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When Mary Campbell was nineteen, and her estate perfectly clear, it seemed

to her uncle a proper time to consummate the hopes for which he had toiled

and planned He explained theo and ask Mary to be your wife The sooner I see you in your own

place, the happier I shall be"

A spirit of contradiction sprang up in the young man's heart, as soon as

the words were uttered Probably, it was but the develop latent for years He reer rose

"Have you nothing to say, sir?" he asked "A good wife and an old and

honorable estate are worth a feords of acknowledgment"

"I do not wish to marry Drumloch, sir" John Campbell turned white, and

the paper in his hand shook violently "Do youten years for a disappointment? I will not have ten

Years of ht for me to marry a woman I do not love, and so waste un in such a spirit was not likely to end

satisfactorily Indeed it closed in great anger, and the renewal of the

subject day after day, only made both men more determined to stand by the

position they had taken toward each other Allan almost wondered at his

own obstinacy Before his father had so broadly stated the case to him, he

had rather liked his cousin She was a calirl, with

very beautiful eyes, and that caressing, thoughtful manner which is so