Connecticut western news., 1883-01-03
VOL. XII.

tarried to get some dinner, and had come straight to the theatre. In answer to inquiries relative to what he intended doing, he said he had not bestowed a thought upon the matter, and that the only topic that 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 proposed by Joseph, that, as his mother lived with himself and wife, and they had larger house than they required, the brother should join them, and they should all live together. To this the brother most gladly and joyfully assented, and, adding that he must see his mother that night, or his anxiety would not suf- fer him to sleep, asked where she lived. Grimaldi gave him the address directly, but, as he did not play in the afterpiece, 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 seperate, and Grimald hurried away to his dressing-ro room, leaving him on the stage. The agitation of his feelings, the suddenness of his brothers return, the good fortune which had attended him in his absence, the gentility of his appear ance, and his possession of so much money, altogether confused him so, that he could scarcely use his hands. He stood still every now and then, quite lost in wonder; and then, suddenly recollect- ing that his brother was waiting, looked over the room again and again for articles of dress that were lying before him.
 At length, after having occupied much longer time than usual in chang ing his dress, he was ready, and ran down to the stage. On his way he met Powell. who heartily congratulated him on the return of his relative, making about the thirtieth who had been kind enough to do so already. Grimaldi asked him, more from nervousness than for information, if he had seen him lately.
 ssNot minute ago. was the reply, Che is waiting for you upon the stage. I won't detain you, for he complains that you have been longer away now than you said you would be. .
 Grimald hurried down stairs to the spot where he had left his brother. He l was hot there.
 'sWhom are you looking for, Joe ?" inquired Bannister, as he saw him look ing eargerly about.
 'For my brother" he answered, '1 left him here little while back. ;
 ''Well, and I saw and spoke to him not ] a minute ago." said Bannister, ''When he left me he went in that direction, pointing toward the passage that led to the stage door.) sI should think he had left the theatre.
 Grimald ran to the stage-door, and asked if his brother had passed. The man said he had, not minute back he could not have got out of the street by l that time. He ran out at the door and then up and down the street several times, but saw nothing of him. Where could he be gone to? Possibly finding him longer gone than he had anticipated, he might have stepped out to 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 theatre. This was not unlikely i; for in the imme- diate neighborhood there lived 8 MT. Bowley, who had been his bosom friend when they were boys. The idea no sooner struck Grimaldi than he ran tc the house and knocked hastily at the door,
 Grimaldi's inquiries were useless and strange to say all future inquiries were equally so 1; and from that time to the day of his death he never heard of his long-lost brother.