Elizabeth Smith

“ We immediately repaired to Greenock, and were welcomed by my parents, who were overjoyed at seeing their long lost child, whom they never expected to see again, for they had come to the conclusion, that l had destroyed myself, which caused great dissension amongst them, my mother laying all the blame on my father, for refusing to consent to my marriage with Robert Taylor. We now reside in a plesant country seat near Greenock, in the greatest harmony amongst our relations and friends. ”

“ My mother consented, observing that she could not attempt to marry me contrary to my inclination: but my father refused me to marry a man without property. He said I was too young to marry, and that when I grew older he would provide a suitable match for me. ”

“ GLASGOW:
DAVID TROTTER.
1850.
LIFE, SUFFERINGS,
A
SURPRISING ADVENTURES
OF
ELIZABETH SMITH. I am a native of Greenock, my parents are respectable merchants of that town. I was born of the 1st of October, 1822. About 1C years ago, a young man of the name of Robert Taylor, paid his addresses to me; he was then serving his apprenticeship to a cabinet maker: our love was mutual, our attachment growing stronger every hour. In the beginning of 1839 he proposed to have a secret marriage, but I would not consent withont acquainting my parents. ”