The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-17

his anxiety would NOT suffer him to. Sleep
asked where she lived.
Grimaldi gave him the address dircctly'
but as he did not play in the after-plece,
said that he had done for the night, anu
that il he would wait while he changed MS
dress, he would 60 with him. HIS oro1n na
was. of course. glad to hear there was no
necessity for them to separate, anu -
maldi hurried away to his dresslng-foon'
leaving him on the stage. -. ,a
Tho agitation of his feelings, the SUI ),
danness Of his brothers. return, the goou
fortune which had attended MIN III Jus au
sence. the gentility of his appearances anu
his nossession of so much moneys Ill W,
oether confused him so that. ne couiu
sscarcelv use his hands. He stood SUN
avery now and then, quite lost IN Wohoe!
and then suddenly recollecting that nls s
hrotber was waiting, looked over the ro el.
auain and again for articles OF dress t e a.
20 Wing before him. At length, altel
having occupied much longer time .nnn
usual in changing his dress, he was i, lea mc .
ond ran down to the stage. On ms wad
he met Powell, who heartily congraIuiIL;na
~ o Nv tho ret11rn of his relative, mahins
about the thirtieth who naa o oHT asked
enough to do so already. 1riI Inan for in.
him more from nervousness t'la .n1,,
formation, if he had seen MN 49, .I renlv
Not minute ago." was Ina 9o n'
&C be is waiting for you upon 1lie Sue that
won't detain you, for he comPi. LIN Won
n mu have been longer away no" 'iian W.
sa;d YOU would be-" .,o snot
Gr;maldi hurried down stairs W Uno POT = Ut
,rhere he had left his brother. lie was no'
'ns' Who are you looking for, Joe =! -; ~,
onired Bannister, as he So" hlln i'o>'
eagerly about: , ho .nsvered. 81
left him here little while PACK. ~, rot
i0t "W Wei and I saw and spoke to HIM M, noI
,,;nuta AGO" said Bannister. men
ho left me. he went in that dlrecI,o1
Inointine towards the passage tnat ieu
awards the stage door. " l shouio InlnA
he had left the theatre"
~ Grimaldi ran to the stage door and asked
tho norter if his brother had passed. Inc
n,on said he had, not minute back; he
could not have got out of the street, by that
He ran out at the door, and then up and
down the street several times, but saw no.
fling of him. Where could he be gone to
Possibly, finding him longer gone than ne
had anticipated, he might have stepped out
70 call upon one of his old friends close by,
whom he had not seen for so many years,
with the intention Of returning to the thea
tire. This was not unlikely; for in the I'M
mediate neighborhood there lived a Mr..
Bowley, who had been his bosom friend
when they were boys. The idea no sooner
struck Grimaldi than he ran to the mouse
and knocked hastily at the door. me
man himself answered the knock, and was
evidently greatly surprised. g,
81 have, indeed, seen your brother" he
said in reply to Grimaldi's question:
" Good God, l was never so amazed IN all
my life"
"No; but he has not been gone min
ute. He cannot have gone many yards"
(Which way ?"
"That way, towards Duke street,
He must have gone, thought Grlmal dl,
to call on Mr.. Bailey, our old landlord.
He hurried away to the house IN Great
Wild street, and knocked long and loudly
at the door. The people were asleep. lie
knocked again and rang violently, being
in state of great excitement. At length
the servant girl thrust her head out OF an
upper window and said, both sulkily and
sleepily, "I tell you eagain he is not at
home"
"What are you talking about? Who is
not at home ?"
"Why, Mr.. Bailey. I told you so before.
What do you keep OH knocking for at this
time Of night ?" =,
He could not understand word of all
this, but hurriedly told his name, and
the girl to come down directly,
for he wished to speak to her. The head
was directly withdrawn, the window closed,
and in a minute or two afterwards the girl
appeared at the street door.
81 am sure / beg your pardon, sir" she
said, after pouring forth volume of apollo
gies, "but there was gentleman knock
ing and ringing very violently not minute
before you came. / told him Mr.. Bailey
was not at home, and when | heard you at
the door, thought it was him, and that he
would not 60 away"
Grimaldi was breathless at the speed he
had made, and trembling with vague ap-
prehensions of he knew not what. The
girl, surprised at his emotion, replied,
That she had only answered him from
the window, being afraid to open the door
to stranger so long after dark, when all
the family were out" The only thing she
had noticed was that he had got white
waistcoat on; for she had thought at
the time, seeing him dressed, that perhaps
he might have called to take her master to
party.
"IIe must have gone back to the thea
tre."
He left the surprised girl standing at the
door, and ran to Drury Lane. Here, again,
he was disappointed. He had not been
seen. He ran from place to place, and
from house to house, wherever he thought
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