Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-08-03

| IHEFE wis once q child, and lta stf6llhf
about geud deal, and thought Of d ttttn
Der ef tliihgs. lie had b sister, who wa.
d 6l,ld loo, and lis constant companion
These two used to wander all dHy long
They wondered at tie l,aanty If tic
hnwefs they wondered 1T tlie height and
blueuass Of the sky they wondered ut The
depth Of the bright water they wondered
at the godness aud tie power d God, who
made the lovely world.
| They Used to say to one another, some.
times! Surprising all tie children upon
earth were 10 die, wgntd The flowers, sbd
the water, aud tie sky, be sorty7 They
believed they woiud be sorry Fer. sid
they, the buds are the children OF the
flowers, and the little playfu strehifis that
| gahib6l down the iilll.sldes are Tie children
Of the water and tie Smallest htinht
spaoks, payina at lide-andssee4 in the
| sky oil night. tnitst surely be tie children
Of The stars and they would all be erieved
TO see their playmates, tie children Of men,
| no more
There wHs one clear shining star that
used to come out III The sky teiore il,e rest,
neaf the church spife, above lie graves.
Il #as largef and more beautiful, they
thought than oil the Others. and every
| night they watched for it, standing hand
i'll hand at q window. Whoever saw it
first, cried out, II see the stat" And
often they cried ont both together. know
Ing so well when II would fisa and where
So they grew to ba such friends with it,
that, before lying down in their beds. they
always looked oul once again, 10 bid it
good night; aud when tl,ay turning round
to sleep, they used to say God bless the
star
But while sha was still very Young. oh.
very. very young. The Sister droornd. and
came to lie So weak that she could no
longer stand in The window at night j, and
then the child looked sadly out by himself,
and when he saw the star, turned round.
and said 10 the patient, pale face on the
bed I" | see the star" and then smile
would come npon the face, aud little
weak voice used to say, "God bless my
htotlier snd The star ~
X And So tho time came. nil loo soon :
Svhen the child looked out alone, and when
Shers was 10 face on the bed and wlei,
Shere was little grave among the graves,
dot there before and when the star made
Long rays down WIT towards him. "a e he saw it
Through his tears.
Now. these rays were so bright md
they seemed to make such shining way
from cath to Heaven, that when tbs clnld
went 10 lis solitary bed, he dreamed =
bout The star and dreamed that, Tying
whefa lie WAS. he saw train of people
taken mp that sparkling road by angels.
hnd the star, opening, showed him n
great world Of light, where many nore
such angels waited to teeeive them,
All these angels. who we're waiting
turned their henmlng eyes tppn the people
who were carried up into the star and
some came ont from the long rows IN which
they stood. md fell upon tho peoples neckz.
and kissed them teudarly. md went away
with them down avenues Of light, md we're
81 happy in their company. that lying III his
bed, he wept for joy.
but there were many angels who did
not go with them, and among them ono he
knew. The patient face tl,nt once had
lain upon the bed was glori6ed and radiant
but his heart found ont his sister among
all tho host
His sisters angel fingered penr the en-
trance of The star, and said 10 tbs leader
among those who had brought the people
further:
is my brother come -
And he said mo. " \
She was turning hopefully away, wlssa
.ba child stretched out his arms, aud
etsd. 40. sister. am here. Take me -
tlsn she turned her beanina eyes upon
h., and it was flight aiid the star was
shining into tho room, making loue rays
down towards him rs he saw it through
his tears.
From that hour forth. the child looked
ont upon the star as OH the Home he was
to go to, when his time should come, aud
he thought that he did not belong to the
earth alone. but TO the star too, because Of
his sister, angel gone before,
There was II baby born 10 H. 81 brother
to the child /; aud while he was 80 little
that he never Ind spoken word. he
stretched his tiny form out on his bed and
died.
Again the child dreamed Of the opened
star, and Of the company OF angels, and
the train Of people, nnd the rows OF angels.
with their beaming eyes all turned upon
the peoples faces.
Said his sisters angel to the leader;
is my brother come -
And he said, Mot that one, but an.
other"
As the child beheld his brothers. angel
in her arms, he cried, 40 sister, lam
here Take me! And she turned and
smiled upon him, and the star was shining
He grew to beol young man, and was
busy at his books, when an old servant
came to him and said:
"Thy mother is no more. Ibrin2 her
blessing on her darling son.
Again at night he saw the star, and all
that former company. Said his sisters
angel to the leader
"Is my brother come ?"
Aud he said, "Thy MOTHER ~
A mighty cry Of joy went forth through
all the star, because the mother was re-
united to her two children. And he
stretched out his arms and cried, 20,
mother, sister brother, I am here. Take
me" And they answered him, Not
yet, and the star was shining
He grew to be man, whose hair was
turning gray, and he was sitting in his
chair by the fireside, heavy with grief, and
with his face bedewed with tears when
the star opened once again.
Said his sisters angel to the leader: