Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-14
All FOE love.
a Disappointed Maiden Takes
Laudanum.
Ii Does Not End Her Woe, but
Makes Her Mighty sick.

We took occasion yesterday TO ehroBi-
Gle the flo de Sc Of young Mcnamara to
comment on the alarming frequency OF
the recurrence Of suicides and attempted
guicides within the past few dSys. We
havs, ia the very next kfsue, 10 chroni-
Gle another attempt al self-destTuctiOD,
this time by s young sBd beautiful girl,
who has scarcely see the bl0ssoming OF
the hyaeinths and jJnquils, the early
spring flowers Of life.
Il i but 8 repetition OF the old, old
notwithstanding the sdsge thst the
course OF true love did "a smooth,
and without further preface we will tell
the story as il was told to Us :
Our heroine, whose name VS. suppress
for obvious reasons, lives iu the classic
precincts Of Chelsea, and. as before init
mated, is only about sweet sixteen.
For some tiGe past ayOuth OF this city,
whose good looks, smooth tongue, COED
clothes, and a salary OF q thousand &
year are his only fortune, has been pay
ing her bis addresses, and she, like Des-
demons, to his story " did seriously in
cline.H In short they loved each other,
and as a natural consequence, became
/" engaged The young man was 8 daily
and nightly visitor at the house, and the
young couple, supremely happy in each
others smiles were totally Indifferent 20,
and Obligious OF, the balance OF the
world.
But q storm was brewing over their
heads, which was destined soon to break
and overwhelm them with q delugs OF
misery. In short, the Z" old man,
(which is the v~ernacular for the maid
ems fzther) had picked Out another hus-
band, g ma of money, for his daughter,
and did not more Uhaa half libe the
status OF sff=irs as he cav them with his
matter Of Tact parental optics, and de-
termiued 70 PUT an end to the affair In
the most speedy manner
He accordingly took the first opportu
nifty TO inform the young man that his
room was more desirable than his COM
pany, and requested him to make his
visits as few rs possibie-hinting that
the sooner they stopped altogether the
pleasanter aud safer it would be for all
parties. Like Wilkins, he also informed
the young lady that she must Danish all
thoughts Of her chosen youth from her
mind, or prepare to be disinherited, and
maybe to catch what English mammas
maintain is good for daughters.
The maiden begged, protested, i'm
pi0Ted, persuaded and cried-all in vain.
The parent was as MEMORABLE as fate.
4" Dcap him was the only response
which the tears and pleadings Of his
daughter could elicit.
And SO, supremely miserable, fsncying
that she was the only girl who had ever
been thus served by an old brute of q
father, che determined, like Dinah, to
take e " cup Of cold pison," and kick the
bucket. Sac wrote a note to her dear
Augustus, telling him TO be a good boy
and meet her IN heaven another to her
cruel and stern papa, foTgiving him for
INJECTING so much misery on her, made
her will, dressed herself carefully and
came to town.
She went to a drug store not a thous-
and miles from the corner Of Main and
Adams, and bought two ounces of
isIdaDun, saying it was for her mother,
who wished it for use in the family, in
order TO excite no suspicion.
This was on Saturday afternoon. On
Sunday. after church, she took the
whole of the contents Of the vial pur-
chased the day before, and went TO bed.
The dose, luckily for her, was 30 large
that Is did not act as q p )isOn immedi
ateiy, but made her intensely i'll. In
her sgany she called the family around
her ald told them what she had done,
and medical aid was Immediately sum-
mOo6d-
The various remedies and appliances
in such cases were used, aud after TWEEN
ly-f0ur hours Of the m0st terrible sick
ness, she was rescued from the jaws Of
death. Yesterday evening she was con-
vslescsDf, and viii soon be able to bs out
again-s much wiser young woman than
she sver wac before.
This Is Ay~Ie stoTy although we have
made lighE~Of it, and the circumstance
will be recognized by members who are
acquainted with the particulars OF the
affair. The best psrt Of the whole thing
i that it softened the oSdurste heart oil
he father, ard he no longer objects to
The man Of her choice. She made this
much by he desc any way.