The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-14
Brought To Terms.

"(uu are surely n,t ~ earnest, father!
Il assure YOU am. viii not give my
consent To- your marriage with that g.r-'
said Mr.. Cameron. argrily, hut not firmly.
You are unjust to her; y.u admit that
you know nothing of her
Except that she i the daughter of a
farmer, a poor, ill.terate farmer who has
half dozen other children
Mr.. Li,chfeld is poor grant, tut
neither he nor his children are ignorant;
Sophie has as good an education as any
girl know
Bah So exclaimed the older man, con
tempt.uuslv. "Of course she is perfcC-
ton Why couldn't You have had sense
enough 10 tarcy LOu.e Felton,, or that
pretty little lI.lard girl: Ia welcome
either Of them willing Y enough, but thi,
girl / viii not receive.
SIMPLY because she Is Ia farmer,
daughtcrt
simply because CHI. SC not to-" an
swerei Basil Cameron. all the ob,tiuacy
inherited from hi, Scotch gran father
rising against his on, cool iutl -Niuiity.
Il say you shall net marry hcr-and you
shall not
And I .ay will" replied Maurice,
angry in his turn. Il defy any one To
hinder me without showing better cause
than her poverty
~ on seem TO forget, young man, that
you have not penny OF your own, Pray
how 60 you propose to supp'ita wife that
I disapprove Off
BY my own eXer,ions, sir, as thou
sands ui better mea than am are doing
I am neither an invalid nor an ImbeciIe."
"Hl. ha, ha.' reared the father, you
work That j. rich. Go and tell your
sweetheart that your father will not give
ycu another dollar during his life or after
it, and see how quick she'll repent of say
ing yes to you.
'On 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 10 break off
this engagement, and
Never sir ~
Then the sooner you get out of my
sight the better wash my hands OF
you, you thank.ess boy Go and work
and come 10 me in year begging bread
for your wife. Ia see YOU starve before
give II 10 you lAcu.
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 q liberal education, and
his father, who accumulated wealth only
for him, looked 10 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 character ,tics Mr.
Cameron, too, was proud; proud Of his
good Scotch descent, of 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 1t is true be knew nothing what
ever of the girl, but that made 30 differ
ence; he had ma lie up his mind that Mau
rice must marry into either the FELTON,,
Hillard or Stuyves4nt families. therefore
this uuL eard of Sophie Ii chtield was
an interlnper.
Mrs. Cameron Worstippei both hus-
band and son, Consequently this di,a-
greemeut-ripenips, as it did, into an
open rupture between the two-co,t her
many tear; but against two such stub
born natures she was powerless.
The Litcbfelds were, a. Mr. Cameron
hai said poor; bat they were cultivated,
honest, sensible people Sophie was the
second daughter and was as pretty, we'll
read. graceful girl as any Cameron ever
W, oed. and would d. honor 20 any po-
sition in life Mr. Litchteld talked Sc
riously With Maurice when he heard #