr.
Cameron, too, was proud; proud of his
good Scotch descent, Il his abilities and
his position in society; and the idea of
Maurice taking as a wife this daughter of
a small, unknown farmer was bitterness
indeed. IL is true he knew nothing what
ever of the girl but that made no differ
ence; he had made up his mind that Mau
rice must marry into either the FELTON,,
Hillard or Stuyvesant families. therefore
this uuEeard of Sophie Liichtield was
an interlnper.
Mrs. Cameron worshipped both hus-
band and sou, consequently this disa-
greement-ripening, as it did, into an
open rupture betseen the two-cOst her
many tear; but against tive such stub
born natures she was powerless.
The Litchields were, IA Mr.. Cameron
had said, poor; but they we're cultivated,
honest, sensible people. Sophie was the
second daughter and was as pretty, we'll
read. q aceful girl As any Cameron ever
wuoed, and would d. honor to any po-
sition in life Mr.. Litchteld talked Sc
riously with Maurice when he heard Of