At Love's Cost by Charles Garvice — Read

"Yes, my father bought the place," said Maude. "I asked him to do so, and he consented at once. I could not have let it pass to strangers.

You see, I had been so happy here; it was here that you asked me to be your wife. And father has offered to settle it upon us," she blushed slightly, and her eyes became downcast. "He is no longer--opposed to our marriage; he knows that I would marry you if all the world cried 'No!"