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friends and rclitions-particularl one DR.
| Rose, n physician-who had married her sis
ter. a billet, without any name subscribed
was delivered to her, in which the writer re-.
| qucstcd the favor Of her to give him Il meet
ing in the Brd-cagc Walk, in St Jamcs's
| park. When she had read the billet, she
tossed it to DR.. Rose, and said. laughing
"you see, brother, az old as | am | have got a
! gallant" Rose, who pcruscd the note with
more attention, declared it to be Mr. lIowc'>
handwriting. This surprised all the com
| pany, and SO much affected Mrs. Howe that
she taintcl away. However, she soon rccov-
| ercd, when it was agreed that DR.. Rose and
his wife, with the other gentlemen and ladies
| who were there at supper, should attend Mrs.
! Howe the next evening to the Bird-cage
/ Walk. They had not been there more than
! five or six minutes, when Mr.. Howe came to
! them and, after sauting his friends and en-
hracing his wife, walked home with her, and
they lived together in great harmony from
that time to the day of his death.
But the most curious part of my tale re-
mains to be related. London is the only
| place in all Europe where II man can find a
secure retreat or remain, if he pleascs. many
! years unknown. If he pays constantly for
his lodging, for his provisions and for what
socyer else he wants, nobody will ask qucs-
| tiop concerning him, or inquire whence he
cones or whittier he goes. When Howe left
/ his wife, they lived in house in Jermyn
J street, near st. Jamcs's Church lie went no
/ further than to little street in Westminster.
! where be took IA room, for which he paid five
or six shillings a week until changing his
name, aud Disgusting himself by wearing II
back wig. Qor he was fair man, he re
maincd in this habtation during the whole
time of his absence. lie had had two chil-
orcn by his wife when he separated from her.
who were both living at the time, but they
lth died young in few years after How
c,cr, during their lives, the second or third
year after their father disappeared, Mrs.
Howe was Obliged to apply for an act of Par
lament to procure proper settlement of her
/ insband's estate, and provision for herself
/ ont of it during his absence, as it was unccr-
tain whether he was alive or dead. This act
/ lls suffered to be solicited and passed, and en-
/ ojed the pleasure of reading the progress of
| it IN the votes, in little coffcehouse near his
| logging, which he frequcnted,
| Jpon his quitting his house and family in the
manner have mentioned, Mrs. Howe at first
| imagined, as she could not conceive any other
cause for such an abrupt elOpcmcnt, that he
had contracted large dept unknown to her,
lnd by that means involved himself IN difficult
| les which he could not easily surmount; and
or some DAYS she lived IN continual apprehen-
non of demands from creditors. of seizures and
executions. But nothing of this kind happened;
on the contrary, he did not only leave his estate
quite free and unencumbered but ne paid the
bills Of every tradesman with whom he had any
dealings and upon examining lis papers IN due
time after he was gone, proper receipts and
discharges were found from all persons whether
trndcsnen or others, with whom he had any
ritr tI,, Alrx