The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-06-14

tainted away. However. she soon reco,
cred. when it was agreed that DR.. Ros
and his wife, with the other gentlcmo
and ladies' who were there at suppc
f should attend Mrs. Howe tho next ev,
ming to the Bird-cage Walk. They ha
not been there more than five or six min
: utes, when Mr. Howe came to them and
after saluting his friends and embracing
his wife, walked home with her anC
, they lived together in great harmony fror
that time to the day of his death.
But the most curious part of my tai
remains to be related. London is th
only place in all Europe where maj
can find secure retreat or remain
if he pleases, many years unknown
If he pays constantly for his lodging
for his provisions, and for whatsoever els,
he wants, nobody will ask question con
cerning him, Or inquire whence lie comes
or whittier he goes. When Howe left
his wife. they lived in house in Jcrmyr
street, near st. Jamos's Church. lie
went no further than to little street in
Westminsterwh ere lie took little room
for which he paid five or six shilling a
week until changing his name, and dis.
guislng himself by wearing black wig
(for he was fair man. he remained in
this habitation during the whole time OF
his absence. He had had two children
by his wife when he separated from her,
who were both living at the time but
they both died young, in few years af.
ter. However, during their lives, the
second or third year after their father
disappeared, Mrs. Howe was obliged to
apply for an act Of Parliament to pro-
cure proper settlement of her husbands
estate, and provision for herself out of
it during his absence, as it is uncertain
whether he was alive or dead. This act
he suffered to be solicited and passed.
and enjoyed the pleasure of reading the
progress of it in the votes, in little
coffee house near his lodging, which he
frequented
Upon his quitting his house and fami-
ly i'll the manner have mentioned, Mrs
Howe at first imagined, as she could not
conceive any other cause for such an
olopoiuent, that he had contracted Il
largo debt unknown to her, and BY tia,
means involved himself in difficulties
Which he could not easily surmoult and
for some days she lived in continual ap.
rrehension of demands from creditors.of
seizures and executions But nothino If
this kind happened ON the contrary ho
did not only leave his estate quite free
and uncncumbered but Le naid tho Lnls
cf every tradosmon with whom Ia Lad
any dealings and upop exumiriro h.
papers in due time after he wa. Sore
nropor receints and disch,,o.e warn tor,.j
from all persons whether fr,1e.mcn n,.
others. with whom be had ANY, manner
of ftr,rvoctions or ,,o,,a,, o,,,oc.,. ~
Howe after the dcotb of bcr cb;ldron
thouabt rropor IN lessen Ler family nf
servants and the oxnenses If he, Lnnso
keepiur, and therefore removed from her
house in Jcr,ryn stroct r. - I;,tic Lomso
in Brewer street near Golden Souoro
Just over against her lived one SaIt
About ten wears oftor his disonnc,r.
auce. Mr. Howe contriyod IA make
with Salt. and .t lonntL
acnuircd snch \ decree If intimacy Vii
him that he usnally dined with Soit onco
or twice n week From ,be room in
which thew ate il wns not S;f,;cult
to look into Mrs Ilowc,s dinmo.room
where she generally sat and rccciSed how
company aud Salt[wLo believed Howe
to be acknowledgements recon.
mended his own wife to him as a suitablo
match During the last seven yoors If
Towe's absence he went every SUNDAY
to St James Church. and usea to sit in
Mr.. Salts seat where he had y Wow Of
his wife. but could not be easily seen bv
her.
After he returned bomeLo never would
confess.even to his most intimate friends
what was the real cause Of such s;nrulor
conduct. Apparently there WAS none
but whatever it was. he was certainly
ashamed to own it. DR. Rose has oftcI
said to me that he believed his brotber
Howe would never have returned 70 his
wife if the money he took with him
which was supposed TO have been ono or