The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-02-21

as lamb IN this matter Allow me to say
| that IN matrimonial affairs | intend to do as
l choose"
Mr. Gordon must change his tactics. Fred.
crick saiJsrightly is too much like his
father to be driven.
There was silence between the two for
many minutes, but they sat looking in
each others eyes as if reading the soul
there Then Andrew Gordon rose, drew
his chair nearer to his sons, aud taking
his hand kindly in his own, said
81 wish you to do rs you choose, frcdcr-
ick---all hope is that | may induce you
to choose wisely. Listen to me for awhile,
and sec if do not present this matter be-
fore you in Il different aspect. came here
as you know, my son, when this valley was
an unbrokcn wilderness, a poor man, poor
through the fraud and injustice Of others !;
and | ut once resolved, more for your sake
than my own, to be rich. | toilcd early
and late | struggled in tho early part Of
my career, with hardships and difficulties.
But ut length was successful. My rcsour-
ces are ample yO,uS, [ should have said,
but cannot consent that the wealth, to
the accumulation of which L have devoted
all the best years of NY life, should go to
enrich bcggar. With your talents, your
fine person, your graceful and winning adj
dress, together with the fortune which
had intended to place in your hands upon
your next birth day, (to say nothing OF
your expectations at my deceasc,) with all
these advantages. | say, you might select
wife from the highest and wca.thicst taml-
~ in the land There is young girl the
IL of u,hr | In
boyhood, whom | selected years ago rs my
future lauyhtcr-n-law, Her fortune must
be immense, and every advantage that
wealth can give will be lavshcd upon her.
She is-lct me scc-shc is about fifteen
now, and is said to be very beautiful
There is clause in her fathers will, | am
told, that will prevent her marrying before
she is twenty-onc. You have been long
wishing to make the tour of Europ, and L
was thinking, just previous to my un!ortu-
nate discovery this afternoon, that it would
be we'll for you to start immediately, spend
the next four years in travelling, and still
have year OF two at your disposal, after
your return, to secure your success with
her. But of course it is useless to say
any thing about it now, as you have made
your own choice"
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