The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-12-14
IlSOL@LhLLAN NlAOTSO
THE SISTERS.
BY THE AUTHOR OF "BLIND ALICE.

- SOUnS ILIicUs We IldNC '"' 'Ouls . wi
ourselves, let ns once more lake our ia
vnrile walk"
The speaker Grace Wimot had seen
hu' seventeen Summers, yet aIread y herI
heart had srrayed from the home lnI
which her infancy was cradIed and thisI
day she was 10 90 forth from its qule
scenes into The world, with him whom
.he had chosen for her guide. Though
he Nay sun was scarce an hour hlghI
she was already a,lited for her bridal,
an ! may be seen in The iron,lspiece, a.
she appeared on this, the most eveoEul|
morning Of her life.
Over full skirt Of muslin, she wears
bodice Of satin with slomacher and
If4llug trills of lace. The veil which
floats around her form is confined 10 her
mead by q wreath Of orange hpwers, be-
meath which her hair tails upon her neck
in It's own natural ringlels. Beside her
kueeling form stands her sister Ellen
over whose classic features time has
brown deeper shadow. Fen years
older ;han Grace, Ellen had,a her age
ndulged the same bright hopes whlct
aow glsddened her; but they had beeu
suddenly and forever darkened.-
The grave had closed over the form
which was associated with ali her ina
sinings of life, aud Ellen awoke from
he li,>t s,upeflclion of g'ief 10 feel ths
hence(orh she lived, not for herself OF
for the present ;bul for the friends whom
| ler Abandonment 10 sorrow would affl
to those who 'endure as seeing H n
who i. invi,ible.' Grsdu,ly the rose
,ad returned 20 her check, aud the smlla
her lip, bu' the one had never bloom
i so vlvidly, nor the other been Sc
,vou| as in days of yOre She wa
| Arely, if rver,Ssen IN The a,semDlies o,
ne young and g'y, bat her presenc'
VS. he sun lIsN' Of her ts'hrI'S home,
md it was no uncommon Observation
win his visitors that I'll would be-
,lrssure 90 90 10 the parsonage. II !
were only to see E.en " ilmoO's swee
face and to IecsiV6 her cheerful, kind
\ greeting
+, Grace had bat dim, ,shadowy remen
france Of her mothers voice and step
l!or they had vanished from her hon
When she was scarce five years old. -
ItIIen had never assumed over her you
.er sister mothers authority, bu, Sh
4 lad watched with a mothers n'eres
he unfolding of her mind. aGd heart, 8
i ,hlelded her with meternal care iror
he very touch Of sorrow.
i Mr.. Wimol's feelings toward ,hi
Youngest darling, who had tosl,so eatl.
4 mothers love, which nothing can re
) place were peculiarly tender. In Ellie
he con6ded; she was his loved compan
on as well as his child.b but 'itlle Grace
! 4s she had continued to be Called, whe'
1 almost as tall as her sister, was a pei
n tllamb, 10 be fondled and cherishedio b
sheltered in his very heart, and preser
I'd if possible, in her childish innocenc
nd Iovingness from a chilling and COZ
: rup,ng world. Grace repaid with tn
e warmesl affection, the lendeln ness Of he
r sther and sisters.
Mr., Wilmot was a clergyman and In
reverence for his sacred Office which mi
n lied somewhat Of awe with the love {
5 MS children; checked even in the heec
0ess Grace the complete ou'pouring c
her thoughts and feelings; bul from he
sister Ellen nothing was withheld, an
tong before The arllesS girl suspecle
aught in her own feelings TO Phil
Eliersle, which she might have heSll'
r ed to reveal, Ellen had recognized
hem The love whose dlsappontm e,
had cIouded her life. To Mr., WlIm
u il had been painful surprise when b
J" was asked TO sanction his daughters e
r gagemenl, but child, as she seemed
NJ him, he saw that her heart had been a
al ready bestowed on him who now Sougl
le her hand, and whose character and pr
ne poets IN life left him no just reason Il
m disopProval.
,,l Philip ElIerslie was a young lawy'
" whose talents and application had alre
dy glined him high ecomiums, an
whose generous support of his widow
llS mother and slsers--psrshoGers OF M
Of Wilmol-Spoke volumes ot his MOI
10 excellence. He had commenced {,
practice oi his profession in a distO