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ernative than to fight this through to a finish?" asked the minister. "I offer you no alternative whatsoever. I command you to remain away from my daughter." "And I refuse to obey any such order unless you give some just and adequate reason." "I shall give you reason enough. Why did you stop with that little bit of family history where you did?" "I had nothing to add of any importance." "You do not think it of importance to tell us what that confining work was your father did in Australia?" "I haven't the slightest idea. If Mother ever told me I was so very young that I have forgotten." "Perhaps your mother wished to spare you. If so, I do not intend to tell you at this late hour in your life. But what he did is sufficient reason for my forbidding you to carry your attentions any further." "Father, this is getting really ridiculous," declared his daughter. "We love each other, and that fact is greater than all else. Not one word which you may say against Mack's people will make the slightest difference with me." "My dear child, if I dared tell you one-tenth of the truth,--but I dare not." "You shall not talk like this any longer. It's silly." "Since when has my child taken to giving her father orders? You are forcing me to speak. I'd rather cut off my right arm than do it, but I must save my little girl from----" "I shall not listen to another word!" broke in the girl. "Be still! I shall speak, and you shall listen." "Father! You dare not. I love him, and----" "You'll blush at the thought of having used that word in connection with that man before I have finished." "It doesn't matter what you say, you can never change----" "Beth, I must ask you to stop interrupting me. This man's father is an out----" "You'd better not say that, Father!" cried Elizabeth. "You'll wish you hadn't when it is too late." The Elder's face grew livid. His hands trembled violently as he steadied himself to deliver his final blow. Elizabeth drew close to Mr. McGowan as though to shield him, and shot a defiant glance at her father. "I shall tell the truth, and you shall hear it. That man's father is an outlaw. He is a fugitive from justice. All this prattle about him being dead is a hoax." The Elder now stood back to watch the result of his bomb. But what he saw was far more mystifying than satisfying. It was Mr. McGowan who drew back as the girl threw her arms about his neck. Elizabeth entreated h
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