San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-09
True Love Rewarded.

The Dallas (Texas) Herald published
the following pretty romance: In the
year 1875 there lived near the town OF
Richmond, KY, a family by the name OF
Stevens, consisting of father, mother,
two sons and daughters. The youngest
of the daughters, Hattie, was beautiful
girl of some Is summers. Living near
was young and well-to-do farmer
named Lucien Robertson, who OCCASION
ally called at the house to pass the even
ing, and in the course of time an in
limacy sprang up between the two that
ripened into love, and, unknown to her
parents, they were engaged. When the
family learned of the fact, Robertson
was forbidden the house, and their
meetings afterwards were very seldom,
yet they were not daunted, but in ileir
stolen interviews vowed eternal love
and fidelity to one another. In the
mean time her family moved with her to
this State, settling in Tarrant County.
Her lover soon followed, purchasing and
putting into cultivation farm on the
Neuces River, in Live Oak County.
Last fall when the Mormon fever swept
over some of the western counties in the
State, her father and all the family, save
herself, were converted to the faith, and
he determined to sell out and
leave for Salt Lake City, which he
did. The girl, who is represented
as being very intelligent, greatly de-
plored the religion her family had
adopted, and begged her father to allow
her to remain in Texas and teach school
to make living for herself. This he
positively refused to do, and they left
last fall for Mormondom with party of
converts that left Fort Worth. She mott
fed her lover by letter of the fact, and
he soon followed, opening up store in
Salt Lake City. Finding that Robertson
had followed in their wake, the father
and his two sons began a systematic
persecution against him, and nothing
was too mean in their eyes to do against
him. The girl, true to her lover, de-
Tended the slurs and slams that were
hurled at him, and she, too, in turn,
was also prosecuted by her fanatical IA
Their and family in most cruel manner.
She was made to keep in the house days
at time, while her and her alliances
notes were intercepted. The fathers
objection to young Robertson was that
he was Gentle, and he swore he should
never wed his daughter. During this
time her mother died. Thinking the old
man might possibly be softened by the
death of his wife, Robertson once more
essayed to gain his. consent, but was
rudely and Indignantly repulsed. Her
brothers threatened to kill him if
he was ever caught making further
overtures to their sister. All this
lime the young girl was undergoing a
most merciless persecution, while an at
jempt was being made to force her to
adopt the Mormon faith. She managed
% communicate with her lover, how
ever, now and then, and finally wrote
lin that she could not bear the treat
nent and persecution to which her fam
ly and their brother Mormons subject
I'd her, and begged him, if it were pos
ible, to aid her in making her escape.
The young man took a sensible view of
he case, and reported the matter to a
United States officer, who, upon the
out of an affidavit, released the
-oung girl, whom he found shut up in
lark room. The two repaired at once
o a magistrate, where they were mar
led, and they lost no time in taking
TASTY leave of the scene of their troubles,
nd yesterday evening the happy pair
'assed through the city en- route to their
arm on the Neuces. We learned the
PARTICULARS of their rather romantic life
rom friend of Robertson's, who rode
own from Denison with them. He is
yell acquainted with her two brothers,
nd is afraid they may yet wreak ven
eance on his friend.
SOME instructive details are copied by ,
Berlin newspaper from the price-list
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