LIFE OF MYTTON. 



Mytton. If he were not, generally speaking, a 

 madman to a certain extent, on the subject of a 

 woman, mid, above all, of a woman lie loved, he was a 

 monomaniac; and some extraordinary scenes were the 

 fruits of this extraordinary connection. The green- 

 eyed monster played his part as usual, and at times a 

 nod or a look was suspicion strong as holy writ. 



I must hark back here for a moment. On the 

 morrow after Mr. Mytton arrived from London, he 

 was arrested for 25/. at the suit of the holder of one 

 bill out of four for 25/. each, which he had been most 

 improperly induced to accept in favour of a person 

 resident in Calais, who had not the slightest claim 

 upon his liberality, and conveyed to the prison of the 

 town. His solicitor being then with him, there was 

 no difficulty in releasing him to the extent of that 

 individual sum ; but it was considered expedient to 

 detain him in custody until it could be ascertained 

 what was become of the three other bills ; when it 

 was at length agreed that two of them should be 

 given up, and that his liability only extended to 50/. 

 Here, then, will appear the character of the kind- 

 hearted John Mytton in its true light. Almost any 

 man but himself would have been outrageous at this 

 breach of confidence and good feeling, but not so 



