The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-10-03

companied him to the house of mourning
Two or three poor cot,agers sat around The
fire. The coffin, with The lid open, Law a.
cross the table near the window. Al few
white hairs fell over the whiter face Of The
deceased, which seemed 10 indicate that he
died from sorrows rather than from age.
! The son pressed his lips to his fathers cheek.
/ He groaned in spirit, and was much roub.
/ led. He raised his head in agony, and,
/ in voice almost inarticulate with grief, ex-
| claimed, inquiringly, "My mother %
The wondering peasants started to their
feet, and, in silence, pointed to lowly bed.
He hastened forward-he fell on his knees
by the bed side.
"My mother 10, my mother p' he ex-
claimed, edo not you, too, leave met Look
at mel am your own son--your own VIII
lie have you, too, forgot me, mother 2"
She, too, lay upon her death bed, and the
tide of life was fast ebbing but the remem-
bered voice of her beloved son drove it
back tor moment. She opened her eyes
---she attempted to raise her feeble hands,
and they fell upon his head She spoke, but
he alone knew the words that she utter
ed they seemed accents of mingled an
guish, of joy, and Of blessing. For several
minutes he bent over the bed, and wept
bitterly. He held her withered hand in his /;
he started and, as we approached him, the
hand he held was stiff and lifeless. He
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bodv of b;s fa,ho, ~ ,ha, of IL .,ha.
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door stood open. He knocked but no one
answered.--He approached along the pas.
sage-he heard voices in an apartment on
his right-again he knocked, but was unhee-
ded. He entered uninvited. group was
standing in the middle of the floor, and a.
mong them a minister, commencing the
marriage service of the Church of Scotland.
The bride hung her head sorrowfully, and
tears were stealing down her cheeks-she
was his own Jeanie Leslie The clergyman
paused. The bride'e father stepped forward
anarily. and inouired tsWbot do ya want
s;rp but ;ns,.n,l, ,.non;.;n L.
,eoos''Ah"S his iea'ufes,
ne seized him by the breast, and in voice
half choked with passion, continued-aSor.
! row tax, We for a scoundrel what,s bropob,
=. -, ,ha 80 a...;.,,.. . .:e
y, ~ '"o man e'poo'ai'y a. u"'e
IKE tnis! 6et OUT o. my house. Sir! say,
Willie Campbell get out o. my house, IAN
never darken nv door again wi, vour ne,er.
ao-well oonn,en.ncep,
-. as-sa s.u.
\ a suooen snnek ionowed me menuon oil
his name, and Jeanie Leslie fell into the arms
Of her bridesmaid.
tspa... Nj. r..,.p -, ~,
| aoo, nt 1eshe' sa'd 'ne soidier,
pushing the old man aside, Since matters
are thus, will only stop to say farewell--for
amid LANG svne---vou cannot denv mo tb.,,
n. -, - 'v:N .sAy ~ 'Aa',
nc pas'e' 'o"'lus 'hs oDlect OF ms young
love. She spoke not--she moved not-he
! took her hand, but she seemed unconscious
of wb.. bo d;l Ana .. ha 81, -,
"Aa. ~ '" , 90 ' Asain sazeu
upon Inc oeautiiui countenance, absence be-
came as dream upon her face. The very
language he had acouifed during their sens.
ration was la,i aside. Nature ,r;nmrbad
over ART. and he addressed her IN the acasn,s
! in which he had first breathed love and
woe her heart. ''''N
tJeanie /, said he nressino her hand bo.
/ tween his t;t,s fair thino 70 saw ~. s,r,,,
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