Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-12-18
A SINGULAR HUSBAND.


DIR. King relates the following anecdote
He states that. in the early part of the last
century. he knew Mr.. Howe. sensible,
well disposed man. possessed Of an indepen-
dent fortune. and married to young lady
ofgood family. of agreeable person and
manners. and who. for the first seven or
eight years of their marriage. made him an
excellent wife
Without any previous dispute or differ
encs, hs ros, one morning very early. and
told her that he was obliged to 60 to the
Tower to transact some particular business;
and the same day. about DON, she received
note from him. informing her that he was
under necessity Of going instantly to
Halland. and should probably Ls absent
three weeks or . month. a,tEt .<d,
He remained absent, however, LONGER
than the specified time. and for seventeen
PEARS and upward she never heard of or
from him. About three years after his
Disappearance Mrs. Howe was obliged to
apply for an Act Of Parliament to procure
proper settlement Of her husbands es-
tate. and prope, provision for herself and
two children out Of it. as IL was uncertain
.
did, a. when he FIRST went away she and
hsr frienis feared that he might have con-
trscted some large debt unknown to her,
the diff -ulties Of which he could not easily
surmount. In fast. for some time after
his departure. she hal lived in constant
dread OF demands from creditors. Of seiz-
urss. executions. e.. Nothing of this
kind. however took place; and on invssti-
CATION it was found that he not only had
LETT his estate free aud unencnmbered, but
Ia punctually paid the bills of every
tra'lesma an with whom he had any dealings,
TO the utmost exaciness. receipts and prop
or v,u ,h,rs for all bills being f,ull, "a
ranged in the most methodical manner, in
his bureau.
Shortly after this the children both diel.
when the supposed widow. in order to
lessen her housekeeping expenses. dischar-
gsi the greater part of her servants. left
Jermyn Street. and took small house in
Brewer Street. Golden Square. This was
about ten years after her hrsban Is depart
ure. when. one evening. after she had resi-
ded in Brewer Street about seven years.
while she was sitting at supper with
party OF friends. among whom were her
bro,her-in-lsw. Dr. Rose. and her sister.
his wife. note without any signature. was
delivered to her. in which the writer re-
quested the favor of her giving him q
meeting the next evening. in the Birdcage
Walk. in the Park She read the note
with some surprise and then tossed it to
DR.. Rose. saving
lyon see, brother, old as am, have
beau"
The doctor. who perused the note with
more attention. instantly declared il to be
Mr. Hows's handwriting. This. ofcourss.
surprised all the company, and. indeed, so
much affected Mrs Howe, that she tainted
away. Ga her recovery. it was agreed
the whole party should accompany her
next evening to the Park: and they had
not been there many minutes when the lost
husband came to them. and after embra-
cling his wife and saluting his friends.
walksl home with them. took possessio n
OF his house AMI wife. AMI lived with her
IN great harmony until his death.
eisappeared that. instead of going to
the Tower. as he said. he hal actually
gons no further than to little street in
Westminster. where be took room, for
which h paid five or six shillings week
AMI changing his name. AMI Disgusting
himself by wearing black wig. for he
was fair man. )he had escaped detection,
and remained in that lodging during the
whole time Of his supposed absence
Even when the Act OF Parliament was ap-
piled for. he had enjoyed the pleasure OF
realizing thu progress of it in the papers. at
little colfse-house near to his lodgings;
and when his wife removed to Brewer
Street. he contrived to get acquainted
with a man by the name OF Salt. q corn
chandler. who lived directly opposite'to
her residence Salt supposed him to be a
bachelor. and became so fond of his com
pany that he generally asked him to din
ner twice a week, when Howe used to
watch his wife's house with Sd much ap-
paren; curiosity. that Salt often recon-
Inenlel her to h m a. very suitable wife.
Ga Sundays he regularly went TO Salts
pew. in ST. James, Church. whence he
could see his wife without being seen by
hsr--a practice which he selulonsly ad-
hcred TO until ths avoya. OF his exislence,
and return.
Though he chceriully told ell these cir.
cnm>,ances. no persuasion OF his wife or
friends could prevail on him to assign any
reason for mis- extraordinary conduct; bu,
be owned that he hal taken with him for
Subsistence between one and two Thousand
pounds, in gold and bank-notes. which
after CREST economy. was then all expend
ed. Discovery. of course. became neces
sAry for further supply; and. indeed
some Of his friends surm;sed that il hs
could haze raised the money without dis
covery. he would still have remained con