Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
REUNITED 4r'LAsT.
The Extraordinary Romance OF "a
Secret Marriage.

has taken place in this city during the
last fourteen days, says the Chicago Tri-
bune.
The commencement of this wonder
full narrative in the lives of two persons
dates back twenty-five years, when
john L. Smith and Catherine Brady
were secretly married in County Cavan,
Ireland. Smith was poor boy, while
Miss Brady's father was n well-to-do
farmer, owning his own jaunting-car
and putting on considerable style when
he drove to town market day or to the
parish church Sunday, while the
Smith family had to content themselves
with shanlS's mare. AS may be easily
imagined Mr.. Brady was furious when
he discovered that his daughter Gather
inc had married without his consent,
and still worse to a man not her social
equel So enraged did Brady become
that he refused TO recognize Smith as
his son-in-law or permit his daughter
! to live with the man whom she had
married.
Smarting under this indignity, young
Smith resolved TO emigrant to the
! United States, and there by the sweat of
his brow earn sufficient money to send
for his wife and take her away from her
! hard-hearted father. With his object
in view Smith babe goodbye to his wife
and relatives, and sailed for New York.
AS misfortune would have it, the vessel
upon which he sailed was wrecked off
! Newfoundland and n good many of the
passengers were drowned, Smiths name
appearing among those which were
published at the time But in this there
was a mistake, as Smith survived and
arrived at that haven of rest, Castle
Garden. He lost no time after landing
in finding his way into Erie County,
! Pa, where he obtained work on farm.
| There he labored hard and saved his
money, in hopes of soon having suffici-
ent TO send for her, but received no
answer. This discouraged him, and
after year or two came to the conclu
sion that she had been sufficiently in
| fuenced by her father TO discard him.
Consequently he leerned TO forget her,
and after some years, considering him
self free man, he married and started
West, settling in Oregon, where he
owns fine farm of land and quite a
supply of live stock.
During all this time Miss Brady, or
rather Mrs. Smith, had her trouble and
! trials. The letters written TO her by
her husband from the United States
never reached her. Whether they were
suppressed by her father or not she
never knew. At all events, she came
to the conclusion that Smith had desert
ed her, and to get away from her asso-
ciates, who were accustomed TO gibe her
on being neither maid, miss, nor widow,
she resolved to go TO the farthest end
of the earth, where no one would know
her nor any of her troubles.
Ascertaining that an emigrant vessel
was about to sail from Ireland to New
South Wales, she packed her trunks and
started, arriving in Sydney after five
months voyage. There she went to
work as a domestic at El week. Be-
! ing a iineTlooking, strapping young wo-
man, she soon attracted an admirer,
named Vaughan, who held good posi-
ton in n surveyors office. Vaughan
and Miss Brady-for she still retained
! her maiden name, considering her mar
riage with Smith something like dream
were married and lived comfortable
on Elizabeth street, Sydney. After
twelve or fourteen years of married life
| Vaughan, while on a surveying eXpedi-
ton in Queensland, was killed by the
natives, leaving his wife childless and
with but little means. In this condition
she struggled along for some years, and
| finally came to San Francisco upon the
advice of Mrs. Randall, whom she had
! known in Sydney. On her arrival here
I CT,
! A few weeks ago Mrs, Randall, her
son, young man, and Mrs. Vaughan
went TO the Alcazar. On one of the
side seats close by where the trio sat
was countrifed-lool1ing man with
gray hair and weather-beaten face.
He watched the play during the first
two acts with all the intensity of farm
err who but seldom has a chance TO visit
the theater During the intermission
between the second and third acts,
however, young Randall vacated his
seat. Thfs brought the country farmer
in full view of Mrs. Randall and Mrs.
! Vaughan. The farmer saw Mrs.
Vaughan's face he paid no attention to
her voice, and heard her laugh at some
remarks made by Mrs. Randall. After
this the stage had no more attraction
for him. He kept his eyes riveted upon
the woman. He was magnetized- He
watched and waited impatiently until
the play was over. When the audience
stood up to leave he kept as near Mrs.
Vaughan as he could until the sidewalk
was gained, when he excused himself
to the ladies and boldly asked Mrs.
Vaughan If her maiden name was not
Catharine Brady, and if she was not
from the County Caven, Ireland, She
answered yes, but wished to know why
he asked such a question. He said if
she would give him her address he
would call and inform her why he did
so.
He was furnished with the address,
and true enough he called the next day
and made himself known. 1t was then
discovered that the young couple who
were married in Ireland twenty-five
! years ago met, as it were, by providen-
tial means in this city. Smith being a
widower, as his wife had died about
two years age, land Mrs Vaughan being
a widow for number of years, a second
marriage was deemed not necessary, and
y old fiac xuara ci,r,v,1xy rapaua1 Mr. aud