Booth memorials : Passages, incidents, and anecdotes in the life of Junius Brutus Booth (the elder.) . hildren,and abruptly left the city, without assigning thereason for his departure. The child lived onlya short time after his arrival, and was buriedin the little graveyard on the farm. My fatherthen proceeded to Baltimore with the intentionof completing his engagement in Richmond, butwas there informed that the theatre was closed,and Mr. Hamblin gone to New York. Beingdetained in Baltimore for several days by thesnow, a letter arrived from Bel Air, requesting IN TEE LIFE OF JUNIUS BRUTUS BOO
Booth memorials : Passages, incidents, and anecdotes in the life of Junius Brutus Booth (the elder.) . hildren,and abruptly left the city, without assigning thereason for his departure. The child lived onlya short time after his arrival, and was buriedin the little graveyard on the farm. My fatherthen proceeded to Baltimore with the intentionof completing his engagement in Richmond, butwas there informed that the theatre was closed,and Mr. Hamblin gone to New York. Beingdetained in Baltimore for several days by thesnow, a letter arrived from Bel Air, requesting IN TEE LIFE OF JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH. 105 his immediate return home to the sick-bed ofanother of his children. He arrived only intime to witness her death. This sad affliction preyed so heavily on themind of my father that he determined never toappear upon the stage again. A serious illnessfollowed this bereavement, from which he recov-ered slowly; and, in the mean time, Mr. Hamblinhad brought a suit against him for breaking hisengagement. lOB ASSAOES, 1NCJDENTS, AND ANECDOTES XII %. gooir olir matt, sir, — \z foil! jlCHARD BOOTH, my grandfather, being& barrister, prevailed upon his son to allowhim to go to Philadelphia and undertakethe defence of the suit. My father en-trusted him with important informationregarding Hamblin, and requested him toproceed at once to Mr. Wemyss and acquainthim with the full particulars of the case. Agedand infirm as the old gentleman was, he set outupon this tedious journey with alacrity, taking forprotector and valet de chambre, our faithful blackman, Joe, who, although a slave for life to a neigh-bor of my fathers, passed from youth to hoaryage at the farm. Such entire confidence was placed in thehonesty of this servant that his master, , readily consented he should accompany IN THE LIFE OF J UNI US BR UTUS BOO TIL 107 grandfather, — well knowing that, if he chose,the man could assert his freedom as soon as hetouched the soil of Pennsylvania. It was hisp
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