The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-05-14

when all the family were out" The
only thing she had noticed was that
he had got q white waiscoat on for
she had thought at the time, seeing
him dressed, that perhaps he might
have called to take her master to a
party. 1 q.
"He must have gone back to the
theater." s-.--a
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 it pos
sible his brother could have called
but nobody had heard of or seen him
many of the persons to whom he
appealed openly expressed their
doubt to each other of his sanity of
mind, which were really not without
shadow of probability, seeing that
he knocked them out of their beds,
and with every appearance of agita
ton and wildness demanded if they
had seen his brother, whom nobody
had heard Of for fourteen years,
and whom most of them considered
dead.
It was so late now that the thea
tire was just shutting up, but he ran
back once more, and again inquired
if his brother had been there. Hear
ing he had not, he concluded that,
recollecting the address he had
mentioned, he had gone straight to
his mothers home this seemed pro
bable. and yet he felt degree OF
dismay and alarm which he had
never before experienced, even when
there was good ground for such
feelings. t t
The more he thought of this how
ever the more probable it seemed
and he blamed himself as he walked
homewards for not having thought
of it sooner. He remembered the
anxiety his brother had expressed
to see their mother, the plan they
had discussed for their all icing to.
gether, and the many little schemes
of future happiness which they had
talked over in their hurried inter
view, and in all of which he was
Ecomprised. He reached home, and
composing himself as well as he
could entered the little room in
which he supped after play. His
brother was not there, but his moth
er was, and as she looked much
paltr than usual, he thought she
| had seen him. @ s
"Well, mother he said, "has
anything strange occurred here to
light ?''
s'No, nothing that 1 have heard
Off
"What! no stranger arrived; nc
long lost relative recovered ?" ex-
claimed Grimaldi: all his former ap
prehensions returning.
"What do you mean?"
"Mean! Why that John is come
safe and well, and with money
enough to make all our fortunes"
His mother screamed wildly a
this intelligence, and tainted. She
recovered after time, and Grimal
di recounted to her and his wife tht
events of the evening precisely al
they are here narrated.
They were greatly amazed at th'
recital. The mother held that b.
would be sure to come before the
night was over that he had proba
bly, met with some of his old friends
and would be there after he bad lef
+. them. She insisted that Grimaldi
who was tired, should go to bed
while she sat up and waited for he
1 SON He did so and the mothe
remained all through the long win
ter night anxiously expecting hi:
arrival, -.-.s--@ ''- -t
This may appear long story, bu
its conclusion invests it with a de
gree of interest which warrants tht
details. The running away to sea
of young man, and his return afte
lapse ofyears, is, and ever has
been no novelty in this island
, This is not the burden of the tale. 1
, possessed an awful interest'to those
whom it Immediately concerned
, and cannot fail to have some for th'
most Indifferent reader.
From that night in Noveml er
1880, to this month of January
1888, the missing man was nevel
seen again, nor was any intelligence
Il or any clue of the faintest or mos
remote description ever obtained by
his friends respecting him. -.'
! Next morning, and many morn
= ings afterwards, the mother anx
iously and hopefully expected th'
arrival of her son. Again and agaiI
, did she question Grimaldi about him
his appearance, his manner, what h.
: said, and all the detail of his disap
pearance, again and again was ever,
, minute fact recalled and every pos
sible conjecture hazarded relative t.
, his fate. He could scarcely persuade
, himself but that the events Of thu
preceding night were delusion o
! his brain until the inquiries after his
brother, which were made by thos'
who had seen him on the previous
night, placed them beyond all doubt
He communicated to his friends th'
strange history ofthe past few hour
with all the circumstances of hi
brothers sudden disappearance
He was advised to wait little while
before he made the circumstance!
public in the hope that he nigh
8 have been induced to spend thu
, night with some shipmates, an(
might speedily return. .-.--
But week passed away, and thel
further silence would have beel
criminal and he proceeded to Set OF
foot every inquiry which his owl
mind could suggest or the kindness