Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-04-27
MONTPELIER, VERMONT, THURSDAY,

who had left a note at MIR. Curtis ., OF blshop-
, gate street, on the previous Saturday, request
ing the loan of five hundred pounds, upon my
own acceptance, at six months date. eager
ly replied in the affirmative; upon which Mr..
Brown. AS the man called himself, asked If had
the promissory-note for FIVE hundred and fifty
pounds, as had proposed, ready down; as, if
50, he wonld give me the cash at once an
swered in furry Of joyous excitement, that
had not the note drawn nor stamp with me,
but if he would wait few minutes till Mr..
Hutton, or clerk came in, would get one,
and write the acceptance Immediately. He hes
itated for moment, and then said n am in a
hurry this morning, but will wait for you in
the cofee-room of the Bay Tree Tavern have
the kindness to be as quick as you can, and
j draw the note in favor of Mr., Brown.' He had
not been gone above three or four minutes,
| when clerk came in.S instantly .burried to a
stationer's, wrote the note in his shop, and
speeded on with it to the Bay Tree Tavern. The
coffee-room was full, except the box where sat
Mr. Brown, who, after gancing at the accep-
tance, and putting it quickly up, placed roll
of notes in my hand Do not display your
money! he said, before all theso people. You
can count the notes under the table, | did SO :
they were quite correction fifties and forth
with ordered bottle of wine. Mr.. Brown,
however, alleging business as an excuse, did not
wait till it was brought-bade me good-day,
and disappeared, taking, in his hurry, my hat
instead of my own
Il was, you will readily believe, exceedingly
Ijubilant at this lucky turn Of affairs; and,
strange as it must appear to you, and does now
to myself, it did not strike me at the time as at
all extraordinary Or unbusiness like that should
have five hundred pounds suddenly placed in my
hands by man to whom was personally un-
known, and who could not, therefore, be cer-
tain that was the Edmund Webster he pro-
fessed to be in search Of What with the effect
of the wine drank, and natural exultation,
was, well remember, in state of great ex-
citement when left the tavern, and hardly
seemed to feel my feet as hurried away to Mark
Lane, to inform Mr.. Hutton of my good luck,
and bid his counting house and the corn-trade
q final farewell He was not at home, and l
went in and seated myself in his private room
to await his return. | have no doubt that, as
the clerk has since deposed, did look dustered,
agitated; and it is quite true, also, that after
vainly waiting for upwards of an hour, l sud-
denly left the place, and, as it happened, un-
noticed by anybody. Immediately upon leaving
Mark Lane, hastenad to Hampstead, saw Miss
Bramston; and as everything, with the excep-
tion of the money, had been some time in rea-
dness, it was soon decided that we should take
wing at dawn, on the following morning, for
Scotland. and thence pass over tb France. !
next betook myself to Regents Park, where
dined, and contided everything to my sisters ex-
cept as to hoo I had obtained che necessary
funds At about eight in the evening, l took
cab as far as the Haymarket, for the purpose
of hiring post-chaise-and- d-four, and of paying
few debts of honor in that neighborhood. |
was personally unknown to the postmaster it
was therefore necessary to prepay the chaise as
far as St. Alban'e, and presented him with
one of the ffty-pound notes for that purpose.
He did not appear surprised at the largeness of
the sum, but requested mo to place my name
and address at the back of the note before he
charged it, In my absurd anxiety to prevent
the possibility of our fight being traced, en-
dorsed the note as Charles Hart, Great VIM
pole street, and the man left the yard.
q He was gone considerable time, and was
getting exceedingly impatient, when, to my sur
prise and CONSERVATION, he re-entered the yard
accompanied by police officer. 'You are the
gentleman from whom Mr. Evans received this
fifty-pound note few inmates ago-are you
not1' Yes, to be sure,' | answered, stammer.
ing and coloring, why, scarcely knew. Then
step this way, if you please, said the man.
That note, with nine Others of the same value
is advertised in the evening papers, as having
been stolen from a gentleman's counting house
in Mark Lane thought | should have faint
ed and when paragraph in the Globe wat
pointed out to me, offering reward, on the part
of Mr.. Hutton, for the apprehension of the per
son or persons who had that day stolon ten fifty
pound Bank of England notes.-the dates anc
numbers of which were given--from his Office
: / was so completely stunned, that but for thu
police officer should have dropped upon thu
floor. This perhaps may be cleared up sale
, the officer, so far as you, Mr.. Hart, are con
cerned and l will, if you like, go with you a
t once to your address at Wimpole street. L
Q was of course necessary to acknowledge that m.
e name was not Hart, and that had given a falls
: address. This was enough. was at once secur
ed, and taken off to the station-house, searched
: and the other nine notes being found upon me
Q no doubt was entertained of my guilt. 1 obsti
nately declined giving my real name-very fool
h ishly SO, as now perceive, since Mr. Hutton
# clerk, the momeut he saw me the next day a
the police court disclosed it as matter of course
/ The result you know. Mr.. Hutton, when h
d heard ,uho it was that had been taken into Gus
d tody, kept resolutely out of the way; and, afte
d several remands, was set at liberty, the magis
10 trate remarking, that he knew of no case whic
t showed, in more striking light, the need of
'e public prosecutor in this country Ny accour
g of the way in which became possessed of til
\ notes was, as you know, secuted, and quite ma
urally; Mr.. Curtis, of Bishopgate street, ha,
d ing denied all knowledge of Mr.. Brown, or tbs
g he had commissioned any one to present me wit
five hundred pounds in exchange for my accel
of tance. Thus stigmatized and disgraced, r.
lie turned home to find my father struck down,
what was at first thought would prove mort
Ill illness, by the blow-Captain Bsamston s dco