The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-03-25
Welded, But NOT wIyED.

4 Syracuse. y. Y. letter Of recent date
tells Gt strange marriage which resulted IN
the wTeckiuE OF .hree lives Here IS the sto-
Tv, and a romantic one il is:
Twenty years ago John Hsyden WAS a leading
citizen Of the thriving village OF Por- Byron he
was proprietor Of large wooden mil, employing a
was happy 90 enjoy. He was reputed 70 be veal
thy, and lived ia style consistent with his cir
ccmplisheI and unmarried, the light-hearted
young bachelor looked the heads Of the rust c
solicitors for his heart and hand. and sought the
fo his iikinr ProcsejinE TO ScvS Yorz he TeadiIT
found his way 5nio exclusive social circles. intro
ductions hy influential friends opening the doors
Of the most cultured craving rooms 70 his knock
Among the homes in which he was a favoTite guest
that oil Slas Miller wealthy retired merchant
whose residences on Byckuau ain was charmed
circle There 1Ir. Hayden was thrown into the
company uf tho two daughters of tlse Old merchant
The Misses SIiIIor we-c both beautiful and no
girls in their set we're more accomplished, or in
any respect better deserving \ brave mans love.
J Convinced al last that his heart leaned 70 Miss
Emma, the younger. he made kuasvn the purpose
OF his suit ia that direction 20 the fond parents,
who were pleased VITA the prospect. He made a
formal PROPOSAL 90 tile young lady. Miss Emma
made an fuferentiai actuo1 ed gncut Of love nut
in torrent oi leTs protested that a union would
be impossible. Press her as he wsuld for Al eX-
plauatiun he could not extract word OF cousJla-
tiou. the hroken-hearted girl maintaining that she
could never be his wife. Eepuised in that quarter
M Hayden turned 10 tue elder sister, Lizzio, =
oeauts ol Ine most ITonouhced type. DurlnE tlls
time Niss Emma grew morbid and delicate. In
due time the nupJials witt the elder sister were
happliS ceiebIated- now comes the TgLnarkabie
part OF this strange. eveutfuI history. Up 20 tho
moment OF the departure OF the tiEutiy-1
err an had gene A. LnerfllE IS q mGTrlISe bell
The wedding tour Included a trip 20 Boston and
several other eastern cities. and terminated At
Fort t5yron. where -dr. and Mrs- Hayden had e
solved to take up their residence. Il had become
ueu, nc was not NlNel- W men Questioned she
boldly made the avoEal th.t she had never loved
him Then why did You lead me to believe that
; on did p asked the beuildered man. Merely to
pique my sister, whose marriage before my own
would have caused INC to die of mortihcation- 90
10 thls dlsslosure she eSultinsly added another
BY her own confession she had persuaded her
younger sister, who had on that account deelized
Lr;thsyde proposal oi marriage, That MS Evov
ed love was feigued and false A year OF two after
away and died To the last she Vas uroof 10 All
advances, being wrapt up in the man lost TO her
broken. Mr. Hayden decided that a seeming feIicf-
ty should be assumed between them. in ord er that
suggested by the wife. but 10 this pr6rositio1
the husband turned a deaf ear He strove hard 10
effect change Of heart in = woman who, in an
E,s phESlS&l a az @attIlouIes; was model Her manners
would have charmed saint into subsection. Herr
the strongest appeals OF nature and will impen-
etraSIe front.
For iteen long and weary years the uniou.lv En-
tranged man and wife lived in the same house
But this precariOus existence Il was Appreciated
its only sO.sce in seeing man weariRg swsy vTffS
disgust Mrs. Hayden one day suddenly len and
Her departure oceasoned little eze Of sea ndaI
but nothing more. the real OF infelcity NOT
being known in village society Mrs. Hayden vas
next heard Of in the capital Of the nation where
she was mentioned in the newspaper accounts as a
v
society were scored among men who were then di-
recting the destlnes Of the nation. N the course
OF ume-during the winters II 1873 and IsTs-ths
name Of Senator COnkling was often spoken in tbs
same breath with that Of Mrs. Hayden. She lived
In elegant style, driving out in her carriage and
maintaining an establishment that would har rk-
rupt an ordinary fortune Despite the mystery
Which snrouded her circumstances her cf aracter
was not banded about with those Of other women
"no carried themselves much in the public eye.
She was alluded to a woman who conquered by
opposition rather than by concession. Rumor at
one time noted the act that Mrs Hayden was Sen
htoT OonklinS private SECRETARY. but this gossip
was authoritatveiy denied. 1t i also stated that
the cause OF Mrs. Conkiing's misunderst andinE
with the Senator. which was exposed at the time
OF his daughters marriage In 1879, was due the
scandal which associated Mrs Hayden aud Sena-
tor COnkling. The above sketches in brief the
courtship and welded life Of one OF the most re-
markable women who ever lived. II L. an autEeu-
tic recital Of the facts narrated Sy Mr. HAYDEN
who recently permitted his wife 10 obtain dfvorrs
from him. although he could have presented A for
midahle defense. Mrs. Hayden is now married 70
\ wealthy man, residing IN New York. Mr. Hav-
den has implicit faith in the recttude Of the We
man, despite the contrary. Regarding her assocI-
alton with Senator Conkliug. he states that nearly
all the published stories are untrue 10 his Dersons
knowledge. On many Of the occas sions -bso m
NOR brought his wife in contact with Senator
Conkltng she was under his protection although
holding relation to him thai is almost unpAral-
leled. lie ts strenuous in the belief that II Mrs
Hayden has lived by her wits, she has not gone a
WHIT farther, being possessed OF a temperament
Lnht could resist the most seductive temptations.
tntl the present time Mr.. Hayden, who is living
quiet life not far fror, Auburn, has refused 10 d.
yulEe say 81 ths ffsts IL his uru-usl eEPe-tsnse.