The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-25
a ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
Jonn Taylor, of Bath, Returns to His
Wife After twenty-five Years Alb
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Wife After twenty-five Years Alb
senCe.
From the albany Journal
A romantic story of the mysterious dis
appearance of man from his family
twenty-five years ago and his temperance
the other day is the one absorbing topic in
the village of Bath-on-the- Hudson. The
story, as told a Journal reporter by Mrs
taylor to-day, is substantially as follows:
In 1866 Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Taylor
iived with their family, consisting of three
children, two boys aud a girl, on Second
street, Bath. Mr.. Taylor, who was an in
surance and real estate agent, did good
business and took excellent care of his fami-
~ One day he visited relatives at West
Sandlake, with the intention of returning
TO his family, but was never seen by them
or any OF his friends until Wednesday of
last week, when he called upon his wife,
who lives in rooms over Sutcliff's grocery
store, in Bath. Knocking at the door, he
told Mrs. Taylor that he understood she
was seamstress and inquired if she would
make some shirts for him. She agreed to
DO so, and the husband sat down with his
overcoat and hat on and engaged in con-
versation with the lady, who sat at work at
sewing machine. He seemed much in
terested in the woman, and inquired if she
was IA widow.
II suppose I am" she replied, "as | have
not heard from my husband in over twenty
years.
But it is possible he may come back to
you, continued the stranger, in a quiet
tone.
well, he needn't, j" returned Mrs. Taylor
in an animated tone. IF he is living and
has remained away these twenty-five years
without letting me hear from him he may
continue to do son
AT this point the landlord came in to ask
for the rent. and as it was before the15th of
the month she was not prepared to meet it
and so informed him. Despite the protesta-
lions of Mrs. Taylor, the supposed stranger
paid the rent, with the understanding that
she could settle when he received the shirts
Mrs Taylor says that some moments before
this time she was quite sure that the man
she was talking with was her husband, and
a few moments afterward, as he rose to go,
she suddenly asked, Are you not John
Taylor" Taken almost by surprise, he ad-
mtted that he was, and was about to adj
vance toward her, when she coolly pointed
to chair and asked him to be seated and
explain his absence.
He did so, telling a long and romantic
story of being drugged by strangers and
carried to a hospital in Jersy City, where
he found, on recovering consciousness that
he had been robbed and was suffering from
severe bruises. He remained there three
years, meanwhile writing a number of let
tiers to his wife and friends, explaining his
situation to them. These were never re-
celved, and he was regarded as dead After
he left the hospital he was hit in the back
OF the head with heavy stick of wood by a
man who mistook him for another person,
and his skull was fractured The blow
rpnR1rn6 him ipCann for ITnOn
recovering health he thought his friends
never wanted to see him again, as they had
not answered his letters, and he went West,
where he made and lost several fortunes
He has lately resided in Cleveland, where he
h made a comfortable little fortune in the
insurance business. He is now living in
Albany, where he will soon engage in bust
ness. Mrs. Taylor says she has no doubt
as to his story, and believes his suffer
ings have been greater than her own. He
is in the best of health. though in his 63d