The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-10
A Tennessee Romance.

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bOrhoods in this (Sumner) county, write:
a Gallatin (renn.) correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Commercial, some eigh,
miles from Gallatin, resides a family
proud of their genealogy, and in prince.
ly circumstances. Scarcely five mile.
away resides another family equally Is
wealthy and aristocratic. For a quarter
of q century the heads of these two pow.
erful families have been at war. Or
several occasons the "Code" has been
consulted, and only the Intervention OF
mutual friends prevented their misun.
derstanding from being settled by ii
years ago. Each thinks the other has
done him deep wrong. Each cherishes
in his bosom eternal hatred toward the
other, and there is no abating it. Both
of these gentlemen have nice, intelli-
gent families. One has a son, the other
q daughter. They were reared, though,
in the same neighborhood, entirely
strangers. Both had been off at school
for several years. Both returned home
in the early part of the summer of 1876,
full blown graduates. They met sever
al weeks afterward at a neighbOrhoOd
picnic, and looked upon each other for
the first time. The young nan beheld
the wonderful beauty of the fair one
with a feeling we know not how to de.
scribe. He sought her acquaintance,
which was granted, and the youthful
and ~blushing, though handsome pair,
strOlled off alone, and seated themselves
upon the velvety sod beneath the spread
ing trees. Their superior education hit
ted them for the society of none but
themselves. In flaming words, full of
eloquent meaning, the young mar
pledged his love, and asked hers in re-
turn. She gave him in return all he
asked.
During this time the fathers of the
lovers we're looking on, neither know
ing with whom bis child was associat-
ing, but both had expressed themselves
complimentary to the ''fne looking
couple" On inquiry, the situation
was explained to them. They both be-
came frantic with rage, and left the
picnic thoroughly disguised with the
idea of their children associating with
such stock. The severe criticism that
each one of the new lovers received
from their parents that night may well
be imagined. 1t was such at least to
cast a pail of darkness over the bright
path of life which they had 80 beauti-
fully pictui I'd q few hours before.
The old folks gave themselves no fur
ther trouble about the matter, thinking,
OF course, that their children would
never be guilty of keeping such com.
pany again. But the young folks did
not think so. They arranged another
meeting and resolved to marry. They
knew If their parents found it out they
would be disinherited, 80 they resolved
to keep it q secret if possible.
1t was on q beautiful moonlight night
in October, 1876, that the determined
lovers stole out from the grand old
mansion Of the young brides father,
and, getting into q buggy, quietly drove
some two miles away where they met a
friend and q Justice of the Peaee who
had procured the license, and they were
surely and solemnly Joined in the holy
bonds OF matrimony, out in the open
Air at the dead hour of night. OF
course, NO woman but the bride was
present, or the secret would have been
long ago. The young lady returned
% her home, the young man to his.
How often, when or where they met,
knows but themselves. They
been married now two years and
months, aud nobody would have
bought it. What the old folks will do
bout it, the misty future alone can re-
'eal. 1t will be interesting to know
low this remarkable marriage win end. ,