Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-13
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cautious in NV inquiries, tedious, ba: fnai-
iys successful. Mr. and Mrs. W illams / dis -oY-
cred living IN d pretty Losse, vi it'll neat grounds
attached, about two miles out OF Iirming-
ham, on the each road 10 ~oiycrharnpt on.
Their assumed name WAS Burrdse, and l as
,eTtaira.; from the servant girl, whJ fetched
fhri- supper and dinner beer. and occasionally
xIue and yri:s from q Iieiyhio ing TIA at
t,ey had one child, a eoj, few months ol.t, of
whom neither II crFT nor mother sTcrnei very
fond By Clint OF u eTaa.t, at length got
UPON familiar I rms with hir. Burrids'. d:.is
" iiiIem-. re spent his evenings u triy Ia
. tavern; but with al the palnstaking, lndeiati-
sS.. nul;y employed III. cai-: so - ledge
IacGuir. d, dI.liEg thr,e We eks Of assiduous en-
r,ayo,, Wa that friend Burrldse intended, i'm
neaiatsly aft.ra visit which ne expect u shortly
TO receive frvm rIcn and Influential! relative III
I.hdo,, "a .ratc 70 America; II al events 80
abroad. This Was, howeN er, very signti = AIT and
precious information; and very rarely, indeed,
was &c, after / had obtained II, out my sight
or otsrr, alton. At length perseverance, on
tainrd lis II Wayd. One morning dise-rned
my fri'nd, MACK more rprucriY aftned than
ordinarily make his way TO the railway station,
and tn re question W tlI rag,r 10 Iks every pas
EengeT that ali git-d from the frstclass carriages
Al iast a gentleman, whom instantly racogni-
sR6. spite OF his shawl and other Wrappings, ar
rived BY express train fp0m London. William
instantly acco>t.d him. a cab was called, and
away they drove. ! followed in anoti,.r, ali
saw tbs III bOtk aii.ht 81 4 hotel il. New street.
Also aiigl Ted. and " as me- htaliy debating how
10 proceed, when " ill ms GInc out OF the tay.
erB, and prCcr9 dec ia the direction of his nome
4
ascertain that h- and his wife had important
business To transact in Birming CHAM the nrx (
morninE. " hich would render /: Impossible he
should meet m~. as proposed, Till two or three
O'Clock in the afternoon al the Garlic It; and the
h-It morning my esteemed friend Informed me
D. would leave the place, probably forever. An
henr after this inlerts ting con alton. 1,
somparieu by the chief OF the Birmingham DO
lice, was closeted with the landlord OF the hotel
In New street, a highly respectable person, who
promised us every assIs- ance in his power Sir
Nhn~ III Hrl n
vale roOm for the transaction OF important bus
tIess with some persons he expected in the
morning, and our plans were soon fully ma
IQfed and agreed upon.
I slept LITTLE that night, and immediately after
breakfast hasteEed with my birmingham col
hague to the hotel. The apartment assigned
tor sir Cherries hslvern's use had been bed
nom, and large wardrobe, and a high wing
~ each end, still remained in IL. We tried IL
n Wonld hold u, and with very little stoopino
ard squeezing, found it would do very we'll
The lapdlord soon gave the signal to D. on
tie alert ard in we damned ourselves, Lock;ng
the wing dcOFs on the Inc ide. minus. OF two
aiteINards Sir Charles and Mr. and Mrs.
Williams cnt4r' d; ana, paper, pens, and ink
having leen brought, bus mess commenced in
night earnest Their con versatiou IL is needless
70 oetaii II VIII uiiic~. TO observe that it WAS
manifest Sir Charles. by heavy bride, had in
aaeed the accoucbsur and his wife To conceal
We birth ofths male child, which as suspected
was tsat which Williams and his spouse were
bringing up as their own. must do IN. n I'll
nous baronst the justice to say that he b6d.
iFCm the first, The utmost anxiety that no
-hould sefall the infant
Nr.Malvern . ersous dread lest his confed-
GRATIS should be- oucs,,.Sd had induced their
harried departure from Chester. and IL now
appeared that Nv had become aware OF the sus.
rIeiens entertained by Mr.. Repton, and could
rot rest till the ~iiiiamses and the child were
safe out OF the country. II was Dow insisted,
by the " oman more especially, that The agree
r.snt for he large annual pay meut TO be mad,
sySir Charles should BE- fairly written out aud
IL. ls.Frz
n iliiams's expression, in order that no future
misunderstandings might arise This Mr. Nal
vern strongly objected 70; but finding The
woman " ould accept OF no other terms be .uI
knly consented, nd a I the same time rIitera,ei
taat If any harm should befall the boy-to
whom he intended, NE said, 10 leave q handsome
softune-ne WOULD -ase, regardless of conSe-
4utnces To himself, 20 pay the Williamses a
single shilling.
silence Of several minutes followed broken
only by the scratching of tine pen on the paper
The time to me seemed an age, soaeezed
crooked, stuffed j was in that narrow HOY
and 80 afterwards learned it did 10 nv feI,
low sufferer. AT length Mr. Malvern said in
hat same ca utious " his per IN which hey had
hitherto spoken, This will do, think" and
rvad " hat he had written. Mr.. and Mrs Will
Hams sig nifed their approval; and as matters
were now fully ripe. 1 gently turned the kew,
and softly pushed open the door. The back OF
the amiable trio were towards me, and as my
boots were OF, and the apartment thiokiy car
pfted, approached GnpercClyed; and 10 the
tnexpressible horror and astonishment of tie
parties concerned, whose heads were brnt
eagerly over the important document, a hand,
which belonged 10 neither OF them, was thrust
silently forward and grasped the precious in
sWurlent. A fierce exclamation from Mr. Male
vsrn, az ne started from his seat, and a conyui-
save scream from Mrs. Williams rs she fell blck
Ia herr. followed and 10 adj To The animation
Of the tabls au, my friend in the opposite. wing
srsrgeS a. The same moment from his hiding
pace.
Mr. Malvern comprs hendad at a glance the
situation Of affairs, and made furious dash az
he paper j was quicker a. well as stronger
than he, and lie failed in his object. Resistan nee
was Of cOeIse out OF the question; and IN less
than two hours We were speeding on tha rail-
t1~ards London, accompanied by the child
whom We intrusted TO Williams servant maid
Mr.. RGp'on was still In town, and Mrs Ash
ten, Lady Redwood, and heT unmarried sister
IL their lmpatience Of intelligence, had arrived
several days before. ! had the pleasure of a.
conpsnying Mr.. Repton, with the child and
his temporary nurse, TO Osborna's Hotel IN the
Adeiphi: and really at first ftared Tor the ex-
elteG mothers reason, or that she would do the
infant 8 mischief, so tumultuous, 50 frenz;ed
was her rapturUus JOY at the recovery Of her
tort tresku When placed in the cot beside
the female infant, the reSC n bance Of the one tn
thT other was certainly almost perfect / never
saw before, or since, 80 complete a likeness
THIS wss enough for the mother; hut. fortu-
Hai.ly we had much more satisfa tory eyidenc.
Lgany viewed 10 establish the identity of The
child In court of law, should The necessity
arise for doing so.
Here, az far as ! am concerned, all posi,i va
-
scry ends. Cfsubs~qurnr transactions het xaen
ne parties had no personal cOguizance T
can pr, t;y well guess from what motives Tba
parties i arrested IN Birmingham were kent in
strict custody for several days: but no induce
M Mt, no threats, could induce the institutors Of
the inquiry TO appear against the detected Grim.
1Gais.
krs. and Miss Ashton, Lady Redwood an 4
ker ShiiorrD, hft town the next day but one,
FOR Redwood Manor: and Mr. Reufon COLL
told the angry superintendent that che had no
instructions 20 prosecute He, too was sneed :
OF, shu IN. prisoners were necessarily dis.
charged out OF cu:tCdy.
saw, ABOUT three We ks Afterwards in n
morning FaI@r, a. at MIR. Malvern. whom the
Cn'h OF l's "a Us heir in q direct line lad
necessarily deprived Of all chance NJ -
IRON 70 the X dwccd estaUrs aud the haronrtrv
which the newspapers had 80 absurCiIy con,
fprrFd on him WIS, with his am a bJ. Iadv and
tnmiIy al out 10 leave England for IIaI,.. Re
bbs v Intended 10 remain for some time Tn.
expressed but uncOmpl"ted viii Of he. deeaasad