The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-03-25

whose presence they had quite for
gotten in their emotion, said:
"Well, John, then III wish you
good night" '~ e
| "Good nightl good n;ghtp' said the
othel, shaking his hand; 81 shall see
you in the morning"
''Yes," replied the friend, cat ten,
mind" ~,
"At ten precisely; I shall not for
get," answered John. .-'
The friend, to whom he had not
introduced his brother in any way, de-
parted, and they went upon the stage
together, where Grimaldi introduced
his brother to Powell, Bannister,
| Wroughton any many others in the
| green-room, who, attracted by the
singularity of his return under such
circumstances, had collected around
them.
Having his stage business to nt
tend to, he had very little time for
conversation, but of course he availed
himself of every moment that ho
could spare off the stage; and in an
swer to his inquiries, his brother
assured him that his trip had been
'At this moment" he said, slap
ping his breast pocket, II have GG0O
here"
"Why, john" said his brother,
'its very dangerous to carry SO
much'money about YOU"
Dangerous" replied John, smil-
ing, "we sailors know nothing about
danger. But, my lad, even if all
this were gone, should not be pen
niless." And he gave knowing
wink, which induced his brother to
believe that he had, indeed, made n
good trip of it.
At this moment Grimaldi was again
called upon the stage, and Mr..
Wroughton, taking that opportunity
of talking to his brother, made many
kind inquiries of him relative to his
success and the state of his finances.
In reply to these questions, he made
In effect the same statement Us he
had already communicated to Joseph,
and exhibited, as evidence of the
truth of his declarations, a coarse
canvas bag stuffed full of various
coins, which he carefully replaced in
his pocket again.
AS soon as the comedy was ended,
Grimaldi joined him; and Mr..
Wroughton, having congratulated
his brother on his return aud the
fortunate issue of his adventures,
bade them good night, when Gri-
maldi took occasion to ask how long
the sailor had been in town.
He replied, two or three hours
back; that he had merely tarried to
get some dinner, and had come
straight to the theatre. In answer
to inquiries relative to what he in
tended doing, he said he had not
bestowed thought upon the matter.
and that the only topic which had
occupied his mind was his anxiety to
see his mother and brother. A long
and affectionate conversation ensued;
in the course of which it was pro-
posed by Joseph, that as his mother
lived with himself and wife, and
they had larger house than thew
required, the brother should Join
them, and they should all live toge-
ther. To this the brother most glad
ly and joyfully assented; and adding
that he must see his mother that
night, or his anxiety would not
suffer him to sleep, asked where she
lived.
Grimaldi gave him the address
directly, but as he did not play in the
after-piece, said that he had done
for the night, and that if he would
wait while he changed his dress, he
would go with him. His brother
was, of course, glad to hear there
was no necessity for them to sepa-
rate, and Grimaldi hurried away to
his dressing-room, leaving him on
the stage.