The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-04-30
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"lou are surely not IN earheA'' ~
ther ~
Il assure you am. | will not Civ
my consent to your marriage with tha
GIRL" said Mr.. Cameron angrily, b"
firmly.
You are unjust to her; you admi
that YOU know nothing Of her"
Except that she is the daughter o
farmer, q poor, illi,erate farmer VIII
has half-a-dozen other children
"Mr. Litch6eld is poor, grant, bu
neither lie nor his children are ieno
rant Sophie has as good an education
as any girl know.
bah :" exclaimed the old man con
temptuously "Of course she is perfec
ton! Why couldn't y"u have had senS'
enough to fancy I.o,tie FELTON,. or lha
pretty little Hilliard girlF Id welcome
either of theu, willingly enough, bu
this girl I will not receive"
Simply because she is a farmer
daughter ?" :,
Simply because I choose not to J:
answered Rasil Cameron, all the obsti
macy inherited from his Scotch grand
father rising up against his sons COO
infle1ibility. II say you shall no
marry her-and you shall not!"
"And T saw will" replied Maurice
angry in his turn, Il defy any one tt
hinder me without showing better caus
than her poverty"
"You seem to forget, young man
that YOU have not q penny Of your Own
Pray how do you propose I" support
wife that I disapprove OF =
"By my own e1rr'ion, sir, as thou
sands of better mcn than [ am are do
ing I am neither an invalid nor an i'm
becile."
"Ha hs, ha :" roarod the father
.'you work That is rich! Go aud tel
yonr sweetheart that your father wi
not give you another dollar during hi
life or after it, and see how quick she
repent of saying yes toyou."
On the contrary, sir. her father
only objection to me is that am an i'd
young man"
"Don't talk about the matter, Mau
rice. Come, give me your word
hrssL off This engagement, and
"Never, SIR.
.'Thcn the sooner you get out OF m
sight. the better. / wash my hands Q
you. you tbauklcss boy! Go and work
and come to me in year begging bfca
fer YOUR wife. I'd see you starve he
fore I'd give it to y"a then"
Maurice Cameron was the only s."
Of Basil Cameron, one # the riches
and most influential men in the busy tow
of Nelson. He had received a liber'
education. and his father, who accuuu
lated wealth only for him, looked to Sc
him take his place among the Ieadln
men of the State. Cautious. p"rseveI
ing obstinate, he had marked ont
certain course for his handsome tai nic
boy and determined that he must carr
it out, forgetting that the son usual
,nherits most, if not all. Of his strong'
parents characteristics. Mr.. Cameron
too, was proud proud ofhis good Scotc
descent of his abilities and his posit'o
in society; and the idea of Mauric
taking as a wife this daughter Of a sma
farmer was bitterness indeed. 1t
true he knew nothing whatever OF tn
GIRL. bu. that made no difference; b
had made up his mind that Maqrie
must marry into either the FELTON,, Hi
lard or Stuyvesant families, therefor
this uuheard Of Sophie Litchfeld WI
an intcrloper.
Mrs. Cameron worshippsd both hui
band and son. consequently this dis
greement- ripeninG, as it did, into q
open rupture between the .wo-co
her many ,earE but against two sue
stubborn natures she was powerlr's.
The Litch6cld's S were, as Mr.. Camera
had said, poor but they wore cult
vated, honest, sensible people, Soph
was the second daughter and was
pretty, well-read, graceful girl as al
Cameron ever wooed. and would
honor to any position in life. NJ
Litch6eld talked seriously with Ma
5 rice when he heard of the quarrel b
l tween him aud his father, and 61diT
that he was determined to pursu" h
! ! own course, told him that little adve
siiy. a little genuine work would prob
\ bly make man Of him. and that
8 would give him Sophie more willing
than ever. So Basil Cameron was
e fnlse prophet.
Maurice left home, bag and baggal
the day oftbe conversation above I
corded. His father felt very curious
j., know what he would do. but would .
condesrcna to-.make any inquiries
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