New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-08

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| tell The shining beams Of the blessed heaven on
yer head my lady and let me sPske minite
while the hunger leaves me strength. Och! little
! | thot I'd ever be driven from the stranger :
,hrashal For l wasn't always houseiess and
| friendless IL was nj long since was HAPPY an
| continued in my fathers house IN the mountains
beyant but wirrs true lis Imply an dessolste now
| The FIRE has gone out on our hearth stone, al my
hand will never be strong enough to klnde Il sgIn
MANY night sat by IL, listening 70 Ould stories
M hearing nv mother sing aud the red light dane
inr up and down her face. sn her voice rising an
falling So beautiful till in spite o me. my eyes hlled
up ~id tears. That was the pleasant CRY ins' out
many s the bitter one irOSkem since.
TIE blight of the bard year fell on our crops, my
lady an thin come starv alton where iu and plenty
ror afore A woesome change come over US al
| everything was sold 10 gather the rlnt even my
| own little eoldtnch sure tsn't that grudged u
Motberdidn sing thin. aud when she TIED 10 sPsAe
iovfu 20 cheer my father up, there was shake IN
| her voice and erlip trem5ed and they both had
| enlightened look no wonder wild famine staring
EN- M the face For we'd be a whole day, an
more. maybe. widout tasting food, an couldn't get
n snyhoy an I'd 20 10 bed sick an iainting IKE
bur didn't mind my self at all at all, only my lltte
sister Norah. In al the country round there
wasn't pretter child. Wild her cheeks OF pink and
| snow an her white forehead. Wild The yeilo" hsir
on H. like gooid rings. only softer dale an SHINING
ewes the color of the sky In June.
n dear the hunger bore heavy on the innocent
child an rubbed out all the dmpes m her face an
AIDED the red blush an her eyes sunk back IN her
head as # all the tears she cried put QUIT light IN
| en-. An on. lady It would have gone To your
hearts heart TO see her hold out her long thin hand
| an hear her young small voice that use1 q oe
laushing ALL day sxing for bread, an none 10 the
| IRE Then mother ud soothe her 10 sleep, an her
| c,ce working all the time. The sob would be on
Norah's heart. an she asleep. Butone night alter
being stupid ike a long while. she reused pto say
IN, very hungry :; an before the words wor out Of
| her mouth. she stretched herself out on mother
| ian and died. Well tux on grately at that but
| mother said God had taken her rom the misery
| an she youln't be hungry agin, for the angels In
hiven Syor feeding her hin thought only Tor mo
ther I'd like t. 90 too. Father berrd her 'cid0ut
| coffin.
Sbe was the first liver saw die but t~asnt to
be long a strange thing 10 me. My iather got WORN
AZ last but the power TO dodt was going last Ana
mother nd keep the last bite an sup IN the mousse
| f,r him when he come IN. and make him believe
that she ate afore and pretnd she was giving MN
| her lavines AM laugh an Joke with him. Den but
bar lauOh had a quare sound thin, Jast IKE the
crushing of her heart 1t I'D make my hesh creep
| but Won wor always minding every body, barrlns
Yourself mother dearl heerd en- say no one coul
| Thrive a spade deeper nor my iather once Out mn
osr,s stronger nor The strong man; when that Is
Hs tainted over his spade, an was soon lying down
o the fever. We wor out OF the doctors way, an
The riest was ALWAYS out. an weight OF sickness
on NV father an nothing Ia qulnch the thirst that
was perishing him, barring eau oil cold warner
| from the strame aio'e the door
nav an isht mother sat beside the whisp OF
straw that kept him from the floor. but his
| facs was not and red. his two eyes like lighting
Goals. an a puff OF his breath I'D burn ye, an he
| saving such out o.the way things IN his wandner
| inSs Well. we thought he was getting cool but
.nre enonsh. twas Deaths own cod fingers upon
him For he got quite sensible and SAID TO mother
Norah 0cnshla ma ckree. put yer hand under my
head an raise me the sight IS leaving my eyes out
lst me feel We kissing me and then be Died OF
onite sisy Just as the day dawns, AZ the spirit
d,ed in me too, but | couldn't help staring az
,nother As soon as she had strOked the body, she
sated herself iorninstit. and hardly surring Tor TWO
DAYS maybe | thought all htr tears Te'e Hsed mp
Tor her eyes wor dry as dust Them wor the sof'
There was food IN the house thin but we couldn't
taste il. It's very sisy to give the body enough
when the heart is full On the tnlrd day she wrap
ned MIN ia her oud cloak aud called me to help her
so we carried him 10 the grave ourselves, without
snroud or coffin for the neignbors were roo hsrd pat
10 Il 70 keep themselves alive 70 mind US or our
dead Sure { was the great Gpd gave strength "a
mother that dAy TOR nothing WAS too hard ior her
We scraoed out the earth and berrid him. Mother
didn L snake all the time, only shvered, and put
her face atune her hands and thin she got up quite
stout and walked home so fast that could scarcely
Keen M wild her. No sooner wor we N than she
tainted away an whn she come 10 " Inank 1od
he q perrid p SAYS she whin m gone, mavour
-, II % wor 10 90 on yer Blended knees 10 the
psighbors. make EN- put me down beside him
That CA I be long. ses she, Tor near MN call
inc me" | thought may be she was tired, an en-
tbraited her 10 ate, but she sOuldn l. INN she
an, har arms round me- an drew me 70 her, and
called me her fair-haired son. her iatheriess boy
sna said tins Orphans God would purteet me-
f,rgot the pulse oil her heart stopped WIN iathef
eid lo,r and whin she said 60 - sleep, deriint,
f,- We need II Sore, slept IN her bosom Tor was
ale tired ~ hin | woke, my forehead was agin
| something cold Och = was mothers neck, an
! 49, hand held was stiff Sne was dead a hard
s,,row was rAsping her heart an II iutterec lie
bird in light grip, snd at last Il got away INN
gas alone Thin come the grief and the heart
| tb-,ube intirey Though could hardly crawl, /
cot 10 the next house aud brought en- to see # she
\ as dead al out; tor though twas PLAIN enough,
! ,souldn z believe she was gone IN airnest, an
| thoaest u M yht be weakness, an she d GET the
| bstte- OF H. But whin all failed thin by dale Of
| coaxing got man q put ner beside my iasner-
| / tbink she wouldn 2 rest asy anywhere else an
Win she rises from the grave she 81 see kept her
VOID Och lady. didn't feel bitterly "nin she
VA. covered uO from nae. az lost the hand that
nsed 70 stroke down my hair an the loving words
ard the sweet smile | always srsy beside the
grave except whn hunger, that has no nature IN H.
ariresm away.
Those fac bright DAYS don't agree wid me ~ all
Once used 70 ike . see the sun dazzling and the
.trarnes looking up 50 good numoreciy az him; Du'
| -oss everything seems swimming before my eyes
fall Of binding tears an the say seems laughing a.
me an the lit.le BIRDS in EN- seem 70 be making
/ game Of M grief Bat sure they have 10 feel
iur that wav. the crathurs An the only thing
that gave me any comfort, was this morning, VIM
IsaF little flower in the grass via the dew on Il
don't know Why, bat It seemed sorry ior me II
| lookef Ike blue eve full Of tears No one else
/ smoke kindly 70 me since my mother died bat u
/ fr didn spakel Yes. II told me- the great TOD
made IL an sent IL there 10 comfort me an % say
/ He'd MIND me- the last on the stem. So thanked
Him on my knees, although ! don't know much
| sbo1t Him a, all | wish did.
/ Thin xhin looked up. ! though. OF Norah, an
/ how hsppy she was looking down, may be wie
| bar lace covered over Wild sunshine an felt
.ort Of gladness bat ghin REMEMBERED my IA
ther an mother. the pam shot through me agin
For they say they re il D'rgafh0ry snd must sta,
there a long time for dying without the dergy
That's what kills me intirely 20 think Of my poo
father that nivir said al III word 70 me- and my
own gentle tempered. softnatured mother tina
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