Montgomery County sentinel., 1874-09-11


when he reached Liverpool he was taken
severely i'll, and for long time he lay
vacillating, as it were, between life and
death. Though recovering, his illness
so prcyed upon his mind that he became
demented, in which condition he lived all
these years, unable to make known the
object for which he was journcying when
sickness overlook him.
In the latter part of last winter sanity
strangely returned to the afflicted man,
but only for short interval before death
relieved him of that life which had been
burden. During this lucid interval
recollection of his carleir life came back
to him, and the secret wife in Dundee
was uppermost in his thoughts. He
made known to his brother. now Sir AL
fred Talmadge, the true story Of his mar
riage in this country, while his immense
fortune of $4, 600, 600, was left half to his
brother and sister, and the other half to his
wife in case she might be found alive. He
further pledged his brother to send a
special messenger to America for the
purpose of hunting up his wife,
In pursuance to these pledges, mes
senger was, as early as possible after the
demise of Sir John, dispatched to this
country with instructions to find the bride
by advertisement or personal search
The advertising was done, as we have
seen, but the messenger, followed the
directions given him by the husband be-
fore DEATH came from New York to Dun
dee soon after landing. AT the latter
place he found the parents of the lady,
who directed him to Elmira where she
was then visiting. This was in the lat
ter part of May last. On arriving in this
city the messenger inquired for the resi-
dence of Charles Rowland, brother-in-
law of the lady whom he sought. He
repaired to that gentleman's house, No.
457 East Water street, where he found
the long-waiting and long sought bride of
twenty years ago. The lady happened
to be alone at the time the messenger
called. The conmingling of astonish-
ment, pleasure and sorrow which contend
ed for mastery as the sadly romantic his
tory of her long ago bridegroom was un-
folded, can be better imagined than told.
Soon after this denouement, Mrs
Talmadge went to Washington, where
she is now living with another sister -
Mrs. Rowland was at first reluctant to
say much about the affair, but she final
ly talked freely and interestingly con-
cerning her sisters ron Ne. She stated
that the messenger from England left
with her sister considerable package,
also letters and documents from her late
husband. She said Candacc talked little
about the strange events, and it was pro-
bable she had gone to Washington for
the purpose of avoiding impcrtinent in-
quiries. Mrs Talmadge had expressed
herself entirely satisfied with the results
of the strange messengers visit, but
whether or not the documents contained
a conveyance of the half of Sir johns
estate, as it has been said he left it,, Mrs.
Rowland was not prepared to say.
Candace has received large number
of communications from lawyers Offering
assistance in securing the fortune abroad
but she has uniformly declined all such
offers, saying that she had no need OF
legal aid the premises 1t is understood
by her friends that she will before a great
while be visited by her brother-in-law,
Sir Alfred Talmadge, with whom she
will go to England to possess her vast
estate. The sister who shares equally
with Sir Alfred also married against the
parents wishes. Her husbands name
is Stanley. The last known Of them they
were at Key West, Florida. 1t is un-
derstood the surviving brother has insti-
tutcd search for the sister Should
she be found, it is likely Reunion Of
the family, including our Dundee girl,
will be had.
Lady Talmadge,s s. sister staten that the
clergyman who performed the secret mar
riage twenty years ago came to her faith
er's house two or three times during the
year of pledged secrecy, evidently deter
mined to reveal what he had done. His
manner is now remembered to have been
singular, but at the time il attracted no
unusual attention. He was Baptist
clergyman and the Blivcns were Pres
byterian, and at the time we speak Of
no relations socially required the singular
calls from the former. 1t is also stated
that the secrecy was maintained at tue
solicitation of the bride, the husband
having urged her to go with him to her
home and make known their new rcla-
ton. This she refused to do out Of re-
spect for bis wishes respecting his own
family. A correspondence was main
tanned after Talmadge left, but Candace
was always careful to dispose of the let
ters, and steadfastly retained her secret
locked in her own heart.