Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-11

advance. Last December he told his parents that he intended to marry Miss Olive Hamden, daughter of Banker Adrian c. Hamden of Sydney. This brought a storm of protests from MT. Larkham, ST. He and Hamden had been interested in gold mines together and the latter han Gs1rtalnea con'roi s-op p5 enough stock to ousr Larknam I4S42 control of an enterprise and the two men had been bitter enemies since. The friendship, ripening into love, which had begun between MT. Hamden s daughter and the young man, however, still continued. The long separation while Wilson Larkham was absent at his studies did not change the state or affairs, for there was a steady core spondence between them. Whether MT: Hamden knew of his daughters regard for his former partners son IS not known.
 The protests of his parents did not al- ter the determination of young Larkham to marry Miss Hamden. Relations nnal- ly became so strained between father and son that one day there was an open rupture, only a few weeks had elapsed since the young man had told of his de- termination. There was no time TOT preparation, and as he had no money in his own right, he resolved to begin lire anew and in another country. He told his sweetheart that he would go to America and when he obtained start would send for her, and she acqulesceu: He left at once and the latter part or January landed at San Francisco with few dollars.
 Like other lovers who have started out to make nations bow to their efforts in the line of money making, Larkham soon found that the United States might De a good place to live in, but there was no getting rich on short notice. During his ,1at, n in ployment to fit his attachments he Vlslt- ed many places, but made no additions to his finances. Occasionally he drank liquor to nerve him against despair
 Only a few weeks had elapsed when Larkham, Sr., had repented of his treat ment of hls son, and to the entreaties of his wife, said he would try to find him: He first went to the Hamden nome ana asked for the young mans address. Ot course the young woman had been kept informed from week to week or Lark- ham, Jr. s, Wherea bouts. He was then III Cleveland, o. A letter from his parents promising forgiveness and asking him to return brought the response that ne would be glad to do so when he could pay his passage
 Larkham, Sr., decided to come at once and take his son home. The young mans letter said he would be In Kansas City soon and meeting was arranged for yesterday. Last Friday Larkham, Jr, arrived and engaged a room at cheap hotel. Yesterday morning his father reached the city and in the afternoon the two men clasped hands for the first time in many months There was no mention of the affair in the waiting room, but when the Blossom house, where the old gentleman had registered under an as- sumed name, was reached, he could con tain himself no longer. My son." he said, in a voice deeply tinged with emo- ton, mother and Olive are counting the hours until we return"
 The son was deeply affected, but said little on account of the group which stood near them.
 Before boarding a train at the depot MT. Larkham, Sr, told a reporter that one of the happy incidents in connection with the story was when he met MT. Hamden at the latters home, where he had gone for information about his son. "Our enmity is now at an end,' he said, "and we are all happy"