, 1874-08-26

4 Country Girl Who Married In Secret
h:lsf Fell Elctr to Ttv0 Millions OF Dol.
tnrs-Tsventy YcArA Of Weary WHIT.

Il Country Girl WHO N41Frtcu IN Secret
Ea:ld Fell Elcfr 10 T.v0 Millions 0z Doi-
tnrs-TsvsnfY YcnrA Of Weary vVnit-
ang.
From the Eln,ira ~. ~ Gazette. Ing. q.
In 1865 gentleman of high birth and great
wealth in Enylana came to tllia country to travel
for p!cast',e aud to study the scenery aid pep
p1o of tl,e tho New World. 4 lover OF nature in
lts most varied nnd pctureeqt,o character. no
spent sonlo tirne in ContsAl Now York, gong
about arnong our beautiful hikes and tarfying
upon their higbly-cml;ivatel httores. In these
raHbas ho canso to tho quiet village Of
tine with Baptist clergyman nnmed Currior
While tlIcro lo foil into cumpauionsl,ip with tho
daughter Of wcll-to-tso Kontlonan BY the mime
Of Dliven. The girl was II. that tina 10 years Of
ago, handsome, engaging. md AenslDle. Tho
4llantanco soon 1jponod into Fort Of ronan-
tic Tr1ondsbip. and at last tho foteignor, whom
~e may M vel! designate by hts proper name
and ttlc-.Sir John Gordon Tatnadgo- Offered
Ihe. direct narrative is to The effect
that tho two were united by tho 1snv. Mr.
Curtier, who WaH pledged to secrecy concerning
the marriage fur tho term ot ono year. The
parents Of Candace wero not informed Of tho
actioh Of their daligItcr. nor did tho knowledge
Of tito secret Mnuinge come to any Of the
villagers. Soon after tho woddtug, Sir John
loft his young bride and returned 20 his homo
acroBa the water having promised to record tho
marriage IN duo form az aoon al ho should
arriyo, and having additionally promised that he
wonld return within thc Yoar aid talo hia vito
to Engiuna.
The year wont past, aud Sir John did not come
Meantime, tile Rev. Mr. Ourrior, the only person
the transaction. died, and his secret dicd with
him. Another year passed, aud iiyo, then ton,
almost twenty, aud still the wattod-for husband
Md not return to make good Ills promises, nor
Candace concerning him. At laat In ata7oh lust,
| wo believe, through the inAtrumentalty Of q pur-
| Bonal advertisement in ono OF tho New York
rapors, tile long silence was broken, aud titlinga
for Which the Dundee bride, now grown to al
most middle nge, had so long waited, were re-
ceiTo1.
1t appears that tho return OF Sir John to
England without his American wife waH for tho
purpose Of Arranging, matters satisfactorily With
his parents, who lie knew would 10 iDiliBposed
to receive his bride il she woro taken to tho.n
without prior knowledge OF their Bon'a step.
Shortly after his roturu homo it happened that
while out riding with l,iA nothor Que dny his
horses took fright, ran away, threw tho two out.
killing his mother and very seriously injnrfng Sir
John. From this aflctiou, however, ho rccoYor-
cd partially, and in due time set out for America
to reclam his wife. As il adyerse fato directed
his every movement, when ho renchod Livor-
time ho lay yacllatia.g, as it woro. between lifo
and death. Though recovering, hlA iuoss bad
10 proycd on him that ho bocanle de1neuted, iii
which condition ho liyed "al theao yearA, unable
to rnako known the object for which hs WIS
iourneying when sickness oyertools him. IN
the latter part Of last wintor sanity strangely
! returned to the afflicted man, but oulY
for short interyal before death relieved him
Of that lifo which bud been burden. During
this lucid interval recollection Of bis earlier llfo
camo back to him. ani tie secret vito in Duntoo
wae uppermout iu hiH thoughts. lie mala
known to hiH brotlor, nbw Sir Alfred Talmadge,
tllo truo story Of his marriage III this country,
willel his immense fortune Of 81 900 900, half to
krnf n attn fl,aI I,fH 1o1f A,
his wifo In case Bho might he found nlso. H0
further pledged his brother to send Il apeciuI
messenger to America for tho purpose Of huut-
ing UP his wife.
WAS, early ns possible aftor The deniise OF Sir
John, dispatched to this country with instruc.
tions TO find tile bride by advertisement Or by
personal search. The adyortising was dono as
wo lavo Bocn. but the messenger, following tho
directions given by tho husband before death.
| came from New York to Dundee Hoon after lnnd-
ing. At tho latter place llo found the parents of
the lasly. who directed hisn to Esnlra, where hho
waa sl!en visiting. This was In tie latter
part Of May last. On arriving in thiB city
Charles Rowland, brotnc.-in-l Jaw Of tho lady
whom no sought. ua repaired to tllat gent1e-
mans residence, No. 457 East Water street.
where he found the long-waiting .nnd long
Hought brfde OF twenty yeatBago. Tim lady ERp-
ponel to be alone ut thu time tho messenger
| Gallcd. The comminglng ut aBtoniBhInent, ploas-
ure, and Borrow which conIoutlod for mastery Mt
tue sadly romantic history OF her ong aGo BRIDE
groom WAS uutulaed eau he better inuRincd than
| told.
| Soon after tlis denoucment, Mrs. Tnlmadge
| went to Washington, whero she ia now living
with nnotiur sister. Mrs. Rowland wns at first
reluctant to say much about tho nifar, but sho
tinaly talked freely aud interestingly concerning
sanger from England left With her Bater con.
| siderable packago. also letters aud uoounlonta