Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-24

4 BIT OF ROMANCE IN MARSHALL
COUNTY-AS SECRET MARRIAGE-BAFFLEr
But SUCCESSFUL LovE.--A young gentle.
man and young lady, scions Of two old and
highly respected families in the vicinity OF
Riggs Cross Roads, in Marshall county,
found themselves the victims of mutual
attachment, which rapidly ripened into
love Of the unconquerable and irrepressible
kind. Being near neighbors, and a long
standing friendship between the two families
for many years, no obstacles were thrown in
the way of the young couple. Arrange
ments were in due time thought upon for
! the contamination of their plighted troth in
| marriage. When this subject was preached
! by the young man. he was startled and
| mortified to find unexpected and serious
! opposition from widowed sister, who was
| house-keeper to her wifeless father, and who
| averred that if her brother married that
| girl" and brought her to her father house,
she would that same day leave his roof for
ever. The young man loved his sister, she
her father, and the old man them both
The matter was discussed with a view to
reconciliation, but the sister was immoVably
fixed in her resolution, and the father
thought the young man could get along
better without a wife, than he could with
out his daughter; and the two vetoed the
match. This was, of course, terrible blow
to the lovers-and both being pure, upright
and dutiful, there appeared no hope but 10
relingish their love- undo their VOWS, and
think no more of the matteT-but be to
each other friends, simply that and nothing
more
But that wasn't the case. Love never
allows to his subjects such cold and i'm
potent conclusions. The lovers kept their
counsel and continued their affections
They discussed the entire question and
matured their plans. During last spring
both being in easy worldly circumstances
they took occasional horseback rides |
Late one enchanting afternoon they mount |
ed their charges and sailed forth for a ride |
as was usual. But they did not return as
they went forth. The day previous, the |
yonng man had visited the courthouse and |
obtained from the clerk marriage license |
and had arraigned to met a magistrate |
on the road that evening The blushing |
young girl had added to her riding apparel |
for that evening an orange blossom that |
nestled in her luxuriat curls They gal
Hoped on till they met the magistrate. Halt
ing, the license was produced, and without |
dismOunting, the officer of the law proceed
ed to sOlemnize the marriage rites according
to the statutes Of Tennessee. Returning to
the home of the bride, the husband dis
mounted, saw the lady TO the door, and
hastily remounting hied away TO his
father and sister The marriage license
was duly returned to the clerks office with
the proper certificates but the Squire was
bound to secrecy.
Time passed away, and It was thought
the young couple had given up all thoughts
of marriage. They were occasionally to-
gether, but to all outward appearances
merely the friends they had formerly been
to each other. A few days ago, however,
the brides parents smelt a very disagree
able mouse. They suspected all was not
well with their daughter, in short, that they
would soon be presented with an unlimited
grand Burning with natural indig-
nation, the enraged father armed himself
at once and went to the home of the vCung
man-found him in, and demanded instant
or instant death. The father
and sister Of the yOungma were profoundly |
mortified and excited by this sad and un-
expected information-and a scene of pas
sion and excitement ensued which the rea-
deI is left to imagine. The only perfectly
cool and indifferent person present was the
brave young man. In reply to the pc.
demand of the enraged father, he
replied: 81 shall not marry
your daughter. Take your course. shall
not resist. If you take my life, you take
that of your daughters husband-your son
in-law"
Explanations ensued, and we trust all
The friends are satisfed-while we specially |
the young couple on their true
owes triumph.