The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-11-01


II true; and few days ago I received
information that williams has been seen
IN Birmingham He was. well dressed,
and not apparently in any business
There certainly appears some grounds
for suspicion. What plan of operations
do you propose 2
THAT replied Mr. Rcpton, Il must
leave to your more practised sagacity. l
can only undertake that no means shall
be lacking that may be required
1T will be better, perhaps | suggested,
after an interval Of reflection, that l
should proceed to Birmingham at once.
You have, of course, an accurate des-
cription Of the persons of Williams and
his wife ready7'
Il have; and very accurate pen-and-
ink sketches l am told they are. Besides
these, have also here continued Mr..
Rcpton, taking from his pocket book
sheet OF carefully folded satin paper, "a
full description of the female baby,
drawn up by its mother under the i'm
preston that twins always-I believe
they generally do-rcsemble each other.
Light hair, blue eyes, dimpIed chin-and
so on Tho ady--a very charming per-
son, assure you, and meek and gentle
MS a tawn--is chiefly anxious to recover
her child You and l. should our suspc-
ions be confirmed, have other duties TO
perform
This was pretty nearly all that passed,
and the next dav went off to Birming-
ham.
The search, as | was compelled to be
very cautious in my inquiries, was ted-
GUS, but successful Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liams discovered living in a pretty
house, with neat grounds attached, about
two miles out Of Birmingham, on the
coach road 10 Woverhampton. Their
assumed name was Burridge, and | ascer-
tained from the servant girl who fetched
their dinner and supper beer, and occa-
sionaly wine and spirits, from a neigh
boring tavern, that they had one child, IA
boy, few months old. Of whom neither
father nor mother, seemed very fond
BY dint of much perseverance, at length
got upon pretty familiar terms with Mr..
Bur1dgc, dhdS Williams He spent his
evenings regularly in II tavern; but with
all the painstaking, interchangeable ingenu-
ity employed, the chief knowledge
acquired, during three weeks of a1-iduous
endeavor, was, that my iricnl Burridge
intended, Immediately after visit which
he expected shorty from rich and infu-
cnial relative in London, to emigrate to
America. at all events to 20 abroad -
This was, however, very significant aud
precions information and very rarely,
indeed, was he out of my sight or obser-
vation. At length perseverance obtained
its reward. One morning l discovered
my friend much more sprucely attired
than ordinarily make his way to the rail-
way station, and there question with ca
ger looks every passenger that alighted
from the first class carriages. AT last n
gentleman, whom instantly recognized,
spite ot his shawl and other wrappings,
arrived by the express train from London.
Williams Instantly accoStcd him, Il cab
was called, and away they drove. ! fol-
lO"Nu III NiHlll'i. Hlli StW tIltll DOlH
alight at hotel in New Street also
alighted, and was mentally debating how
TO proceed, when Williams came out of
the tavern and proceeded in the direction
of his home, | followed, overlook him,
and soon cuntrived 10 ascertain that he
and his wife had important business TO
transact in birmingham the next morning
which wonld render it impossible he
should meet me, as | proposed, TILL two
or three o'clock in the afternoon mt the
earliest and the next morning, my es-
teemed friend informed me, he would
leave the place, probably forever. An
hour after this Interesting conversation,
|, accompanied by the chief of the Bir-
mingham police, was clos'tcd with the
landlord OF the hotel in New street, a
highly respectable person. who promised
us every assistance in his power. Sir
Charles Malvern had, VIC found, engaged
Il private room for the transaction of i'm
portant business with some persons he ex-
pectel in the morning, and our plans
were soon fully matured or agreed upon.
slept little that ight, and mmedi-
ately after breakfast hastened with my
Birmingham colleague to the hotel The
apartment assigned for Sir Charles NAL
vern's use had been bedroom, and a
large wardrobe, with high wing at each
end, still reAined in it We tried if it
would hold us, and with very little
STOPPING and squeezing, founi it would
do very well, The landlord soon gave
us the signal TO he on the alert, and in
we jammed ourselves. locking the wing
doors on the inside. A minute or two af-
forwards Sir Charles and Mr., and Mrs.
Williams entered, and, paper, pens and
ink having been brought, business com
menced in right earnest Their conver-
sation il is needless to detail 1t will
suffice TO say that it was manifest Sir
Charles, by heavy bribe, had induced
the accouchcur and his to conceal the
birth of the male child, which, as sus-
pected, was that which Williams and his
spouse were bringing up as their own
| must do the fictitious baronet the Justice
to say that he had from the first the ut
most anxiety that no harm should befall
the infart. Mr.. Malvern's nervous dread
lest his confederates should be questioned,
had induced their hurried departure from
Chester, and it now appeared that he had