Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-06-09
VOLUME II--NUMBER 81.


don't they come down and play with usl"
"From heaven they cannot come down." an.
swered Camille.
Alice was about TO enquire the reason why,
when the parrot interrupted her by calling out,
"Lady.brdl Lady-birdl" and Camille began to
mock her. Then laughing merrily, off they
ran to the messy rock to plant some flowers The
gardener ha6 given them.
That night, while Alice was eating her sup
per, Friend Goodman CHANGED TO read aloud
something in which the word heaven occurred.
81 have been to heaven" said Alice.
"Hush, hush, my child" said her father.
"Bul haze been TO heaven" she insisted
"Liue children have wings there"
Her parents exchanged glances of surprise,
and the mother asked, "How dost thou know
that little children have wings in heavenl"
"Because saw Them" she replied. "They
wear white gowns, and they are the children Of
my dOnny. My donny lives in lirte meeting.
house in Camilo's garden. She's the mother
Of Christ that loved little children so much; but
she never said any thing 10 me. The birds call
me lady bird, in heaven"
Her mother looked very sober. "She gets
her head full Of strange things down there yon.
der," said she. 81 tell thee Joseph, don't like
to have The children playing together so much.
There's no telling what may come Of it,"
"Oh, they are mere babes," replied Joseph.
"The my donny, as she calls it, and her DOLL are
the same to her. The children take a deal of
comfort together, and il seems to me il is not
worth while to put esrangemenl between them.
! Divisions come fast enough in the human fami-
}ly. When he is lad, he will 60 away 10 school
and college, and will come back to live in a TO.
tally different world from ours. Let the liue
ones enjoy themselves while they can"
Thus spoke the large.hearted Friend Joseph;
but Rachel was not so easily satisfied. 81 don't
like this talk about craven images" said she.
"lf the chld's head gets full of such notions, il
may not prove so easy TO put them OUT"
Truly there seemed some ground for Rachel's
! fears for whether Alice walked or slept, she
seemed TO live in the neighbors garden. Sitting
beside her mother in the silent Quaker meeting,
she forgot the row of plain bonnets before her,
and saw vision of winged children through a
veil Of vines. At school, she heard the old green
parrot scream "Lady-bird" and fan.,aiIed doves
and Java sparrows hoped into her dreams
She had never heard fairy story in her life,
otherwise, she would doubtless have imagined
that Camille was aprince, whoived in an enchan-
ted palace, and had powerful fairy for friend.
1t came to pass as JOSEF phi had predicted.-
Those days of happy companionship soon pass.
ed away. Camille went TO distant school, then
to college and then was absent awhile on the
Continent. 1t naturally happened that the veal.
thy Catholic family had but little intercourse
with the substantial Quaker family. Years pas.
sed without word between Alice and her for
mer payfeow. Once, during his college life,
she met him and his father on horseback, as
she was riding home from meeting, on a small
gray mare her father had given her. He touch.
ed his hatand said, "How do you do, Miss Good.
mani" and she replied, "How art thou, Camil-
lo!" His father inquired, "Who is that young
womanl" and he answered, "She is The daugh.
ter of Farmer Goodman, with whom | used TO
play sometimes when was little boy." Thus
like shadows they passed on their separate ways
He thought no more Of the rustic Quaker girl,
and with her the bright picture Of their child.
hood was like the remembrance Of last years
rain.bow
But events now approached, which put all
rainbows and flowers TO flight. A rebellion
broke out in Ireland and terrible civil war be-
gan to rage between Catholics under the name
Of Pkemen, and Proeslants under the name of
Omngemen. The Quakers, being conscien.
,iousIy opposed 10 war; could not adopt the en-
blems Of either party, and were of course expo
sed 10 The hostility of both. Joseph Goodman,
in common with others of his religious persua-
sion, had always professed to believe that return.
ing good for evil was heavenly principle, and
therefore safe policy. Alice had received this
belief as a tradIinnary inheritance, without dis
putting it or refecling upon it. But now came
times that tested faith severely. Every night
they retired TO rest wi,INthe consciousness that
their worldly possessions might be destroyed by
fire or pillage before morning, and perhaps their
lives sacrificed by inuriated soldiers. At the
meeting. house, and by The way.side, earnes
were The eXhortaions of the brethren 10 stand by
their principles, and not finch in this hour OF
trial. Joseph Goodman's sermon was brief and
impressive. "The Gospel of Love has power
to regenerate the world, E" said he ''and the hum
blest individual, who lives according 10 il, has
done something for the salvation of man."
His strength was soon tried for the very next
day party of Pikemen came into the neigh
borhood and set fire TO all the houses of the Or.
angemen. Groans, and shrieks, and the sharp
sound of shots were heard in every direction.
Fierce men rushed into their peaceful dwelling,
demanded food, and ordering them to give up
their arms.
"Food | will give, but arms have none, re-.
piled Joseph.
"More shame for you'll" roared the command
er of the troop. "If you can't do any thing
more for your country than that, you may as
we'll be killed at once, for coward as you are"
He drew his sword, but Joseph did not wink
a! the flash of the gittering blade He looked
HIM calmly in the eye, and said "lf thou ari
willing to take the crime of murder on thy con.
science, cannot help it, would not willing
ly do harm to thee, or to any man."
The soldier turned away ashamed, and putting
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