The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-10-14

mohCN-lendcrs with ihV IKE III success,
iill last Monday fortnight, whcn was
accosted at Mr. lluiious place Of bust
ness Ia the Corn.mafkct. where hpp.
pcncd 10 be for few minutes alone. hv
a r--pyctable-lcokng middlc-uscd man,
who asked inc Il was the Mr. Edmund
Webster who had lrii note at Mr.
Curtis. OF Bi.hopsgnie street. ON the
previous Saturday, requesting the loan
Of FIVE hundred pounds, upon my own
acceptance at six months date |
eagerly replied Ia the affirmative. upon
which Nir Brown, rs the mau called
himself asked it had The promissory
note for five hundred ard iifty pounds,
as had proposed. ready drawn il 50,
he would give mc the cash NJ once. I
answered 10 a furry ot joyous excite
mcni, that had MT the note drawn nor
stamp with lnc, but it' lac would wait
few minutes till Mr. Hutton or a clerk
came in, would get one and write the
acceptance Immediately lie hcsilaicd
Tor moment. and then said. 1 am in n
hurry this morning. but | will wait for
YOU in the vofice-room OF the Bay-trcc
tavern; have the Kindness TO bc rs
quick as you can, and draw the note in
favor of Mr. Brown lie had not been
gone above three or four minutes, when
clerk came in instantly hurried to
u slationer's. wrote the note in his shop,
and spceded on with 1t To the Bay-trce
tavern. The coffee room was full, cx-
cept the box where ,at Mr. Brown. who.
after glaueing at the acceptance, and
putting it quickly up, placed roll of
notes in my hand. DO not display
your money, he ,aid. before all these
people. You can count the notes un-
der the table did 50; they were
quite correcl---ten tilies; and | forth
with ordered bottle of wine. Mr.
Brosn, however. alleging business as
an excuse, did not wait till it was
brought babe me good.day, aud diSap-
peared, taking, in his hurry, my hat in
stead OF his own.
j was, YOU will readily believe. cx-
cccdingly lnbilant at this lucky turn Of
affairs and strange rs it must appear TO
YOU, and does now 10 myself II did not
strike me AZ the time as at all cNtraor-
binary or unbusincss-like that ! should
have five hundred pounds suddenly
placed in my hands by a man TO whom
was personally unknown, and who
could not therefore be certain that
was the Edmund Webster he protessed
to be in search of What with the ei
feet of the wine ! drank, and natural
exultation, was, | well remember, in
state of great excitement when | left
the tavern, and hardly seemed 10 feel
my feet as hurried away TO Mark
Lane TO inform Mr. Hutton of my good
luck, aud bid his spuniing-llousc and
IA" corn trade final farewell. lie was
nut -, Asr.
myself in'his private room TO await lis
return. ! have no doubt that, as the
clerk has since deposed, ! did look flus-
tered, agitaied, and ii is quite true also,
that after vaiuly waiting for upwards Of
an hour, suddenly left the place, and,
as it happened, unnotced by anybody.
Immediately upon leaving Mark
Lane, | hastened TO Hampstead, saw
Miss Bramston, and as every thing with
the exception of the money had been
for some time in readiness, il was soon
decided that we should take the wing at
once on the following morning for Scot
land. and then pass over to France. !
next betook mvseIf to Regents Park
where | dined, and coniided everything
to INV sisters. exceId IA to how | had
4 obtained the neces,ar, flml.. At about
eight in the evening. | took cab US iaI
as the IIaymarkei for the purpose o
hiring po.t-chai,e-and-fonr, and o.
having few debts Of honor in ilIa
neighborhood. Wa, personally un
I known 10 the postmaster; il was there
fore necessary TO prepay The chaise a
far a. ~ Adams. and ! presented bin
with one Of the iiity-Pound notes to-
that purpose. He did not seem SUR
prised at the largcness of the sum, bu
requested me TO place my nnme and al
dre-. on the back Of the note before h
changed il ln my absurd anxiety L
prevent the possibility Of our flight be
ing traced, ! endorsed the note a
Charles Hart, Great Wimpole street
and the man left.
lie was gone considerable time
aud was getting exceedingly imPa
tient, when, TO my surprise and cons'cr
nation, he re-eniered the yard accom-
panied by police officer.
You are the gentleman from whor
Mr. Evans received this iiiiy-pound not
a few inmates since y0u not
\ -, TO be sure ans"ersN' A'ai
mering ana eol"rihg why sea'c''
knew.
Then step ihi. way II you please
said the man. That noie' With ma
others of ihe same salne, y advertise
in the evening papers a. having bee
stolen from q gon,icinan's ooaniin;
hostss ia Mark aue