The news boy., 1896-05-02
WITH HIS CONSENT.

Alrheus Monrough had made his pile
- . speculator, principally in rails, but
Z. he still amused himself by dealing now
and again TO the extent Of 81 900. 600 or
20. although for general business he
had practically retired frora change.
He was widower, with an only dauSh.
toy Miss Phyllis Monrough, aged 2Oel
. f1nc, hnndsons blonde, who had taken
up the study Of science.
Phyllis had, Of course, heaps Of Of
fers, eligible and otherwise, but she
had not met the man whom she cared to
marry, and, Mt her urgent desire, her
Father had sent her to Harvard TO en-
able her to pursue her studies.
Shc went to the university with
mind fully made up to devote her life
70 science and to abjure n,atrimony.
I'm fact, as she herself put it, she had
locked up her heart and thrown away
the key.
4 But we are told that ''love laughs at
locksmiths," and, in confirmation there
OF, she had not been long at Harvard
when she found herself head over ears
In love with George Stanislaus Rocker
ton, who was studying law there.
Young Rockcrton came from q good
family. was rich, good-looking, and in
every way eligible; but when Phyllis
wrote to her papa informing him of her
tender passion and asking his consent
to her engagement, she received tele-
gram (he was so urgent that he would
not wait for the post to carry his re-
fusaOs
"So. Come home at once"
: Phyllis had SO rarely been denied
anything that she was angry, aston
-ished, dumfounded, broken-hearted all
Mt once. No mere words can accurate
ly describe her feelings. However,
there was no Eelp for it. She must
obey. And SO, after an interview with
her lover, in which they vowed eternal
attachment, she precipitately threw up
her studies ant' her newly-found hopes
of bliss and returned to New York.
Her father received her kindly, but
with firm-set countenance, which she
knew from her observations of his deal
ings with others indicated that his
n,ind was made up, and that nothing
could alter it.
She, of course, burst into tears to
begin with. But it made no visible ef-
feet on her parent.
"My dear Phyllis" he said, "you can
not imagine how it pains me to be
obliged to run counter to your desire
but when have explained matters to
you, hope you will agree with me and
give up the idea of marrying this young
Rocherton.
"When 1 was lad, my father had n
farm out west, the adjoining farm to
which belonged to Ralph Rockerton,
the grandfather of the young man you
have met.
II need not go into details; it will
suffice for you to know that my father
and old Rockerton had q bitter quarrel,
and that feud arose between the two
families which can never be healed.
Il would rather see you in your
cofliN," he added, melodramatically,
''than to see you the wife of one of that
brood"
"But, papa" urged Phyllis, sit is n
very long time ago, and don't think
that q quarrel between my grandfa-
ther and his grandfather should be
any reason why Geo-I mean MIR.
Rockcrton-should not be a good hus-
band to me. He is rich. I've always
done as you've wished, and now, when
I feel that my life's happiness is at
tion::'
Shesobbed afresh, but her tears were
thrown away on her obdurate parent,
SO she tried to cross-examine him on
the subject of the quarrel.
''It must have been a very dreadful
quarrel, papa, for you to harbor re.
venge all these years. Tell me more
about it. If my life is to be blighted,'
she said. signing deeply, Il should like
to know why"
Mr.. Monrough felt himself getting
into u corner with his daughters wiles
and tears, and he got bit angry.
ut would be of no use," he answered,
shortly; "my mind is irrevocably
made up. But l may say this. as was
common in those days, the quarrel led
to fighting, and until your grandfa-
theirs death, which happened about
two years afterward, every member of
either family took every opportunity
vi uylDS tlNc tAc lIlc VI sOIilc
Der Of the other. After fathers death
we sold the farm and came east, and so
the enmity ceased actively; but
could never consent to your marrying
into that hated family-never!"
"But, papa" insisted the girl, "what
was it about? What led to the quar-
rel?"
1T was about q stream, my dear,
which ran between the two estates.
Old Rockerton insisted that the water
was all on his land, whereas it was the
boundary. and we had the right on one
side of the stream and he on the other
But it really distresses me to think
about that dreadful time, when for two
whole years 1 walked about with my
life in my hand, SO to speak. beg you
will say no more on the subject"
"Well, just one question, papa -
asked Phyllis, with an eye to future
contingencies. "Was anyone killed?'
mo. No one was killed." answered
Mr.. Monrough; "but your grandfa.
ther was shot In the arm, and car
never forgive Neutrality-suspicious."
Her father then insisted on heI
promising him that she would never
marry without his consent, which she
did readily enough, but she saw it was
useless arguing with him any further
and for the time the matter ended.