While he was away, the title character had been taken by the Dugals, but after being saved by Jeremy Stickles the central male character goes to London and rescues his love.  
After the title character is shot on her wedding day, her new husband tracks her assailant to Barrow Down and kills him.  Earlier, that husband had been taken to a gold mine by his great-uncle Reuben, who wanted him to marry a girl named Ruth.  While he was away, the title character had been taken by the Dugals, but after being saved by Jeremy Stickles the central male character goes to London and rescues his love.  The novel is narrated by John Ridd, whose father is murdered by Carver, a member of the title family of outlaws.  FTP, name this 1869 work, a "romance of Exmoor" written by R. D. Blackmore.
After the title character is shot on her wedding day, her new husband tracks her assailant to Barrow Down and kills him.  
Lorna Doone