Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-10
A BLISS-FUL ROMANCE


secret Marriage of a sEemphian to a
Fair shop Girl IN st. Louis.
From the st. Louis Republican. ,5..-
We have just heard a romance
IN real life which might be elabor-
ated into frst-class modern novel
OF the sensational school. For some
time past-so the story goes-a
young lady named Mary McDou-
gall has acted in the capacity of
saleswoman in the store of her
brother-in-law, No. 1414 Market
street. of excellent character and
modest manners, she won the re.
gard of large circle of acquaint-
ances and friends, and proved a
decided acquisition to the establish
ment. But that bewitching son of
Venus, who is said "to rule the
court, the camp the grave in 1
vaded the premises No. 1414 Market
street, and presented . himself
to Miss McDougail in the shape of
fascinating young tobacconist from
Memphis, Tennessee, named Bliss.
He loved and was beloved in re-
turn, proposed and was accepted,
but as the course of true love is
said to be somewhat rough, that of |
our hero and heroine was destined
to be no exception from the rule. |
Mary's relatives did not like Mr..
Bliss, and opposed the matrimonial
project with more zeal than dis
erection, as the result seems to show.
Mary yielded, or appeared to yield,
to their persuasions, and Bliss van
ished from the scene like the ghost |
of Hamlet's father. She still re-
manned in the store, and performed
her duties as usual. If there were
any pangs CT regret for her lost
lover, they were hidden under a
close mask and her heart kept its
secrets faithfully and well.
Now and then perhaps a sigh or
tear might have betrayed her
pent-up emotions, but as absence is
said to conquer love, and as Bliss
had undoubtedly been absent for
many long weeks, Mary's relatives
fiattered themselves that all danger
from that score was over, and that
the fair girl would conclude to
place her affections on another OBJ
ject. But one bright morning Ma
rvs situation at No 1414 was va
cant, and she herself had disap-
peared-where, nobody know. In.
quiries were made on all sides, but
with no results, and as a last resort
the following advertisement ap-
peared in the Republican yester-
day:
300 REWARD to any one who will
bring me intelligence of the whereabouts
of Mary McDougall, who is missing from
my house since Thursday, June "a; or $50
10 the finder Of her body should she have
been drowned. She is twenty years old,
Of small stature, dark hair, cut short;
small soot; had on white marseilles sack,
striped calico dress and straw hat.
l4l4 MARKET STREET"
But Mary, more sensible than
Sappho, had declined to drown
herself even for love. She formed
a better resolution, and had gone
to bliss-bliss in the abstract, Bliss
in the concrete. la other words,
information was received yesterday
from Memphis, stating that Miss
Mary McDougall, having been Sc
cretly married to Mr.. Bliss FIVE
months ago, had concluded to leave
her brother-in-law and join her
husband, and that no further IN
easiness need be felt on her account.
We tender to Mr.. and Mrs. B.
our congratulations upon this au
spicious ending of their little ro-
nance, and hope that their future
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